Stephan Jenkins

Stephan Douglas Jenkins, is an American musician best known as the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for Third Eye Blind. Under Jenkins' leadership, Third Eye Blind has sold over eight million copies of their three albums Third Eye Blind, Blue, and Out of the Vein. Jenkins wrote or co-wrote many of the band's most notable hits, including "Semi-Charmed Life," "Jumper," "How's It Going to Be," "Losing a Whole Year," "Graduate," "Deep Inside of You," "Never Let You Go," and "Blinded."

Jenkins has entered other ventures both in the music business and in Hollywood, including acting in the films Rock Star as Bradley, and Art of Revenge, in which he played the lead role Matthew Kane. He grew up in Palo Alto, California, he attended Henry M. Gunn Senior High School. Later he graduated as valedictorian of his class at University of California, Berkeley in 1987, with a B.A. in English Literature.