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Ben McKenzie - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography

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Born September 12, 1978, Austin, Texas, USA - American actor.
Benjamin's uncle, playwright and actor Robert Shankkan, is a Pulitzer Prize winner. After graduating from high school in 1997, Benjamin entered the Department of International Relations and Economics at the University of Virginia, where his father and grandfather studied. While attending university, Shenkkan began acting in student theater productions. In 2001 he moved to New York to become an actor. He played in the off-Broadway theater in the production "Life is a Dream", while working part-time as a waiter. In the summer, he played in several productions at the Williamstown Theater Festival. After a short stay in New York, Ben Shankkan moved to Los Angeles. He was forced to use the stage name Benjamin Mackenzie, since another Benjamin Shankkan had already been registered with the Screen Actors Guild. In 2003, Mackenzie got one of the main roles in the youth television series "Lonely Hearts" on Fox television. In the series, he played Ryan Atwood, a poor neighborhood youth who dives into the life of Orange County's elite. Thanks to this role, Mackenzie became widely known overnight and was twice, in 2004 and 2005, nominated for the Teen Choice Awards in the category "Best Actor in a Drama Series" .
In 2005, Mackenzie made his big-screen debut, starring in the independent drama The June Beetle. In 2007, he played a small role in the thriller "88 Minutes," starring Al Pacino. From 2009 to 2013, Mackenzie starred in the television series Southland, where he played the role of young patrol officer Ben Sherman. In February 2014, Mackenzie was cast in the main cast of the American television series Gotham for the role of detective James Gordon.


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