D O B December 17,1972
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Mumbai
Known For Actor, Producer
Married No

Biography John Abraham born December is an Indian actor and former model who appears in Bollywood films After modeling for numerous advertisements and companies Abraham made his film debut with Jism which earned him a Filmfare Best Debut Award nomination This was followed by his first commercial success Dhoom He received two Filmfare nominations for his negative roles in Dhoom and then in Zinda He later appeared in the major critical success Water In he was nominated under the category of Best Supporting Actor at Filmfare for the movie Baabul Abraham was born in Mumbai to a Malayali father and a Parsi mother His father is an architect from Alwaye Kerala his mother is named Phiroza Irani Abraham's Parsi name is Farhan while his father being a Nasrani named him John He has a younger brother Alan Abraham studied at the Bombay Scottish School Mahim in Mumbai and did his MMS from Mumbai Educational Trust MET Abraham started his career with the music video of a song called Surma by a World Famous punjabi singer named Jazzy B Then he went off with media firm Time Space Media Entertainment Promotions Ltd which however closed down due to financial problems Later he More worked for Enterprises-Nexus as a media planner In he won the Gladrags Manhunt Contest and went to The Philippines for Manhunt International where he won second place Following this he was signed on by Carrie Models' in Singapore and did a bit of modelling there and later in Hong Kong London and New York City He also appeared in a number of commercial advertisements and in music videos for singers like Pankaj Udhas Hans Raj Hans and Babul Supriyo To improve his acting skills Abraham joined Kishore Namit Kapoor acting lab and completed a course on acting while juggling modelling assignments Abraham made his acting debut in with Jism a thriller in which he co-starred with Bipasha Basu The film was a moderate box office success and his performance was recognised by critics It was while making of this film that Abraham and Basu started dating each other Later the same year came the paranormal thriller Saaya which was a commercial and critical failure It was followed by a number of failures including Pooja Bhatt's directorial debut Paap and Ahmed Khan's Lakeer After having appeared in these films Abraham was signed for a role in Dhoom in an action film produced by Yash Raj Films He played the villainous role of Kabir The film was a big commercial success and emerged as one of the highest grossers of that year In he starred in the supernatural thriller Kaal and the comedy Garam Masala both of which did well at the box office Later that year he had a major role in the critically acclaimed film Water which portrayed the tragic fate of Hindu widows in British India of the s The film was written and directed by independent Canadian film-maker Deepa Mehta It was popular overseas and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the th Academy Awards In the summer of Abraham performed at the Rockstars Concert along with fellow Bollywood actors Salman Khan Zayed Khan Kareena Kapoor Esha Deol Shahid Kapoor and Mallika Sherawat In that same year he starred in the films Zinda Taxi No Baabul and Kabul Express Among these Taxi No and Kabul Express were substantially successful Nikhil Advani's multi-starrer Salaam-e-Ishq A Tribute to Love was Abraham's first release in The movie failed to do well at the Indian box office though it did well in the overseas markets His last two releases included the arthouse thriller No Smoking and the sports film Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal In Abraham starred alongside Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra in Dostana his only release that year Produced by Karan Johar the film performed well at the box office His first release of was another much awaited production by Yash Raj Films New York The film was a critical and commercial success It followed the lives of three best friends after the September attacks in New York Abraham has been dating actress Bipasha Basu since The couple is often cited as a supercouple in India John has his own fashion line his brand JA clothes which primarily features his favorite article of clothing jeans Abraham also associates himself deeply in the social causes and urges youngsters also to join hands in this humanity mankind John said when asked about his work He was also associated with the famous Lilavati Hospital of Mumbai where he donated a cheque of lakhs towards the hospital funds In January John took his charitable activities to a new level and led a group of Indian celebrities in the Mumbai Marathon an event to benefit the United Way Apart from his movie commitments John is also the brand ambassador for Castrol Power Yamaha Marque and has also endorsed Wrangler Clinic All Clear Fastrack eye gear and Samsung cell phones