Wentworth Earl Miller III (born 2 June 1972) is a
Golden Globe-nominated
British-born
American actor who rose to stardom following his role as
Michael Scofield in the
Fox Network television series
Prison Break.
Life and career
Early life
Miller was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England; the son of Roxann, a special education teacher, and Wentworth Earl Miller II, a lawyer and teacher.
[Wentworth Miller Biography (1972-)] Miller's father, a
Rhodes Scholar, was studying at
Oxford at the time of Miller's birth. Miller has stated that his father is of
African-American,
Jamaican,
English,
German, and
Jewish descent; his mother is of
Russian,
Dutch,
French,
Syrian, and
Lebanese ancestry,
[Paumgarten, Nick.Central Casting: The Race Card, The New Yorker, 10 November 2003. Accessed 16 June 2008.][Christopher Loudon, "Wentworth Miller's Big Break", Sir. Canada's International Magazine of Style for Him, Spring 2006, p. 61.]
