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Blake Jenner

Blake Jenner

7 movies on Netflix

Biography

Blake Jenner is an American actor who was born in Miami, Florida, and grew up interested in music and film, playing drums from age nine and taking improv classes before moving to Los Angeles after high school. He won the second season of the reality show The Glee Project, which earned him the role of Ryder Lynn on Glee and a Teen Choice Award as Choice TV Breakout Star. He went on to star as Jake Bradford in Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some!! (2016) and appeared in The Edge of Seventeen (2016), The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2018), and American Animals (2018). He wrote the screenplay for Billy Boy and played Christian de Neuvillette in a 2018 production of Cyrano, and later starred in the Netflix series What/If.

34years old

Turns 35 on August 27in 313 days

  • Born Miami
  • Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
  • Blake Alexander Jenner (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
7
Career span
6 years2016 to 2022

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  1. Behind the camera

    Jenner wrote the screenplay for Billy Boy and turned to Kickstarter with his co-star to raise the production money, reaching the $100,000 goal by December 11, 2013.

  2. A role that slipped away

    Jenner was cast in Richard Linklater's Merrily We Roll Along, a film planned to be shot over twenty years, but was replaced in the role by Paul Mescal in January 2023.

  3. A change of course

    Jenner left Miami for Los Angeles after finishing high school a year early, with $2,500. While living in California he worked as a waiter, a clothing store associate and a parrot salesman, and kept attending improv classes at The Groundlings while auditioning.

Blake Jenner movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Everybody Wants Some!!2016 Comedyas Jake

    IMDb rating 6.965K votes

  2. The Edge of Seventeen2016 Comedy, Dramaas Darian

    IMDb rating 7.3153K votes

  3. American Animals2018as Chas

    IMDb rating 7.054K votes

  4. The Vanishing of Sidney Hall2018as Brett Newport

    IMDb rating 6.814K votes

  5. Paradise City2022as Ryan Swan

    IMDb rating 3.75.2K votes

  6. Billy Boy2018as Billy Forsetti

    IMDb rating 4.4578 votes

  7. Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall2020as Himself

    IMDb rating 8.3574 votes

Worked with

Blake Jenner shares two films with Zoey Deutch, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Zoey Deutch, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Zoey DeutchBruce Willis, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Bruce WillisWoody Harrelson, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Woody HarrelsonUdo Kier, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Udo KierJohn Travolta, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with John TravoltaRichard E. Grant, 1 film togetherSee the 1 film with Richard E. GrantKelly Fremon CraigDirector, 1 filmSee the 1 film by Kelly Fremon CraigRichard LinklaterDirector, 1 filmSee the 1 film by Richard LinklaterBart LaytonDirector, 1 filmSee the 1 film by Bart Layton

Films together

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