Birthdate: September 12, 1978
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We know Ben McKenzie as the hot, brooding Ryan Atwood on Fox's hit,
New York City to try acting.
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Ben McKenzie scored some
off-broadway show biz gigs and headed to
Los Angeles, California in 2002.
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Ben McKenzie was in LA looking for work for one year and six days before he got the chance to
The O.C.. Ben McKenzie has said, "By the time I got into The O.C. I went in and just did it, I didn't try to impress anybody. Which was different from my other auditions. I think that's why I got it." McKenzie landed the role only one week before
Fox shot the pilot (first) episode of the show.
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Ben McKenzie's uncle is Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan.
Ben McKenzie's older brother Nate is working in theater in New York and his younger brother Zack Schenkkan goes to college near LA.
Ben McKenzie lives in Santa Monica, California and drives an Infiniti G35.Ben McKenzie Says... 5t569
"It seemed so absurd to me at the time. Oh, yeah, I'm gonna get this pilot and be a star. C'mon! That doesn't happen to some kid from Austin who doesn't know what the heck he's doing."
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