Miller was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England; the son of Joy Marie (née 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 has stated that his father is of Jamaican, German, English, Jewish, and Cherokee Native American Indian ancestry, and that his Read more...

In 1995, he went to Los Angeles to pursue an acting 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, he moved on to co-star in the 2003 film The Human Stain, playing the younger version of the Anthony Hopkins character, Coleman Silk. Miller's first TV appearance was as student-turned-sea Read more...

Wentworth Earl Miller III (born June 2, 1972) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor who rose to stardom following his starring role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.