Date of Birth

27 December 1992, Miami, Florida, USA

Height

6' 1" (1.85 m)

Mini Biography

Blake Jenner is an actor/singer from Miami, Florida. He found inspiration, as a child, in Jim Carrey and Michael Jackson and aspired to be an entertainer. When he was 9, he wrote short stories and acted them out at school, thus deciding to pursue a career in acting. Throughout middle school and high school, he spent his spare time acting in advertisements and attending acting classes, but he also performed in school plays as well. He moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career and took his junior year during the day, and online courses for his senior year at night, so that he could graduate early and make his dream of acting come true. He has had many different jobs, including a waiter, clothing store associate, fast food attendant, and a parrot salesman (he did not go from door to door selling parrots, but rather worked in a store). After very many auditions, Blake booked a role to guest star as "Miller Collins" on the ABC family sitcom, Melissa & Joey (2010). It was through this sitcom that he was first introduced to television. Blake is featured as Ryder; the star football player/lead vocalist on the 4th season of the FOX hit, Glee (2009).

Trivia

• Some people who inspire him are Jim Carrey and Edwin McCain. Ryan Gosling and Andrew Garfield are two of his favorite actors.
• His favorite sports are basketball and football, and the sports he did in high school were football and wrestling.
• He plays the drums and the guitar.
• On The Glee Project (2011), he was closest to Michael, Nellie and Abraham.
• His favorite movies are Dumb and Dumber (1994) and The Social Network (2010). One of his favorite shows is The Office (2005).
• Married to Supergirl actress Melissa Benoist, and appeared in two episodes in season 1 as Cat Grant's son: Adam Foster. Jenner and Benoist separated in 2016.
• Contrary to the belief of some people, Blake is not one of the sons of Caitlyn Jenner, and further, is not related in any way to the 1976 former Olympic Champion.
• Son of Richard Vernon Jenner, of English, German and French-Canadian descent, and wife Mitzy, of Cuban descent, from a family from Santiago de Cuba.
• Patrilineal great-grandson of Wallace Elmer Jenner (of English and French-Canadian descent, son of Frank Meeser Jenner and wife Sarah "Sadie" Jane Duke) and wife Emma M. Sinn (b. New Jersey, daughter of Wilhelm A. Sinn [b. Germany) and wife Emma M. Friese or Friesser (b. Germany)).