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Wes Bentley
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American actor
Film & TV
Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
Wesley Cook "Wes" Bentley (born September 4, 1978) is an American film actor known for his roles as Ricky Fitts in American Beauty (1999) and Seneca Crane in The Hunger Games (2012). Bentley was one of four subjects in the documentary My Big Break (2009), which covered his fame after American Beauty and struggles with substance abuse. Rebuilding his career, he starred in the premier of Venus in…
Known for
- The Shards — Terry Schaffer2026
- Blade Runner: Black Lotus — Niander Wallace Jr. (voice)2021
- The Best of Enemies — Floyd Kelly2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self2019
- Mission: Impossible - Fallout — Erik2018
- Yellowstone — Jamie Dutton2018
- Broken Vows — Patrick2016
- Pete's Dragon — Jack2016
- Welcome to Me — Gabe Ruskin2015
- Knight of Cups — Barry2015
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1978-09-04 ) September 4, 1978 (age 47) , Jonesboro, Arkansas , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1995–present
- Spouses
- Jennifer Quanz ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2001 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2009 ) Jacqui Swedberg, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2010 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Bentley
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jonesboro
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Wes Bentley The Hunger Games premiere.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- date of birth
- 1978-09-04
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- Wes Bentley
- name in native language
- Wes Bentley
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Wes Bentley (born September 4, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Ricky Fitts in American Beauty (1999), which earned him a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Supporting Actor, Seneca Crane in The Hunger Games (2012), Doyle in Interstellar (2014), Erik in Mission: Impossible – Fallout, and Jamie Dutton in Yellowstone. He was one of four subjects in the documentary My Big Break (2009), which covered his fame after American Beauty and his subsequent struggles with substance abuse. Rebuilding his career, he starred in the premiere of Venus in Fur by David Ives in the off-Broadway production in 2010. Other film roles include The Four Feathers (2002), Ghost Rider (2007), P2 (2007), and Pete's Dragon (2016).
He began appearing in the FX anthology series American Horror Story in 2014, playing Edward Mordrake in Freak Show. In 2015, he starred as Detective John Lowe in Hotel, for which he received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination. The following year, he played Dylan (the actor who plays Ambrose White in My Roanoke Nightmare) in the series's sixth cycle, subtitled Roanoke. From 2018 until 2024, Bentley starred in the Paramount Network original television series Yellowstone.
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