Benjamin McKenzie Archives

Ben McKenzie attends the Storypalooza! storytelling festival at Crossroads Elementary School on Saturday afternoon (September 26) in Santa Monica, Calif.

Storypalooza is a festival featuring children’s storytelling games, musical guests, and a live performance of scripts by an all-star cast. The festival is being organized by the Young Storytellers Foundation, a Los Angeles based non-profit organization dedicated to developing literacy, self-expression and self-esteem in elementary school students through the art of storytelling.

Ben McKenzie shoots new scenes for an upcoming episode of his hit cop drama, Southland, on Tuesday (August 26) in Los Angeles.

Looks like NBC hired the 30-year-old actor his very own umbrella holder!

Former Prison Break star Amaury Nolasco recently joined Southland as the aggressive new partner of Det. Lydia Adams (Regina King) who drives her crazy.

Other pictures include Ben’s costar Michael Cudlitz’s Twitpics from the set.

The season 2 premiere of Southland premieres on Friday, September 25th @ 9PM ET/PR on NBC.

15+ pictures inside of Ben McKenzie on the set of Southland… More Here! »

Southland stars Ben McKenzie and Regina King rub shoulders at at NBC Universal’s all-star press tour party held at the Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa on Wednesday (August 5) in Pasadena, Calif.

The twosome were joined by costars Michael Cudlitz, Kevin Alejandro, Arija Bareikis, and Michael McGrady (all pictured below).

NBC stars also pictured below include: James Kyson Lee, Kate Flannery, Brian Baumgartner, Hayden Panettiere, Oscar Nunez, B.J. Novak, Mindy Kaling, and the entire cast of Chuck including Zachary Levi.

10+ pictures inside of the Southland cast at the NBC all-star press tour party… More Here! »

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!