With the starring role as heartbreaker Ryan Atwood on The OC, local boy Benjamin McKenzie may be the next Luke Perry. Nephew of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan, McKenzie has engendered a rabid following of fans who equate him with Marlon Brando and Russell Crowe. Though such pronouncements may be premature, McKenzie is a deity on the Internet, with such devotions as The Benjamin McKenzie Online Shrine to pay homage to him. Playing the bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks in swank and stylish Orange County, McKenzie’s role should handily propel him to the top of the television hierarchy – cuz that's how we do it in the AT!
