Biography
Wentworth Miller
Date of Birth
2 June 1972, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Birth Name
Wentworth Earl Miller III
Nickname
Stinky
Went
Miller
Height
6' 1" (1.85 m)
Mini Biography
Born in England, raised in Brooklyn, New York, and a graduate of Princeton University, Wentworth Miller is a compelling and critically acclaimed young actor whose credits span both television and feature film.
Miller began his career in the industry on the other side of the camera. After graduating from college with a degree in English Literature, Miller headed to Los Angeles in the spring of 1995 to work in the development department of a small production company specializing in movies made for television. However, it wasn't long before his desire to realize the acting ambitions of his childhood became undeniable.
Within the next few years, he landed guest spots on a variety of shows including "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997), "ER" (1994) and "Popular" (1999). He also starred in the Hallmark "mega-series" "Dinotopia" (2002/I).
Miller then segued to The Human Stain (2003), a feature film directed by Robert Benton and starring Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman. A movie examining questions of race, class and identity, it featured Hopkins as an embattled college professor struggling to conceal an incredible secret, with Miller playing the same character as a young man.
Miller subsequently appeared in the movie Underworld (2003) and guest-starred on "Joan of Arcadia" (2003) and "Ghost Whisperer" (2005) before joining the cast of "Prison Break" (2005), a groundbreaking television series that's quickly become an international phenomenon. Playing a structural engineer who gets himself thrown into the same prison where his brother is on death row in order to break his brother out, Miller was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama in 2006.
IMDb Mini Biography By: PMK/HBH
Fun Facts
Graduated from Princeton with a degree in English.
Miller's father is African-American, Somalian, Jamaican, British, German and part Cherokee; his mother is Russian, French, Syrian, and Lebanese.
He is a 1990 graduate of Quaker Valley High, Miller moved to Sewickley Heights for his senior year of high school with his father, Wentworth Earl Miller II.
His mother, Roxann, is a Special Education Teacher and a graduate from Yale.
His father, Wentworth Earl Miller II is a Lawyer and a graduate of Yale.
He has 2 younger sisters, Gillian and Leigh, who is the youngest. Gillian is a lawyer and Leigh is in law School.
Born in England, but was raised in Brooklyn, New York.
Personal Quotes
When I got to college, acting suddenly seemed like a very risky proposition and all my friends were going to law school or med school or Wall Street.
You might look at my CV and see I've had 12 jobs, but I've been to over 450 auditions so I've heard 'no' a lot more than I've heard 'yes'. So if I go in looking only to meet my own standards, then that will make taking that rejection a little bit easier. And when I do get that job it will seem like icing on the cake.
The show is completely preposterous. But that aside, it's a great ride.
"My experience is that I find myself having to constantly define myself to others, day-in, day-out. The quote that's helped me the most through that is from Toni Morrison's "Beloved" where she says, "Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined" - so I find myself defining myself for other people lest I be defined by others and stuck into some box where I don't particularly belong".
My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, caught between two communities.
"I'm kind of a dork. I don't have much game. I'm not particularly comfortable in bars or clubs. I much prefer being home playing Scrabble, having dinner with a couple friends, going to see a movie, or losing a whole weekend to Season 14 of "Law & Order" (1990) or "The Simpsons" (1989).
"I made a decision not to work out because I'm lazy and also, the character is not a superhero. I didn't want him to be a buff guy with Jackie Chan moves because the point is he's smarter than your average Joe" - on playing "Michael Scofield" with his regular physique.
When asked what character from literature he would like to play: "Well, if we can expand the definition of literature to include comic books, I'd definitely love a crack at "General Zod" from "Superman". So I'm hoping that Bryan Singer makes a sequel to the "Superman" that's coming out and casts me" (TV Guide, April 10-16,2006).
I have a little fantasy where in the last episode of the season, we slip into the prison's sewer system, up through the grate, and pop out a hatch - and we're face to face with Matthew Fox and spend season 2 on a tropical beach - jokingly linking his show, "Prison Break" (2005) to "Lost" (2004).
Filmography
Actor:
2000s
1990s
1."Prison Break" .... Michael Scofield (58 episodes, 2005-2008)
... aka Prison Break: Manhunt (USA: second season title)
... aka Prison Break: On the Run (Australia: second season title)
- Scylla (2008) TV episode .... Michael Scofield
- The Art of the Deal (2008) TV episode .... Michael Scofield
- Hell or High Water (2008) TV episode .... Michael Scofield
- Under & Out (2008) TV episode .... Michael Scofield
- Dirt Nap (2008) TV episode .... Michael Scofield
(53 more)
2. Prison Break: The Road to Freedom (2007) (TV) .... Michael Scofield
3. "Ghost Whisperer" .... Sgt. Paul Adams (1 episode, 2005)
- Pilot (2005) TV episode .... Sgt. Paul Adams
4. Stealth (2005) (voice) .... EDI
5. "Joan of Arcadia" .... Ryan Hunter (2 episodes, 2005)
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (2005) TV episode .... Ryan Hunter
- Common Thread (2005) TV episode .... Ryan Hunter
6. The Confession (2005) .... The Prisoner/Tom
7. Underworld (2003) .... Dr. Adam Lockwood
... aka Underworld (Germany)
8. The Human Stain (2003) .... Young Coleman Silk
... aka Couleur du mensonge, La (France)
... aka Menschliche Makel, Der (Germany)
9. "Dinotopia" (2002/II) TV mini-series .... David Scott
... aka Dinotopia (Germany)
10. Room 302 (2001) .... Server #1
11. "ER" .... Mike Palmieri (1 episode, 2000)
- Homecoming (2000) TV episode .... Mike Palmieri
12. "Time of Your Life" .... Nelson (2 episodes, 1999-2000)
- The Time They Got E-Rotic (2000) TV episode .... Nelson
- The Time the Truth Was Told (1999) TV episode .... Nelson
13. "Popular" .... Adam Rotchild Ryan (2 episodes, 2000)
- Ch-Ch-Changes (2000) TV episode .... Adam Rotchild Ryan
- All About Adam (2000) TV episode .... Adam Rotchild Ryan
14. Romeo and Juliet (2000) (V) .... Paris
15. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" .... Gage Petronzi (1 episode, 1998)
... aka BtVS (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Buffy (USA: short title)
... aka Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Series (USA: long title)
- Go Fish (1998) TV episode .... Gage Petronzi
Miscellaneous Crew:
1. Vows of Deception (1996) (TV) (production associate)
... aka Deadly Seduction
... aka Tangled Web
2. Gone in the Night (1996) (TV) (production associate)
3. Shaughnessy (1996) (TV) (production associate)
... aka Louis L'Amour's Shaughnessy (Australia)
... aka Louis L'Amour's Shaughnessy the Iron Marshal (USA: DVD box title)
Self:
1. Reinventando Hollywood (2008) (TV) .... Himself
2. "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2004-2007)
- Episode dated 17 September 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 15 October 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
3. "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode dated 21 October 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
4. Making of 'Prison Break' (2006) (V) .... Michael Scofield
5. "Richard & Judy" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode dated 24 March 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
6. "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
... aka Live with Regis (USA: new title)
... aka Live with Regis & Kelly (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 20 March 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
7. "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode dated 21 November 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
8. "Making a Scene" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Prison Break (2005) TV episode .... Himself
9. "The Sharon Osbourne Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Sharon (USA: short title)
- Episode dated 3 December 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Himself
10. Discovering Dinotopia (2002) (TV) .... David Scott / Host
11. Evolution: The Making of 'Dinotopia' (2002) (TV) .... David Scott
Date of Birth
2 June 1972, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Birth Name
Wentworth Earl Miller III
Nickname
Stinky
Went
Miller
Height
6' 1" (1.85 m)
Mini Biography
Born in England, raised in Brooklyn, New York, and a graduate of Princeton University, Wentworth Miller is a compelling and critically acclaimed young actor whose credits span both television and feature film.
Miller began his career in the industry on the other side of the camera. After graduating from college with a degree in English Literature, Miller headed to Los Angeles in the spring of 1995 to work in the development department of a small production company specializing in movies made for television. However, it wasn't long before his desire to realize the acting ambitions of his childhood became undeniable.
Within the next few years, he landed guest spots on a variety of shows including "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997), "ER" (1994) and "Popular" (1999). He also starred in the Hallmark "mega-series" "Dinotopia" (2002/I).
Miller then segued to The Human Stain (2003), a feature film directed by Robert Benton and starring Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman. A movie examining questions of race, class and identity, it featured Hopkins as an embattled college professor struggling to conceal an incredible secret, with Miller playing the same character as a young man.
Miller subsequently appeared in the movie Underworld (2003) and guest-starred on "Joan of Arcadia" (2003) and "Ghost Whisperer" (2005) before joining the cast of "Prison Break" (2005), a groundbreaking television series that's quickly become an international phenomenon. Playing a structural engineer who gets himself thrown into the same prison where his brother is on death row in order to break his brother out, Miller was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama in 2006.
IMDb Mini Biography By: PMK/HBH
Fun Facts
Graduated from Princeton with a degree in English.
Miller's father is African-American, Somalian, Jamaican, British, German and part Cherokee; his mother is Russian, French, Syrian, and Lebanese.
He is a 1990 graduate of Quaker Valley High, Miller moved to Sewickley Heights for his senior year of high school with his father, Wentworth Earl Miller II.
His mother, Roxann, is a Special Education Teacher and a graduate from Yale.
His father, Wentworth Earl Miller II is a Lawyer and a graduate of Yale.
He has 2 younger sisters, Gillian and Leigh, who is the youngest. Gillian is a lawyer and Leigh is in law School.
Born in England, but was raised in Brooklyn, New York.
Personal Quotes
When I got to college, acting suddenly seemed like a very risky proposition and all my friends were going to law school or med school or Wall Street.
You might look at my CV and see I've had 12 jobs, but I've been to over 450 auditions so I've heard 'no' a lot more than I've heard 'yes'. So if I go in looking only to meet my own standards, then that will make taking that rejection a little bit easier. And when I do get that job it will seem like icing on the cake.
The show is completely preposterous. But that aside, it's a great ride.
"My experience is that I find myself having to constantly define myself to others, day-in, day-out. The quote that's helped me the most through that is from Toni Morrison's "Beloved" where she says, "Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined" - so I find myself defining myself for other people lest I be defined by others and stuck into some box where I don't particularly belong".
My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, caught between two communities.
"I'm kind of a dork. I don't have much game. I'm not particularly comfortable in bars or clubs. I much prefer being home playing Scrabble, having dinner with a couple friends, going to see a movie, or losing a whole weekend to Season 14 of "Law & Order" (1990) or "The Simpsons" (1989).
"I made a decision not to work out because I'm lazy and also, the character is not a superhero. I didn't want him to be a buff guy with Jackie Chan moves because the point is he's smarter than your average Joe" - on playing "Michael Scofield" with his regular physique.
When asked what character from literature he would like to play: "Well, if we can expand the definition of literature to include comic books, I'd definitely love a crack at "General Zod" from "Superman". So I'm hoping that Bryan Singer makes a sequel to the "Superman" that's coming out and casts me" (TV Guide, April 10-16,2006).
I have a little fantasy where in the last episode of the season, we slip into the prison's sewer system, up through the grate, and pop out a hatch - and we're face to face with Matthew Fox and spend season 2 on a tropical beach - jokingly linking his show, "Prison Break" (2005) to "Lost" (2004).
Filmography
Actor:
2000s
1990s
1."Prison Break" .... Michael Scofield (58 episodes, 2005-2008)
... aka Prison Break: Manhunt (USA: second season title)
... aka Prison Break: On the Run (Australia: second season title)
- Scylla (2008) TV episode .... Michael Scofield
- The Art of the Deal (2008) TV episode .... Michael Scofield
- Hell or High Water (2008) TV episode .... Michael Scofield
- Under & Out (2008) TV episode .... Michael Scofield
- Dirt Nap (2008) TV episode .... Michael Scofield
(53 more)
2. Prison Break: The Road to Freedom (2007) (TV) .... Michael Scofield
3. "Ghost Whisperer" .... Sgt. Paul Adams (1 episode, 2005)
- Pilot (2005) TV episode .... Sgt. Paul Adams
4. Stealth (2005) (voice) .... EDI
5. "Joan of Arcadia" .... Ryan Hunter (2 episodes, 2005)
- Something Wicked This Way Comes (2005) TV episode .... Ryan Hunter
- Common Thread (2005) TV episode .... Ryan Hunter
6. The Confession (2005) .... The Prisoner/Tom
7. Underworld (2003) .... Dr. Adam Lockwood
... aka Underworld (Germany)
8. The Human Stain (2003) .... Young Coleman Silk
... aka Couleur du mensonge, La (France)
... aka Menschliche Makel, Der (Germany)
9. "Dinotopia" (2002/II) TV mini-series .... David Scott
... aka Dinotopia (Germany)
10. Room 302 (2001) .... Server #1
11. "ER" .... Mike Palmieri (1 episode, 2000)
- Homecoming (2000) TV episode .... Mike Palmieri
12. "Time of Your Life" .... Nelson (2 episodes, 1999-2000)
- The Time They Got E-Rotic (2000) TV episode .... Nelson
- The Time the Truth Was Told (1999) TV episode .... Nelson
13. "Popular" .... Adam Rotchild Ryan (2 episodes, 2000)
- Ch-Ch-Changes (2000) TV episode .... Adam Rotchild Ryan
- All About Adam (2000) TV episode .... Adam Rotchild Ryan
14. Romeo and Juliet (2000) (V) .... Paris
15. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" .... Gage Petronzi (1 episode, 1998)
... aka BtVS (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Buffy (USA: short title)
... aka Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Series (USA: long title)
- Go Fish (1998) TV episode .... Gage Petronzi
Miscellaneous Crew:
1. Vows of Deception (1996) (TV) (production associate)
... aka Deadly Seduction
... aka Tangled Web
2. Gone in the Night (1996) (TV) (production associate)
3. Shaughnessy (1996) (TV) (production associate)
... aka Louis L'Amour's Shaughnessy (Australia)
... aka Louis L'Amour's Shaughnessy the Iron Marshal (USA: DVD box title)
Self:
1. Reinventando Hollywood (2008) (TV) .... Himself
2. "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2004-2007)
- Episode dated 17 September 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 15 October 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
3. "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode dated 21 October 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
4. Making of 'Prison Break' (2006) (V) .... Michael Scofield
5. "Richard & Judy" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode dated 24 March 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
6. "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
... aka Live with Regis (USA: new title)
... aka Live with Regis & Kelly (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 20 March 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
7. "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode dated 21 November 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
8. "Making a Scene" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Prison Break (2005) TV episode .... Himself
9. "The Sharon Osbourne Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Sharon (USA: short title)
- Episode dated 3 December 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Himself
10. Discovering Dinotopia (2002) (TV) .... David Scott / Host
11. Evolution: The Making of 'Dinotopia' (2002) (TV) .... David Scott
