- Born
- Birth nameBenjamin Walker Davis
- Nickname
- Ben
- Height1.89 m
- Benjamin Walker was born Benjamin Walker Davis in Georgia, and was raised in Cartersville, GA, the son of Jeannine (Walker), a music teacher, and Greg Davis, who worked in finance and owned a movie rental store. He has one older brother. Walker was educated at Cartersville High School in Georgia and the Interlochen Arts Academy in Traverse City, Michigan, before studying acting at the Juilliard School in New York.
Whilst at Juilliard, Walker got his first experiences of performing for paying audiences as a stand-up comedian. His acting break came in 2007, when he was cast as Bertram Cates in a Broadway production of 'Inherit the Wind'. Further theater roles followed, including playing Andrew Jackson in the rock musical 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson', which was critically acclaimed.
Walker first came to film-goers' attention when he played the young Kinsey in Dr. Kinsey (2004). Other film and TV roles followed including Harlon Block in Clint Eastwood's Mémoires de nos pères (2006), and playing another president, Abraham Lincoln in Abraham Lincoln : Chasseur de vampires (2012).- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpousesKaya Scodelario(December 17, 2015 - present) (separated, 2 children)Mamie Gummer(July 16, 2011 - April 2013) (divorced)
- ChildrenChild
- ParentsJeannine WalkerGreg Davis
- He graduated from Juilliard School in 2004.
- Turned down the role, as "Beast" in X-Men : Le Commencement (2011), to star as "Andrew Jackson" in the Broadway musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.
- Former son-in-law of Meryl Streep and Don Gummer.
- Walker is a gifted comedian and has performed at Caroline's (NYC), Comedy Village (NYC) and The Comedy Store (Los Angeles). His comedy show, "Find the Funny", which features comics and taped short narratives and skits, is performed regularly in New York City.
- Father, with Kaya Scodelario, of son, born in November 2016, and daughter, born in 2021.
- I started Find the Funny in college, as a way to perform and give other new comics stage time, and it has grown into a wonderful community of comics, writers, and performers. It is that community that inspires me, that group of people continuing to learn and perfect their craft. Stand-up is a passion for me because it is theater at its most basic: one person stands up in front of the group and tells a story. The more isolated we become as a generation, the more we need that type of interaction.
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