Miles Teller
Miles Alexander Teller[1] (born February 20, 1987)[2] is an American actor. He made his feature film debut with the independent drama Rabbit Hole (2010), and gained wider recognition for his roles in the coming-of-age film The Spectacular Now (2013) and the Divergent film trilogy (2014–2016). His breakthrough role came in the drama Whiplash (2014) which earned him critical acclaim.
Miles Teller
Actor
2004–present
Teller went on to star in the superhero film Fantastic Four (2015) and the biographical film War Dogs (2016). He garnered worldwide success after starring in the hit action film Top Gun: Maverick (2022).[3] In television, he has starred in the Amazon Prime Video crime drama Too Old to Die Young (2019) and the Paramount+ miniseries The Offer (2022).
Early life[edit]
Miles Alexander Teller was born on February 20, 1987 in Downingtown, Pennsylvania.[4] His mother, Merry, is a real estate agent, and his father, Michael, is a nuclear power plant engineer.[5][6][7] He has two older sisters, Erin and Dana.[6][8] His paternal grandfather was of Russian-Jewish descent,[9] and his ancestry also includes English and Irish forebears.[10][11]
Teller spent his early years in Pennsylvania and Delaware[12] before his family moved to Citrus County, Florida, at age twelve.[5] Growing up, he was involved with acting, was president of his high school's drama club, and played alto saxophone, drums, piano and guitar.[13][14][15] He also played baseball competitively and had dreams of turning professional.[16] He graduated from Lecanto High School in Lecanto, Florida.[6]
Subsequently, he attended the New York University Tisch School of the Arts; there, he studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and screen acting with Stonestreet Studios.[17][18][19] He earned a BFA in drama in 2009.[20]
In 2007, Teller was a passenger in a car that lost control at 80 mph (130 km/h) and flipped eight times. He has multiple scars on his face from the crash.[21]
