Miles Teller
Miles Teller
Miles Alexander Teller is an American actor. Born in Pennsylvania and an alumnus of the Tisch School of Arts, he appeared in several short films and television movies before making his feature film debut in Rabbit Hole. He had supporting roles in Footlooseand Project X, before garnering critical acclaim for his leading performance as Sutter Keely in The Spectacular Now, for which he was awarded the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Dramatic Acting and his role as Andrew...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth20 February 1987
CityDownington, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I grew up middle class, my best friends to this day are construction workers or military or whatever it is.
I think when you're looking for scripts or for characters around your own age, a lot of the times they don't have the kind of responsibility that is usually seen in parts that are older for you.
When I was in high school, there was 'Superbad' and 'The Girl Next Door' and 'Wedding Crashers' and all these great movies. You hope to be a part of something that's smart, funny and in that Todd Phillips-vein. You want to make something like 'Superbad.' That movie was so good and so funny.
I think a lot of times it just looks like Hollywood actors in Halloween costumes, you know? And I think what we’re going to do with Fantastic Four is going to be very grounded and it made sense to me. When I read the script, I didn’t feel like I was reading this larger-than-life, incredible superhero tale. These are all very human people that end up having to become I guess what is known as the Fantastic Four. So for me it was just a really good story and gives me an opportunity to play something different from my own skin. It’s a proper character and that’s my favorite stuff to do.
Absolutely, 'Rabbit Hole' gave me a nice first introduction into film acting.
I'm the first one out on the dance floor. In college I had to take jazz, ballet and tap dancing, but, before that, it was just social.
Honestly, I'm not a big movie buff in general. The only movies I own is probably the 'Indiana Jones' trilogy.
I got into acting my junior year of high school. We got a new hot drama teacher and I was like 'Alright, I'll try drama.'
I used to have a big crush on Andie MacDowell.
My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent.
I feel like my body doesn't judge the hours, you know? It doesn't care if it's daytime or nighttime.
So I think that in the beginning of your career you're just looking to work. Luckily for me, my first movie was 'Rabbit Hole' and I got to work with incredible people, a Pulitzer prize winning writer, John Cameron Mitchell, and all the actors involved. So it's tough, man, because you want to have credibility.
I always had ambition. I always knew I was going to go to college. I could party and do that stuff, but I always got straight A's and a 4.0 and all that.
Going to high school in rural Florida, we always partied down in the woods. Somebody - one of the rednecks - would leave class and mow a path out to a field, and we'd drive out there. Dude, every party I went to was lit by a bonfire. Acoustic guitar.