Benjamin McKenzie
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Image:OC-305.jpg Benjamin McKenzie (born Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan on September 12, 1978) is an American actor. He is the star of the television series The O.C., playing Ryan Atwood, a troubled teen who is relocated from Chino, California to Newport Beach, with the help of his lawyer, Sandy Cohen (Peter Gallagher).
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Biography
McKenzie grew up in Austin, Texas and attended the University of Virginia, where he majored in Foreign Affairs and Economics. His uncle is the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan. His parents are Pieter Meade Schenkkan and Mary Frances Victory, a prize-winning poet. He started being credited as Ben Mckenzie with the second season of The O.C.
As of 2005, he became the third star of The O.C. to get Punk'd. (His co-star Adam Brody was Punk'd in 2004, Rachel Bilson was tricked by Ashton Kutcher in early 2005, and Mischa Barton is the latest to get punk'd.)
Credits
- Life is a Dream (Off-Broadway play)
- Street Scene (Williamstown Theatre Festival)
- The Blue Bird (Williamstown Theatre Festival)
- Measure for Measure (University of Virginia)
- Zoo Story (University of Virginia)
- The O.C. (FOX)
- Junebug (Renaissance Films/Sony Pictures Classics)
Unsubstantiated Rumors to do with Snakes on a Plane
- There is a rumor that he is in this movie, reported on the Movie Blog and Movie Web.
References
FOX.COM O.C. Cast Bios: Benjamin McKenzie
External link
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