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This article is about the actor. For other people named John Abraham, see John Abraham.

John Abraham (born 17 December 1972)is an Indian actor, film producer and former model who appears in Hindi films. After modelling for numerous advertisements and companies, he made his film debut with Jism (2003), earning a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut nomination.This was followed by his breakout antagonistic roles in the top-grossing action thriller Dhoom (2004), and in Zinda (2006), for which he received two Filmfare Best Villain Award nomination. Abraham was later critically praised for Water (2005) and Baabul (2006), the latter of which gained him a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award nomination.

Early life
Abraham was born in Bombay, Maharashtra on 17 December 1972 into a family of mixed religious and ethnic heritage. His father is a Malayali Syriac Christian from Kerala and his mother is an Irani Zoroastrian. Abraham's Zoroastrian name is "Farhan", but he was baptised with the name "John." He has a younger brother named Alan Abraham. He considers himself a spiritual person but does not follow any particular religion.Abraham grew up in Mumbai and studied at the Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai. He attended Jai Hind College, University of Mumbai, and then got an MBA degree from MET Institute of Management, Bombay. His cousin Susy Matthew is an author and has written novels like "Mahabharat".

Producer
Abraham's debut as a producer was titled Vicky Donor (2012) and the film featured Ayushmann Khurrana, Annu Kapoor and Yami Gautam in lead roles. Abraham also appeared in an item-number for the film. It opened to positive response, and turned out to be a critical and commercial success. His second production, Madras Cafe which was also directed by Shoojit Sircar, opened to overwhelming response from the critics. In 2018, he produced the Marathi film Savita Damodar Paranjpe.[citation needed]

Social causes
Abraham also takes an active interest in the United Way, based in Denver, United States. In January 2009, he flagged off the Mumbai Marathon, an annual event organised to benefit the United Way. He did not run the marathon, but encouraged the participants by waving at them from the start line.

Success
In 2004, Abraham played Kabir, the main antagonist in Dhoom, an action film directed by Sanjay Gadhvi, and produced by Yash Raj Films, multi-starring Abhishek Bachchan, Esha Deol, Uday Chopra and Rimi Sen. The film was the third highest-grossing film of the year,which gained him a Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role nomination.