Nome: Wentworth Earl Miller III
Data de Nascimento: 02/06/1972
Nacionalidade: Oxfordshire, Inglaterra
Papel: Dr. Adam Lockwood
O ator é muito popular por conta de seu papel na série de tv da FOX, Prison Break, onde ele interpretavaMichael Scofield.
Nasceu em Chipping Norton,Oxfordshire, na Inglaterra, dia 2 de Junho de 1972; filho de Roxann, professora de educação especial e Wentworth Earl Miller II, advogado e professor. Seu pai, que tinha uma bolsa de estudos na Universidade de Oxford, estava estudando quando Miller nasceu. Miller revelou que seu pai é de ascendência Afro-americana, Jamaicana, Inglesa, Alemã eJudia; e sua mãe é de ascendência Russa, Holandesa, Francesa, Síria e Libanesa.
Sua família se mudou para o Brooklyn, Nova Iorque quando ele tinha um ano. Tem dupla nacionalidade e duas irmãs, Leigh e Gillian. Miller ia à Midwood High School, no Brooklyn. Ele participava do SING!, uma Produção Musical Anual que começou com a escola Midwood. Ele se formou na Universidade de Princeton, com diploma de bacharel em Literatura Inglesa. Em Princeton, ele participava do grupo de capela "Princeton Tigertones".
Em 1995, Miller foi a Los Angeles em busca de sua carreira de ator. "Foi uma longa jornada na vinda e com muitos transtornos, muitas falhas e obstáculos," comentou ele, "mas eu não podia desistir. Eu precisava disso como eu preciso do ar, era apenas algo que eu tinha que fazer."
Seu primeiro papel estrelando foi o sensitivo e introvertido David, da série Dinotopia da ABC. Depois de fazer papéis de menor importância, ele co-estrelou no filme Revelações (The Human Stain, no original), com o papel da versão jovem de Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins).
Sua primeira aparição na TV, foi no seriado Buffy, A Caçadora de Vampiros, foi chamado para o papel de Michael Scofield no seriado de drama da FOX, Prison Break. Sua atuação fez com que fosse nomeado ao Globo de Ouro em 2005 de Melhor Ator em Série Dramática.Aparece em dois videoclipes da Mariah Carey, "It's Like That" e "We Belong Together". O diretor Brett Ratner, que dirigiu o primeiro episódio de Prison Break, foi quem dirigiu os dois videoclipes de Mariah. Ratner trouxe a idéia pra Mariah de fazer Miller participar nos vídeoclipes. Depois de mostrar as fotos do Miller para Mariah, ela aceitou usar ele. Como os dois primeiros vídeoclipes e o primeiro episódio de Prison Break estavam sendo filmados no mesmo tempo, foi construído um set de filmagem especial no set dos vídeos, que fez com que Miller pudesse trabalhar simultaneamente nos dois projetos. Ele diz, "Mariah é um ícone internacional. Os dois dias que eu passei fazendo os vídeos dela, fizeram mais para minha carreira, me expôs mais que qualquer coisa que eu fiz antes de Prison Break. Eu sou grato pela oportunidade". Miller protagonizará ao lado de Milla Jovovich o quarto filme baseado na série de jogos Resident Evil, dirigido por Paul W. S. Anderson, e fará o papel de um dos personagens mais importantes nos games, Chris Redfield.
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 "Lei & Ordem" (1990) or "Os 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)."
I don't get a chance to watch much. On DVD 'Oz,' 'Reno 911' and 'Family Guy' are definitely in the top 10. I did manage to squeeze in an entire 'Surreal Life' marathon on VH-1 one weekend. I just couldn't turn it off. I felt dirty, but in a good way. -- on what are his favorite TV shows."
"'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' was a terrific show and Sarah Michelle Gellar was terrific in it. It's really difficult straddling that line between drama and comedy, action and romance, sci-fi and reality and Sarah did it beautifully. -- on who he feels are underrated actors'"
"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 "Lei & Ordem" (1990) or "Os 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)."
I don't get a chance to watch much. On DVD 'Oz,' 'Reno 911' and 'Family Guy' are definitely in the top 10. I did manage to squeeze in an entire 'Surreal Life' marathon on VH-1 one weekend. I just couldn't turn it off. I felt dirty, but in a good way. -- on what are his favorite TV shows."
"'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' was a terrific show and Sarah Michelle Gellar was terrific in it. It's really difficult straddling that line between drama and comedy, action and romance, sci-fi and reality and Sarah did it beautifully. -- on who he feels are underrated actors'"
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