Michael Scofield
Wentworth Earl Miller (born June 2, 1972) is a British-born American actor who achieved fame as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network's television series Prison Break.
He is 35 now
Lincoln Borrows
Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell[1] (born February 17, 1970) is an British-born Australian actor of Norwegian-Irish extract most active in the United States. He is best known for his roles as John Doe on the Fox television series John Doe and as Lincoln Burrows on Prison Break.
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[edit] Early life
Purcell was born in 36 Northcote Road,[citation needed] Wallasey, Merseyside, England in 1970, the eldest of five children. He moved to Sydney, Australia with his family when he was two where he was raised by his father and Irish mother, Maureen, in the Western Suburbs. Purcell attended Blaxland High School. Purcell's father, who had previously served in the Norwegian Merchant Navy, installed air-conditioning ducts for a living but later separated from the family.[1] Purcell's paternal grandfather was from Bergen, and his paternal grandmother a New York-born Irish-American. His middle name Haakon and his other surname Myrtvedt are both Norwegian.
After quitting his high school education, Purcell was employed as a landscaper.[2] Although he never contemplated being an actor, and thought that "people in the arts — actors, ballet dancers, musicians, whatever — were weird", he decided to try "that acting thing" on impulse.[1] He applied to the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and was accepted. There, Purcell studied alongside fellow actors Hugh Jackman and Frances O'Connor. After graduating in 1996, Purcell obtained his first acting role as Granger Hutton, a leading role in the Australian television series Raw FM.
Personal life
In 2000, he won a green card lottery and now resides in Laguna Beach, California with his wife, Rebecca, and their four children: Joseph (b. 1999), Audrey (b. 2001), and twins Lily and Augustus (b. 2003).
In 2006 Purcell spent the Christmas period in Louth Village, Co. Louth, in Ireland, the home area of his mother and drew considerable attention in the local press.
He is 37 now