John Abraham was born on December 17th 1972 to a Malayali Christian father and a Parsi mother in Mumbai, India. John did his schooling at Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai and has a younger brother Elan. After completing his Masters in Management he joined the ad agency ‘Enterprise Nexus’ as a media planner. John has always possessed an amazing physique as he was an athlete and his mom is a sports coach. During a photo shoot at his ad agency, John’s boss suggested him to pose for the camera and that was just the beginning of his modeling career. John entered the Gladrags contest in 1999 and competed internationally. John was signed on by ‘Carrie Model’ agency in Singapore and he did a fair amount of work in Hong Kong, London and New York after which he returned to India.
John modeled for Provogue and Cinthol; he also was the first Asian to be chosen to model for Levis Jeans. As John was weighing his options in Bollywood, he got signed by Pooja Bhatt, who launched him in ‘Jism’; the movie which made him a star. John also started dating Bipasha Basu, who played the lead in ‘Jism’. The success was followed by a debacle in his career, but things looked better after ‘Dhoom’ put him back in the superstar league. John has managed to deliver many hits like ‘Garam Masala’, ‘Kaal’ and ‘Taxi No 9211’. John Abraham has a horde of brands under his belt Diet Pepsi, Yamaha Bikes, Bombay Dyeing, Fast-Track watches, Wrangler Jeans, Castrol Power 1 and Clinic All Clear with girlfriend Bipasha Basu. John Abraham also toured the world for ‘Rockstars’ in 2006. John has worked with the best of Bollywood banners like Yash Chopra, Karan Johar and Ravi Chopra.
