Michel de Carvalho

Michel Ray de Carvalho (born Michel Ray Popper; 21 July 1944) is a British financier, private banker, former Olympic skier and luger, and former child actor in films such as The Brave One, The Tin Star, and Lawrence of Arabia (under the name Michel Ray).

Early life He was born Michel Ray Popper in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, on 21 July 1944. Using the stage-name 'Michel Ray', he appeared in several films as a child and teenager, including the 1962 epic film Lawrence of Arabia (where he played the character Farraj, Lawrence's personal servant), The Divided Heart in 1954, The Tin Star with Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins in 1957, and The Brave One in 1956 where he plays a young Mexican boy who tries to rescue his pet bull from being killed by a champion bullfighter.

He quit acting to attend Harvard University, which he later described as "just about the most stupid decision" he ever made. Nevertheless, de Carvalho graduated from Harvard and then earned an MBA degree from the same university.

De Carvalho represented Great Britain at the 1968 Winter Olympics in skiing, and luge at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics.

Career De Carvalho was the vice-chairman of investment banking at Citigroup, where he chaired Citi Private Bank in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region, a post to which he was appointed in November 2009.

In 2018 Carvalho was appointed chairman of CapGen.

Personal life He married Dutch Heineken heiress Charlene Heineken

Partial filmography The Divided Heart (1954) - Toni The Brave One (1956) - Leonardo The Tin Star (1957) - Kip Mayfield Flood Tide (1957) - David Gordon The Space Children (1958) - Bud Brewster The Naked City (TV series) (S1.E26) (1959) - Felipe Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Farraj