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It was just expected that I would go to college. Both my parents are teachers and they tolerated acting, but I was going to go to a school of quality or bust. Which made my downshifting back to acting afterward a little difficult.
Wentworth Miller
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Wentworth Miller
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: June 2
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Wentworth Earl Miller III
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