He has three siblings, including a trans brother<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n![\"Benjamin](\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/07\/17\/6fe00d5f-49e9-4afe-8a68-6a48800d3365_8d8bb5f8.jpg\" "\\"Benjamin")
<\/div>\nBenjamin Beatty is the second of Annette Bening and Warren Beatty\u2019s four children. Photo: @geffenplayhouse\/Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Benjamin Beatty\u2019s parents married in 1992 after starring opposite each other in the biographical crime drama film Bugsy (1991). They have four children: Benjamin, 31; his older brother Stephen, 34; and his two younger sisters, Isabel, 29, and Ella, 26. In 2012, Stephen shared in a YouTube video for We Happy Trans that he had started transitioning from female to male during adolescence.<\/p>\n
Benjamin was born and raised in Los Angeles. In 2013, he enrolled at prestigious Northwestern University, announcing the news on Instagram with a photo of his admission letter.<\/p>\n
His aunt is a six-time Golden Globe winner<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n![\"Benjamin](\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/07\/17\/8b4efedd-b6d9-4431-a0de-db5d5a45d9b0_d7491f3d.jpg\" "\\"Benjamin")
<\/div>\nBenjamin Beatty with actress Ella Purnell (left) in a photo from 2016. Photo: @purnellove\/Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Beatty doesn\u2019t just come from actor parents \u2013 he comes from a whole actor dynasty. He is a nephew of Shirley MacLaine, the renowned six-time Golden Globe winner, and cousin to her daughter Sachi Parker, who\u2019s known for her appearances across television and film, such as in the iconic Christmas movie Scrooged (1988).<\/p>\n
Not surprisingly, Beatty was exposed to the industry from an early age. In 2004 his mother shared with People magazine how she often took her children on set, including in different countries where she filmed. \u201cThey get a chance to see the world in a way that you don\u2019t if you\u2019re just a tourist,\u201d the actress said.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s also been in movies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n![\"Benjamin](\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/07\/17\/e0153646-7a23-4df2-8082-ef55204fff3d_8d8bb5f8.jpg\" "\\"Benjamin")
<\/div>\nBenjamin Beatty with John Kani (centre) at the opening of \u201cMaster Harold\u201d… and the Boys, in April. Photo: @geffenplayhouse\/Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Beatty appeared in his first film Hail, Caesar! in 2016, joining a star-studded cast that included Josh Brolin, George Clooney<\/span><\/a>, Scarlett Johansson<\/span><\/a> and Channing Tatum. Two years later came his second role in the sci-fi film UFO, playing opposite Gillian Anderson and Ella Purnell.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.scmp.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American Beauty star Annette Bening just made a red carpet appearance for her latest role \u2013 in Apple TV\u2019s Lucky crime thriller miniseries, starring Anya Taylor-Joy. The 68-year-old actress attended the premiere in a classy black suit, matching her son Benjamin Beatty, who joined her for the event. Here\u2019s what to know about Annette Bening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2507731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[494289,354433,25317,494290,494287,494292,494288,391998,32720,29703,22693,494291,381420,370240,493604],"class_list":["post-2507730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-american-beauty","tag-annette-bening","tag-apple-tv","tag-athol-fugard","tag-benjamin-beatty","tag-broadway-world","tag-bugsy","tag-geffen-playhouse","tag-george-clooney","tag-golden-globe","tag-los-angeles","tag-master-harold-and-the-boys","tag-northwestern-university","tag-shirley-maclaine","tag-ufo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Meet-Benjamin-Beatty-who-joined-mum-Annette-Bening-on-the.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2507730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2507732,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507730\/revisions\/2507732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2507731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2507730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2507730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2507730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/div>\nBenjamin Beatty is the second of Annette Bening and Warren Beatty\u2019s four children. Photo: @geffenplayhouse\/Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Benjamin Beatty\u2019s parents married in 1992 after starring opposite each other in the biographical crime drama film Bugsy (1991). They have four children: Benjamin, 31; his older brother Stephen, 34; and his two younger sisters, Isabel, 29, and Ella, 26. In 2012, Stephen shared in a YouTube video for We Happy Trans that he had started transitioning from female to male during adolescence.<\/p>\n
Benjamin was born and raised in Los Angeles. In 2013, he enrolled at prestigious Northwestern University, announcing the news on Instagram with a photo of his admission letter.<\/p>\n
His aunt is a six-time Golden Globe winner<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\nBenjamin Beatty with actress Ella Purnell (left) in a photo from 2016. Photo: @purnellove\/Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Beatty doesn\u2019t just come from actor parents \u2013 he comes from a whole actor dynasty. He is a nephew of Shirley MacLaine, the renowned six-time Golden Globe winner, and cousin to her daughter Sachi Parker, who\u2019s known for her appearances across television and film, such as in the iconic Christmas movie Scrooged (1988).<\/p>\n
Not surprisingly, Beatty was exposed to the industry from an early age. In 2004 his mother shared with People magazine how she often took her children on set, including in different countries where she filmed. \u201cThey get a chance to see the world in a way that you don\u2019t if you\u2019re just a tourist,\u201d the actress said.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s also been in movies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\nBenjamin Beatty with John Kani (centre) at the opening of \u201cMaster Harold\u201d… and the Boys, in April. Photo: @geffenplayhouse\/Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Beatty appeared in his first film Hail, Caesar! in 2016, joining a star-studded cast that included Josh Brolin, George Clooney<\/span><\/a>, Scarlett Johansson<\/span><\/a> and Channing Tatum. Two years later came his second role in the sci-fi film UFO, playing opposite Gillian Anderson and Ella Purnell.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.scmp.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American Beauty star Annette Bening just made a red carpet appearance for her latest role \u2013 in Apple TV\u2019s Lucky crime thriller miniseries, starring Anya Taylor-Joy. The 68-year-old actress attended the premiere in a classy black suit, matching her son Benjamin Beatty, who joined her for the event. Here\u2019s what to know about Annette Bening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2507731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[494289,354433,25317,494290,494287,494292,494288,391998,32720,29703,22693,494291,381420,370240,493604],"class_list":["post-2507730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-american-beauty","tag-annette-bening","tag-apple-tv","tag-athol-fugard","tag-benjamin-beatty","tag-broadway-world","tag-bugsy","tag-geffen-playhouse","tag-george-clooney","tag-golden-globe","tag-los-angeles","tag-master-harold-and-the-boys","tag-northwestern-university","tag-shirley-maclaine","tag-ufo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Meet-Benjamin-Beatty-who-joined-mum-Annette-Bening-on-the.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2507730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2507732,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507730\/revisions\/2507732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2507731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2507730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2507730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2507730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/div>\nBenjamin Beatty with actress Ella Purnell (left) in a photo from 2016. Photo: @purnellove\/Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Beatty doesn\u2019t just come from actor parents \u2013 he comes from a whole actor dynasty. He is a nephew of Shirley MacLaine, the renowned six-time Golden Globe winner, and cousin to her daughter Sachi Parker, who\u2019s known for her appearances across television and film, such as in the iconic Christmas movie Scrooged (1988).<\/p>\n
Not surprisingly, Beatty was exposed to the industry from an early age. In 2004 his mother shared with People magazine how she often took her children on set, including in different countries where she filmed. \u201cThey get a chance to see the world in a way that you don\u2019t if you\u2019re just a tourist,\u201d the actress said.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s also been in movies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\nBenjamin Beatty with John Kani (centre) at the opening of \u201cMaster Harold\u201d… and the Boys, in April. Photo: @geffenplayhouse\/Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Beatty appeared in his first film Hail, Caesar! in 2016, joining a star-studded cast that included Josh Brolin, George Clooney<\/span><\/a>, Scarlett Johansson<\/span><\/a> and Channing Tatum. Two years later came his second role in the sci-fi film UFO, playing opposite Gillian Anderson and Ella Purnell.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.scmp.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American Beauty star Annette Bening just made a red carpet appearance for her latest role \u2013 in Apple TV\u2019s Lucky crime thriller miniseries, starring Anya Taylor-Joy. The 68-year-old actress attended the premiere in a classy black suit, matching her son Benjamin Beatty, who joined her for the event. Here\u2019s what to know about Annette Bening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2507731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[494289,354433,25317,494290,494287,494292,494288,391998,32720,29703,22693,494291,381420,370240,493604],"class_list":["post-2507730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-american-beauty","tag-annette-bening","tag-apple-tv","tag-athol-fugard","tag-benjamin-beatty","tag-broadway-world","tag-bugsy","tag-geffen-playhouse","tag-george-clooney","tag-golden-globe","tag-los-angeles","tag-master-harold-and-the-boys","tag-northwestern-university","tag-shirley-maclaine","tag-ufo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Meet-Benjamin-Beatty-who-joined-mum-Annette-Bening-on-the.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2507730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2507732,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507730\/revisions\/2507732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2507731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2507730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2507730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2507730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/div>\nBenjamin Beatty with John Kani (centre) at the opening of \u201cMaster Harold\u201d… and the Boys, in April. Photo: @geffenplayhouse\/Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.scmp.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" American Beauty star Annette Bening just made a red carpet appearance for her latest role \u2013 in Apple TV\u2019s Lucky crime thriller miniseries, starring Anya Taylor-Joy. The 68-year-old actress attended the premiere in a classy black suit, matching her son Benjamin Beatty, who joined her for the event. Here\u2019s what to know about Annette Bening […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2507731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[494289,354433,25317,494290,494287,494292,494288,391998,32720,29703,22693,494291,381420,370240,493604],"class_list":["post-2507730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-american-beauty","tag-annette-bening","tag-apple-tv","tag-athol-fugard","tag-benjamin-beatty","tag-broadway-world","tag-bugsy","tag-geffen-playhouse","tag-george-clooney","tag-golden-globe","tag-los-angeles","tag-master-harold-and-the-boys","tag-northwestern-university","tag-shirley-maclaine","tag-ufo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Meet-Benjamin-Beatty-who-joined-mum-Annette-Bening-on-the.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2507730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2507732,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507730\/revisions\/2507732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2507731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2507730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2507730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2507730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}