Wes Bentley

Born 1978 · American actor

Wes Bentley is an American actor. He is 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), Erik in Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), and Jamie Dutton in Yellowstone (2018–2024). He was one of four subjects in the documentary My Big Break (2009), which covered his fame after American Beauty and his subsequent 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. Other film roles include The Four Feathers (2002), Ghost Rider (2007), P2 (2007), and Pete's Dragon (2016).

Wes Bentley, in order

1. 1998 Beloved: acted · directed by Jonathan Demme
2. 1998 Three Below Zero: acted · directed by Simon Aeby
3. 1999 American Beauty: acted · directed by Sam Mendes · critics 87%, audiences 93% · streaming on Hoopla
4. 1999 The White River Kid: acted · directed by Arne Glimcher
5. 2000 The Claim: acted · directed by Michael Winterbottom · critics 61%, audiences 49% · streaming on Roku Channel, Fawesome, Tubi
6. 2001 Soul Survivors: acted · directed by Stephen Carpenter
7. 2002 The Four Feathers: acted · directed by Shekhar Kapur · critics 41%, audiences 65% · streaming on MGM+, Kanopy, Hoopla
8. 2005 The Game of Their Lives: acted · directed by David Anspaugh
9. 2007 Ghost Rider: acted · directed by Mark Steven Johnson · critics 28%, audiences 48% · streaming on Fandango at Home (free), Starz
10. 2007 P2: acted · directed by Franck Khalfoun
11. 2007 Weirdsville: acted · directed by Allan Moyle
12. 2008 The Last Word: acted · directed by Geoffrey Haley
13. 2009 Dolan's Cadillac: acted · directed by Jeffrey Beesley
14. 2009 My Big Break: acted · directed by Tony Zierra
15. 2009 The Tomb: acted · directed by Michael Staininger
16. 2010 Jonah Hex: acted · directed by Jimmy Hayward · critics 11%, audiences 20%
17. 2011 There Be Dragons: acted · directed by Roland Joffé
18. 2012 Casting By: acted · directed by Tom Donahue · critics 94%, audiences 80% · streaming on Kanopy
19. 2012 Gone: acted · directed by Heitor Dhalia
20. 2012 Rites of Passage: acted · directed by W. Peter Iliff
21. 2012 Stars in Shorts: acted · directed by Jacob Chase and Neil LaBute
22. 2012 The Hunger Games: acted · directed by Gary Ross · critics 84%, audiences 81% · streaming on Hulu, Tubi
23. 2012 The Time Being: acted · directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain
24. 2013 Lovelace: acted · directed by Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein
25. 2013 Pioneer: acted · directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg
26. 2014 After The Fall: acted · directed by Saar Klein
27. 2014–16 American Horror Story (TV series): acted
28. 2014 Cesar Chavez: acted · directed by Diego Luna
29. 2014 Interstellar: acted · directed by Christopher Nolan · critics 73%, audiences 87% · streaming on Apple TV, Paramount+
30. 2014 The Better Angels: acted · directed by A.J. Edwards
31. 2014 Welcome to Me: acted · directed by Shira Piven · critics 74%, audiences 46% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
32. 2015 Amnesiac: acted · directed by Michael Polish
33. 2015 Final Girl: acted · directed by Tyler Shields
34. 2015 Knight of Cups: acted · directed by Terrence Malick
35. 2015 We Are Your Friends: acted · directed by Max Joseph
36. 2016 Broken Vows: acted · directed by Bram Coppens
37. 2016 Pete's Dragon: acted · directed by David Lowery
38. 2018 Mission: Impossible – Fallout: acted · directed by Christopher McQuarrie · critics 98%, audiences 89% · streaming on Paramount+
39. 2018 Yellowstone (TV series): acted · directed by Taylor Sheridan
40. 2026 The Shards (TV series): acted