Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan , better known as Benjamin McKenzie, is an American actor and producer. He is best known for playing Ryan Atwood in the television series The O.C. and for playing Ben Sherman in Southland. He appeared in the films Junebug and 88 Minutes which earned him a Sarasota Film Festival nomination. His first starring role in a feature film was in the 2008 indie release Johnny Got His Gun which garnered excellent reviews for his solo performance. McKenzie is of Dutch and Irish descent and was born Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan, in Austin, Texas to Mary Frances Victory, a... prize-winning poet, and Pieter Meade Schenkkan. His uncle is the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan. McKenzie is the second cousin of actress Sarah Drew. McKenzie changed his name for screen-credit purposes because there is an actor named Ben Schenkken registered with the Screen Actors Guild. His paternal grandparents both were theatre actors. His younger brother Nate is a Yale graduate working in avant-garde theater in New York. His youngest brother Zack is a Pomona College alumnus. For middle school, he attended St.
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| Birthdate: | September 12, 1978 |
| Birthplace: | Austin, Texas |
| Age: | 33 |
| Height: | 5' 9" |
| Education: | University of Virginia, Austin High School |
| Also known as: | Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan, Benjamin Schenkkan, benjamin_mckenzie |