Benjamin McKenzie Archives

Ben McKenzie attends The Pediatric IBD Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s “Rock-N-Reel” event on Sunday afternoon (June 14) in Culver City, Calif.

The event honored producer Alexandra Milchan-Lambert and production company Relativity Media’s Scott Lambert for their work with children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

On the red carpet, the 30-year-old actor rubbed shoulders with Dr. Marla C. Dubinsky, Director of the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Ben will be back this fall with a second season of Southland on NBC!

Southland star Ben McKenzie walks around in his New Balance sneakers prior to his workout at Gold’s Gym in West Hollywood on Wednesday (May 20).

The 30-year-old actor quenched his thirst with Gatorade X-Factor “Be Touch” in lemon-lime strawberry flavor.

Southland is all-new TONIGHT @ 10PM ET/PT on NBC. Episode “Derailed” synopsis: Officers find a dead gang member in the trunk of a car; Detective Bryant asks Lydia to take Janilla in; the rift between Detective Salinger and his daughter grows.

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Ben McKenzie goes “In Front” to meet the stars of NBC’s new shows at Universal Studios Hollywood on Tuesday (May 12) in Universal City, Calif.

The 30-year-old actor’s series Southland is just one of four returning series picked up (the other three included Heroes, Parks and Recreation and the addition of six new episodes of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday).

NBC also recently announced the pickups of six new series featuring four new dramas including Trauma, Parenthood, Mercy and the event series Day One, as well as two new comedies including Community and 100 Questions. More Here! »

Here is some vintage Benjamin McKenzie visting the Ben Sherman showroom in 2003… way before he was cast as BEN SHERMAN in NBC’s police drama Southland. Funny how that all worked out!

Pictured below: Ben, 30, and costar Michael Cudlitz shooting additional scenes on the Southland set on Monday (May 4). Mr. McKenzie hammed it up, showing off the big guns!

Southland airs on Thursday @ 10PM ET/PT on NBC.

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Southland star Ben McKenzie’s short film The Eight Percent was crowned the winner in the Delta Airlines Fly-in movie contest.

Director Alexander Poe’s film received the highest rating among flyers who viewed the film while traveling on a Delta flight or online at delta.com/flyinmovies. Poe tweeted, “Just won the TriBeCa film festival delta award, thanks to everyone who voted.”

Eight Percent will now be entered as an official selection on the TriBeCa Film Festival’s Short film category! Congrats to everyone involved!

If you missed all of the behind-the-scenes shots of Eight Percent, check them out now!

Benjamin McKenzie keeps warm by wearing a long coat over his cop uniform during a film break on the set of Southland on Thursday (April 23) in Boyle Heights, Calif.

Other pictures include stills from tonight’s episode of Southland, “See the Woman.” Ben (McKenzie) reveals details of his past that explain his motivation to be a cop. Meanwhile, Chickie questions her partnership with Dewey when the latter becomes starstruck and fails to do his job.

Southland airs TONIGHT (April 23) @ 10PM ET/PT on NBC. 15+ pics inside… More Here! »

Last week, I had the pleasure of chatting with Ben McKenzie, who was one of best interviewees ever — easygoing, funny and candid. The 30-year-old actor talked about being single (yes, ladies, I said single), keeping in touch with his costars from The O.C., and his new cop drama, Southland, which premieres tonight on NBC! Check it:

JJ: Hi, Ben! Big fan. Are you familiar with JustJared.com at all?

BM: Yup! A friend referred me over, so thanks for the nice things!

JJ: Do you go online a lot? Are you computer savvy?

BM: I’m not particularly computer savvy. No Facebook or MySpace. I’m on there but I’m not there. Other people have created accounts for me I understand. I don’t even know how to work them! I’m only hip circa 1994 with email. (laughs)

JJ: Congratulations on your new series coming out. Can you tell us what your character’s like?

BM: Thank you! Sure. I play a rookie patrol officer named Ben Sherman who is about a month out of the academy. He has the makings of a good cop on paper but is a little inexperienced when it comes to the streets. He’s a little wet behind the ears and has a little growing to do. His training officer, John Cooper (played with Michael Cudlitz) is pretty unforgiving and puts him through the ringer in the pilot. The first episode is largely about my character trying to prove himself and to John that he has what it takes to be a copy.

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Benjamin McKenzie takes a break from filming the new NBC TV series, Southland on Thursday (March 19) in Hollywood, Calif.

The 30-year-old former O.C. star now plays a rookie officer, Ben Sherman, who must learn the perils of the job while he is trained by officer John Cooper (Michael Cudlitz).

Also recently, McKenzie is featured in the 8-minute short The Eight Percent.

Click here for a preview of the Southland, which premieres Thursday, Apr. 9 10/9c.

10+ pictures inside of Benjamin McKenzie stewing in Southland…

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