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Miller's father is of African American, Jamaican, English, German and Jewish descent, and his mother is of Russian, French, Dutch, Syrian, and Lebanese descent.[1] He was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England where his father, a Rhodes Scholar, was studying.[2] Miller was raised in Brooklyn, New York after his family moved back to the United States. In an interview with E!, Miller stated: "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."[3]
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.
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 a mixed race character who decides to pass for white played by Anthony Hopkins.
Miller further increased his profile in 2005 when he starred in singer Mariah Carey's music videos, "It's Like That" and "We Belong Together." He currently has a main role as Michael Scofield in the successful Fox Network television drama Prison Break, for which he received a 2005 Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wentworth_Miller
Notable role(s):
| Chipping
Norton, Oxfordshire, England |
| "Michael Scofield" in Prison Break |
Early life
Miller's father is of African American, Jamaican, English, German and Jewish descent, and his mother is of Russian, French, Dutch, Syrian, and Lebanese descent.[1] He was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England where his father, a Rhodes Scholar, was studying.[2] Miller was raised in Brooklyn, New York after his family moved back to the United States. In an interview with E!, Miller stated: "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."[3]
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 a mixed race character who decides to pass for white played by Anthony Hopkins.
Miller further increased his profile in 2005 when he starred in singer Mariah Carey's music videos, "It's Like That" and "We Belong Together." He currently has a main role as Michael Scofield in the successful Fox Network television drama Prison Break, for which he received a 2005 Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wentworth_Miller
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