Wentworth Earl Miller III (born June 2, 1972) is a British-born American actor who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.
Born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, Miller is the son of Joy Marie Palm, a 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 ...
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Wentworth Earl Miller III (born June 2, 1972) is a British-born American actor who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.
Born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, Miller is the son of Joy Marie Palm, a 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 origins; his father is of African American, Jamaican, English, German and Jewish descent, and his mother is of Russian, French, Dutch, Syrian, Afghan and Lebanese ancestry.
Despite his family's decision to move to Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, when he was a year old, Miller retains dual citizenship. He has two sisters, Leigh and Gillian. Miller attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a member of SING!, an annual musical production that was started by Midwood. His family moved to a town outside of...
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