Blake Jenner

About

Blake Alexander Jenner (born August 27, 1992) is an American actor. Jenner won the second season of Oxygen’s The Glee Project and, as a result, portrayed Ryder Lynn on the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. He has since had starring and supporting roles in Everybody Wants Some!! (2016), The Edge of Seventeen (2016), American Animals (2018), and What/If (2019).

Jenner was born in Miami, Florida, on August 27, 1992, the son of Mitzy and Richard Vernon Jenner. His mother is of Cuban descent, from a family from Santiago de Cuba. He is the youngest of four sons, having three elder brothers, Mike, Derrick and Richard.
He grew up interested in music and film and began playing drums at age nine. He attended Felix Varela High School, where he joined the school’s drama society Troupe 6162 and played varsity football and wrestled.
Saying he was “in love with improv and comedy,” he began improvisation lessons and participated in stage productions at the Roxy Performing Arts Center. In 2008, he became a member of “Impromedy”, a sketch comedy improv group based in Miami.

Eager to pursue a career in acting, Jenner left Miami and moved to Los Angeles after graduating…