Wentworth Miller

Infobox Actor

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Wentworth Earl Miller III (born June 2, 1972) is a Golden Globe-nominated British-born American actor who rose to stardom following his starring role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series "Prison Break".

Life and career

Early life

Miller was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England; the son of Joy Marie (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth Earl Miller II, a lawyer and teacher. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/14/Wentworth-Miller.html Wentworth Miller Biography (1972-)] ] Miller's father, a Rhodes Scholar, was studying at Oxford at the time of Miller's birth. Miller has stated that his father is of African American, Jamaican, German, English, and Jewish ancestry,Paumgarten, Nick. [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/11/10/031110ta_talk_paumgarten Central Casting: The Race Card] , "The New Yorker", November 10, 2003. Accessed June 16, 2008.] cite news|last=Reider|first=Maxim|coauthors=|title='Prison Break' star on furlough here|pages=|publisher=The Jerusalem Post|date=2008-03-13|url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1205261320413&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull|accessdate=2008-03-13] [Christopher Loudon, "Wentworth Miller's Big Break", "Sir. Canada's International Magazine of Style for Him", Spring 2006, p. 61.] and that his mother is of Russian, French, Dutch, Lebanese and Syrian descent.

His family moved to Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, when he was one. He retains dual citizenship. [cite web|url=http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur21031.cfm|title=BEING WENTWORTH MILLER: The star of Fox’s upcoming “Prison Break” navigates Hollywood's biracial politics.|date=2005-06-27|publisher=EURWeb.com|accessdate=2008-08-05] He has two sisters, Leigh and Gillian. Miller attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a member of SING!, an annual musical production that was started by Midwood. He graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in English Literature. While at Princeton, he performed with the "a cappella" group the Princeton Tigertones.

Career

In 1995, he went to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. [Dutch television program "Jensen!", September 10 2007.]

Miller's first starring role was as the sensitive and introverted David in ABC's mini-series "Dinotopia". After appearing in a few minor television roles, he moved on to co-star in the 2003 film "The Human Stain", playing the younger version of the Anthony Hopkins character, Coleman Silk. Miller's first TV appearance was as student-turned-sea monster Gage Petronzi on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" ("Go Fish", 1998).

In 2005, Miller was cast as Michael Scofield in Fox Network's television drama "Prison Break". He plays the role of a caring brother who created an elaborate scheme to help his brother, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell) escape death row after being found guilty of a crime he did not commit. His performance in the show earned him a 2005 Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series. [cite web |url = http://www.hfpa.org/nominations/year/2005 |title = 2006 Golden Globe Nominations & Winners |publisher = Hollywood Foreign Press Association |author = |date = 26 January 2006 |accessdate = 2007-02-26 ]

Miller appeared in two Mariah Carey music videos, "It's Like That" and "We Belong Together" as a party guest. Director Brett Ratner, who directed the pilot episode of "Prison Break", was signed on to also direct the two Carey videos. Ratner brought up the idea to Carey about using Miller in the videos. After showing her Miller's picture, she agreed to use him. Since both the videos and the pilot episode of "Prison Break" were being filmed at the same time, a special set was constructed on the set of the videos, so that Miller would be able to work simultaneously on both projects. He says, "Mariah's an international icon. The two days I spent working on her video did more for my career, gave me more exposure, than anything I'd done before "Prison Break". I'm grateful for the opportunity." [ [http://www.flylip.com/news/story.php?id=89303&title=Wentworth+Miller+says+he%26rsquo%3Bs+not+gay%2C+just+shy+and+concentrating+on+career Wentworth Miller says he’s not gay, just shy and concentrating on career @ Flylip.com - Latest Breaking Celebrity News, Celebrity Photos And Celebrity Gossip From Around The Web. The latest celebrity news from the webs best celebrity blogs] ]

References

He starred as David Scott in the TV mini series dinotopia [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233044/fullcredits#cast] which was based on the books by James Gurney

External links

* [http://thetvaddict.com/category/wentworth-miller/ Wentworth Miller Interviews on theTVaddict.com]
* [http://seat42f.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1934&Itemid=134 Wentworth Miller At Seat42f]
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* [http://www.fox.com/prisonbreak/bios/bio_miller.htm Wentworth Miller's biography] at "Prison Break's" official website
* [http://media.fairfax.com.au/?rid=24979 Broadband video interview with Wentworth Miller, discussing Prison Break]
* [http://www.who.com/who/magazine/article/0,19636,7401070115-1573919,00.html Interview with Wentworth on WHO.com]
* [http://chambreavecvie.com/wordpress/?p=130 Blog fiction with Wentworth Miller]

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Golden Globe-nominated British-born American actor
DATE OF BIRTH= June 2, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH= Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England
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