Person profile

Blake Jenner

13%Not wokeWoke score · lower is better0% personal • 13% work

Published titles: 5
Crew roles: 0
Cast roles: 5
Profile updated: October 5, 2026
TMDB person ID: 1224115

Personal context

Summary

Blake Jenner is an American actor and screenwriter known for Glee, Everybody Wants Some!!, The Edge of Seventeen, and American Animals. His screen work spans musical television, coming-of-age comedy and drama, and crime stories. In 2020, he publicly accepted responsibility for emotional, mental, and physical harm he said he caused during his marriage to actor Melissa Benoist, while also alleging that she had abused him. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, or political activism are on record.

Known Work

Published titles

American Animals
2018
as Chas Allen
42%
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018
as Brett Newport
2%
Everybody Wants Some!!
2016