Yellowstone villain Wes Bentley reveals battle with heroin years before landing ... trends now
Yellowstone star Wes Bentley has revealed he almost gave up acting as he battled an addiction to heroin.
The actor told how he considered becoming a drug dealer or a DJ as he tried to shake off his opioid habit.
The 44-year-old, who plays villain Jamie Dutton in the hit Peacock show, said the crisis in the noughties left him at rock bottom.
It comes weeks after he revealed Robert Downey Junior's openness about drug abuse helped him get clean.
Bentley plays John Dutton in the wildly popular drama Yellowstone that follows the Dutton family, owners of the largest ranch in Montana
Bentley playing Ricky Fitts, playing Kevin Spacey's pot dealing neighbor in the 1999 cult classic film, American Beauty
Bentley rocketed to fame after starring as Kevin Spacey's pot-dealing neighbor Ricky Fitts in American Beauty in 1999.
The breakout role garnered him much praise and numerous awards by the National Board of Review in 1999.
He also won the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2000.
But he struggled through a series of low budget movies in the coming years until he hit rock bottom in the late noughties.
It was exacerbated but a descend into drugs when he began to dabble in heroin, cocaine and alcohol.
He told the New York Times: 'The regrets are always going to be there. He was arrested in 2008 and pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and using a counterfeit $100 bill.
Bentley said when he was working on the 2009 crime thriller 'Dolan's Cadillac' he began to question his acting career.
He said: 'This is probably my last acting job… I'm going to be a drug dealer and a DJ.'
A friend in the industry took him to '12-step meetings' to help with his addictions which helped him get sober, which he has been since 2009, Fox News reported.
Wes Bentley, 44, is seen dressed casually in Los Angeles, California on December 8, 2022. Bentley shares the demons he fought at a young age in the entertainment industry during a candid interview published in The New York Times on Monday
The 44-year-old, who plays villain Jamie Dutton in the hit Peacock show, said the crisis in the noughties left him at rock bottom
In November Bentley credited Downey Jr.'s openness about his drug addiction with helping him get clean and sober himself.
He opened up to Page Six about his efforts to kick his life-threatening addiction while at the season five Yellowstone premiere in New York City.
He said: 'I was in the deepest throes of my addiction and in the worst place and at death's
