The 41-year-old star declined an invitation to a Russian film festival after the country passed a series of anti-gay laws. He had been asked to attend the St. Petersburg International Film Festival, reported Hollywood Life. <img alt="Wentworth Miller" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/aug/Wentworth-Miller.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 662px;" /> Wentworth Miller. Pic/AFP &quot;As a gay man, I must decline,&quot; he wrote in his reply, which was made public by the campaigning group GLAAD. &quot;I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government. He situation is in no way acceptable, and I cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly,&quot; Wentworth added said in his letter. The actor said if circumstances improved he would be free to make a different choice, adding that he had a degree of Russian ancestry&#39; and had enjoyed past visits to the country previously. Russian President Vladimir Putin in July signed a law banning the adoption of Russian-born children by gay couples. Putin in June signed another bill that classified &#39;homosexual propaganda&#39; as pornography and provides for fines and arrest for those making it accessible to minors. A law passed in 2012 also banned public gay pride events in Moscow for the next 100 years. Wentworth is best known for his role as Michael Scofield in Fox&#39;s &#39;Prison Break&#39;.

'Prison Break' star Wentworth Miller has revealed that he is gay in order to take a public stand against homophobia in Russia.

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