Firdous Bamji
| Firdous Bamji | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Firdous Esadvaster Bamji 3 May 1966 Bombay, India |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | St. Christopher's School, Bahrain, Kodaikanal International School, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, University of South Carolina |
| Occupation | Actor/Writer |
| Spouse(s) | Erin Thigpen (1990-95) |
| Partner(s) | Hayley Mills (1997–present) |
Firdous Bamji is an Indian-American actor and writer.
Bamji was born in Bombay, India, though his family didn't live there at the time. They lived in Bahrain, where 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 local charities. Bamji belongs to the Parsi community, ethnic Persians who left Persia for the west coast of India following the Arab Muslim invasions, in order to be able to continue practising their ancient religion, Zoroastrianism.
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.
During his last couple of years in undergraduate school he began acting at Columbia's first professional theatre, Trustus, where the iconoclastic artistic director, Jim Thigpen 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.
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.
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