Benjamin McKenzie. Biography, filmography and the personal life of the actor

Benjamin Mackenzie first announced himself to the whole world, starring in "Lonely Hearts". The youth series was released in two thousand and third year on the Fox channel. In this long telehistory, the actor incarnated in Ryan Atwood, a guy from poor neighborhoods who got into the Orange County. A brilliantly played role overnight made Benjamin McKenzie famous. The actor was twice nominated (in 2004 and 2005) for the prestigious Teen Choice Awards, fighting for the title of best actor in the drama series. Also, Mackenzie is known to the Russian audience for roles in the films "Gotham" and "Southland". Popularity goes hand in hand with the desire of fans of the actor's creativity to penetrate into his personal life. Well, let's open the veil of secrecy. In this article, we will talk not only about the biography of Benjamin Mackenzie, his creative path. We will also try to illuminate his affairs of the heart.

Family actor

Benjamin Mackenzie saw the light in the city of Austin (in Texas) on September 12, 1978. Immediately it should be said that the real name of the actor is Schenkan. Benjamin's parents were prosperous, but far from the world of cinema. Father, Peter Mead Schenkan, was a lawyer who rose to the rank of district attorney. Mother, Mary Francis Victory, besides working as an editor and newspaper reporter, taught a course at the university and wrote poetry. She was a recognized poetess and even awarded the A. Steiner Barlson Prize for her compositions. But the acting genes in Benjamin's DNA were still present. His uncle, Robert Schenkan, is a well-deserved screenwriter who received the Pulitzer Prize. His second cousin is actress Sarah Drew. A grandmother and grandfather on his father's line in his younger years also played on the stage. But his father insisted that Ben and his two other sons, Zack and Nate, go to his feet and become lawyers.

Education

In high school in Austin, Benjamin Mackenzie was fond of sports and was a member of the football team. In the same institution, the daughter of former US President Bush also studied. But Barbara and Jenna are a year younger than the future actor. After receiving a certificate of maturity in 1997, he, at the request of his parents, entered the University of Virginia, in the same where his father and grandfather were educated. Ben graduated from the Faculty of International Relations. Even at the first courses of the university actor's genes made themselves felt, and the young man happily took part in student theater performances. Having received a bachelor's degree in international economics, Ben already knew that a legal career was not for him. In 2001, he travels to New York, a city of great opportunities. To have money to live, Ben works as a waiter, and to realize himself as a person he plays in the theater. He played in the play "Life is a dream", as well as in a dozen other productions within the framework of the Williamstown festival ("Blue Bird", "Street Scene" and others). By the way, the actor's vein showed up in Ben's older brother, Neite. He graduated from Yale University, but now works in one of the theaters on Broadway. The youngest of the brothers, Zach, is still studying at Pomona College, near Los Angeles.

Carier start

Having behind him the experience of participation in theatrical productions, the actor decided to try himself at the cinema. As usual, the first step was television. He starred in the series "East Park" ("District of Columbia"), "Military-Legal Service" and "Mad TV." His success awaited after work in the youth epic "Lonely Hearts", filmed from 2003 to 2007. In the acting guild, there was already one Ben Shenkan. Therefore, the young man had to choose another stage name - Benjamin Mackenzie. The actor moves from New York to Los Angeles and pushes his way into a big movie. He made his debut in the movie "The June Beetle" (2005), where he played Johnny Johnsten. Since then, invitations to the set began to fall on the actor with an enviable regularity.

Benjamin McKenzie: Filmography

In 2007, the actor was fortunate enough to play along with Al Pacino in the thriller "Eighty-Eight Minutes" (Mike Stemp). For this work, he was nominated for the cup of the Sarasota Film Festival. The star of Benjamin Mackenzie entered the zenith in 2008, when he reincarnated as Joe Bonham in the film "Johnny took the gun." This solo performance brought the actor praise film critics. From 2009 to 2013, Mackenzie worked in the Southland series, where he brilliantly played Ben Sherman, a patrol policeman. In 2011, his voice began talking cartoon hero Bruce Wayne in "Batman: Year One". In 2013, Mackenzie starred in two films at once: "Deciphering Annie Praker" (Tom's role) and "Farewell to the World" (Nick Rendworth). And when in February 2014 they began to recruit the team in the TV series "Gotham", there was not even a question of who would be taken to the role of just investigator James Gordon.

Benjamin Mackenzie: personal life

The actor brilliantly reincarnated as a genius detective. According to the scenario, the hero of Mackenzie James Gordon is gradually approaching his work colleague, forensic expert Leslie Tompkins. Female fanatics held their breath: are film passions really a reflection of a real romance between the actors? Mackenzie had a relationship in the past that promised to marry - with Misha Barton. The girl at that time was eighteen, and the actor - 26. The difference in age, alas, affected life's values and values. Young people soon broke up.

In 2005, a handsome man, a 1.75-meter-tall man, was rated by InStyle magazine as one of the ten most coveted bachelors. And he remained so, until in September 2015 the film world did not stir up the news: actress Morena Baccarin is pregnant from Mackenzie. It should be said that this beauty already has a child from her first marriage with director Austin Chick. This is the son Julius, who was born in 2013. However, Benjamin Mackenzie and his wife Morena are happy. The pair also contains a pit bull named Oscar.

Political life

Benjamin Mackenzie, whose films are very popular in America, has an active civic position. He goes to rallies, is interested in economics and politics. In 2004 he encouraged fans of his work to vote for John Kerry, and in 2008 - for Barack Obama. He holds actions in support of homeless children.