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TimeLine

June 2, 1972
Wentworth Miller is born in Chipping Norton, England. He has a biracial background. His father, a Rhodes scholar, is of African American, Jamaican, German, and English descent. His mother is of Dutch, French, Syrian and Lebanese descent.

1990
Graduates from Quaker Valley Senior High School in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania.

1994
Graduates from Princeton with a degree in English. Moves to Los Angeles after graduation to pursue acting.

1998
Has a small role as Gage Petronzi in the tv series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

2002
Has a role in the tv series, Dinotopia.

2003
Plays Anthony Hopkins' character as a young men in The Human Stain. The film, based on the book of the same name by Philip Roth, also stars Nicole Kidman, Gary Sinise, and Ed Harris.

2003
Has a role in the film, Underworld, with Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman.

2004
Has a role in season two of the tv series, Joan of Arcadia.

Aug. 29, 2005
The FOX tv show, Prison Break, premieres. Wentworth plays Michael Scofield, an engineer who lands himself in prison so he can break out his brother who has been framed for murder by the government.

Sept. 23, 2005
Plays Sgt. Paul Adams in the pilot episode of the tv series, Ghost Whisperer.

Aug. 2006
The second season of Prison Break premieres on FOX.