This whole scene is very strange. It's a very strange town and a very strange business, and it has a tendency to creep me out.
Ben will appear in the 2007 Al Pacino thriller, 88 Minutes, with former The OC co-star Melinda Clarke. Ben will play Mike Stemp in the movie.
Ben crashed on a friend's floor for a year before he got his role on The O.C.
Ben was a speaker at the Democratic National Convention on July 27, 2004.
Ben's uncle is Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan.
Ben has performed in several stage productions.
Sarah Drew, who is a recurring star on Everwood, is Ben's second cousin.
Ben moved to New York City three weeks before September 11, 2001, and he was there for the terrorist attacks.
Ben is the son of Austin attorney Pete Schenkkan and poet-writer Frances Schenkkan.
Ben helped to "punk" his The O.C. co-star Adam Brody for Ashton Kutcher's show Punk'd. The next season, Ben himself was Punk'd!
Ben' s height is 5' 8.5" (1.74 m).
Ben is the oldest of three children. His brothers are Nate, 22 and Zack, 19.