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Blake Jenner
Jenner in 2013
Born
Blake Alexander Jenner
(1992-08-27 ) August 27, 1992 (age 31 ) Occupations
singer
Years active 2010–present Spouses
(m. 2013 or 2015;[a] div. 2017)
Blake Alexander Jenner (born August 27, 1992)[1] [2] Oxygen 's The Glee Project Ryder Lynn on the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee Everybody Wants Some!! The Edge of Seventeen American Animals What/If
Early life [ edit ]
Jenner was born and raised in Miami , Florida, the son of Mitzy and Richard Vernon Jenner. His mother is of Cuban descent, from a family from Santiago de Cuba .[3] [4] [5]
He grew up interested in music and film and began playing drums at age nine.[6] Felix Varela High School , where he joined the school's drama society Troupe 6162 and played varsity football and wrestled . Stating that he was "in love with improv and comedy"[7] improvisation lessons[8] sketch comedy improv group based in Miami.[9]
Eager to pursue a career in acting, Jenner left Miami and moved to Los Angeles after graduating high school a year early, with just $2,500.[4] [10] [4] [11] The Groundlings , and eventually did a guest show with that company two years later.[12] [13] Wurlitzer and The Truth In Being Right and the horror film Cousin Sarah . He also made a guest appearance on ABC Family 's sitcom Melissa & Joey [14]
In 2012, he was selected through industry channels to audition as one of 15 contestants on the second season of The Glee Project reality show for which the prize was a guaranteed seven-episode arc on the following season of Glee [15] Glee , he was later nominated and won the Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Star .[16] Jacob Artist , Becca Tobin , Alex Newell , and Melissa Benoist , was promoted to series regular status for the fifth season .[17]
In the summer of 2013, Jenner wrote the screenplay for Billy Boy . He and Benoist went on Kickstarter to ask fans to help fund the project's production; as of December 11, 2013, the project has reached its $100,000 goal. Jenner was subsequently cast in the horror film Within .[18] Supergirl [19]
In 2016, Jenner starred as Jake Bradford in Richard Linklater 's comedy film Everybody Wants Some!! Hailee Steinfeld 's character's brother in the coming-of-age drama The Edge of Seventeen [20] Shawn Christensen 's drama film The Vanishing of Sidney Hall [21] 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was released in 2018. He was in the cast of Bart Layton's crime drama film American Animals [22] 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was released in June 2018, by The Orchard and MoviePass Ventures . Jenner played Christian de Neuvillette in the Goodspeed Musical production 's Cyrano at the Norma Terris Theatre in August and September 2018.[23] [24]
Jenner played Sean in What/If Netflix 's 2019 anthology neo-noir thriller series.[25] Richard Linklater 's film adaptation of Merrily We Roll Along , which would be shot over the course of twenty years. Jenner had been set to star alongside Beanie Feldstein and Ben Platt .[26] Merrily We Roll Along by Paul Mescal .[27]
Personal life [ edit ]
Jenner became engaged to his former Glee co-star Melissa Benoist in 2013[28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33]
In 2019, Benoist shared an Instagram video chronicling her experience as a survivor of domestic violence . Benoist suffered an injury in 2015 that tore her iris and left her pupil permanently enlarged. In her video she revealed that the injury to her iris was due to a phone being thrown at her during a domestic dispute in a relationship marked by repeated abuse. Jenner and Benoist were married at the time.[34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40]
Filmography [ edit ]
Television [ edit ]
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Year
Title
Role
Notes
2018
NBA 2K19 Howie Carter
Voice and motion pictures[42] [43]
2019
NBA 2K20 Assistant GM
Voice and motion pictures[42] [43]
Regional [ edit ]
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Year
Title
Role
Venue
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2019
Cyrano
Christian de Neuvillette
The New Group production
[45]
Awards and nominations [ edit ]
Discography [ edit ]
^ Sources disagree as to the year Jenner and Benoist were married. See §Personal life
References [ edit ]
^ "Blake Jenner Is the All-American Leading Man Hollywood Needs Right Now" . Men's Journal . Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017 .
^ a b c Barroso, Gina (January 10, 2013). "TV Martí Noticias — Blake Jenner: un joven cubanoamericano de Miami triunfa en Hollywood" . YouTube. TV Martí Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved November 5, 2014 .
^ Sasa, Tuandike (March 13, 2020). "Blake Jenner story: Acting journey, family, wife and movies" . Legit.ng - Nigeria news . Retrieved February 15, 2022 .
^ Marr, Madeleine (August 10, 2012). "Local singer/actor Blake Jenner wins The Glee Project!" . Miami.com .
^ Gajewski, Ryan (August 27, 2013). "Glee Project's Blake Jenner Wanted To Be A Stand-Up Comic" . Wetpaint
^ Slezak, Michael (August 17, 2012). "Glee Project Champ Blake Jenner" . TVLine
^ Morales, Claudia (October 3, 2012). "Blake Jenner: A Varela alumnus' journey to 'Glee' . The Viper Vibe . Archived from the original on September 21, 2013.
^ Harrington, Amy and Nancy (August 21, 2012). "Five Things You Don't Know About Blake Jenner" . Yahoo! the original on September 22, 2013.
^ Douglass, Beth (August 16, 2012). "Glee Project 2 Winner Blake Jenner on His Hopes for Glee Season 4" . Wetpaint
^ Groundlings [@groundlings] (August 24, 2012). "Blake Jenner learned the importance of comedic timing from improv classes with The Groundlings" (Tweet ) – via Twitter .
^ Groundlings (2012). "Performers: Blake Jenner" . The Groundlings the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2013 .
^ "Who Is Glee's Blake Jenner?" . Wetpaint the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2016 .
^ Goldberg, Lesley (August 15, 2012). "Winner Blake Jenner: 'I'd Love to Be a Finn-Type Character" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved August 16, 2012 . The 19-year-old...
^ Derschowitz, Jessica (August 11, 2013). "Teen Choice Awards 2013: List of winners" . CBS News
^ Goldberg, Lesley (June 29, 2013). " . The Hollywood Reporter
^ Walkuski, Eric (March 25, 2014). "Crawlspace cast grows with Glee star Blake Jenner" . JoBlo.com . Retrieved November 6, 2014 .
^ Ausiello, Michael (November 18, 2015). "Supergirl Stages Glee Reunion, Casts Blake Jenner as Kara's [Spoiler]" . TVLine the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016 .
^ Lincoln, Ross A. (October 6, 2015). "Blake Jenner Joins Hailee Steinfeld In STX Coming-Of-Age Drama" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 31, 2015 .
^ Kroll, Justin (April 25, 2016). "Blake Jenner, Margaret Qualley and Tim Blake Nelson Join 'Sidney Hall' (EXCLUSIVE)" . Variety . Retrieved April 25, 2016 .
^ Mitchell, Robert (February 9, 2017). "Blake Jenner, Four Others Join Evan Peters in Indie Heist Film 'American Animals' . Variety . Retrieved June 28, 2018 .
^ "Blake Jenner Joins Musical Adaptation of Cyrano at Goodspeed" . Retrieved June 28, 2018 .
^ "Goodspeed Adds 8 Performances Of CYRANO Due to Popular Demand" . BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved July 20, 2018 .
^ Andreeva, Nellie (August 31, 2018). "What/If : Blake Jenner To Star In Netflix Social Thriller Series" . Deadline . Retrieved September 8, 2018 .
^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 30, 2019). "Richard Linklater To Shoot Stephen Sondheim Musical 'Merrily We Roll Along' Over 20 Years For Blumhouse" . Deadline . Retrieved August 30, 2019 .
^ "Paul Mescal Replaces Blake Jenner in Merrily We Roll Along Film" .
^ Chen, Joyce (July 12, 2013). "Blake Jenner, Melissa Benoist Engaged: Glee Costars Set to Tie the Knot" . US Weekly . Retrieved August 25, 2018 .
^ "Glee's Melissa Benoist and Blake Jenner Are Married!" . E! Online . July 13, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2018 .
^ Ostrow, Joanne (August 6, 2015). "Melissa Benoist, a Colorado native, takes flight as TV's 'Supergirl' . Denver Post . Retrieved June 18, 2018 .
^ Toomey, Alyssa (July 13, 2015). "Glee's Melissa Benoist and Blake Jenner Are Married! | E! News" . Eonline.com. Retrieved January 1, 2017 .
^ Mizoguchi, Karen (December 29, 2016). "Supergirl 's Melissa Benoist Files for Divorce from Blake Jenner: Report" . People . Retrieved January 3, 2017 .
^ Dugan, Christina (December 21, 2017). "Supergirl 's Melissa Benoist and Blake Jenner Finalize Divorce" . People . Retrieved December 22, 2017 .
^ " . The Hollywood Reporter . November 27, 2019.
^ Thorne, Will (November 27, 2019). " .
^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (November 28, 2019). "Melissa Benoist Shares Her Story Of Domestic Violence In Emotional Instagram Video" . Deadline . Retrieved November 3, 2020 .
^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (October 8, 2020). "Blake Jenner Responds To Melissa Benoist's Abuse Accusations: "I Take Full Responsibility" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved October 8, 2020 .
^ Trepany, Charles (October 8, 2020). "Melissa Benoist's ex-husband Blake Jenner apologizes for domestic violence, says he was abused, too" . USA Today . Retrieved October 8, 2020 .
^ Goldstein, Joelle. "Supergirl's Melissa Benoist Reveals She Is a Domestic Violence Survivor in Emotional Video" . PEOPLE.com . Retrieved November 3, 2020 .
^ Morin, Alyssa (2019). "Melissa Benoist Shares Her Domestic Violence Survival Story in Deeply Personal Video" . E! Online .
^ McArdle, Tommy (October 11, 2022). "Watch Bruce Willis and John Travolta Face Off in Hawaii in 'Paradise City' Trailer" . People.com . Retrieved October 13, 2022 .
^ a b NBA 2K (August 21, 2018). "NBA 2K19: The Way Back" . YouTube . Retrieved September 8, 2018 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )
^ a b " . CBS Sports . Retrieved September 8, 2018 .
^ CYRANO Starring Peter Dinklage Finds Full Cast; Blake Jenner and More. (June 27, 2018)
^ "Full Cast Announced for Peter Dinklage Led CYRANO; Grace McLean, Jasmine Cephas Jones, and More" . BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved August 14, 2019 .
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