Wentworth Miller: Hollywood's Latest "It Boy"

Wentworth Earl Miller III, star of FOX's hit prison drama, "Prison Break" was born on June 6, 1972 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK to Roxann Miller, a special education teacher, and Wentworth E. Miller, a lawyer. Wentworth is of African, Jamaican, English, and German descent on his father's side, and of Russian, French, Dutch, Syrian and Lebanese descent on his mother's side. He considers himself bi-racial. While born in the United Kingdom, he was raised in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY. He is the oldest of three children, which includes his two younger sisters, Leigh and Gillian. Wentworth is a 1990 graduate of Quaker Valley High School and a 1995 gradute of Princeton University where has a degree in English Literature.

After graduating from Princeton, Miller moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting and to support himself, work ed behind the scenes in the development department of a small production company that specialized in making made-for-TV movies. When Miller decided to pursue acting seriously, he landed several guest spots on shows like, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "ER", and "Popular". He got his first starring role in the TV mini series, "Dinotopia" , where he played introverted character, David. He then was able to land the breakthrough role and his first movie role in 2003's, "The Human Stain", in which he co-starred with Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman, playing the younger version of Anthony Hopkins' character.

Miller started off 2005 with a bang by landing the starring role as Michael Scofield, in FOX's new drama series "Prison Break". The show is directed by action film director, Brett Ratner, who is famous for directing such action blockbuster hits as, "Rush Hour" (and its sequels) and "X-Men: The Last Stand". During the production of "Prison Break", Ratner, who also has directed music videos for Madonna, asked Miller to co-star in two music videos with pop diva, Mariah Carey, whose videos he was directing. Wentworth played the love interest in both "It's Like That" and "We Belong Together" which garnered him some unexpected buzz for his upcoming debut as the star of "Prison Break". The show became a success both critically and ratings-wise. Miller went on to earn a 2006 Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series.

Miller's personal life has been the subject of speculation as he keeps mum on his dating status saying that he's too busy to date. There has also been speculation as to his sexuality, but a private guyb, Miller doesn't discuss anything relating to his romantic life. In his spare time, however, Miller says he's "kind of a dork" and "feels uncomfortable in bars and clubs", and would much rather prefer to stay home and play Scrabble, have dinner with a couple friends, go to see a movie, or lose a whole weekend to Season 14 of Law and Order or The Simpsons. He also doesn't like to work out, saying, he's "lazy". Miller currently resides in both Dallas, TX (during filming of Prison Break) and Los Angeles, CA. He is currently single.