Ben McKenzie

Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan is an American actor, author and commentator. He is best known for his starring television roles as Ryan Atwood on the teen drama The O.C. (2003–2007), Ben Sherman on the crime drama Southland (2009–2013), and James "Jim" Gordon on the crime drama Gotham (2014–2019). McKenzie made his film debut in the Academy Award-nominated film Junebug (2005), before appearing in films including 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 Bess Wohl play Grand Horizons.

12 September 1978

Born on the same birth date (12 September 1978): Elisabetta Canalis • Ruben Studdard

Born on the same birth day (12 September): Akwasi Fobi-Edusei • David Grant (academic) • Greg Gutfeld • H. L. Mencken • Henry Waxman • Killing of Linda Agostini • Max Boot • Mike Murphy (ice hockey, born 1950) • Muriel Siebert • Pablo McNeil • Rami Haikal • Scott Brown (politician) • Werner Flume

Born in the same month (September 1978): Alex Escobar • Angela Rawlings • Ben Cohen (rugby union) • Daniel Grossberg • Devon Sawa • Frederik Veuchelen • Gerard Autet • Gil Meche • Harry Kewell • Jason Bay • John Curtis (footballer, born 1978) • Jon Rauch • Jorge López (footballer, born 1978) • Kurt Nilsen • Nick Wechsler (actor) • Patrizio Buanne • Paulo Costanzo • Peter Sunde • Roudolphe Douala • Sensei (wrestler) • September 3 • Wietse van Alten • Zhang Zhong