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Blake Jenner is a well-known actor and singer from the United States. Blake Jenner won the second season of Oxygen’s “The Glee Project.” As a result, he played the role of Ryder Lynn in the Fox musical comedy-drama series “Glee.”
Early life
Blake Jenner was born in August 27, 1992, in Miami, Florida, United States of America. He is 31 years. His birth name is Blake Alexander Jenner and he holds American nationality. Similarly, he has the zodiac sign of Virgo and practices the Christian religion. He belongs to a mixed ethnicity.
Regarding his family background, he is the son of Richard Vernon Jenner (father) and Mitzy Jenner (mother). Furthermore, his father is of English-German descent while his mother is of Cuban descent.
He had an interest in music and cinema since he was little. At 9 years old he started playing the drums. He has three brothers whose names are Ricky, Mike and Derrick.
Caption: Blake Jenner’s childhood photo with her mother (Source: TheWikiFeed)
Blake Jenner – Education
Regarding his academic career, he studied at the Liceo Félix Varela where he joined the school’s theater society. During his school days, he used to play football and wrestle. He loves the comedy genre and used to participate in theater productions at the Roxy Performing Arts Center.
During the same time, Jenner became a member of “Impromedy,” a sketch comedy group located in Miami. After completing her graduation, she left for Los Angeles to pursue her career in acting. He used to work as a waiter and salesman during that period, and also auditioned for his acting roles.
Career
Regarding his professional career, Blake Jenner began his acting career playing the role of Connor in the 2010 short film “Fresh 2 Death.” In 2011 he appeared in the short film called “Wurlitzer” and also worked as a producer.
Subsequently, he appeared in several short films such as “The truth in being right” (2012) and “Amor en el primer sitio” (2014). He made his guest appearances as Miller Collins on the ABC Family comedy, “Melissa & Joey” (2012).
After that, she won the second season of the reality TV show, “The Glee Project” in 2012, and was guaranteed seven episodes in the following season of “Glee.” Additionally, she won the “Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Star” after appearing as Ryder Lynn in the fourth season of “Glee.”
Caption: Blake Jenner as Ryder Lynn in the Fox musical comedy-drama series, Glee (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)
Later, he also wrote the screenplay for “Billy Boy” in 2013 and later appeared in a horror film, “Within” (2016). He landed on the 2016 series “Supergirl” alongside his ex-wife, Melissa Benoist, as Adam Foster. Additionally, he played Jake Bradford in Richard Linklater’s comedy film, “Everybody Wants Something!!” on March 30, 2016.
Jenner starred in the film “The Vanishing of Sidney Hall,” which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. That same year, he starred in the drama film “Billy Boy” and also worked as a writer and producer.
Recent works
The actor later starred in Bart Layton’s crime drama film “American Animals,” which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. During the same year, he played the role of Christian de Neuvillette in the production Cyrano from Goodspeed Musicals at the Norma Terris Theatre. In the 2019 Netflix thriller miniseries “What/If,” he was the main cast and played the role of Sean.
Recently, he was cast as Ryan Swan in the 2022 American action film “Paradise City” directed by Chuck Russell. He has also voiced the character Howie Carter and Assistant GM in the video games NBA 2K19 and NBA 2K20.
Awards
Caption: Blake Jenner wins Rising Star award at San Diego Film Festival (Source: Just Jared)
In 2013, she won the Teen Choice Award in the Choice TV: Breakout Star category. She won the Rising Star Award at the 2017 San Diego Film Festival.
Net worth 2024
Thanks to his acting career, he has earned a good sum of money. As of January 2023, his net worth is estimated to be around $1.5 million, while his earnings have not been revealed yet.
civil status
Talking about his relationship status, Blake Jenner is a divorced man. As for his past relationships, he hired his co-star “The Glee Project” actress Melissa Benoist in 2013.
In 2015, the couple got married. However, Benoist filed for divorce in 2016 and the reason was irreconcilable differences and their divorce was finalized in December 2017. Previously, he also dated Maria Correa. Aside from this, the actor has not been involved in any type of scandal or rumor and is currently fully focused on his career.
Body measurements
Caption: Blake working out (Source: Instagram)
This handsome guy is 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) tall and weighs around 76 kg (167 lbs). Furthermore, he has a pair of brown eyes with brown hair and the other body statistics of him are still under review.
Blake Jenner – Social Networks
On her Instagram page ‘@blakedaflake’ she has more than 223,000 followers. Likewise, there are more than 292.7 thousand followers on her Twitter page ‘@Blake_Jenner’ and more than 105 thousand followers on her Facebook page.
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