Ben McKenzie
Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan (born September 12, 1978) is an American actor, writer, and director. His first high profile role was in 2003, starring as Ryan Atwood in the television series The O.C. and subsequently starred as Ben Sherman in Southland. From 2014 to 2019, he starred as James Gordon in the television series Gotham, for which he also wrote and directed episodes. McKenzie's first starring role in a feature film was in the 2008 film adaptation of Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun. He also appeared in the films Junebug and 88 Minutes, and voiced Batman in Batman: Year One. In January 2020, McKenzie made his Broadway debut in the Bess Wohl play Grand Horizons.
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| Full name at birth | Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan
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| Claim to fame | Ryan Atwood on The O.C.
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| Date of birth | 12 September 1978
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| Place of birth | Austin, Texas
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| Height | 5' 8" (173 cm)
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| Net worth | $13,000,000 USD
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| University | University of Virginia, bachelor`s degree 2001.
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| Talent agency | Endeavor Talent Agency
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- His paternal grandparents both did some acting when they were young. His 22-year-old brother Nate is a Yale graduate working in avant-garde theater in New York. Younger brother Zack, 19, is attending Pomona College, a half-hour away from Los Angeles, and still pondering his future.
- Moved to New York City three weeks before 9/11
- Second cousin of Sarah Drew
- One of his grandfathers, Robert F. ("Bob") Schenkkan, was an early proponent of both PBS and NPR. In recognition of his work, Austin, Texas' public radio and television stations KUT-FM and KLRU-TV hosted a 90th birthday celebration for him in March 2007, at which McKenzie and many of Schenkkan's other grandchildren spoke.
- Son of Austin attorney Pieter Schenkkan and poet-writer Mary Frances Victory.
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