Divo of The Day “Wentworth Miller” (8/22/13)

 

Wentworth Earl Miller III was born on June 2, 1972. He is an American actor, model, screenwriter and producer. Wentworth rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox television series Prison Break. He made his screenwriting debut with the 2013 horror film Stoker.

Wentworth is of multiethnic origin. His father is of African-American, Jamaican, English, German, Jewish, and Cherokee background, and his mother is of Russian, French, Dutch, Syrian, and Lebanese ancestry.

 

"My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either, which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, at times, caught between two communities". He has stated.

 

Wentworth publicly came out as gay in August 2013, when he posted a letter on GLAAD's website declining an invitation to attend a film festival in Russia—Saint Petersburg International Film Festival—citing the recent violent treatment of homosexuals in areas of Russia, seen as a result of enacted laws against "homosexual propaganda”.