Skandar Keynes

Biography
Skandar Amin Casper Keynes was born in London, 5 September 1991, the son of Zelfa Cecil Hourani and author Randal Keynes. His maternal grandfather, Cecil Fadlo Hourani, was a former adviser to the late Tunisian president Habib Bourguiba, as well as a famous cook. Through his father, Keynes is the great-great-great grandson of the famous biologist Charles Darwin, through whom he is descended from Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of York (uncle to both Queen Anne Boleyn and Queen Catherine Howard), thus making him distantly related to Queen Elizabeth I and King Edward I. He has an older sister, Soumaya Keynes.

Keynes had stated that he is an atheist. Keynes attended the Anna Scher Theatre School from 2000 to 2005, having attended Thornhill Primary school from 1996-2002. He attended the all-boys City on London Shcool. He sat his GCSEs in May and June 2008 and started Sixth Form and his first year of his A-level studies the following September. He studied biology, chemistry, maths, further maths and history at A-level. In October 2010 he began his degree in Arabic and Middle Eastern History at Pembroke Collage, Cambridge. He currently writes as a film critic for the review section of The Citizen, the City of London School weekly school newspaper. He is a fan of English football club Arsenal along with his Narnia co-star, Anna Popplewell.

Skanday Keynes and Victoria Secret model Sofia Mohamed began dating in 2010.

Keynes currently resides in Highbury, London. He studies Tae Kwon Do and plays the cornet, flute, cello, and the guitar. He auditioned for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the same as he auditioned (unsuccessfully) for the role of Simon Brown in Nanny McPhee. His voice broke during the filming of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, leaving his sister Soumaya to voice some of his lines.

Filmography
2001 Victoria Died in 1901 and is Still Alive Today, Played the part of a street urchin.

Sivaji The Boss 2003 Ferarri, Played the part of the young Enzo Ferarri.

2005

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Played the part of Edmund Pevensie.

2008

Prince Caspian, Played the part of Edmund Pevensie

2010

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, playing as Edmund Pevensie

Fun Facts
Skandar's name came from Iskandar, the Arabic version of Alexander.