Wes Bentley News


Wes Bentley

Contact Celebrity

Contact Wes Bentley

Off Broadway Ensembles Can Be Hits, With Limits

New York Times - Found Mar. 9, 2010
Richard Termine for The New York Times Nina Arianda and Wes Bentley in ?Venus in Fur.? Instead, Playwrights and other nonprofit theaters...

Posted on March 9, 2010, 4:41 am

First Look: American Beauty's Wes Bentley Heads Off-Broadway in ...

Broadway.com - Found Jan. 22, 2010
... so when we discovered that David Ives? Venus in Fur features the off-Broadway debut of Wes Bentley, who gave an unforgettable performance as...

Posted on January 22, 2010, 6:48 am

First Look: American Beauty 's Wes Bentley Heads Off-Broadway in ...

Broadway.com - Found Jan. 21, 2010
... so when we discovered that David Ives? Venus in Fur features the off-Broadway debut of Wes Bentley, who gave an unforgettable performance as...

Posted on January 21, 2010, 12:59 pm

Dolan's Cadillac Pulls Up

IGN.com - Found Mar. 18, 2010
Christian Slater and Wes Bentley (who has rarely been seen since American Beauty), as depicted from the pages of Stephen King's novel. Bentley...

Posted on March 18, 2010, 1:24 pm

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Feb. 27-March 5: 'Miracle ...

Yahoo! News - Found Mar. 8, 2010
Young actress Nina Arianda got especially good reviews in Venus in Fur, playing opposite Wes Bentley in the play, which is inspired by the...

Posted on March 8, 2010, 11:37 am

'Venus in Fur' a Broadway candidate

Variety - Found Mar. 2, 2010
... for the new play by David Ives, which stars Nina Arianda -- in a perf that won raves from critics -- and Wes Bentley.No deal has yet been set...
Venus in Fur May Transfer to Broadway - New York Times
Rialto Chatter: Classic Stage's VENUS IN FUR Headed to Broadway? - Broadway World
Will 'Venus in Fur' Get Exposed on Broadway? (Playbill) - Yahoo! News
Will Venus in Fur Get Exposed on Broadway? - Playbill
Explore All

Posted on March 2, 2010, 4:00 am

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Feb. 27-March 5: 'Miracle ...

Yahoo! News - Found Mar. 5, 2010
Young actress Nina Arianda got especially good reviews in Venus in Fur, playing opposite Wes Bentley in the play, which is inspired by the...
PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Feb. 27-March 5: Miracle ... - Playbill
PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Feb. 27-March 5: 'Miracle ... - Yahoo! News
Explore All

Posted on March 5, 2010, 9:25 am

TWELFTH NIGHT Ends Run at Classic Stage Company, 3/5

Broadway World - Found Mar. 4, 2010
CSC's new production of David Ives' Venus In Fur, directed by Walter Bobbie and starring Wes Bentley and Nina Arianda, was recently extended...

Posted on March 4, 2010, 11:48 am

Will 'Venus in Fur' Get Exposed on Broadway?

Yahoo! News - Found Mar. 3, 2010
University's graduate acting program) got especially good reviews in Venus in Fur, playing opposite Wes Bentley (of the film 'American Beauty').

Posted on March 3, 2010, 1:05 pm

New York Times Features VENUS IN FUR's Wes Bentley

Broadway World - Found Feb. 8, 2010
... today features the newly reborn career of Wes Bentley, star of Classic Stage Company's current production of VENUS IN FUR. Bentley starred in...
Back From the Depths, Rebuilding a Career - New York Times
Back From the Depths, Rebuilding a Career - New York Times
Explore All

Posted on February 8, 2010, 2:58 am

Wes Bentley Biography

Wes Bentley
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Wes Bentley

Wes Bentley, 2000
Born September 4th, 1978 (1978-09-04) (age 31)
Jonesboro, Arkansas

Wesley Cook "Wes" Bentley (born September 4, 1978) is an American film actor.

Contents

Life

Bentley was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, the son of Cherie and David Bentley, who are United Methodist ministers.12 He has three brothers, Philip and Jamey, who are older, and Patrick, who is younger. Bentley grew up in Mountain Home and later in Sherwood. He attended Sylvan Hills High School, Sherwood, Arkansas, and the Juilliard School's Drama Division, New York City.

In 2001, he married actress Jennifer Quanz.

In 2009, he filed for divorce. In a New York Times article on Feb. 8, 2010, he describes 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, and in 2008 was arrested and ordered into counseling and 12-step programs. He relapsed, however, and "continued using heroin until he was broke." 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.” He again entered a 12-step program and, while clean since then, considers himself on the path to recovery, and has begun to rebuild his career by starring in the Off-Broadway play Venus in Fur.34

Career

Bentley has starred in several films, including the Oscar-winning film American Beauty,5 The Four Feathers alongside Heath Ledger, P2, and Ghost Rider. He starred in the upcoming thriller Dolan's Cadillac,6 based on the short story by Stephen King.7, and the movie There Be Dragons by director Roland Joffé .

In 2010 he starred opposite Nina Arianda in the David Ives play Venus in Fur at the Classic Stage Company in New York City. 89 1011

TV movies

  • The Ungodly (2007)

Filmography

Theater

References

  1. ^ Wes Bentley Biography (1978-)
  2. ^ Wes Bentley star bio
  3. ^ www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/theater/08bentley.html?pagewanted=all
  4. ^ Back From the Depths, Rebuilding a Career , Patrick Healy, New YOrk Times, Feb. 7, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/theater/08bentley.html
  5. ^ www.imdb.com/title/tt0169547/
  6. ^ www.cinematical.com/2008/04/25/christian-slater-and-wes-bentley-join-dolans-cadillac/
  7. ^ iconsoffright.com/news/2008/05/stephen_kings_dolans_cadillac.html
  8. ^ Back From the Depths, Rebuilding a Career , Patrick Healy, New York Times, Feb. 7, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/theater/08bentley.html
  9. ^ Run Extended for ‘Venus in Fur’, Patrick Healey, Feb. 3, 2010, NY Times [1]
  10. ^ One Object of Deisre, Delivered, Charles Isherwood, NY Times, Jan. 28, 2010 [2]
  11. ^ Nina Arianda: A Star Is Born [3]

External links