Ben McKenzie : Biography, Pictures, Photos, Trivia, Address, Filmography (The O.C., Head of the Class)

Benjamin McKenzie is the elder of two brothers, Nate and Zack. His father, Pete Schenkkan, is a lawyer and his mother, Mary Frances, is a known poet.

Graduated in economics and foreign affairs at the University of Virginia in 2001, he then began to play in different parts, as a measure for measure or zoo story. He then decides to move to New York to fulfill his dream: to become an actor. But it was in Los Angeles that he will know the celebrity, by winning the role of Ryan Atwood in the Newport Beach series (The O.C.).

His real name Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan, the main actor of the series spent his childhood in his hometown of Austin, Texas. He also had to change his family name, who was Schenkkan, because he was already taken by another actor. So he became Benjamin McKenzie.

In August 2001, he chained new plays, for example Life is a Dream and participated in the theater festival where he signed great performances with productions like Street Scene or The Blue Bird before leaving New York for Los Angeles.

But Benjamin continues to chain castings and won some small roles in various TV series like Jag in February 2003 or The District in May of the same year. He will thus be noticed in one of his appearances and won the first role of "The OC" (Newport Beach) in August 2003. It is then the consecration for Benjamin which is now very popular and very often makes magazine blankets with The other actors in the series. The actor thus declares himself very happy to have been able to win this opportunity but would like to clarify that his image of Bad Boy is a pure product of the Fox and does not correspond to him in any way.

Ben McKenzie is an American actor and screenwriter born September 12, 1978 in Austin, Texas. He is best known for his role as Ben Sherman in the television series "Southland" and for his role as Jim Gordon in the television series "Gotham". McKenzie also played in films such as "Junebug" and "88 minutes".

• Creation date: 21/08/2009 by speed911