Wes Bentley
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Wes Bentley | |
Born | September 4, 1978 Jonesboro, Arkansas |
Notable roles | American Beauty (1999) |
Wesley Cook Bentley (born September 4, 1978) is an American film actor.
Bentley was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas to Cherie and David Bentley, both of whom are Methodist ministers.[1] He has three brothers, Philip and Jamey, who are older, and Patrick, who is younger. Bentley grew up in Mountain Home and later in Sherwood. He attended Sylvan Hills High School, Sherwood, Arkansas and the Juilliard School's Drama Division, New York City. He became a Taoist after reading Benjamin Hoff's The Tao of Pooh while at Julliard.[2] He married in 2001.
He starred in films including American Beauty and The Four Feathers.
[edit] Movies
- Beloved (Jonathan Demme) (1998)
- Three Below Zero (Simon Aeby) (1998)
- American Beauty (Ricky Fitts) (1999)
- The White River Kid (Arne Glimscher) (2000)
- The Claim (Michael Winterbottom) (2000)
- Soul Survivors (Stephen Carpenter) (2001)
- Carving Out Our Name (Tony Zierath) (2001)
- The Four Feathers (Shekhar Kapur) (2002)
- The Game of their Lives (David Anspaugh) (2003)
- Ghost Rider (Blackheart/Legion) (2007)