In 1987, he graduated from University of California, Berkeley, with a B.A.
When he was 13, his family relocated to Madison, Wisconsin, to support his father's career, but the Jenkins family returned to the Bay Area two years later. He recalls creating original musical works at the age of five using pots and pans on the floor of his kitchen at home in northern California. Jenkins got interested in music early in life. Gunn Senior High School and graduated in 1983. Jenkins was born in Indio, California, and moved to Palo Alto, California, at age six.
This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. As a producer, Jenkins helmed the production on albums by The Braids, Vanessa Carlton, and Spencer Barnett.
Jenkins also appeared in the television series All That (2003) and Punk'd (2005), in addition to pursuing his first lead role in the 2003 thriller Art of Revenge. In 2001, Jenkins made his acting debut with a cameo in the film Rock Star. Jenkins also released a live album, Live at Amoeba, as a Record Store Day exclusive vinyl in 2016. Jenkins made his debut as a solo artist as a feature on Run-DMC's 2001 single "Rock Show". As part of Third Eye Blind, Jenkins has received one Billboard Music Award and eight California Music Awards. Since then, they have released five more albums: Blue (1999), Out of the Vein (2003), Ursa Major (2009), Dopamine (2015), and Screamer (2019). The band released their eponymous debut studio album in 1997, which went multi-platinum in the United States. Following the breakup of the duo, Jenkins and guitarist Kevin Cadogan formed Third Eye Blind in 1993. Jenkins began his musical career in 1992 as part of the short-lived rap duo Puck and Natty, alongside Detroit rapper Herman Anthony Chunn. Stephan Douglas Jenkins (born September 27, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and the lead singer of the alternative rock band Third Eye Blind.