Skandar Keynes - Wikipedia Skandar Keynes Skandar Keynes Alexander Amin Casper Keynes ( 1991 - 09 - 05 ) 5 September 1991 ( age 26 ) Camden, London, England Education Pembroke College, Cambridge Occupation Actor Years active 2001 -- 2015 Known for Edmund Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia Website www.skandar-keynes.org Alexander Amin Casper `` Skandar '' Keynes ( / ˈkeɪnz / ; 5 September 1991 ) is an English former actor. He is best known for starring as Edmund Pevensie in the Chronicles of Narnia film series since 2005. He has appeared in all three instalments, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, and most recently The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, which was released on 10 December 2010. Contents 1 Early life 1.1 Ancestry 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 Awards and nominations 5.1 Young Artist Awards 5.2 CAMIE Awards 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Early life Keynes was born in Camden, London,. His mother is Zelfa Hourani and his father is author Randal Keynes. He has an older sister, Soumaya Anne Keynes ( born August 1989 ), who has appeared in various productions for BBC Radio 4 and now works as an economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Ancestry On his father 's side, Keynes is of English descent, and is the grandson of physiologist Richard Keynes, the nephew of two Cambridge professors, the historian Simon Keynes, and the neuroscientist Roger Keynes, the cousin of Catholic writer and apologist Laura Keynes, and the great - great - nephew of economist John Maynard Keynes. His great - great - great - grandfather was naturalist Charles Darwin. Keynes ' great - grandparents were Nobel Prize laureate Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian and Hester Adrian, Baroness Adrian. On his mother 's side, Keynes is of Lebanese, Persian and Turkish descent. ( The nickname Skandar is Pashto for the Greek name `` Alexander '', Pashto being an Iranic language like Persian, or is short for `` Iskandar, '' an Arabic variant. ) Lebanese nationality law states that citizenship is passed on patrilineally, so Keynes is legally a foreigner in the country he considers his second home. His maternal grandparents were Furugh Afnan and Cecil Fadlo Hourani, who was an advisor to the late Tunisian president Habib Bourguiba. The Hourani family were immigrants to Manchester from Marjeyoun in southern Lebanon. Cecil 's two brothers were Albert, a major historian of the Middle East, and George, philosopher, historian, and classicist. Furugh Afnan was the great - granddaughter of Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith, making Skandar a great great great grandson of Baha'u'llah. Career Keynes auditioned for the role of Edmund Pevensie in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the same time as he auditioned for the role of Simon Brown in Nanny McPhee, winning the former while losing the latter to Thomas Sangster. His voice changed, due to puberty, during the filming of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, so the director used his sister Soumaya to voice some of his lines in the movie. He reprised his role as Edmund in Prince Caspian, released 16 May 2008. Keynes said he enjoyed the action - oriented stuntwork in the film but bruised his heel during a stunt with a horse. When he later had to run in the same scene, he did so while on pain medication and worried it was noticeable. He starred again as Edmund in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third installment of The Chronicles of Narnia film series. Filming began in July 2009, and finished in December of the same year. The film was released on 10 December 2010 in Britain and the US. In preparation for this film, Keynes studied to earn his Professional Association of Diving Instructors license for underwater scenes. Keynes contributed his voice in 2014 to the audio project, In Freedom 's Cause as Sir Allan Kerr, which would be the final project of his official acting career. In 2016, Keynes announced that he is no longer pursuing a career in acting. Skandar Keynes is now a parliamentary adviser to Crispin Blunt, MP. Personal life 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 of London School from 2005. There he wrote as a film critic for the review section of The Citizen, the City of London School weekly school newspaper. 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 College, Cambridge. He was listed as one of Business Insider 's `` 16 Incredibly Impressive Students At Cambridge University ''. Keynes received his degree in Middle Eastern Studies in 2014. He and his family have visited Marjeyoun since he was a child. `` We 've been coming every year to Lebanon and visiting Marjeyoun despite the political situation. I was here in 1996 during Operation Grapes of Wrath. I was four at the time and I had no concept that it was war, '' Keynes told a reporter. `` I remember when the gravity of the situation dawned on me. It was during the 2006 July war, I was 14 then... but it did n't really shake my view of Lebanon as effectively a second home, a place where I come to and I have family. '' Keynes explains that he is cognizant of the political situation : `` And I understand that in part the law that a mother can not pass her nationality to her children is tied up with the Palestinian issue, and sometimes I wonder who I am to complain when there are people who have been born and brought up in Lebanon, who speak Arabic better than I ever will and ca n't get Lebanese citizenship... I would like to see the law changed and would like to be able to be considered Lebanese by the Lebanese government. When I arrive at the airport, I would like to show a Lebanese passport, I would like to go to my ( family 's ) house without having to get permission, but part of me feels that I have to put my hands up in the air and say, ' Well, what I want is not what I 'm going to get, ' and I do n't know how or to what extent I should resign myself to the fact that I 'm not Lebanese as far as they are concerned. '' Filmography Year Title Role Notes Queen Victoria Died in 1901 and is Still Alive Today Waif TV documentary 2003 Ferrari Enzo Ferrari at 8 years old TV film 2005 Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Edmund Pevensie 2008 Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian, The The Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian Edmund Pevensie Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian, The The Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian T4 Film Special Edmund Pevensie Behind - the - scenes TV programme ( 23 min. ) Chronicles of Narnia : The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The The Chronicles of Narnia : The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Edmund Pevensie 2014 The Extraordinary Adventures of G.A. Henty : In Freedom 's Cause Sir Allan Kerr Audio Drama Awards and nominations Young Artist Awards Year Nominated work Category Result Ref. 2009 The Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian Best Performance in a Feature Film -- Leading Young Actor Nominated Best Performance in a Feature Film -- Young Ensemble Cast Nominated 2011 The Chronicles of Narnia : The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Best Performance in a Feature Film -- Young Ensemble Cast Nominated CAMIE Awards Year Nominated work Category Result Ref. 2006 The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe N / A Won See also Keynes family Darwin - Wedgwood family References Jump up ^ `` Findmypast.co.uk ''. Findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 2011 - 03 - 18. Jump up ^ London, England, Births and Christening Notices from The Times, 1983 - 2003. ; at ancestry.com Jump up ^ Skandar Keynes. Internet Movie Database, retrieved 2011 - 07 - 18 Jump up ^ The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ; The Chronicles of Narnia : Prince Caspian ; The Chronicles of Narnia : The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Internet Movie Database, retrieved 2011 - 07 - 18 Jump up ^ Soumaya Keynes at the Institute for Fiscal Studies Archived 2 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine... Institute for Fiscal Studies, retrieved 2013 - 11 - 23 Jump up ^ West, Ed ( 2013 - 06 - 13 ). Descendant of Darwin Becomes a Catholic Apologist. The Catholic Herald. Retrieved 2013 - 07 - 09. Jump up ^ Anderson, Jon Lee ( 2006 - 07 - 24 ). `` Change of Plans ''. The New Yorker. Retrieved 2006 - 10 - 18. Jump up ^ `` Randal Hume Keynes1 ''. The Peerage. 2010 - 11 - 01. Retrieved 2010 - 11 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Notes on the Rendall family '' ( PDF ). Retrieved 2008 - 05 - 29. Jump up ^ SKANDAR KEYNES -- Personal Facts. Skandar-keynes.com, 2008 - 07 - 31, retrieved 2011 - 07 - 18 Jump up ^ Ashraf, Mohsin ( 2007 ). Top Ten Lives of the Greatest Monarchs of History. London, UK : LuLu Publications. p. 1. ISBN 1430329394. Jump up ^ `` Skandar ''. Pronounce Names : The Dictionary of Name Pronunciation. Retrieved 13 October 2012. ^ Jump up to : Elali, Nadine ( 29 September 2012 ). `` A second home in Lebanon : Talking to Skandar Keynes ''. NOW Lebanon. Beirut, Lebanon. Retrieved 13 October 2012. Jump up ^ Behai, Shua Ullah ( 2014 ). Stetson, Eric, ed. A Lost History of the Baha'i Faith : The Progressive Tradition of Baha'u'llah's Forgotten Family. Newark, Delaware : Vox Humri Media. p. 550. ISBN 978 - 0 - 692 - 33135 - 4. Jump up ^ Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, and Andrew Adamson ( 2006 ). The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ( Cast Commentary ) ( DVD ). Jump up ^ Mark Johnson, Michael Apted ( 2011 ). The Chronicles of Narnia : The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ( Director 's Commentary ) ( DVD ). Jump up ^ Utichi, Joe ( 25 June 2008 ). `` RT Interview : Skandar Keynes on the Action Challenge of Prince Caspian : Edmund Pevensie on the new experiences of the Narnian second part ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 28 June 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2017. Jump up ^ Nemiroff, Perri ( 2010 - 12 - 06 ). `` Interview : The Chronicles Of Narnia 's Skandar Keynes ''. Cinema Blend. Retrieved 13 October 2012. ^ Jump up to : `` Skandar Keynes - About ''. skandar-keynes.org. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Commons Committee '' ( PDF ). Jump up ^ Gadelrab, Roisin ( 2009 - 03 - 13 ). `` Evolution of screen heartthrob Skandar ''. Islington Tribune. Retrieved 2009 - 03 - 22. Jump up ^ Robinson, Melia ; Stranger, Melissa ( 23 May 2014 ). `` 16 Incredibly Impressive Students At Cambridge University ''. Business Insider. Retrieved 3 June 2014. Jump up ^ `` 30th Annual Young Artist Awards ''. Young Artist Foundation. 2009. Retrieved 13 October 2012. Jump up ^ `` 32nd Annual Young Artist Awards ''. Young Artist Foundation. 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2012. Jump up ^ `` Awards for Skandar Keynes '', Internet Movie Database http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1342727/awards. Retrieved 13 October 2012. External links Official website Skandar Keynes on IMDb Prince Caspian Interview ( 12 May 2008 ) Prince Caspian On set interview ( July 2007 ) Cinema Confidential interview ( 7 December 2005 ) VIAF : 54443933 LCCN : no2006034908 ISNI : 0000 0001 1764 0782 GND : 142226793 BNF : cb151074673 ( data ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skandar_Keynes&oldid=802370583 '' Categories : 1991 births Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Alumni of the Anna Scher Theatre School Darwin -- Wedgwood family English male child actors English male film actors English people of Lebanese descent English people of Turkish descent English people of Iranian descent English male taekwondo practitioners Keynes family Living people People from the London Borough of Camden 21st - century English male actors Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from December 2016 Articles with permanently dead external links Use dmy dates from September 2017 Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from November 2016 Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français Gaeilge 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Magyar Bahasa Melayu Baso Minangkabau Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Norsk nynorsk Polski Português Русский Simple English Slovenščina Suomi Svenska ไทย Türkçe 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 25 September 2017, at 19 : 07. 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Question: who plays edmund in the lion the witch and the wardrobe
Answer: Alexander Amin Casper "Skandar" Keynes