Birth Name: Skandar Amin Casper Keynes

Category: Actor

Born: September 5, 1991

Location: London, England, UK

Astrological Sign: Virgo

Zodiac Year: Ram

Age: 17

Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
As of July 2008

Grade Level: Year 12 (2008-2009)

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Filmography:
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) .... Edmund Pevensie
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) .... Edmund Pevensie
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) .... Edmund Pevensie
Ferrari (2003) (TV) .... Enzo Ferrari at 8 years
Victoria Died in 1901 and Is Still Alive Today (2001) (TV) .... Waif

Biography:
Skandar Amin Casper Keynes (born 5 September 1991) is an English actor. He is best known for starring as Edmund Pevensie in the Chronicles of Narnia film series. He will appear in the second installment, currently scheduled for release in the summer of 2008.
Keynes was born in London to writer Randal Keynes and Zelfa Cecil Hourani. His maternal grandfather, Cecil Fadlo Hourani, is a famous writer of Lebanese descent, and the brother of Albert Hourani, also a well-known writer and professor. Through his father, Keynes is the great-great-great grandson of the famous scientist Charles Darwin and the great-great nephew of the economist John Maynard Keynes. He has an older sister, Soumaya Keynes, who has appeared in various productions for BBC Radio 4.
Keynes attended the Anna Scher Theatre School from 2000 to 2005 and currently attends the all-boys City of London School (which is also currently attended by actors Daniel Radcliffe and Harry Michell who is in the same year as he). As of September 2006, he began Fourth Form (Year Ten) at school, where he will start the first year of his GCSE studies. In the summer of 2006, Skandar found himself, his grandfather, mother, and sister trying to flee away from Beirut, Lebanon, where the family were holidaying when the 2006 Lebanon War began.
Keynes studies Taekwondo and plays the cornet, the flute, and the guitar. His voice broke during the filming of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, leaving his sister Soumaya to voice some of his lines.

Trivia:
He grew six-and-a-half inches while filming The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). He had to get his armor fixed weekly.
Can ride a horse.
Plays the cornet and flute.
Attended Anna Scher Theatre School, 2000-2005.
Studies tae kwon do.
The name Skandar is of Turkish origin meaning Alexander; oddly enough his character Edmund Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) is obsessed with a delicacy called Turkish Delight.
He auditioned for the role of Simon in Nanny McPhee (2005), prior to being cast as Edmund in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). Thomas Sangster won the role of Simon.
Is the great-great-great grandson of naturalist Charles Darwin, and son of author Randal Keynes.
He has an elder sister named Soumaya.
He is the son of 'Zelfa Cecil Hourani' (who is of Lebanese descent) and Randal Keynes.
He attends the City of London School, a private all-boys school.
Attends the same school as actors Daniel Radcliffe and Harry Michell. As of September 2006 to July 2007, both he and Harry are in Fourth Form (Year Ten) with Dan in Senior Sixth Form (Year Thirteen).
Was banned from eating sugar products on set during the filming of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) due to hyperactive tendencies.
Plays cricket.
Loves playing video games.
He was trained to sword fight by sword trainer Allan Poppleton while working on the film The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and also learned to ride a horse. Enjoys playing football and is a supporter of Arsenal Football Club.
Despite his mother's Lebanese roots, his family's practice of vacationing in Beirut every summer, and his years of weekend language classes, he admitted to The New Yorker magazine that he "doesn't speak Arabic all that well."
His father is the great-nephew of famed economist John Maynard Keynes.
A piece in the July 31, 2006, issue of The New Yorker magazine reported that Keynes and his family had flee Beiruit shortly after arriving there for their annual summer vacation when the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah conflict started. The family decided to leave when Skandar's grandfather had men, possibly Hezbollah militants, come to the house and asked him about the identities of the British visitors.

Fan Mail Address:
Skandar Keynes
Hamilton Hodell
5th Floor
66-68 Margaret Street
London W1W 8SR
UK

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