Miles Alexander Teller (born
February 20, 1987) is an American actor and musician. He made his feature film
debut in Rabbit Hole (2010). Since then, he has shown his comedic and dancing
abilities in Footloose (2011), Project X (2012), That Awkward Moment (2014).
Teller has also had the lead
roles in critically acclaimed films The Spectacular Now (2013) and Whiplash
(2014). He will star in the upcoming biopic Bleed for This (2015), as boxer
Vinny Paz. Teller received commercial success for portraying Peter Hayes in the
The Divergent Series based on the best-selling series of novels. He will appear
as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic in the upcoming film Fantastic Four (2015).
Born Miles Alexander Teller, February 20, 1987, Downingtown,
Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education Bachelor of Fine Arts
Alma mater Tisch School of Arts,Lee Strasberg
Theatre and Film Institute, New York University
Occupation Actor, musician
Years active 2004–present
Early life and education
Teller was born in
Downingtown, Pennsylvania, the son of Merry (née Flowers), a real estate agent,
and Mike Teller (born 1954), a nuclear plant engineer. His parents are from
Carneys Point, New Jersey. He has two older sisters. His paternal grandfather
was of Russian Jewish descent, while his other ancestry is English, Irish,
Polish, and French.
He lived in several places
as a child, because of his father's career, spending time in Citrus County,
Florida, after moving from Cape May, New Jersey. Teller attended Lecanto High
School, where he played the saxophone, was a drummer for a church youth group
band, and was president of the drama club. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts
from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where he studied method
acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
Career
Before making his feature
film debut Teller appeared in many short films. After graduating from Tisch
School of Arts in 2009, he made his debut in 2010's Rabbit Hole, after Nicole
Kidman handpicked him for the role. Teller appeared in the stage musical
Footloose in high school. Years later, he was cast in the film remake of
Footloose (2011) starring Kenny Wormald, in which he played the same character
as in his high school musical.
In 2013, he starred in 21
& Over, written and directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. That year, he
began reaching critical success after starring in the James Ponsoldt film, The Spectacular
Now, for which he won the Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting at the 2013
Sundance Film Festival, with co-star Shailene Woodley.
Also in 2013, he appeared in
an in-depth interview and photo shoot in Hero magazine. In 2014, he co-starred
in the comedy That Awkward Moment, alongside Zac Efron and Michael B. Jordan,
appeared in the science fiction film Divergent, co-starring again with Shailene
Woodley, and starred as a drummer in the well-reviewed drama Whiplash (2014),
which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and opened in theaters in
October 2014. Whiplash won Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best
Supporting Actor for J.K. Simmons, and was nominated for Best Adapted
Screenplay and Best Picture at the 87th Academy Awards.
In 2015, Teller received a
nomination for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. He reprised his role of Peter Hayes
in The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), which was released on 20 March 2015.
In January 2014, Teller was
cast to portray Dan Aykroyd in Steven Conrad's untitled John Belushi biopic. In
February 2014, he was cast in a new film version of the Fantastic Four as
Mister Fantastic. He will star alongside Jamie Bell, Michael B. Jordan and Kate
Mara. He will star in the upcoming film Bleed for This (2015) with Aaron
Eckhart and Katey Sagal, as boxer Vinny Paz. In February 2015, it was announced
that Teller would join Jonah Hill in the Todd Phillips directed film Arms and
the Dudes (2016).
Personal life
In 2007, Teller was in a
near-fatal car accident, leaving him with multiple scars on his face and neck.
Since 2013, he has been in a relationship with model Keleigh Sperry. In May
2015, while at a beach in Miami with Sperry, Teller and Sperry rescued a
terrified pregnant woman who was caught in a riptide.
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