Skandar Keynes

**Skandar Keynes**, or ‘”Alexander Amin Caspar Keynes” is a British actor, born 5 September 1991. He starred Edmund Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia. He appeared in all three movies, _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_ (2005), _Prince Caspian_ (2008) and _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_, which was released on December 10, 2010.

## Personal Life

Keynes was born in London. He was the son of Zelfa Hourani and author Randal Keynes. He has an older sister, Soumaya Keynes (born 1989), who also starred in many productions of the BBC Radio 4. His grandparents by his mother’s side were Furugh Afnan and Cecil Fadlo Hourani. Cecil Fadlo Hourani used to be an author and also advisor to Habib Bourguiba, the late Tunisian president. Cecil Hourani was also the brother of Albert Hourani, a historian who studied about the Middle East. The Hourani family were immigrants to England.
On his father’s side, Keynes is the grandson of Richard Keynes, the nephew of the Cambridge professor Simon Keynes, and the great-great-nephew of John Maynard Keynes, an economist. His great-great-great-grandfather was the famous naturalist Charles Darwin, who invented the theory of evolution. Keynes' great-grandparents were Edgar Adroam. 1st  Barpm Adoroam and Hester Adrian, Baroness Adrian, both receivers of the Nobel Prize.
Keynes had stated that he is an atheist. Keynes attended the Anna Scher Theatre School from 2000 to 2005. He went to the all-boys City of London School, and took his GCSEs in May and June 2008. He studied biology, chemistry, maths, and history at A-level. In October 2010 he began his degree in Arabic and Middle Eastern History at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is currently a movie critic, writing for _The Citizen_, the City of London School weekly school newspaper. He is also a fan of English football club Arsenal.

Keynes lives presently in Highbury, London.

## Career

He auditioned for _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_ at the same time as he asked for the role of Simon Brown in _Nanny McPhee_, but lost the role to Thomas Sangster. His voice got deeper when he was filming _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_, so his sister Soumaya had to voice some of his lines.

Recently, he starred in _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_, the third installment of _The Chronicles of Narnia_ movie series. The filming began in July 2009, and finished in December of the same year. The movie was released on 10 December 2010 in Britain and the US. In 2014 he Provided his voice as Sir Allen Kerr in Heirloom audio production's In Freedom's Cause radio drama.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2001|_Victoria Died in 1901 and Is Still Alive Today_|Waif|TV documentary||
|2003|_Ferrari_|Enzo Ferrari at 8 years old|TV movie||
|2005|__|Edmund Pevensie|||
|2008|__|Edmund Pevensie|||
|2010|__|Edmund Pevensie|||

### Wins

|Year|Award|Award Ceremony|
| --- | --- | --- |
|2006|Best Younger cast|_Camie_|

### Nominations

|Year|Award|Award Ceremony|
| --- | --- | --- |
|2008|Best Performance in a Feature film - Leading Young Actor|_Young Artist Awards_|
|Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast|||

## Other websites

- Official website
- Interview over the movie Prince Caspian  (12 May 2008)
- Prince Caspian On set interview  (July 2007)
- Cinema Confidential interview (December 7, 2005)

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Skandar Keynes
- **birthname**: Alexander Amin Caspar Keynes
- **birth place**: London Borough of Camden, Camden, London, England, United Kingdom, UK
- **occupation**: Actor
- **yearsactive**: 2001–Present
- **website**: http://www.skandar-keynes.com/