Editing Ken (doll) (section)

==Media/multimedia appearances==
Ken has starred in various roles not disclosed by Mattel in [[Barbie (media franchise)|the Barbie media franchise]], including [[list of Barbie films|the ''Barbie'' films]], ''[[Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse]]'', ''Barbie: Vlogger'', ''[[Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures]]'', ''Barbie's Dreamworld'', ''[[Barbie: It Takes Two]]'' and ''[[Barbie: A Touch of Magic]]''.

Billy Flanigan appeared as Ken in "[[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]’s Magical World of Barbie".<ref>{{cite web|title=Magical World of Barbie|url=https://waltdatedworld.com/id134.htm|website=Walt Dated World|access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref> [[René Dif]] appeared as Ken in the music video for Aqua's "[[Barbie Girl]]".

Ken appeared in [[Toy Story (franchise)|the ''Toy Story'' films]] from [[Pixar]] from ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' onward. In [[Toy Story 3|the third film]], which he appeared in as one of the henchmen of the film's villain, [[Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear]], he was voiced by [[Michael Keaton]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=King|first=Susan|date=2 May 2010|title=The Actors: 'Toy Story 3's' Michael Keaton|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-may-02-la-ca-toystory-20100502-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>

American rapper [[Lil B]] likely named his 2017 mixtape ''[[Black Ken]]'' after Ken, as the cover art for the mixtape depicts Lil B and some of his female friends as dolls in the same style as Barbie.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lil B: Black Ken |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/lil-b-black-ken/ |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>

Atlanta rapper Kenyatta Lee Frazier Jr., known professionally as [[Ken Carson]], got his name from the doll as he wanted  to "live better than him".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ken Carson biography |url=https://www.last.fm/music/Ken+Carson/+wiki |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Last.fm |language=en}}</ref>

In 2019, [[Pete Davidson]] and [[Julia Fox]] were a part of a photo shoot in ''[[Paper (magazine)|Paper]]'' magazine, where Davidson posed as Ken and Fox posed as Barbie. The photo shoot was created for the 'Break the Internet' series of the magazine, which was made popular by [[Kim Kardashian]]'s popular "Champagne Incident" portrait.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Choudhury|first=Meghdeepa|date=1 February 2022|title=Julia Fox and Pete Davidson's Paper magazine Barbie and Ken doll photos take the internet by storm|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/julia-fox-pete-davidson-s-paper-magazine-barbie-ken-doll-photos-take-internet-storm|website=Sportskeeda|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref>

Various iterations of Ken appear in the 2023 live-action [[Barbie (film)|''Barbie'']] film, with the lead Ken (referred to as "Beach Ken") played by Canadian actor [[Ryan Gosling]], and others by diverse actors such as [[Simu Liu]], [[Kingsley Ben-Adir]], [[Ncuti Gatwa]], [[Scott Evans (actor)|Scott Evans]] and [[John Cena]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ermac |first=Raffy |date=April 4, 2023 |title=Here Are All the Actors Playing Ken in the New 'Barbie' Movie |url=https://www.out.com/film/barbie-movie-male-ken-actors |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=www.out.com |language=en}}</ref> Gosling received widespread critical acclaim and various accolades for his performance, including a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]. Songs inspired by Ken's character in [[Barbie the Album|the movie's soundtrack album]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Aramesh |first=Waiss |date=2023-05-25 |title=Dua Lipa, Lizzo, Ice Spice, Charli XCX, and Even Ryan Gosling Feature on 'Barbie' Soundtrack |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/barbie-soundtrack-announced-dua-lipa-lizzo-more-1234741923/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> include "[[Man I Am]]" by [[Sam Smith]] and "[[I'm Just Ken]]" by Gosling and the other Ken actors; the latter received nominations for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Golden Globe]]<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Moreau |first1=Brent Lang, Jordan |last2=Lang |first2=Brent |last3=Moreau |first3=Jordan |date=2024-01-08 |title=Golden Globes: 'Oppenheimer' Leads With 5 Wins, 'Succession' Tops TV With 4 (Complete Winners List) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/golden-globes-2024-winners-list-1235859774/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Academy Award]] for Best Original Song,<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Moreau |first1=Brent Lang, Jordan |last2=Lang |first2=Brent |last3=Moreau |first3=Jordan |date=2024-01-23 |title=Oscar Nominations 2024: 'Oppenheimer' Dominates With 13 Nods, 'Poor Things' Follows With 11 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/oscar-nominations-2024-list-1235877798/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> along with the [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 GRAMMYs: See The Full Winners & Nominees List {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=grammy.com}}</ref>

===Names===
Ken is named after [[Ruth Handler]]’s son Kenneth.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Niemann |first1=Paul J. |title=More Invention Mysteries: 52 Little-Known True Stories Behind Well-Known Inventions |date=2006 |publisher=Invention Mysteries Books |isbn=978-0-9748041-1-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tx9Zkz0XqA4C |language=en}}</ref> In the 1960s [[Random House]] books, the character's [[surname]] is given as Carson. Barbie and Ken's surnames were taken from the name of Mattel's ad agency Carson/Roberts.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rand |first1=Erica |title=Barbie's Queer Accessories |date=1995 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-0-8223-1620-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyeeHB4F6ksC |language=en}}</ref> Ken's [[middle name]] is Sean.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Carlin |first=Shannon |date=2023-07-20 |title=The History Behind Barbie's Ken |url=https://time.com/6296386/barbie-ken-history/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |language=en}}</ref>