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Wentworth Earl Miller III (born June 2, 1972) is an
English-born American actor who achieved fame as Michael Scofield in the FOX
television series Prison Break.
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Birth name Wentworth Earl Miller III
Born June 2, 1972
Chipping Norton,
Oxfordshire, England
Height 6'1"
Notable roles "Michael Scofield" in
Prison Break
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Biography
Early
life
Miller was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire,
England. His father is of African-American, Jamaican, English, German Jewish,
and Cherokee [1] descent, and his mother is of Russian, French, Dutch, Syrian,
and Lebanese descent.[2] He was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England
where his father, a Rhodes Scholar, was studying.[3]
Miller's family moved to Brooklyn, New York when he
was one. In an interview, Miller said: "My father is black and my mother is
white. Therefore, I could answer to either which kind of makes me a racial Lone
Ranger, at times, caught between two communities."[4]
Miller's first three years of high school were
spent at Midwood High School in Brooklyn. He then transferred to Quaker Valley
Senior High School near Pittsburgh, where he graduated in 1990. In 1995, he
graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English. During his time at
Princeton, he traveled the world performing with the school's famed a capella
group, The Princeton Tigertones. Subsequently, he headed to Los Angeles,
California to pursue an acting career. He ended up spending years doing
behind-the-scenes work to support himself before devoting himself seriously to
auditioning for acting roles.
Career
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, Miller moved on to co-star in the film The Human Stain
(2003), playing the younger version of Anthony Hopkins' character.
Miller further increased his profile in 2005 by
obtaining the starring role as Michael Scofield in Fox Network's television
drama, Prison Break. His performance in the show earned him a 2005 Golden Globe
nomination for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series.[5]
Also in 2005, Miller made appearances in the music
videos of Mariah Carey's "It's Like That" and "We Belong Together". Both music
videos were directed by Brett Ratner, who directed the series pilot of Prison
Break. According to Brett Ratner on the DVD audio commentary for the "Pilot"
episode of Prison Break, Wentworth Miller auditioned for the role of
Superman/Clark Kent when the Superman Returns project was still under Ratner's
directorial control.
Personal life
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow
In 2003, Miller was cast as 'Coleman Silk' in The
Human Stain. It was revealed that he had an intense personal connection to this
mixed-race character. Not only did Miller possess a similar racial background,
but he also caused a controversial incident during his time at Princeton for
making an apparently derogatory (though misconstrued) remark about
African-Americans, much like the character in the movie.
In 1994, while he was a junior at Princeton, Miller
published a cartoon in The Daily Princetonian featuring Cornel West teaching an
introduction to an African-American Studies course called Rhythm – Why None of
You Have It, and How You Can Get It. The cartoon referred to West, who was the
Professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University before being hired
away by Harvard University, as "newly-purchased", an innocent academic term for
newly hired that was taken as a reference to slavery.
The New York Times later published the story about
novelist Toni Morrison writing an angry letter to Miller. Despite his
multiracial background, Miller was considered a campus racist. Like 'Coleman
Silk', Miller declined to explain the reasons behind his action.
After filming The Human Stain, Miller wrote a
letter to West apologizing for the cartoon, but received no replies. However,
West was present at the premiere of the movie. Incidentally, West is a friend of
actress Anna Deavere Smith, who played Coleman Silk's mother in the film. He
unexpectedly gave Miller a bear hug (implying to some observers that West had
decided to forgive, if not forget, what had happened).[6]
Spoilers end here.
In October, 2006, Wentworth Miller was interviewed
by a German journalist, and said that his surname (Miller) happens to be
"Müller" in German, which probably came from his German Jewish
grandfather.[citation needed]
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
Television
2005-present Prison Break Michael Scofield TV
series
2005 Ghost Whisperer Sgt. Paul Adams Season 1,
episode 1 - "Pilot"
2005 Joan of Arcadia Ryan Hunter Season 2, episode
21 - "Common Thread"
Season 2, episode 22 - "Something Wicked This Way
Comes"
2002 Dinotopia David Scott TV miniseries
2000 ER Mike Palmieri Season 7, episode 1 -
"Homecoming"
2000 Time of Your Life Nelson Season 1, Episode 6 -
"The Time the Truth Was Told"
Season 1, Episode 11 - "The Time They Got E-Rotic"
2000 Popular Adam Rothchild Ryan Season 1, episode
16 - "All About Adam"
Season 1, episode 18 - "Ch-Ch-Changes"
1998 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Gage Petronzi Season
2, episode 20 - "Go Fish"
Film
2005 Stealth voice of EDI
2005 The Confession Prisoner Short film
2003 Underworld Dr. Adam Lockwood
2003 The Human Stain Young Coleman Silk
2001 Room 302 Server #1 Short film
2000 Romeo and Juliet Paris
References
1 Wentworth Miller on being a racial spy.
2 The Race Card. The New Yorker (November 3, 2003).
Retrieved on January 26, 2006.
3 Wentworth Miller - tvguide.com. TV Guide.
Retrieved on July 23, 2006.
4 An Interview with Wentworth Miller Entertainment
Insiders (30 October 2003). Retrieved on 30 August 2006.
5 2006 Golden Globe Nominations & Winners.
Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Retrieved on January 26, 2006.
6 Wentworth Miller's biography. Yahoo!. Retrieved
on January 31, 2006.
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