Name : John Abraham
Date of Birth : 17 December, 1972
Place of Birth : Mumbai, India
Height : 6’ 1’’
Nationality : Indian
Born in Mumbai, India on 17th December 1972 John Abraham is one of the most successful male models in India.
His dad is a Christian from Aluva, Kerala and his mother is from Iran. Being a Catholic his father added the name ’Abraham’ to his son John as a mark of respect to the first patriarch and progenitor of the Hebrew people in the Bible. T
hat name gave him a noted stand when he entered the modeling field. His revolutionary looks, macho body, baby smiles and nice character made him the highest paid supermodel in India.
Being a hot star in the modeling world, he made his film debut in 2003. Not like usual Bollywood heroes who debut in male oriented action subjects, he accepted the erotic emotional Jism (2003). It was hit in which his role was fantastic. He was looking so sexy in this film. Then, he did Saaya produced by Vikram bhatt, Aetbaar directed by Vikram Bhatt, Paap produced and directed by Pooja Bhatt. And the next release will be Lakeer produced by Ahmed Khan which was a disaster.’Then came Dhoom which changed the whole equation .Since then there has been no looking back not withstanding duds like Madhoshi [2004] , Elaan[2005] , Karam[2005] , Viruudh[2005] , Zinda[2006] .He has had a hit in Garam Masala , Kaal and Taxi Number 9211 .
Forthcoming films
Babul
Kabul Express
Some Trivia
-Is a vegetarian
-Is half-Indian, half-Persian. Father is a Christian from Kerala, mother is from Iran.
Before he went to modeling he was working as a media planner for an ad agency.