Wesley Cook Bentley (born September 4, 1978) is an American actor best
known for his roles as Ricky Fitts in American Beauty (1999), which
earned him a nomination for a 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).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.Bentley was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and raised
in Little Rock, born the third of four boys for 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. He is of German, Scottish and English descent.
known for his roles as Ricky Fitts in American Beauty (1999), which
earned him a nomination for a 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).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.Bentley was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and raised
in Little Rock, born the third of four boys for 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. He is of German, Scottish and English descent.
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