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Wesley Cook Bentley Wiki Biography

Wesley Cook “Wes” Bentley was born on 4 September 1978, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA to Cherie Baker and David Bentley, and is best known as an actor, who appeared in ‘’American Beauty’’ and ‘’The Hunger Games’’.

So just how rich is Wes Bentley as of late 2017? Authoritative sources report that Bentley’s net worth is as high as $3 million, accumulated from his over two decades long acting career. In addition to that, he is a producer.

Wes Bentley Net Worth $3 million

Bentley was raised in Little Rock, and attended Sylvan Hills High School in Sherwood, Arkansas. Having matriculated in 1996, Wes went on to enroll into the Juilliard School’s Drama Division, however, he left the school after studying for one year to pursued his acting career. He made his debut as Lonnie in ‘’Serendipity Lane’’, a 1995 short movie, before in 1998 landing a starring role in ‘’Three Below Zero’’, making his breakthrough, as the film ended up winning Max Ophüls Award in 1999. In 1999, he portrayed Ricky Fitts in ‘’American Beauty’’, which won five Oscars, with Bentley part of the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture. Additionally, ‘’American Beauty’’ won numerous other awards and additional nominations. His net worth was rising steadily.

Bentley remained busy throughout the late 2000s, starring in ‘’The Last Word’’ – nominated for a Grand Jury Prize – and ‘’Dolan’s Cadillac’’ released in 2008 and 2009 respectively. In 2010 he played a supporting role in ‘’Jonah Hex’’, and in 2012 he appeared in a drama thriller movie entitled ‘’Gone’’, starring alongside Amanda Seyfried. In the same year, he worked on ‘’The Hunger Games’’, an adventure sci-fi movie praised by the audience, in which Bentley portrayed Seneca Crane, the character responsible for making the 74th Hunger Games, and which earned over $690 million at the box office. In 2014, he worked on several projects such as ‘’The Better Angels’’ and ‘’After the Fall’’, in the latter playing Bill Scanlon, a father and husband who becomes a criminal in order to support his family. As of the same year, he joined the cast of ‘’American Horror Story’’, making his debut as Edward Mordrake in season four, and appearing in three episodes. In the following season of the show, entitled ‘’Hotel’’ he portrayed detective John Lowe, one of the main characters. In the sixth season, ‘’Roanoke’’ he played Ambrose White and Dylan. As of the most recent past, Wes has been working on the television film ‘’Yellowstone’’, and ‘’The Best of Enemies’’, both currently being filmed.

In his personal life, Bentley was married to Jennifer Quanz from 2001 until 2009; the couple separated apparently due to Bentley’s drug addiction problems. However, he married Jacqui Swedberg in 2010, and the couple has a son and a daughter Brooklyn. In an interview for New York Times he talked about his drug related problems; he has been clean since 2008.



Full Name Wes Bentley
Net Worth $3 Million
Date Of Birth September 4, 1978
Place Of Birth Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S.
Height 5′ 11″ (1.8 m)
Profession Actor, Producer, Soundtrack
Education Sylvan Hills High School, Juilliard School
Nationality American
Spouse Jacqui Swedberg (m. 2010), Jennifer Quanz (m. 2001–2009)
Children Brooklyn Bentley, Charles Bentley
Parents David Bentley, Cherie Bentley
Siblings Patrick Bentley, Jamey Bentley, Philip Bentley
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004747/
Awards Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Young Hollywood Award for Best Onscreen Chemistry
Nominations BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout Star, MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance – Male, Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries
Movies The Hunger Games, American Beauty, Pete’s Dragon, Interstellar, American Horror Story, Ghost Rider, We Are Your Friends, P2, The Four Feathers, There Be Dragons, Lovelace, Final Girl, Broken Vows, Jonah Hex, Knight of Cups, Soul Survivors, Weirdsville, The Better Angels, Beloved, The White River Kid…
TV Shows American Horror Story
Quote
1 (2012, on his former drug & alcohol addiction) I was risking everything to get drugs. I was driving around with homeless guys and people just out of prison, then I’d hit the streets and smoke all day. I’d already nodded off on set a couple times, and now I was being asked to leave auditions mid-reading because it was just so sad for them. I missed my brother’s wedding because I was so messed up… The shakes, hearing voices, paranoia – those were daily occurrences for me. I was nearly dead, and I didn’t care.
2 (2012, on his sobriety) I’m now at two and a half years sober. A little over two and half years. I can’t believe it. I can’t believe that I’m alive, much less than I’m able to do the things I’m able to do just on a daily basis. Back then I was stuck. I literally physically couldn’t move before and now I have a 14 month old son and I’m back in the sunlight… It helps to be sober and be in this world. Not just sober meaning not drinking and doing drugs, but my mind is sober. I’m clear about my life now. I actually really want to be a part of great projects like this and I actually enjoy the promotion aspects of it now. I’ve found out I do like that stuff.
3 [on what happened after American Beauty (1999)] – I wanted fame, but I thought it would be incremental, and I became afraid of the overnight-sensation thing. I started walking into rooms, and everyone would look at me, and I would freeze up. People kept saying, “You have to find your next movie” and that didn’t make life any better.
4 [on hitting rock bottom with being a drug and alcohol addict in 2009] – I had come back to L.A. for something, and I drank a whole bottle of Scotch, and I thought to myself, ‘I’m going to die in this hotel room with this bottle of Scotch. It was after that I told a friend for the first time: ‘I’m a drug addict, and an alcoholic, and I need help. I need help or I’m going to die.’
5 [on wishing he had heard a story like his own in his early 20s] – This would have helped me, at least, if someone would have made me realize that you don’t need to do drugs to be artistic and express yourself. If you want to be artistic, if you want to be creative, if you want to express yourself, you can’t let things get in your way, and drugs are included in that.
Fact
1 The couple welcomed their 2nd child,a daughter,Brooklyn,in 2014.
2 Stated in an interview on the DVD of There Be Dragons (2011) that his sobriety was inspired during filming by someone else on the set who had been sober for two years. He stopped drinking and doing drugs during filming, with this person’s help, and experienced a whole spiritual renewal in his life. He has been sober ever since.
3 In 2010, told The New York Times that he spent most of the 2000s seriously addicted to drugs including cocaine and heroin, and that he only took the few acting roles that he did so that he would have money to buy drugs.
4 The third of four sons, which included older brothers Jamey and Philip and younger brother Patrick Bentley.
5 Loves playing soccer in his spare time.
6 Was discovered at an open cattle call for the film “Rent”. A casting director spotted him, and asked him to read for his film. Seven call backs later he was given the role, but the movie was never made.
7 Grew up in Mountain Home, Arkanas where he played the drums at his local junior high school. During sophomore year at school he moved to Sherwood, Arkanas. He then attended Sylvan Hills high school, from his sophomore to senior year.
8 Attended the same high school as actor Russell Taylor, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, before Bentley transfered to high school in Sherwood, Arkansas before his junior year.
9 Was considered for the role of Danny Walker in Michael Bay’s Pearl Harbor (2001).
10 While filming Three Below Zero (1998), the director Simon Aeby forbid Bentley from skateboarding to the set in New York City because he was the principle talent and needed to be on set every day of filming. But Bentley ignored the director’s advice and continued to arrive each day via skateboard.
11 Cast as Lestat in Queen of the Damned (2002) before dropping out and being replaced by Stuart Townsend.
12 Cast as Sonny in Monster’s Ball (2001) before dropping out and being replaced by Heath Ledger.
13 Brother was a youth minister in Topeka, Kansas.
14 Previously shared a home in L.A. with Brad Rowe and Chad Lindberg.
15 Attended The Juilliard School in New York City.
16 Both of his parents are United Methodist ministers.
17 Attended Sylvan Hills high school in Sherwood, Arkansas.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
The Four Feathers 2002 Jack Durrance
Soul Survivors 2001 Matt
The Claim 2000 Donald Dalglish
The White River Kid 1999 White River Kid
American Beauty 1999 Ricky Fitts
Beloved 1998 Schoolteacher’s Nephew
Three Below Zero 1998 Julian Fincher
Serendipity Lane 1995 Short Lonnie
American Horror Story 2014-2016 TV Series John Lowe Dylan Ambrose White …
Broken Vows 2016 Patrick
Pete’s Dragon 2016 Jack
We Are Your Friends 2015 James
Final Girl 2015 William
Knight of Cups 2015 Barry
Open 2014 TV Movie Evan Foster
Amnesiac 2014 Man
Interstellar 2014 Doyle
Welcome to Me 2014 Gabe Ruskin
Cesar Chavez 2014 Jerry Cohen
After the Fall 2014 Bill Scanlon
The Better Angels 2014 Mr. Crawford
3 Nights in the Desert 2014 Travis
Pionér 2013 Mike
Lovelace 2013 Thomas – Photographer
Hidden Moon 2012 Victor Brighton
The Time Being 2012 Daniel
Hirokin: The Last Samurai 2012 Hirokin
The Hunger Games 2012 Seneca Crane
Gone 2012/I Peter Hood
Rites of Passage 2012/I Benny
Underworld: Awakening 2012 Antigen Scientist (uncredited)
Tilda 2011 TV Movie
After-School Special 2011 Short Man
There Be Dragons 2011 Manolo Torres
Jonah Hex 2010 Adleman Lusk
The Tomb 2009 Jonathan
The Greims 2009 Short Donnie Greims
Dolan’s Cadillac 2009 Robinson
The Last Word 2008/I Evan
P2 2007 Thomas
The Ungodly 2007 Mickey Gravatski
Weirdsville 2007 Royce
Ghost Rider 2007 Blackheart
The Game of Their Lives 2005 Walter Bahr

Producer

Title Year Status Character
The Tomb 2009 co-executive producer
The Ungodly 2007 associate producer

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Weirdsville 2007 performer: “5th Night’s Hallucination” / writer: “5th Night’s Hallucination”

Self

Title Year Status Character
Made in Hollywood 2016 TV Series Himself
21st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards 2016 TV Movie Himself
How Zac Efron Learned to DJ 2015 Video short Himself
American Horror Story: Freak Show – Freaklore: The Specter of Edward Mordrake 2015 Video short Himself
Larry King Now 2015 TV Series Himself – Guest / Himself
The Talk 2015 TV Series Himself – Guest
Last Call with Carson Daly 2014 TV Series Himself – Guest
The Hunger Games: Controlling the Games 2012 Video short Himself
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games 2012 Video documentary Himself
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2007-2011 TV Series Himself
Saint of the Ordinary: The Making of There Be Dragons 2011 TV Movie documentary Manolo
Cinema 3 2011 TV Series Himself
My Big Break 2009 Documentary Himself
Blazing Trails: The Making of ‘Ghost Rider’ 2007 Video documentary short Himself
Spirit of Vengeance: The Making of ‘Ghost Rider’ 2007 Video documentary Himself
Carving Out Our Name 2001 Documentary Himself
ESPY Awards 2000 TV Special
American Beauty: Look Closer… 2000 Video documentary short Himself
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards 2000 TV Special Himself – Presenter

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Stars in Shorts 2012 Man
Entertainment Tonight 2000 TV Series Himself
Gomorron 2000 TV Series Himself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2000 CFCA Award Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Most Promising Actor American Beauty (1999)
2000 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Breakthrough Performance – Male American Beauty (1999)
2000 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture American Beauty (1999)
2000 Young Hollywood Award Young Hollywood Awards Best On-screen Chemistry American Beauty (1999)
1999 NBR Award National Board of Review, USA Breakthrough Performance – Male American Beauty (1999)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2016 Critics’ Choice TV Award Critics Choice Television Awards Best Actor in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series American Horror Story (2011)
2007 Fright Meter Award Fright Meter Awards Best Actor P2 (2007)
2000 BAFTA Film Award BAFTA Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role American Beauty (1999)
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Award Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Supporting Actor – Drama American Beauty (1999)
2000 Chlotrudis Award Chlotrudis Awards Best Supporting Actor American Beauty (1999)
2000 MTV Movie Award MTV Movie Awards Breakthrough Male Performance American Beauty (1999)
2000 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Supporting Actor American Beauty (1999)
2000 OFCS Award Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Supporting Actor American Beauty (1999)
2000 Teen Choice Award Teen Choice Awards Film – Choice Breakout Performance American Beauty (1999)

2nd Place Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1999 ACCA Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Cast Ensemble American Beauty (1999)

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