Benjamin Mckenzie who is also known as Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan, is a popular American actor, writer as well as director. He has played a great role in various movies and offers a major hit to the American film industry. He was born on September 12, 1978, and was having an interest in acting line from the early days. Many artists have come and gone, but now one was able to make a spot which was made by this legendry artist. In any one of the fields in which he has entered, he has given his best to impress and left his permanent mark on the industry.

Early life

Mckenzie belongs to Austin, Texas. The native of Dutch- Jewish origin and belongs to the Scottish Descent. His parents were Frances Victory Schenkkan and Pieter Meade Schenkkan. His father is a poet, whereas his mother is a reputed attorney. He has two brothers, and all of them were raised in Texas. You will be amazed to know that he is the nephew of very popular Robert Schenkkan.

If we talk about the educational status of Mckenzie, he attended St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. He was having the company of his future friends and also a football teammate knew as Drew Brees. Later, he got admission to Stephen F. Austin High School, where he was playing as a defensive player from the school team. In 1997, he joined the University of Virginia. His reason for not considering the Shenkman in his stage name was to prevent confusion with another actor named Ben Shenkman.

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Career beginning

After completing studies, Mckenzie decided to shift to New York City for doing a part-time job. He also performed in Off-Off-Broadway productions. When he was 23 years old, he moved to Los Angeles and had a lot of struggle as he waited table and slept on floors at one of friend’s home. Then got cast as Ryan Atwood in The OC, which was a television series that got great popularity. It was a great break for him as no one was expecting such a huge from this show.

In the year 2008, Mckenzie came out with his solo performance in the Live on stage, which was his first role in the feature film. The movie got premiered at the Paramount Theatre in Austin. It was also a good hit and then got appeared in several films. He worked in various short films as well as fully featured films in this period, and everyone was impressed by his acting skills.

In 2019, he was cast as the national security advisor of Donald Trump, Michael Fylnn, as well as the president’s son.

Personal life

Mckenzie got married to Morena Baccarin, and they finally got divorced in September 2015. She also claimed that she was pregnant with his child at the time of filing the divorce. In 2016, Mckenzie announced his relationship with Baccarin and got married in November 2017.

Net Worth

The net worth of Benjamin McKenzie is estimated at $13 million.