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	[[File:Wentworth by Andrew Horovitz.JPG\|thumb\|Miller photographed by Andrew Horovitz, 25 September 2011]]'''Wentworth Miller''' (born 1972) is an actor.		[[File:Wentworth by Andrew Horovitz.JPG\|thumb\|Miller photographed by Andrew Horovitz, 25 September 2011]]'''Wentworth Miller''' ('''Wentworth Earl Miller III''' born 1972) is an actor.

	Miller was born in [[Chipping Norton]], [[Oxfordshire]], the son of American parents,<ref>http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/yes-the-newly-out-wentworth-miller-is-british</ref> Roxann (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth E. Miller II, a lawyer and teacher.<ref>http://www.freebmd.org.uk</ref> Miller said in 2003 that his father is black and his mother is white.<ref>Ellen Baskin [http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 "A clear sense of self"], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 6, 2003 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161524/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 Archived] by the [[Web Archive]], 7 March 2016.</ref> Miller's family moved to Brooklyn, USA, when he was a year old.<ref name=euroweb>[http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur21031.cfm "Being Wentworth Miller: The star of Fox's upcoming ''Prison Break'' navigates Hollywood's biracial politics"] ''Eurweb'', 27 June 2005.</ref> He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He has dual British/American citizenship.		Miller was born in [[Chipping Norton]], [[Oxfordshire]], the son of American parents,<ref>http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/yes-the-newly-out-wentworth-miller-is-british</ref> Roxann (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth E. Miller II, a lawyer and teacher.<ref>http://www.freebmd.org.uk</ref> Miller said in 2003 that his father is black and his mother is white.<ref>Ellen Baskin [http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 "A clear sense of self"], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 6, 2003 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161524/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 Archived] by the [[Web Archive]], 7 March 2016.</ref> Miller's family moved to Brooklyn, USA, when he was a year old.<ref name=euroweb>[http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur21031.cfm "Being Wentworth Miller: The star of Fox's upcoming ''Prison Break'' navigates Hollywood's biracial politics"] ''Eurweb'', 27 June 2005.</ref> He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He has dual British/American citizenship.

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	'''Wentworth Miller''' (born 1972) is an actor.		[[File:Wentworth by Andrew Horovitz.JPG\|thumb\|Miller photographed by Andrew Horovitz, 25 September 2011]]'''Wentworth Miller''' (born 1972) is an actor.

	Miller was born in [[Chipping Norton]], [[Oxfordshire]], the son of American parents,<ref>http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/yes-the-newly-out-wentworth-miller-is-british</ref> Roxann (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth E. Miller II, a lawyer and teacher.<ref>http://www.freebmd.org.uk</ref> Miller said in 2003 that his father is black and his mother is white.<ref>Ellen Baskin [http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 "A clear sense of self"], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 6, 2003 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161524/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 Archived] by the [[Web Archive]], 7 March 2016.</ref> Miller's family moved to Brooklyn, USA, when he was a year old.<ref name=euroweb>[http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur21031.cfm "Being Wentworth Miller: The star of Fox's upcoming ''Prison Break'' navigates Hollywood's biracial politics"] ''Eurweb'', 27 June 2005.</ref> He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He has dual British/American citizenship.		Miller was born in [[Chipping Norton]], [[Oxfordshire]], the son of American parents,<ref>http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/yes-the-newly-out-wentworth-miller-is-british</ref> Roxann (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth E. Miller II, a lawyer and teacher.<ref>http://www.freebmd.org.uk</ref> Miller said in 2003 that his father is black and his mother is white.<ref>Ellen Baskin [http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 "A clear sense of self"], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 6, 2003 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161524/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 Archived] by the [[Web Archive]], 7 March 2016.</ref> Miller's family moved to Brooklyn, USA, when he was a year old.<ref name=euroweb>[http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur21031.cfm "Being Wentworth Miller: The star of Fox's upcoming ''Prison Break'' navigates Hollywood's biracial politics"] ''Eurweb'', 27 June 2005.</ref> He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He has dual British/American citizenship.
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	At the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Seattle, Washington, Miller said he had attempted suicide multiple times as a teenager before coming out as gay.<ref name="autogenerated1">Michael Idato, [http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/wentworth-miller-reveals-struggles-with-suicide-20130910-2tgw0.html "Wentworth Miller reveals struggles with suicide"], ''smh.com.au'', 15 November 2012.</ref> He said: "When someone asked me if that was a cry for help, I said no, because I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe there's help to cry for."<ref name="autogenerated1"/> He discussed struggling in Hollywood as a closeted actor, and talked about how his involvement in the ManKind Project helped him learn about brotherhood, sisterhood, and being part of a community.<ref>Jase Peeples, [http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2013/09/10/wentworth-miller-attempted-suicide-coming-out "Wentworth Miller Attempted Suicide Before Coming Out"], ''The Advocate'', 10 September 2013.</ref>		At the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Seattle, Washington, Miller said he had attempted suicide multiple times as a teenager before coming out as gay.<ref name="autogenerated1">Michael Idato, [http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/wentworth-miller-reveals-struggles-with-suicide-20130910-2tgw0.html "Wentworth Miller reveals struggles with suicide"], ''smh.com.au'', 15 November 2012.</ref> He said: "When someone asked me if that was a cry for help, I said no, because I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe there's help to cry for."<ref name="autogenerated1"/> He discussed struggling in Hollywood as a closeted actor, and talked about how his involvement in the ManKind Project helped him learn about brotherhood, sisterhood, and being part of a community.<ref>Jase Peeples, [http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2013/09/10/wentworth-miller-attempted-suicide-coming-out "Wentworth Miller Attempted Suicide Before Coming Out"], ''The Advocate'', 10 September 2013.</ref>

			He was listed number 72 in the [[World Pride Power List 2014]].

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	Miller was born in [[Chipping Norton]], [[Oxfordshire]], the son of American parents,<ref>http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/yes-the-newly-out-wentworth-miller-is-british</ref> Roxann (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth E. Miller II, a lawyer and teacher.<ref>http://www.freebmd.org.uk</ref> Miller said in 2003 that his father is black and his mother is white.<ref>Ellen Baskin [http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 "A clear sense of self"], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 6, 2003 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161524/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 Archived] by the [[Web Archive]], 7 March 2016.</ref> Miller's family moved to Brooklyn, USA, when he was a year old.<ref name=euroweb>[http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur21031.cfm "Being Wentworth Miller: The star of Fox's upcoming ''Prison Break'' navigates Hollywood's biracial politics"] ''Eurweb'', 27 June 2005.</ref> He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He has dual British/American citizenship.		Miller was born in [[Chipping Norton]], [[Oxfordshire]], the son of American parents,<ref>http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/yes-the-newly-out-wentworth-miller-is-british</ref> Roxann (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth E. Miller II, a lawyer and teacher.<ref>http://www.freebmd.org.uk</ref> Miller said in 2003 that his father is black and his mother is white.<ref>Ellen Baskin [http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 "A clear sense of self"], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 6, 2003 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161524/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 Archived] by the [[Web Archive]], 7 March 2016.</ref> Miller's family moved to Brooklyn, USA, when he was a year old.<ref name=euroweb>[http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur21031.cfm "Being Wentworth Miller: The star of Fox's upcoming ''Prison Break'' navigates Hollywood's biracial politics"] ''Eurweb'', 27 June 2005.</ref> He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He has dual British/American citizenship.

	In 2007, Miller denied to ''InStyle'' magazine that he was [[gay]].<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/prison-breaks-wentworth-miller-comes-out-in,101977 "''Prison Break'''s Wentworth Miller comes out in letter protesting Russian government"],''The A.V. Club'', 22 August 2013.</ref> However, he came out as gay in August 2013, when he posted a letter on [[GLAAD]]'s website declining an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt "deeply troubled" by the Russian government's treatment of its gay citizens (referring to Russian LGBT propaganda law enacted the previous June which banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations").<ref name="GLAAD">Seth Adam, [http://www.glaad.org/blog/wentworth-miller-rejects-russian-film-festival-invitation-gay-man-i-must-decline "Wentworth Miller rejects Russian film festival invitation; 'As a gay man, I must decline'"], GLAA, 21 August 2013}}</ref><ref>Dahv Shira, [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20727550,00.html "Wentworth Miller Comes Out as Gay"], ''People'', 21 August 2013.</ref> Miller wrote that he "cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly".<ref name="GLAAD"/>		In 2007, Miller denied to ''InStyle'' magazine that he was [[gay]].<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/prison-breaks-wentworth-miller-comes-out-in,101977 "''Prison Break'''s Wentworth Miller comes out in letter protesting Russian government"],''The A.V. Club'', 22 August 2013.</ref> However, he came out as gay in August 2013, when he posted a letter on [[GLAAD]]'s website declining an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt "deeply troubled" by the Russian government's treatment of its gay citizens (referring to Russian LGBT propaganda law enacted the previous June which banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations").<ref name="GLAAD">Seth Adam, [http://www.glaad.org/blog/wentworth-miller-rejects-russian-film-festival-invitation-gay-man-i-must-decline "Wentworth Miller rejects Russian film festival invitation; 'As a gay man, I must decline'"], GLAA, 21 August 2013.</ref><ref>Dahv Shira, [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20727550,00.html "Wentworth Miller Comes Out as Gay"], ''People'', 21 August 2013.</ref> Miller wrote that he "cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly".<ref name="GLAAD"/>

	At the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Seattle, Washington, Miller said he had attempted suicide multiple times as a teenager before coming out as gay.<ref name="autogenerated1">Michael Idato, [http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/wentworth-miller-reveals-struggles-with-suicide-20130910-2tgw0.html "Wentworth Miller reveals struggles with suicide"], ''smh.com.au'', 15 November 2012.</ref> He said: "When someone asked me if that was a cry for help, I said no, because I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe there's help to cry for."<ref name="autogenerated1"/> He discussed struggling in Hollywood as a closeted actor, and talked about how his involvement in the ManKind Project helped him learn about brotherhood, sisterhood, and being part of a community.<ref>Jase Peeples, [http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2013/09/10/wentworth-miller-attempted-suicide-coming-out "Wentworth Miller Attempted Suicide Before Coming Out"], ''The Advocate'', 10 September 2013.</ref>		At the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Seattle, Washington, Miller said he had attempted suicide multiple times as a teenager before coming out as gay.<ref name="autogenerated1">Michael Idato, [http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/wentworth-miller-reveals-struggles-with-suicide-20130910-2tgw0.html "Wentworth Miller reveals struggles with suicide"], ''smh.com.au'', 15 November 2012.</ref> He said: "When someone asked me if that was a cry for help, I said no, because I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe there's help to cry for."<ref name="autogenerated1"/> He discussed struggling in Hollywood as a closeted actor, and talked about how his involvement in the ManKind Project helped him learn about brotherhood, sisterhood, and being part of a community.<ref>Jase Peeples, [http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2013/09/10/wentworth-miller-attempted-suicide-coming-out "Wentworth Miller Attempted Suicide Before Coming Out"], ''The Advocate'', 10 September 2013.</ref>

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	In 2007, Miller denied to ''InStyle'' magazine that he was [[gay]].<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/prison-breaks-wentworth-miller-comes-out-in,101977 "''Prison Break'''s Wentworth Miller comes out in letter protesting Russian government"],''The A.V. Club'', 22 August 2013.</ref> However, he came out as gay in August 2013, when he posted a letter on [[GLAAD]]'s website declining an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt "deeply troubled" by the Russian government's treatment of its gay citizens (referring to Russian LGBT propaganda law enacted the previous June which banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations").<ref name="GLAAD">Seth Adam, [http://www.glaad.org/blog/wentworth-miller-rejects-russian-film-festival-invitation-gay-man-i-must-decline "Wentworth Miller rejects Russian film festival invitation; 'As a gay man, I must decline'"], GLAA, 21 August 2013}}</ref><ref>Dahv Shira, [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20727550,00.html "Wentworth Miller Comes Out as Gay"], ''People'', 21 August 2013.</ref> Miller wrote that he "cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly".<ref name="GLAAD"/>		In 2007, Miller denied to ''InStyle'' magazine that he was [[gay]].<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/prison-breaks-wentworth-miller-comes-out-in,101977 "''Prison Break'''s Wentworth Miller comes out in letter protesting Russian government"],''The A.V. Club'', 22 August 2013.</ref> However, he came out as gay in August 2013, when he posted a letter on [[GLAAD]]'s website declining an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt "deeply troubled" by the Russian government's treatment of its gay citizens (referring to Russian LGBT propaganda law enacted the previous June which banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations").<ref name="GLAAD">Seth Adam, [http://www.glaad.org/blog/wentworth-miller-rejects-russian-film-festival-invitation-gay-man-i-must-decline "Wentworth Miller rejects Russian film festival invitation; 'As a gay man, I must decline'"], GLAA, 21 August 2013}}</ref><ref>Dahv Shira, [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20727550,00.html "Wentworth Miller Comes Out as Gay"], ''People'', 21 August 2013.</ref> Miller wrote that he "cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly".<ref name="GLAAD"/>

	At the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Seattle, Washington, Miller said he had attempted suicide multiple times as a teenager before coming out as gay.<ref name="autogenerated1">Michael Idato~~, Michael~~, [http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/wentworth-miller-reveals-struggles-with-suicide-20130910-2tgw0.html "Wentworth Miller reveals struggles with suicide"], ''smh.com.au'', 15 November 2012.</ref> He said: "When someone asked me if that was a cry for help, I said no, because I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe there's help to cry for."<ref name="autogenerated1"/> He discussed struggling in Hollywood as a closeted actor, and talked about how his involvement in the ManKind Project helped him learn about brotherhood, sisterhood, and being part of a community.<ref>~~{{cite web\|last=~~Peeples ~~\|first=Jase \|url=~~http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2013/09/10/wentworth-miller-attempted-suicide-coming-out ~~\|title=~~Wentworth Miller Attempted Suicide Before Coming Out ~~\|publisher=advocate.com \|accessdate=~~September ~~13,~~ 2013}}</ref>		At the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Seattle, Washington, Miller said he had attempted suicide multiple times as a teenager before coming out as gay.<ref name="autogenerated1">Michael Idato, [http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/wentworth-miller-reveals-struggles-with-suicide-20130910-2tgw0.html "Wentworth Miller reveals struggles with suicide"], ''smh.com.au'', 15 November 2012.</ref> He said: "When someone asked me if that was a cry for help, I said no, because I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe there's help to cry for."<ref name="autogenerated1"/> He discussed struggling in Hollywood as a closeted actor, and talked about how his involvement in the ManKind Project helped him learn about brotherhood, sisterhood, and being part of a community.<ref>Jase Peeples, [http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2013/09/10/wentworth-miller-attempted-suicide-coming-out "Wentworth Miller Attempted Suicide Before Coming Out"], ''The Advocate'', 10 September 2013.</ref>

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	In 2007, Miller denied to ''InStyle'' magazine that he was [[gay]].<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/prison-breaks-wentworth-miller-comes-out-in,101977 "''Prison Break'''s Wentworth Miller comes out in letter protesting Russian government"],''The A.V. Club'', 22 August 2013.</ref> However, he came out as gay in August 2013, when he posted a letter on [[GLAAD]]'s website declining an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt "deeply troubled" by the Russian government's treatment of its gay citizens (referring to Russian LGBT propaganda law enacted the previous June which banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations").<ref name="GLAAD">Seth Adam, [http://www.glaad.org/blog/wentworth-miller-rejects-russian-film-festival-invitation-gay-man-i-must-decline "Wentworth Miller rejects Russian film festival invitation; 'As a gay man, I must decline'"], GLAA, 21 August 2013}}</ref><ref>Dahv Shira, [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20727550,00.html "Wentworth Miller Comes Out as Gay"], ''People'', 21 August 2013.</ref> Miller wrote that he "cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly".<ref name="GLAAD"/>		In 2007, Miller denied to ''InStyle'' magazine that he was [[gay]].<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/prison-breaks-wentworth-miller-comes-out-in,101977 "''Prison Break'''s Wentworth Miller comes out in letter protesting Russian government"],''The A.V. Club'', 22 August 2013.</ref> However, he came out as gay in August 2013, when he posted a letter on [[GLAAD]]'s website declining an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt "deeply troubled" by the Russian government's treatment of its gay citizens (referring to Russian LGBT propaganda law enacted the previous June which banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations").<ref name="GLAAD">Seth Adam, [http://www.glaad.org/blog/wentworth-miller-rejects-russian-film-festival-invitation-gay-man-i-must-decline "Wentworth Miller rejects Russian film festival invitation; 'As a gay man, I must decline'"], GLAA, 21 August 2013}}</ref><ref>Dahv Shira, [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20727550,00.html "Wentworth Miller Comes Out as Gay"], ''People'', 21 August 2013.</ref> Miller wrote that he "cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly".<ref name="GLAAD"/>

	At the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Seattle, Washington, Miller said he had attempted suicide multiple times as a teenager before coming out as gay.<ref name="autogenerated1">~~{{cite web\|author=~~Idato, Michael ~~\|url=~~http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/wentworth-miller-reveals-struggles-with-suicide-20130910-2tgw0.html ~~\|title=~~Wentworth Miller reveals struggles with suicide ~~\|publisher=~~smh.com.au ~~\|date=~~November ~~15,~~ 2012 ~~\|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}~~</ref> He said: "When someone asked me if that was a cry for help, I said no, because I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe there's help to cry for."<ref name="autogenerated1"/> He discussed struggling in Hollywood as a closeted actor, and talked about how his involvement in the ManKind Project helped him learn about brotherhood, sisterhood, and being part of a community.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Peeples \|first=Jase \|url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2013/09/10/wentworth-miller-attempted-suicide-coming-out \|title=Wentworth Miller Attempted Suicide Before Coming Out \|publisher=advocate.com \|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref>		At the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Seattle, Washington, Miller said he had attempted suicide multiple times as a teenager before coming out as gay.<ref name="autogenerated1">Michael Idato, Michael, [http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/wentworth-miller-reveals-struggles-with-suicide-20130910-2tgw0.html "Wentworth Miller reveals struggles with suicide"], ''smh.com.au'', 15 November 2012.</ref> He said: "When someone asked me if that was a cry for help, I said no, because I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe there's help to cry for."<ref name="autogenerated1"/> He discussed struggling in Hollywood as a closeted actor, and talked about how his involvement in the ManKind Project helped him learn about brotherhood, sisterhood, and being part of a community.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Peeples \|first=Jase \|url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2013/09/10/wentworth-miller-attempted-suicide-coming-out \|title=Wentworth Miller Attempted Suicide Before Coming Out \|publisher=advocate.com \|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref>

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	Miller was born in [[Chipping Norton]], [[Oxfordshire]], the son of American parents,<ref>http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/yes-the-newly-out-wentworth-miller-is-british</ref> Roxann (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth E. Miller II, a lawyer and teacher.<ref>http://www.freebmd.org.uk</ref> Miller said in 2003 that his father is black and his mother is white.<ref>Ellen Baskin [http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 "A clear sense of self"], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 6, 2003 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161524/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 Archived] by the [[Web Archive]], 7 March 2016.</ref> Miller's family moved to Brooklyn, USA, when he was a year old.<ref name=euroweb>[http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur21031.cfm "Being Wentworth Miller: The star of Fox's upcoming ''Prison Break'' navigates Hollywood's biracial politics"] ''Eurweb'', 27 June 2005.</ref> He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He has dual British/American citizenship.		Miller was born in [[Chipping Norton]], [[Oxfordshire]], the son of American parents,<ref>http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/yes-the-newly-out-wentworth-miller-is-british</ref> Roxann (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth E. Miller II, a lawyer and teacher.<ref>http://www.freebmd.org.uk</ref> Miller said in 2003 that his father is black and his mother is white.<ref>Ellen Baskin [http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 "A clear sense of self"], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 6, 2003 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161524/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 Archived] by the [[Web Archive]], 7 March 2016.</ref> Miller's family moved to Brooklyn, USA, when he was a year old.<ref name=euroweb>[http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur21031.cfm "Being Wentworth Miller: The star of Fox's upcoming ''Prison Break'' navigates Hollywood's biracial politics"] ''Eurweb'', 27 June 2005.</ref> He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He has dual British/American citizenship.

	In 2007, Miller denied to ''InStyle'' magazine that he was [[gay]].<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/prison-breaks-wentworth-miller-comes-out-in,101977 "''Prison Break'''s Wentworth Miller comes out in letter protesting Russian government"],''The A.V. Club'', 22 August 2013.</ref> However, he came out as gay in August 2013, when he posted a letter on [[GLAAD]]'s website declining an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt "deeply troubled" by the Russian government's treatment of its gay citizens (referring to Russian LGBT propaganda law enacted the previous June which banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations").<ref name="GLAAD">~~{{cite web\|title=Wentworth Miller rejects Russian film festival invitation; 'As a gay man~~, ~~I must decline'\|url=~~http://www.glaad.org/blog/wentworth-miller-rejects-russian-film-festival-invitation-gay-man-i-must-decline~~\|accessdate=August 22~~, ~~2013\|publisher=GLAAD\|first=Seth\|last=Adam\|date=~~August ~~21,~~ 2013}}</ref><ref>~~{{cite news\|title=Wentworth Miller Comes Out as Gay\|url=~~http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20727550,00.html~~\|accessdate=August 21~~, ~~2013\|work=~~People~~\|first=Dahvi\|last=Shira\|date=~~August ~~21,~~ 2013}}</ref> Miller wrote that he "cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly".<ref name="GLAAD"/>		In 2007, Miller denied to ''InStyle'' magazine that he was [[gay]].<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/prison-breaks-wentworth-miller-comes-out-in,101977 "''Prison Break'''s Wentworth Miller comes out in letter protesting Russian government"],''The A.V. Club'', 22 August 2013.</ref> However, he came out as gay in August 2013, when he posted a letter on [[GLAAD]]'s website declining an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt "deeply troubled" by the Russian government's treatment of its gay citizens (referring to Russian LGBT propaganda law enacted the previous June which banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations").<ref name="GLAAD">Seth Adam, [http://www.glaad.org/blog/wentworth-miller-rejects-russian-film-festival-invitation-gay-man-i-must-decline "Wentworth Miller rejects Russian film festival invitation; 'As a gay man, I must decline'"], GLAA, 21 August 2013}}</ref><ref>Dahv Shira, [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20727550,00.html "Wentworth Miller Comes Out as Gay"], ''People'', 21 August 2013.</ref> Miller wrote that he "cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly".<ref name="GLAAD"/>

	At the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Seattle, Washington, Miller said he had attempted suicide multiple times as a teenager before coming out as gay.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web\|author=Idato, Michael \|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/wentworth-miller-reveals-struggles-with-suicide-20130910-2tgw0.html \|title=Wentworth Miller reveals struggles with suicide \|publisher=smh.com.au \|date=November 15, 2012 \|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref> He said: "When someone asked me if that was a cry for help, I said no, because I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe there's help to cry for."<ref name="autogenerated1"/> He discussed struggling in Hollywood as a closeted actor, and talked about how his involvement in the ManKind Project helped him learn about brotherhood, sisterhood, and being part of a community.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Peeples \|first=Jase \|url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2013/09/10/wentworth-miller-attempted-suicide-coming-out \|title=Wentworth Miller Attempted Suicide Before Coming Out \|publisher=advocate.com \|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref>		At the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Seattle, Washington, Miller said he had attempted suicide multiple times as a teenager before coming out as gay.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web\|author=Idato, Michael \|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/wentworth-miller-reveals-struggles-with-suicide-20130910-2tgw0.html \|title=Wentworth Miller reveals struggles with suicide \|publisher=smh.com.au \|date=November 15, 2012 \|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref> He said: "When someone asked me if that was a cry for help, I said no, because I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe there's help to cry for."<ref name="autogenerated1"/> He discussed struggling in Hollywood as a closeted actor, and talked about how his involvement in the ManKind Project helped him learn about brotherhood, sisterhood, and being part of a community.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Peeples \|first=Jase \|url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2013/09/10/wentworth-miller-attempted-suicide-coming-out \|title=Wentworth Miller Attempted Suicide Before Coming Out \|publisher=advocate.com \|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref>

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	Miller was born in [[Chipping Norton]], [[Oxfordshire]], the son of American parents,<ref>http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/yes-the-newly-out-wentworth-miller-is-british</ref> Roxann (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth E. Miller II, a lawyer and teacher.<ref>http://www.freebmd.org.uk</ref> Miller said in 2003 that his father is black and his mother is white.<ref>Ellen Baskin [http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 "A clear sense of self"], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 6, 2003 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161524/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 Archived] by the [[Web Archive]], 7 March 2016.</ref> Miller's family moved to Brooklyn, USA, when he was a year old.<ref name=euroweb>[http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur21031.cfm "Being Wentworth Miller: The star of Fox's upcoming ''Prison Break'' navigates Hollywood's biracial politics"] ''Eurweb'', 27 June 2005.</ref> He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He has dual British/American citizenship.		Miller was born in [[Chipping Norton]], [[Oxfordshire]], the son of American parents,<ref>http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/yes-the-newly-out-wentworth-miller-is-british</ref> Roxann (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth E. Miller II, a lawyer and teacher.<ref>http://www.freebmd.org.uk</ref> Miller said in 2003 that his father is black and his mother is white.<ref>Ellen Baskin [http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 "A clear sense of self"], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 6, 2003 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161524/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 Archived] by the [[Web Archive]], 7 March 2016.</ref> Miller's family moved to Brooklyn, USA, when he was a year old.<ref name=euroweb>[http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur21031.cfm "Being Wentworth Miller: The star of Fox's upcoming ''Prison Break'' navigates Hollywood's biracial politics"] ''Eurweb'', 27 June 2005.</ref> He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He has dual British/American citizenship.

	In 2007, Miller denied to ''InStyle'' magazine that he was [[gay]].<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/prison-breaks-wentworth-miller-comes-out-in,101977 "Prison Break's Wentworth Miller comes out in letter protesting Russian government",''The A.V. Club'', 22 August 2013.</ref> However, he came out as gay in August 2013, when he posted a letter on [[GLAAD]]'s website declining an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt "deeply troubled" by the Russian government's treatment of its gay citizens (referring to Russian LGBT propaganda law enacted the previous June which banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations").<ref name="GLAAD">{{cite web\|title=Wentworth Miller rejects Russian film festival invitation; 'As a gay man, I must decline'\|url=http://www.glaad.org/blog/wentworth-miller-rejects-russian-film-festival-invitation-gay-man-i-must-decline\|accessdate=August 22, 2013\|publisher=GLAAD\|first=Seth\|last=Adam\|date=August 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Wentworth Miller Comes Out as Gay\|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20727550,00.html\|accessdate=August 21, 2013\|work=People\|first=Dahvi\|last=Shira\|date=August 21, 2013}}</ref> Miller wrote that he "cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly".<ref name="GLAAD"/>		In 2007, Miller denied to ''InStyle'' magazine that he was [[gay]].<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/prison-breaks-wentworth-miller-comes-out-in,101977 "''Prison Break'''s Wentworth Miller comes out in letter protesting Russian government"],''The A.V. Club'', 22 August 2013.</ref> However, he came out as gay in August 2013, when he posted a letter on [[GLAAD]]'s website declining an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt "deeply troubled" by the Russian government's treatment of its gay citizens (referring to Russian LGBT propaganda law enacted the previous June which banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations").<ref name="GLAAD">{{cite web\|title=Wentworth Miller rejects Russian film festival invitation; 'As a gay man, I must decline'\|url=http://www.glaad.org/blog/wentworth-miller-rejects-russian-film-festival-invitation-gay-man-i-must-decline\|accessdate=August 22, 2013\|publisher=GLAAD\|first=Seth\|last=Adam\|date=August 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Wentworth Miller Comes Out as Gay\|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20727550,00.html\|accessdate=August 21, 2013\|work=People\|first=Dahvi\|last=Shira\|date=August 21, 2013}}</ref> Miller wrote that he "cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly".<ref name="GLAAD"/>

	At the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Seattle, Washington, Miller said he had attempted suicide multiple times as a teenager before coming out as gay.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web\|author=Idato, Michael \|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/wentworth-miller-reveals-struggles-with-suicide-20130910-2tgw0.html \|title=Wentworth Miller reveals struggles with suicide \|publisher=smh.com.au \|date=November 15, 2012 \|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref> He said: "When someone asked me if that was a cry for help, I said no, because I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe there's help to cry for."<ref name="autogenerated1"/> He discussed struggling in Hollywood as a closeted actor, and talked about how his involvement in the ManKind Project helped him learn about brotherhood, sisterhood, and being part of a community.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Peeples \|first=Jase \|url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2013/09/10/wentworth-miller-attempted-suicide-coming-out \|title=Wentworth Miller Attempted Suicide Before Coming Out \|publisher=advocate.com \|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref>		At the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Seattle, Washington, Miller said he had attempted suicide multiple times as a teenager before coming out as gay.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web\|author=Idato, Michael \|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/wentworth-miller-reveals-struggles-with-suicide-20130910-2tgw0.html \|title=Wentworth Miller reveals struggles with suicide \|publisher=smh.com.au \|date=November 15, 2012 \|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref> He said: "When someone asked me if that was a cry for help, I said no, because I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe there's help to cry for."<ref name="autogenerated1"/> He discussed struggling in Hollywood as a closeted actor, and talked about how his involvement in the ManKind Project helped him learn about brotherhood, sisterhood, and being part of a community.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Peeples \|first=Jase \|url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2013/09/10/wentworth-miller-attempted-suicide-coming-out \|title=Wentworth Miller Attempted Suicide Before Coming Out \|publisher=advocate.com \|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref>

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	'''Wentworth Miller''' (born 1972) is an actor.		'''Wentworth Miller''' (born 1972) is an actor.

	Miller was born in [[Chipping Norton]], [[Oxfordshire]], the son of American parents,<ref>http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/yes-the-newly-out-wentworth-miller-is-british</ref> Roxann (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth E. Miller II, a lawyer and teacher.<ref>http://www.freebmd.org.uk</ref> Miller said in 2003 that his father is black and his mother is white.<ref>Ellen Baskin [http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 "A clear sense of self"], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 6, 2003 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161524/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 Archived] by the [[Web Archive]], 7 March 2016.</ref> Miller's family moved to Brooklyn, USA, when he was a year old.<ref name=euroweb>[http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur21031.cfm "Being Wentworth Miller: The star of Fox's upcoming "Prison Break" navigates Hollywood's biracial politics" ''Eurweb'', 27 June 2005.</ref> He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He has dual British/American citizenship.		Miller was born in [[Chipping Norton]], [[Oxfordshire]], the son of American parents,<ref>http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/yes-the-newly-out-wentworth-miller-is-british</ref> Roxann (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth E. Miller II, a lawyer and teacher.<ref>http://www.freebmd.org.uk</ref> Miller said in 2003 that his father is black and his mother is white.<ref>Ellen Baskin [http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 "A clear sense of self"], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 6, 2003 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161524/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 Archived] by the [[Web Archive]], 7 March 2016.</ref> Miller's family moved to Brooklyn, USA, when he was a year old.<ref name=euroweb>[http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur21031.cfm "Being Wentworth Miller: The star of Fox's upcoming ''Prison Break'' navigates Hollywood's biracial politics"] ''Eurweb'', 27 June 2005.</ref> He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He has dual British/American citizenship.

	In 2007, Miller denied to ''InStyle'' magazine that he was [[gay]].<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/prison-breaks-wentworth-miller-comes-out-in,101977 "Prison Break's Wentworth Miller comes out in letter protesting Russian government",''The A.V. Club'', 22 August 2013.</ref> However, he came out as gay in August 2013, when he posted a letter on [[GLAAD]]'s website declining an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt "deeply troubled" by the Russian government's treatment of its gay citizens (referring to Russian LGBT propaganda law enacted the previous June which banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations").<ref name="GLAAD">{{cite web\|title=Wentworth Miller rejects Russian film festival invitation; 'As a gay man, I must decline'\|url=http://www.glaad.org/blog/wentworth-miller-rejects-russian-film-festival-invitation-gay-man-i-must-decline\|accessdate=August 22, 2013\|publisher=GLAAD\|first=Seth\|last=Adam\|date=August 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Wentworth Miller Comes Out as Gay\|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20727550,00.html\|accessdate=August 21, 2013\|work=People\|first=Dahvi\|last=Shira\|date=August 21, 2013}}</ref> Miller wrote that he "cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly".<ref name="GLAAD"/>		In 2007, Miller denied to ''InStyle'' magazine that he was [[gay]].<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/prison-breaks-wentworth-miller-comes-out-in,101977 "Prison Break's Wentworth Miller comes out in letter protesting Russian government",''The A.V. Club'', 22 August 2013.</ref> However, he came out as gay in August 2013, when he posted a letter on [[GLAAD]]'s website declining an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt "deeply troubled" by the Russian government's treatment of its gay citizens (referring to Russian LGBT propaganda law enacted the previous June which banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations").<ref name="GLAAD">{{cite web\|title=Wentworth Miller rejects Russian film festival invitation; 'As a gay man, I must decline'\|url=http://www.glaad.org/blog/wentworth-miller-rejects-russian-film-festival-invitation-gay-man-i-must-decline\|accessdate=August 22, 2013\|publisher=GLAAD\|first=Seth\|last=Adam\|date=August 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Wentworth Miller Comes Out as Gay\|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20727550,00.html\|accessdate=August 21, 2013\|work=People\|first=Dahvi\|last=Shira\|date=August 21, 2013}}</ref> Miller wrote that he "cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly".<ref name="GLAAD"/>

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	Miller was born in [[Chipping Norton]], [[Oxfordshire]], the son of American parents,<ref>http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/yes-the-newly-out-wentworth-miller-is-british</ref> Roxann (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth E. Miller II, a lawyer and teacher.<ref>http://www.freebmd.org.uk</ref> Miller said in 2003 that his father is black and his mother is white.<ref>Ellen Baskin [http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 "A clear sense of self"], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 6, 2003 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161524/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 Archived] by the [[Web Archive]], 7 March 2016.</ref> Miller's family moved to Brooklyn, USA, when he was a year old.<ref name=euroweb>[http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur21031.cfm "Being Wentworth Miller: The star of Fox's upcoming "Prison Break" navigates Hollywood's biracial politics" ''Eurweb'', 27 June 2005.</ref> He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He has dual British/American citizenship.		Miller was born in [[Chipping Norton]], [[Oxfordshire]], the son of American parents,<ref>http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/yes-the-newly-out-wentworth-miller-is-british</ref> Roxann (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth E. Miller II, a lawyer and teacher.<ref>http://www.freebmd.org.uk</ref> Miller said in 2003 that his father is black and his mother is white.<ref>Ellen Baskin [http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 "A clear sense of self"], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 6, 2003 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161524/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/nov/06/news/wk-movies6 Archived] by the [[Web Archive]], 7 March 2016.</ref> Miller's family moved to Brooklyn, USA, when he was a year old.<ref name=euroweb>[http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur21031.cfm "Being Wentworth Miller: The star of Fox's upcoming "Prison Break" navigates Hollywood's biracial politics" ''Eurweb'', 27 June 2005.</ref> He graduated from Princeton University in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He has dual British/American citizenship.

	In 2007, Miller denied to ''InStyle'' magazine that he was [[gay]].<ref>~~{{cite web\|url=~~http://www.avclub.com/articles/prison-breaks-wentworth-miller-comes-out-in,101977~~/\|title=~~Prison Break's Wentworth Miller comes out in letter protesting Russian government~~\|work=[[~~The A.V. Club~~]]\|date=~~August ~~22,~~ 2013}}</ref> However, he came out as gay in August 2013, when he posted a letter on [[GLAAD]]'s website declining an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt "deeply troubled" by the Russian government's treatment of its gay citizens (referring to Russian LGBT propaganda law enacted the previous June which banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations").<ref name="GLAAD">{{cite web\|title=Wentworth Miller rejects Russian film festival invitation; 'As a gay man, I must decline'\|url=http://www.glaad.org/blog/wentworth-miller-rejects-russian-film-festival-invitation-gay-man-i-must-decline\|accessdate=August 22, 2013\|publisher=GLAAD\|first=Seth\|last=Adam\|date=August 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Wentworth Miller Comes Out as Gay\|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20727550,00.html\|accessdate=August 21, 2013\|work=People\|first=Dahvi\|last=Shira\|date=August 21, 2013}}</ref> Miller wrote that he "cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly".<ref name="GLAAD"/>		In 2007, Miller denied to ''InStyle'' magazine that he was [[gay]].<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/prison-breaks-wentworth-miller-comes-out-in,101977 "Prison Break's Wentworth Miller comes out in letter protesting Russian government",''The A.V. Club'', 22 August 2013.</ref> However, he came out as gay in August 2013, when he posted a letter on [[GLAAD]]'s website declining an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt "deeply troubled" by the Russian government's treatment of its gay citizens (referring to Russian LGBT propaganda law enacted the previous June which banned "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations").<ref name="GLAAD">{{cite web\|title=Wentworth Miller rejects Russian film festival invitation; 'As a gay man, I must decline'\|url=http://www.glaad.org/blog/wentworth-miller-rejects-russian-film-festival-invitation-gay-man-i-must-decline\|accessdate=August 22, 2013\|publisher=GLAAD\|first=Seth\|last=Adam\|date=August 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Wentworth Miller Comes Out as Gay\|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20727550,00.html\|accessdate=August 21, 2013\|work=People\|first=Dahvi\|last=Shira\|date=August 21, 2013}}</ref> Miller wrote that he "cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly".<ref name="GLAAD"/>

	At the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Seattle, Washington, Miller said he had attempted suicide multiple times as a teenager before coming out as gay.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web\|author=Idato, Michael \|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/wentworth-miller-reveals-struggles-with-suicide-20130910-2tgw0.html \|title=Wentworth Miller reveals struggles with suicide \|publisher=smh.com.au \|date=November 15, 2012 \|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref> He said: "When someone asked me if that was a cry for help, I said no, because I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe there's help to cry for."<ref name="autogenerated1"/> He discussed struggling in Hollywood as a closeted actor, and talked about how his involvement in the ManKind Project helped him learn about brotherhood, sisterhood, and being part of a community.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Peeples \|first=Jase \|url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2013/09/10/wentworth-miller-attempted-suicide-coming-out \|title=Wentworth Miller Attempted Suicide Before Coming Out \|publisher=advocate.com \|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref>		At the 2013 Human Rights Campaign Dinner in Seattle, Washington, Miller said he had attempted suicide multiple times as a teenager before coming out as gay.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web\|author=Idato, Michael \|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/wentworth-miller-reveals-struggles-with-suicide-20130910-2tgw0.html \|title=Wentworth Miller reveals struggles with suicide \|publisher=smh.com.au \|date=November 15, 2012 \|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref> He said: "When someone asked me if that was a cry for help, I said no, because I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe there's help to cry for."<ref name="autogenerated1"/> He discussed struggling in Hollywood as a closeted actor, and talked about how his involvement in the ManKind Project helped him learn about brotherhood, sisterhood, and being part of a community.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Peeples \|first=Jase \|url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/people/2013/09/10/wentworth-miller-attempted-suicide-coming-out \|title=Wentworth Miller Attempted Suicide Before Coming Out \|publisher=advocate.com \|accessdate=September 13, 2013}}</ref>