The Wentworth Miller Handbook - Everything you need to know about Wentworth Miller

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Wentworth Earl Miller III (born June 2, 1972) is an English-born American actor; model and screenwriter who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.

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In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Wentworth Miller, The Human Stain (film), Underworld (2003 film), Stealth (film), Prison Break: The Final Break, Resident Evil: Afterlife, The Loft (2012 film), Go Fish (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Popular (TV series), Dinotopia (TV miniseries), Joan of Arcadia, Prison Break.

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• Autobiography
• Biography

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
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• EAN13: 9781743387832
• Langue: English
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Contents

Articles Wentworth Miller The Human Stain (film) Underworld (2003 film) Stealth (film) Prison Break: The Final Break Resident Evil: Afterlife The Loft (2012 film) Go Fish (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Popular (TV series) Dinotopia (TV miniseries) Joan of Arcadia Prison Break

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Wentworth Miller

Wentworth Miller

Born

Alma mater

Occupation

Years active

Wentworth Miller Wentworth Earl Miller III June 2, 1972 Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Princeton University

Actor

1998–present

Wentworth Earl Miller III(born June 2, 1972) is an English-born American actor; model and screenwriter who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television seriesPrison Break.

Early life Born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, Miller is the son of American parents Joy Marie (n e Palm), a [1] [2] special education teacher, and Wentworth Earl Miller II, a lawyer and teacher. Miller's father, a Rhodes Scholar, was studying at Oxford at the time of Miller's birth. Miller is of multiracial origin: his father is of African-American, Jamaican, English and German background, and his [3] [4] [5] [6] mother is of French, Dutch, Syrian and Lebanese ancestry. [7] Despite his family's decision to move to Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, at the age of one, Miller retains dual [8] citizenship. He has two sisters, Leigh and Gillian. Miller attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York. He was a member of SING!, an annual musical production that was started by Midwood. His family moved to Aleppo Township outside of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, where he graduated from Quaker Valley High School, in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania in 1990. He graduated from Princeton University completing his bachelor's degree in English Literature. While at Princeton, he performed with the a cappella group the Princeton Tigertones and was first [9] a member of the Quadrangle Club, and later the Colonial Club.

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Career [10] In 1995, Miller went to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. He has stated about his rocky road to stardom that "it was a long time in the coming and there were a lot of upsets and a lot of failures and roadblocks, but I couldn’t walk away from it. I needed [11] it like I needed air, it was just something I had to do."

Miller's first starring role was as the sensitive, introverted and not a dinosaur David Scott in ABC's mini-seriesDinotopia. After appearing in a few minor television roles, he moved on to co-star in the 2003 filmThe Human Stain, playing the younger version of the Anthony Hopkins character, Coleman Silk. He identified strongly with the core dilemma of the movie, being that of a man struggling with his heritage. Miller worked extensively on the role, not only in researching Anthony Hopkins, but by embarking on a 4 month regime to accurately portray Silk as a boxer.

Miller's first TV appearance was as student-turned-sea monster Gage Petronzi onBuffy the Vampire Slayer("Go Fish", 1998). Wentworth Miller signing autographs after "Prison In 2005, Miller was cast as Michael Scofield in Fox Network's Break" in Beverly Hills, California television dramaPrison Break. He played 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 character had a full upper body (front and back) tattoo. Covering both the front of his torso and his back, along with both arms from shoulders to wrists, the special effects for the tattoo took over four hours to apply. His performance in the show earned him a 2005 Golden Globe Award [12] nomination for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series.

He played a minor role of a doctor and friend of main character Michael Corvin in the movieUnderworld. Miller appeared in two Mariah Carey music videos, "It's Like That" as a party guest and "We Belong Together" as her love interest. Director Brett Ratner, who directed the pilot episode ofPrison 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 ofPrison Breakwere 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 had done beforePrison Break. I'm grateful for the [13] opportunity." Miller also guest starred on the season 11 premiere ofLaw and Order: Special Victims Unitas Detective Nate [14] [15] Kendall, a detective from Precinct 24 of the NYPD. Miller starred inResident Evil: Afterlifeas Chris Redfield, "Claire's brother and popular character from the game series".

Screenwriting [16] Miller wrote a screenplay for a filmStoker, as well as a prequelUncle Charlie. He used the pseudonym Ted [17] Foulke, later explaining "I just wanted the scripts to sink or swim on their own." Miller's script was voted to the [18] 2010 "Black List" of the 10 best unproduced screenplays making the rounds in Hollywood. The film is about a teenage girl who must deal with a mysterious uncle following the death of her father. Miller described it as a "horror [19] film, a family drama and a psychological thriller." Although influenced by Bram Stoker'sDracula, Miller has [19] [20] clarified thatStokerHitchcock'sis not a vampire story. Shadow of a Doubtalso influenced the film but after a [19] jumping-off point, the story takes a different direction. Park Chan-wook will direct, with Mia Wasikowska set to

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Young Coleman Silk

Dr. Adam Lockwood

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Ghost Whisperer

11x01: "Unstable"

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The Prisoner/Tom

2x21: "Common Thread" 2x22: "Something Wicked This Way Comes"

Jock #4/ Popular Kid #2

Adam Rothschild Ryan

Television

Joan of Arcadia

Sgt. Paul Adams

Benjamin

Game

2x20: "Go Fish"

Miniseries

7x01: "Homecoming"

1x16: "All About Adam" 1x18: "Ch-Ch-Changes"

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Michael Scofield

Nate Kendall

Mike Palmieri

Ryan Hunter

David Scott

Gage Petronzi

Nelson

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1x01: "Pilot"

7x13: "Stew-Roids"

Nominated: Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series—Drama

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Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

1x06: "The Time the Truth Was Told" 1x11: "The Time They Got E-Rotic"

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8x03: "Charity Case"

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[21] play the teenager, Nicole Kidman as the mother, and Matthew Goode in talks to play the uncle.

Room 302

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Michael Scofield

Prison Break: The Conspiracy

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Prison Break: The Final Break

EDI

Michael Scofield

Luke Seacord

The Mourning Portrait

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Filmography

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Straight-to-DVD

Chris Redfield

Stealth

Underworld

The Confession

The Loft

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Popular

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Resident Evil: Afterlife

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Family Guy

2005–2009Prison Break

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Dinotopia

Time of Your Life

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References

[1] "Wentworth Miller Biography (1972-)" (http:/ /www.filmreference.com/film/14/Wentworth-Miller.html). . [2] "Prison Break interview - Wentworth Miller" (https:/ /www.orange.net/entertainment/dvd/19544. htm?linkfrom=<!--linkfromvariable-->& link=link_1&article=entertainmentdvdprisonbreakclips). Orange.net. . Retrieved 2010-09-11. [3] Hollywood beginner passes the test (http:/ /www.mahoganycafe.com/wentworthmiller.html) [4] Paumgarten, Nick. Central Casting: The Race Card (http:/ /www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/11/10/031110ta_talk_paumgarten),The New Yorker, 10 November 2003. Retrieved 16 June 2008. [5] Reider, Maxim (2008-03-13). "'Prison Break' star on furlough here" (http:/ /www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=94851). The Jerusalem Post. . Retrieved 2010-05-22. [6] Loudon, Christopher (Spring 2006).Wentworth Miller's Big Break.Sir. Canada's International Magazine of Style for Him.p.a61. [7] "On The Move: Wentworth Miller - Times Online" (http:/ /www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article3898796.ece).The Times(London). 2008-05-11. . [8] "BEING WENTWORTH MILLER: The star of Fox’/www.s upcoming "Prison Break" navigates Hollywood's biracial politics." (http:/ eurweb.com/story/eur21031.cfm). EURWeb.com. 2005-06-27. . Retrieved 2008-08-05. [9] "From Brooklyn to Bouncer" (http:/ /www.dailyprincetonian.com/2005/11/10/13734/). The Daily Princetonian. 2005-11-10. . Retrieved 2010-02-04. [10] Dutch television programJensen!, 10 September 2007. [11] Rob Owen (2007-09-16). "'Prison Break' role reversals energize Wentworth Miller" (http:/ /www.post-gazette.com/pg/07259/ 817330-237.stm). Pittsburgh Post-Gazettek;lk;kl;;. . Retrieved 2009-01-28. [12] "2006 Golden Globe Nominations & Winners" (http:/ /web.archive.org/web/20070217080453/http://www.hfpa.org/nominations/ year/2005). Hollywood Foreign Press Association. 26 January 2006. Archived from the original (http:/ /www.hfpa.org/nominations/year/ 2005) on 2007-02-17. . Retrieved 2007-02-26. [13] "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" (http:/ /www.flylip.com/news/ story.php?id=89303&title=Wentworth+Miller+says+he&rsquo;s+not+gay,+just+shy+and+concentrating+on+career). . [14] "Wentworth Miller Photo" (http:/ /www.tv.com/wentworth-miller/person/714/viewer.html?flag=1&i=210&gri=714&grti=104). tv.com. 2009-09-03. . Retrieved 2010-02-04. [15] "News | Wentworth Miller Joins SVU" (http:/ /www.tvguidemagazine.com/news/wentworth-miller-joins-svu-1564.html). TV Guide Magazine. 2009-06-29. . Retrieved 2010-02-04. [16] "'Prison Break' Star Secretly Writing Horror Scripts?" (http:/ /www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20963). . [17] "Wentworth Miller on How He Became Hollywood’s Hottest Secret Screenwriter" (http://www.movieline.com/2010/07/ wentworth-miller-comic-con-interview.php).Movieline. July 24, 2010. . Retrieved February 11, 2011. [18] "Black List: 2010 Best Unproduced Screenplays" (http:/ /blog.moviefone.com/2010/12/13/ black-list-2010-best-unproduced-screenplays/?_r=true). moviefone.com. . [19] Radish, Christina (August 3, 2010). "SDCC 2010: Wentworth Miller Interview RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE; Plus Updates on STOKER and UNCLE CHARLIE" (http://collider.com/comic-con-wentworth-miller-interview-resident-evil-afterlife-3d-stoker-uncle-charlie/ 41800/ ).collider.com. . Retrieved March 8, 2011. [20] "Wentworth Miller On Love, His Celebrity Crush" (http:/ /au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/who/celebrity-interviews/article/-/5922753/ wentworth-miller-on-love-his-celebrity-crush/). January 26, 2008. . Retrieved February 12, 2011. [21] Kroll, Justin (June 8, 2011). "Matthew Goode in talks for 'Stoker' lead" (http:/ /www.variety.com/article/VR1118038262).Variety. . Retrieved June 9, 2011.

External links Wentworth Miller (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm589505/) at the Internet Movie Database Wentworth Miller Interviews on theTVaddict.com (http://thetvaddict.com/category/wentworth-miller/) b Wentworth Miller At Seat42f (http://seat42f.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view& id=1934&Itemid=134) b Wentworth Miller's biography (http://www.fox.com/prisonbreak/bios/bio_miller.htm) atPrison Break's official website

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The Human Stain (film)

The Human Stain (film)

The Human Stain

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Directed by

Produced by

Written by

Starring

Music by

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Editing by

Studio

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Release date(s)

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Budget

Box office

Robert Benton

Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Gary Lucchesi

Nicholas Meyer Novel: Philip Roth

Anthony Hopkins Nicole Kidman Gary Sinise

Rachel Portman

Jean-Yves Escoffier

Christopher Tellefsen

Lakeshore Entertainment

Miramax Films

October 31, 2003

106 minutes

United States Germany France

English

$30 million

$19,379,387

The Human Stainis a 2003 American romantic thriller film directed by Robert Benton. The screenplay by Nicholas Meyer is based on the 2000 novel of the same name by Philip Roth. The film stars Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman.

Plot synopsis In the late 1990s, writer Nathan Zuckerman (Gary Sinise) has settled in a lakeside New England cabin following his second divorce and a battle with prostate cancer. His idyllic life is interrupted by Coleman Silk (Anthony Hopkins), a former dean and professor of classics at local Athena College, who was forced to resign after being accused of making racist remarks in class. Coleman's wife died suddenly following the scandal, and he wants to avenge his loss of career and companion by writing a book about the events with Nathan's assistance. The project is placed on the back burner when Coleman has an affair with Faunia Farley (Nicole Kidman), a considerably younger, semi-literate woman who supports herself by working at menial jobs. Their relationship is threatened by the faculty members who forced Coleman from his job and by Faunia's stalker ex-husband Lester (Ed Harris), a mentally unbalanced Vietnam War veteran who blames her for the deaths of their children in an accident. Flashbacks of Coleman's life reveal to the audience his secret—he is an African American who has passed as a

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Jewish white man for most of his adult life.

Cast b Anthony Hopkins as Coleman Silk b Nicole Kidman as Faunia Farley b Gary Sinise as Nathan Zuckerman b Ed Harris as Lester Farley b Wentworth Miller as Young Coleman Silk b Jacinda Barrett as Steena Paulsson b Mimi Kuzyk as Delphine Roux b Clark Gregg as Nelson Primus b Anna Deavere Smith as Mrs. Silk b Phyllis Newman as Iris Silk

Production Campus scenes were filmed at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts and McGill University in Montreal.

Release The film debuted at the Venice Film Festival. It was shown at the Toronto Film Festival, the Bergen International Film Festival, and the Hollywood Film Festival before its release in the US.

Box office The film grossed $5,381,227 in the US and $13,998,160 in foreign markets for a total worldwide box office of [1] $19,379,387.

Critical reception In his review in theNew York Times, A.O. Scott called it "an honorable B+ term paper of a movie: sober, scrupulous and earnestly respectful of its literary source . . . The filmmakers explicate Mr. Roth's themes with admirable clarity and care and observe his characters with delicate fondness, but they cannot hope to approximate the brilliance and rapacity of his voice, which holds all the novel's disparate elements together. Without the active intervention of Mr. Roth's intelligence . . . the story fails to cohere . . . At its best - which also tends to be at its quietest -The Human Stainallows you both to care about its characters and to think about the larger issues that their lives represent. Its deepest flaw is an inability to link those moments of empathy and insight into a continuous drama, to suggest that the [2] characters' lives keep going when they are not on screen." Roger Ebert of theChicago Sun-Timesobserved, "We have to suspend disbelief over the casting, but that's easier since we can believe the stories of these people. Not many movies probe into matters of identity or adaptation. Most movie characters are like Greek gods and comic book heroes: We learn their roles and powers at the beginning of the story, and they never change. Here are complex, troubled, flawed people, brave enough to breathe deeply and take [3] one more risk with their lives." In theSan Francisco Chronicle, Mick LaSalle called it "a mediocre movie . . . [that] falls victim to a fatal lack of narrative drive, suspense and drama. Kidman and Hopkins are wrong for their roles, and that, combined with a pervading inevitability, cuts the film off from any sustained vitality. The result is something admirable but lifeless." [4]

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