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Ben Mckenzie

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Ben McKenzie is a renowned American producer and actor. He was born as Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan on September 12, 1978, in Austin, Texas in the U.S.A. to Frances Victory and Pieter Meade Schenkkan. He is also known as Benjamin McKenzie, the grandson of Robert F. Schenkkan, who worked in the University of Texas in Austin. Ben is the nephew of Robert Schenkkan Robert Schenkkan is an American film actor and scr >> Read More... , Jr., who is also an actor and playwright and a winner of Pulitzer Prize. He studied at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School and later attended Austin High School, where he became the defensive back and wide receiver in a football team of the school. Ben later studied at the University of Virginia, where his father and grandfather graduated. He took a major in Foreign Affairs and Economics.

He initially did some part-time jobs, and some acting works in L.A. in New York Click to look into! >> Read More... before he acted as Ryan Atwood, in the American teen drama series, The O.C. The show became an overnight success and earned him fame and popularity. Ben received nominations at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout TV Star for Male and the Choice TV Chemistry. He also bagged the Choice TV Actor for Drama/Action Adventure and the Choice TV Actor for Drama. Reportedly, he is earning $15,000 to $25,000 in each episode of the show. His success in the show led him to make an appearance in top magazines like People, Us Weekly and In Touch Weekly. He took the number 5 position in the 100 Sexiest Men Alive of The Independent Online and appeared on the annual list of the Teen People magazine’s 25 Sexiest Stars under 25. Ben was also voted in the 10 Hottest Bachelors of Summer by women’s fashion magazine, InStyle in 2005. However, The O.C. ended in 2007, after the ratings dropped gradually.

During the time that he’s working in The O.C., he was debuted in the comedy-drama film, Junebug, which was helmed by Phil Morrison. The film earned a nomination at the Amanda Awards for Outstanding Ensemble Acting and Best International Film. It bagged the Outstanding Ensemble Acting at the Sarasota Film Festival. Ben will supposedly appear in the action thriller film, Snakes on a Plane, but he dropped the film and acted in the American thriller film, 88 Minutes instead.

In the year 2008, Ben made a solo performance and earned critical acclaim as Joe Bonham in the film version of the Off-Broadway play, Johnny Got His Gun, based on the novel of the same name, written by Dalton Trumbo. This is his 1st starring role in a feature film. In the following year, he acted in a short film entitled The Eight Percent. He was seen as a rookie police officer in the crime drama series, Southland, but the show got canceled during its production on the second season. Turner Network Television (TNT) acquired the rights of the series and broadcasted 7 episodes that already been produced. It was renewed but got canceled again post its 5th season. Ben returned to Fox in the crime-drama series, Gotham, a prequel of Batman, which was premiered on September 2014. He earned a nomination for Favorite Actor in a New TV Series at the People’s Choice Awards by playing the role of James Gordon, a detective.

Ben had a relationship with Morena Baccarin Morena Baccarin, whose full name is Morena Silva d >> Read More... , his co-star in Gotham and they are now expecting their first baby.

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