Ben McKenzie

Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan, born September 12, 1978, is an American actor, author, and commentator. He gained popularity for his roles on various television shows, including Ryan Atwood in the teen drama series The O.C. (2003–2007), Ben Sherman in the crime drama Southland (2009–2013), and James Gordon in the crime drama Gotham (2014–2019). McKenzie made his film debut in the Academy Award-nominated film Junebug (2005) and appeared in several other films such as 88 Minutes (2007), Goodbye World (2013), Some Kind of Beautiful (2014), and Line of Duty (2019). In 2020, he made his Broadway debut in the play Grand Horizons. McKenzie has also co-authored the book Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud with journalist Jacob Silverman, which was published in July 2023. He was born in Austin, Texas and has Dutch-Jewish, Scottish, and English ancestry.