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Wesley Cook Bentley is an American actor 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), and Erik in Mission: Impossible – Fallout. He 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 premiere of Venus in Fur by David Ives in the off-Broadway production in 2010. His other film roles include The Four Feathers (2002), Ghost Rider (2007), P2 (2007), and Pete's Dragon (2016).

Wes Bentley
Bentley in March 2012
Born	Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S.
Education	Sylvan Hills High School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present
Spouse(s)	Jennifer Quanz ​ ​ (m. 2001; div. 2009)​ Jacqui Swedberg ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	2

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' sixth cycle, subtitled Roanoke. In 2018, Bentley began starring in the Paramount Network original television series Yellowstone.

Early life

Bentley was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and raised in Little Rock,[1][2] the third of four sons of Cherie Baker and David Bentley. His father is a minister, and his mother is a chaplain and ordained elder in the Arkansas Conference, both in the United Methodist denomination.[3][4] He is of German, Scottish and English descent.[5]

In 1996, he graduated from Sylvan Hills High School in Sherwood, Arkansas.[6] He attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division as part of its Group 29 (1996–2000)[7] but left the school after one year to pursue his acting career.[8]

Career

Bentley has starred in several films, including the Oscar-winning film American Beauty, The Four Feathers, P2, and Ghost Rider. He starred in the thriller Dolan's Cadillac,[9] based on the short story by Stephen King,[10] and There Be Dragons by director Roland Joffé. Bentley is one of the main subjects in the documentary My Big Break, directed by Tony Zierra, which follows Bentley and three of his former roommates, Chad Lindberg, Brad Rowe and Greg Fawcett, as they pursue their dream to become successful actors in Hollywood.

In the 2007 film Ghost Rider, Bentley played Blackheart, a demonic being that was the main antagonist.

In 2010, he starred opposite Nina Arianda in the premiere of the David Ives play Venus in Fur at the Classic Stage Company in New York City.[11][12][13][14]

In March 2012, Bentley had a supporting role in the blockbuster movie The Hunger Games, playing gamemaker Seneca Crane.

In 2012, Bentley also starred with Amber Tamblyn and Vincent Piazza in the indie feature 3 Nights in the Desert, directed by Gabriel Cowan.[15]

Bentley and Scott Speedman starred in a pilot episode for a planned HBO series created by Ryan Murphy, Open,[16] but the series was not picked up. The following year, Bentley guest starred in Murphy's FX series American Horror Story for its fourth season, Freak Show. In 2015, he was promoted to the main cast for the fifth season, Hotel, starring as Detective John Lowe. In 2016, he played a main role in the sixth season, Roanoke.

Since 2018, he has played Jamie Dutton on Paramount Network's Yellowstone.

Personal life

Bentley was married to actress Jennifer Quanz from 2001 to 2009. They divorced in 2009 due to his substance abuse. He married producer Jacqui Swedberg in 2010. They have a son born in late 2010[17] and a daughter born in 2014.

In a New York Times article on February 8, 2010, he described his descent into drug addiction that began almost immediately after his success in American Beauty. He said he hid his addiction from his wife; they separated in 2006, and he moved to an apartment where he began doing drugs full-time. During this time, he worked sporadically, just enough to pay bills and buy drugs. His addiction started to cause problems on the sets of the films P2 and Weirdsville and in 2008, he was arrested and ordered into counseling and 12-step programs. He relapsed, however, and "continued using heroin until he was broke".[11]

In July 2009, he said, he confessed to a friend, "I’m a drug addict, and an alcoholic, and I need help. I need help or I’m going to die".[18] He again entered a 12-step program and, while clean since then, considers himself on the path to recovery.

The documentary My Big Break (2009) captures Bentley's early life as an unknown actor, his sudden fame after American Beauty, his subsequent emotional struggle with fame, and his admission years later that he was recovering from an addiction to drugs and alcohol.[11] He began to rebuild his career by starring in the Off-Broadway premiere of the play Venus in Fur by David Ives.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Serendipity Lane	Lonnie	Short film
1998	Three Below Zero	Julian Flincher
1998	Beloved	Schoolteacher's Nephew
1999	American Beauty	Ricky Fitts
1999	The White River Kid	White River Kid
2000	The Claim	Donald Daglish
2001	Carving Out Our Name	Himself
2001	Soul Survivors	Matt
2002	The Four Feathers	Jack Durrance
2005	The Game of Their Lives	Walter Bahr
2007	Weirdsville	Royce
2007	Ghost Rider	Blackheart / Legion
2007	The Ungodly	Mickey Gravatski
2007	P2	Thomas Barclay
2008	The Last Word	Evan
2009	The Tomb	Johnathan Merrick
2009	Dolan's Cadillac	Tom Robinson
2009	The Greims	Donnie Greims	Short film
2010	Jonah Hex	Adleman Lusk
2011	Rites of Passage	Benny
2011	Hirokin	Hirokin
2011	There Be Dragons	Manolo Torres
2011	After-School Special	Man	Short film
2012	Underworld: Awakening	Dr. Edward Vronski	Uncredited; credited as Antigen Scientist
2012	Gone	Peter Hood
2012	The Hunger Games	Seneca Crane
2012	Stars in Shorts	Man
2012	The Time Being	Daniel
2012	Hidden Moon	Victor Brighton
2012	Hirokin: the last samurai	Hirokin
2013	Lovelace	Thomas
2013	Pioneer	Mike
2013	Cesar Chavez	Jerry Cohen
2014	3 Nights in the Desert	Travis
2014	After the Fall	Bill Scanlon
2014	The Better Angels	Mr. Crawford
2014	Interstellar	Doyle
2014	Welcome to Me	Gabe Ruskin
2014	Final Girl	William
2015	Knight of Cups	Barry
2015	We Are Your Friends	James Reed
2015	Amnesiac	Man
2016	Pete's Dragon	Jack Magary
2016	Broken Vows	Patrick
2018	Mission: Impossible – Fallout	Erik
2019	The Best of Enemies	Floyd Kelly

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Tilda	—	Television film
2014	Open	Evan Foster	Unsold TV pilot
2014–15	American Horror Story: Freak Show	Edward Mordrake	3 episodes
2015–16	American Horror Story: Hotel	Det. John Lowe	11 episodes
2016	American Horror Story: Roanoke	Ambrose White	5 episodes
		Dylan	3 episodes
2018–present	Yellowstone	Jamie Dutton	36 episodes
2021–2022	Blade Runner: Black Lotus	Niander Wallace, Jr. (voice)	13 episodes

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Venus in Fur	Thomas	East 13th Street/CSC Theatre

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
1999	National Board of Review	Best Male Breakthrough Performance	American Beauty	Won
2000	BAFTA Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role		Nominated
	Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	Favorite Supporting Actor – Drama		Nominated
	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Most Promising Actor		Won
	MTV Movie Awards	Breakthrough Male Performance		Nominated
	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture		Won
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Breakout Performance		Nominated
2007	Fright Meter Awards	Best Actor	P2	Nominated
2016	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Actor in a Movie or Limited Series	American Horror Story: Hotel	Nominated
2017	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Villain	American Horror Story: Roanoke	Nominated
2022	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Yellowstone	Nominated

References

External links

• Wes Bentley at IMDb
• Wes Bentley at AllMovie

На других языках

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[de] Wes Bentley

Wesley Cook Bentley (* 4. September 1978 in Jonesboro, Arkansas) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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[es] Wes Bentley

Wesley Cook "Wes" Bentley (Jonesboro, Arkansas, 4 de septiembre de 1978)[1] es un actor estadounidense que se hizo popular mediante su papel en la película premiada por los Premios Óscar American Beauty (1999). Su actuación en este drama fue muy bien valorada y ganó el National Board of Review Award al Mejor Actor Revelación Masculino, Online Film Critics Society Award al Mejor Reparto y Screen Actors Guild Award por Gran Actuación del reparto en una película. Además, fue nominado a los premios BAFTA y MTV.

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[ru] Бентли, Уэс

Уэсли Кук Бентли (англ. Wesley Cook Bentley; род. 4 сентября 1978, Джонсборо, Арканзас, США) — американский актёр, известный ролями в таких фильмах, как «128 ударов сердца в минуту», «Красота по-американски», «Четыре пера», «Парковка», «Призрачный гонщик» и «Голодные игры».

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