Wentworth Miller: Truth About His Personal Life

Early Life and Career

Wentworth Earl Miller III was born on June 2,1972, in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England. His father, Wentworth Earl Miller II, was an American lawyer, and his mother, Joy Marie Palm-Miller, was a special education teacher. Miller has two older sisters, Gillian and Leigh.

Miller attended Quaker Valley High School in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1990. He then attended Princeton University, where he majored in English literature. After graduating from Princeton in 1995, Miller moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.

Miller's first major acting role was in the 1998 television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". He played the role of Gage Petronzi, a high school student who is turned into a vampire. Miller also appeared in the 2000 film "Romeo and Juliet", playing the role of Benvolio Montague.

Wentworth Miller's breakthrough

Miller's breakthrough role came in 2005, when he was cast as Michael Scofield in the Fox television series "Prison Break". The series was a critical and commercial success, and Miller received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance. "Prison Break" ran for four seasons, ending in 2009.

After "Prison Break" ended, Miller starred in the 2010 film "Resident Evil: Afterlife". He also appeared in the 2012 film "The Loft" and the 2013 film "Stoker".

Wentworth Miller's Return to TV

In 2016, Miller returned to television in the CW series "Legends of Tomorrow". He played the role of Captain Cold, a supervillain who is recruited to join the Legends of Tomorrow team. Miller left "Legends of Tomorrow" in 2018, but he returned to the show in 2021 for a guest appearance.

In 2019, Miller starred in the Netflix miniseries "The Central Park Five". He played the role of Elizabeth Lederer, a lawyer who represented one of the five teenagers who were wrongly convicted of raping a woman in Central Park in 1989.

Wentworth Miller Wife

Wentworth Miller has never been married.

Wentworth Miller's Sexuality

In 2013, Miller came out as gay in a letter to a fan who had written to him about being bullied for being gay. Miller wrote that he had been "afraid to be open about his sexuality for a long time" but that he was "done with the fear".

Miller's decision to come out was praised by many, including GLAAD, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. GLAAD said that Miller's coming out "will help to create a more inclusive world for LGBT people."