Ben McKenzie

Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan (born September 12, 1978), professionally known as Ben McKenzie, 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''.

Outside of acting, McKenzie is noted for his critical commentary on the cryptocurrency bubble and fraud with journalist Jacob Silverman. Their book on the subject, ''Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud'', was published in July 2023. Provided by Wikipedia