Wes Bentley: Biography, Facts and Career
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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.
Quick facts about Wes Bentley
- Full name: Wes Bentley
- Born: 1978-09-04
- Nationality: United States
- Known as: Actor
- Wikidata ID: Q368037
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Who is Wes Bentley?
Wes Bentley (born September 4, 1978) is an American actor.
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Wes Bentley was born on 1978-09-04.



