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He was born on September 12, 1978. Benjamin McKenzie attended the University of Virginia and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Foreign Affairs. From there, McKenzie moved to New York to become an actor. Benjamin McKenzie landed some roles in off-Broadway plays, but he received his big break when he received the role of Ryan Atwood on the Fox show "The O.C.", where he played a troubled youth thrown into the glitz , glamour, and wealth of Orange County, California. Despite having graduated from college three years prior, Benjamin McKenzie
became a high school student again at the age of 25 when the
show premiered in 2003. |