Many actors got their big break on the Fox thriller series, including Wentworth Miller and Sarah Wayne Callies.
Just what have your favorite onscreen miscreants been getting up to lately?
Here’s everything you’re gonna wanna know about thePrison Breakcast and where they are now.
The cast of ‘Prison Break’.Credit:Courtesy Everett Collection
I love the show so much."
AfterPrison Breakbegan, the actor went on to appear on some high-profile shows likeThe FlashandDCs Legends of Tomorrow.
Purcell was married to Rebecca Williamson from 1998 to 2008.
Dominic Purcell on ‘Prison Break’.20th Century Fox Film Corp, Courtesy: Everett Collection; Michael Buckner/TVLine/Penske Media via Getty
They share four children.
In 2023, the actormarried Tish Cyrus,Miley Cyrus' mother.
After all, Miller and Dominic Purcell had a similar trajectory as actors.
Wentworth Miller on ‘Prison Break’.20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved, Courtesy: Everett Collection; Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic
In fact, Miller would go on to earn a Golden Globe nomination for his stunning performance.
Though many fans could never imaginePrison Breakwithout Miller, that was almost the case.
In a2006 interview with EW, Miller revealed that his would-be big breaks fizzled rather than sizzled.
Robin Tunney on ‘Prison Break’.20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved, Courtesy: Everett Collection; Araya Doheny/FilmMagic
“It was like I stepped off the pavement and into the desert,” he said.
“As rocky as that road was, I learned a lot about endurance and patience and discipline.”
Millercame out as gayin 2013 by declining an invitation to a Russian film festival.
Amaury Nolasco on ‘Prison Break’.20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved, Courtesy: Everett Collection; Paul Archuleta/Getty
As a gay man, I must decline, he wrote in a statement.
In 2021, Miller revealed that he wasdiagnosed with autism.
She also appeared inEnd of Days(1999) andVertical Limit(2000).
Marshall Allman on ‘Prison Break’.20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved, Courtesy: Everett Collection; Gregg DeGuire/Getty
It may have been Tunney’s early career heights that helped her recognize how special the series was.
It’s not derivative.
you might make the comparison to24, but it’s not derivative of anything else."
Sarah Wayne Callies on ‘Prison Break’.20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved, Courtesy: Everett Collection; JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty
She soon starred as Teresa Lisbon in all seven seasons ofThe Mentalist.
Later, she had prominent roles in a handful of movies as well as television series likeThe FixandDear Edward.
Tunney married film producer Bob Gosse in 1997, but they divorced in 2006.
Rockmond Dunbar on ‘Prison Break’.Joe Viles / Fox / Courtesy: Everett Collection; Paras Griffin/Getty
Later, she got engaged to Nicky Marmet, and they have had two children together.
In the years leading up toPrison Break, Nolasco had a fairly eclectic career.
“I’m riding horses.
Robert Knepper on ‘Prison Break’.20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved, Courtesy: Everett Collection; David Livingston/Getty
you’re gonna wanna do those things.”
However, some aspects were harder to adapt to than others.
Sadly, it did not: “Honey, it’s something I’ve never experienced before.
Wade Williams on ‘Prison Break’.20th Century Fox Film Corp. Courtesy: Everett Collection; Phillip Faraone/Getty
115 (degrees)?
What is this?”
“It’s unbearable.
Paul Adelstein on ‘Prison Break’.20th Century Fox Film Corp. Courtesy: Everett Collection; Michael Loccisano/WireImage
And the humidity?”
The actor eventually left that sweltering heat, and it was his career that kept things hot from there.
Marshall Allman (L.J.
William Fichtner on ‘Prison Break’.20th Century Fox Film Corp. Courtesy: Everett Collection; Kristy Sparow/Getty
I’m just enjoying the ride because it’s honestly so cool."
Outside ofPrison Break, he’s best known for playing Tommy Mickens onTrue Blood.
Offscreen, Allman’s busy career still left him time to start a family.
Peter Stormare on Prison Break'.20th Century Fox Film Corp. Courtesy: Everett Collection; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
He married actress Jamie Anne Brown in 2006, and the two have three children together.
Her role as Sara, a sympathetic doctor who aids the escape, led to plenty of other opportunities.
“Prison Breakwas my first real job,” Calliestold EW.
“I had only been in the business a couple of years.”
In 2014, she starred inInto the StormalongsideRichard ArmitageandMatt Walsh.
Her next project is the spooky anthology taleValara.
Callies has two children with her husband Josh Winterhalt, whom she married in 2002.
He previously had major roles on shows likeEarth 2andSoul Foodwhile also appearing onThe PracticeandFelicity.
But, like his costars, Dunbar’s career got a major boost from his time onPrison Break.
Ina 2017 interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, he spoke about appreciating the complexities of the show.
“You always have those twists and turns inPrison Break.
How are they going to get out of this?
How are they going to get out of that?”
How are they going to get out of this hell?"
Since the series began, “hell” is the last word we’d use to describe Dunbars career.
In 2013, he married actress Maya Gilbert, and the two are now raising four children together.
To hear Knepper tell it, this is the kind of role he was born to play.
“People looove to hate me,” he said.
“I never play him like a stereotypical racist or redneck.
He’s actually quite cunning and smart.”
AfterPrison Break, Knepper got bigger roles in increasingly ambitious projects.
He appeared in the final season ofHeroesand played a recurring character oniZombie.
Further sexual assault allegations were leveled against the actor later that same year.
Wade Williams (Brad Bellick)
20th Century Fox Film Corp. Before landing that show, Williams was known as a character actor who could always make his appearances shine.
Williams has mastered the art of keeping his head down and getting the job done.
Williams was also in the 2013 crime-action filmGangster SquadalongsideSean Penn,Ryan Gosling, andEmma Stone.
Paul Adelstein (Paul Kellerman)
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Paul Adelsteinhad a growing body of diverse roles going intoPrison Break.
In 2009, he voiced an astronaut in theWill FerrellfilmLand of the Lost.
He will soon be in the TV movie thrillerThe President Is Missing.
Adelstein married actressLiza Weilin 2006.
They had one child together before divorcing in 2017.
William Fichtner (Alexander Mahone)
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William Fichtneralways seems to land very intense roles.
This kind of resume is what made his role inPrison Breakfeel so natural.
“That’s certainly what attracted me to it.”
Fichtner will appear in the postapocalyptic filmSt.
Peter Stormare (John Abruzzi)
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Still, his time onPrison Breakhelped him win over a new generation of fans.
And when he does so, it’s rather oblique.
During aReddit AMA, a fan asked what his favoritePrison Breakfilming memory was.
Stormare responded, “The final day, when I was shot and killed.”
Whether he loved or hated his time onPrison Break, it led to more prominent projects.
He will be reprising his fan-favorite Lucifer character for the sequelConstantine 2.
In his personal life, Stormare married actress Karen Sillas in 1989.
They had one child and later divorced in 2006.
The actor got married again in 2008 to Toshimi Stormare.
