Firdous Bamji Explained

Firdous Bamji
Birth Name:Firdous Esadvaster Bamji
Birth Date:1966 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Bombay, India
Partner:Hayley Mills
(1997–present)
Occupation:Actor, writer
Education:St. Christopher's School, Bahrain, Kodaikanal International School, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, University of South Carolina

Firdous Bamji is an Indian-born actor and writer.

Early life

Bamji was born in Bombay, India, to a Zoroastrian Parsi family that was residing in Bahrain.[1] [2] His father, Esadvaster, was the regional representative for Norwich Union Life Insurance Society. His mother, Roshan, was a homemaker, and both his parents were active in various civic organizations.[3] [4] [5]

Education

Bamji attended St. Christopher's School, Bahrain, a British private school, till the age of ten. In 1977, he and his two brothers were sent to Kodaikanal International School, an American boarding school in the mountains of South India. He later attended the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, and the University of South Carolina, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism and a Master of Fine Arts.

Career

During his last years in undergraduate school he began acting at Columbia's first professional theatre, Trustus, where the iconoclastic artistic director, Jim Thigpen[6] [7] took him under his wing. At Trustus he played a variety of roles, including Pale in Burn This, Torch in Beirut, Danny in Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Peter Patrone in The Heidi Chronicles and all the parts in Eric Bogosian's solo play, Drinking in America.[8]

After studying for an MFA in Theatre at USC, Bamji moved to Washington, D.C., to finish his degree as an apprentice at The Shakespeare Theatre. In 1994 he was cast in Eric Bogosian's SubUrbia at Lincoln Center's Mitzi Newhouse Theater, and he and his then wife, Erin Thigpen, sold the car and moved to New York City.[9] [10] Bamji has appeared on stages in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles and major regional theaters around the United States.[11] He has played leading roles in world and American premieres of plays by playwrights such as Tom Stoppard,[12] [13] Tony Kushner,[14] [15] Naomi Wallace, Rebecca Gilman and Eric Bogosian.

In 2007, he was invited by director Simon McBurney to co-write and perform in a new play with the British company Complicité. The piece was to revolve around the relationship between two pure mathematicians who lived at the turn of the 20th century, the self-taught genius, Srinivasa Ramanujan and Cambridge University don, G. H. Hardy. Bamji had been interested in this story for a few years and was working on a film script when he was approached by McBurney.[16] [17] The result was A Disappearing Number,[18] [19] which won the Laurence Olivier Award and the Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best New Play and the Evening Standard Award for Best Play.[20] Over the next four years, A Disappearing Number toured Europe, Australia, India and the United States[21] and finished its universally acclaimed run at the Novello Theatre in London's West End.[22]

Bamji's television credits include Law & Order and Law & Order SVU and his film credits include The Sixth Sense,[23] Unbreakable, Analyze That, Ashes, Justice and The War Within, for which he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination.[24] [25] [26] [27] In 2015 he received an Obie Award for his performance in Roundabout Theatre's production of Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink.[28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] He has narrated more than twenty audio books, including The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky,[35] Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, Camille by Alexandre Dumas,[36] The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh,[37] [38] [39] Six Graves to Munich by Mario Puzo, and The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie, for which he received an Audie Award nomination.[40] [41]

Personal life

Bamji lives in London with his partner, British actress Hayley Mills.

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Book: Parsiana. 1996. P. Warden. en.
  2. Web site: Interview with Actor Firdous Bamji - Roundabout Theatre Company Official Blog. 7 July 2016. 1 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160501170256/http://blog.roundabouttheatre.org/2014/09/02/interview-with-actor-firdous-bamji/. dead.
  3. Web site: Celebrating a glorious past. - Free Online Library . Thefreelibrary.com . 2016-07-07.
  4. Web site: Gulf Daily News » Local News » Sneha marks 20 years in style . Archives.gdnonline.com . 2007-12-12 . 2016-07-07.
  5. Web site: Sneha marks silver jubilee | . Dilmun-times.com . 2016-07-07 . 25 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160825181601/http://www.dilmun-times.com/?p=30149 . dead .
  6. Web site: A Final Season: Jim and Kay Thigpen . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/WyBZk9H_fA0 . 2021-12-14 . live. . 2012-04-28 . 2016-07-07.
  7. Web site: Jim and Kay Thigpen and the Trustus Legacy : Jasper . Jaspercolumbia.net . 2012-07-24 . 2016-07-07.
  8. Web site: Past Shows Alphabetical Listing .
  9. News: Review: 'Suburbia' . Greg . Evans . 23 May 1994 . Variety . 6 July 2016 .
  10. Web site: subUrbia - Who's Who: Shows | Lincoln Center Theater . Lct.org . 1994-08-28 . 2016-07-07.
  11. Web site: The Moor of Venice .
  12. Web site: Firdous Bamji's Character the Soul of 'Indian Ink' | Global . Indiawest.com . 2015-01-22 . 2016-07-07 . 17 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817123916/http://www.indiawest.com/entertainment/global/firdous-bamji-s-character-the-soul-of-indian-ink/article_c2f5f966-a295-11e4-8dfb-0b7591f6bfdb.html . dead .
  13. Web site: Stoppard's 'Indian Ink' leaves indelible mark . Usatoday.com . 2014-09-30 . 2016-07-07.
  14. Web site: Great portrayals help 'Homebody' navigate some uneven terrain . Chicago Tribune.
  15. Web site: Simon . John . Homebody/Kabul - New York Magazine Theater Review . Nymag.com . 2004-05-31 . 2016-07-07.
  16. Web site: Metaphysical theatrics hits the UMS stage . 9 September 2008 .
  17. Web site: Contemplations on infinity in 'Disappearing Number' - tribunedigital-chicagotribune . articles.chicagotribune.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817031838/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-09-13/features/0809120520_1_infinity-high-tech-show-big-deal . 2016-08-17.
  18. News: Calvi . Nuala . A Disappearing Number review at Barbican Theatre London | Review | Theatre . . 2008-10-16 . 2016-07-07.
  19. News: Human (and Mathematical) Equations . The New York Times. 16 July 2010 . Charles . Isherwood . 6 July 2016 .
  20. Web site: A Disappearing Number wins Best New Play . Official London Theatre . 2008-03-09 . 2016-07-07.
  21. Web site: REVIEW: "A Disappearing Number" . 11 September 2008 .
  22. Web site: Carpenter . Julie . Review: A Disappearing Number, Novello Theatre, London | Theatre | Entertainment | Daily Express . Express.co.uk . 17 September 2010 . 2016-07-07.
  23. Web site: Picture of The Sixth Sense . Listal.com . 2016-07-07.
  24. Web site: Getting into the Spirit of awards season . Articles.latimes.com . 2005-11-30 . 2016-07-07.
  25. Web site: Robinson . Tasha . The War Within · Film Review The War Within · Movie Review · The A.V. Club . Avclub.com . 2005-10-05 . 2016-07-07.
  26. Web site: The War Within - Movie Reviews and Movie Ratings . TV Guide. 2016-07-07.
  27. Web site: Atkinson . Michael . DV Suicide-Bombing Drama Lacks Narrative Urgency . . 2005-09-20 . 2016-07-07.
  28. News: Ben Brantley: The Tony Award Nominations Should Be .... The New York Times. 6 May 2015 . 2016-07-07. Brantley . Ben .
  29. News: Review: 'Indian Ink' at ACT is Tom Stoppard mostly at his best . . 2016-07-07.
  30. Web site: Indian Ink | Theater in New York . Timeout.com . 2014-09-30 . 2016-07-07.
  31. News: 'Indian Ink' by Tom Stoppard premieres in New York . . 2014-09-30 . 2016-07-07.
  32. Web site: Robert Feldberg . Theater review: 'Indian Ink' - Theater . NorthJersey.com . 2014-10-01 . 2016-07-07.
  33. Web site: Gordon Cox . 2015 Obie Awards (FULL LIST): 'Hamilton,' Henderson Win Awards . Variety . 2015-05-18 . 2016-07-07.
  34. Web site: 2015 Obie Award Winners Announced . 18 May 2015 . Obie Awards . 2016-07-07.
  35. Web site: The Gambler (Audio Download): Amazon.co.uk: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Firdous Bamji, Recorded Books: Books . Amazon.co.uk . 2016-07-07.
  36. Web site: CAMILLE THE LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS by Alexandre Dumas Read by Alyssa Bresnahan John McDonough Firdous Bamji | Audiobook Review . AudioFile Magazine . 2016-07-07.
  37. Web site: Audio Book Review: The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh. Publishersweekly.com . 2005-06-06 . 2016-07-07.
  38. Web site: THE HUNGRY TIDE by Amitav Ghosh Read by Firdous Bamji | Audiobook Review . AudioFile Magazine . 2016-07-07.
  39. Web site: Hong . Terry . The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh | BookDragon . Smithsonianapa.org . 2016-07-07.
  40. Web site: THE Voice of the Independent Publishing Industry . Independent Publisher . 2009-05-29 . 2016-07-07.
  41. Web site: Voice Over Xtra . Voice Over Xtra . 2016-07-07.

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