Celebrity Biographies
Miles Teller
Drops on hands, bloody fingers, sweat-soaked T-shirts, and a drum solo that would take Buddy Rich’s breath away. This is Andrew, the character who has given this young man the most fame with his innocent and smiling face.
Born on February 20, 1987 in Pennsylvania, United States, Miles Alexander Teller is the son of Merry and Mike Teller. At school he was a mischievous boy as well as a handsome man and he always had good chemistry with the people he met. Teller became interested in sports, especially baseball, and in music becoming the drummer in a small church band. Acting was not his passion, but as he himself confessed, he took drama classes to meet the pretty girls. He represented the supporting role of Willard in the play Footloose , which coincidences of fate, he would play again in 2011 on the big screen.
After the first few years flirting with acting, when he finished high school he decided to try his luck at Julliard School and New York University. At first he thought that neither of them would accept him but he eventually graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts in New York.
Miles began his artistic career in 2009 with a small appearance on the series The Unusuals. From then on, his career would grow until reaching its climax in 2014. On the big screen he didn’t have a bad start. He shared shots in his first film with Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart in the drama Los secretos del corazón , where he played a lonely and introverted young man, very involved in his inner world and in comics. In 2012 he attended one of the biggest parties ever shot with Project X ,zany over-the-top comedy in which he played one of the popular kids in high school. Just a year later, his first recognition as an actor would come with the romantic drama The Spectacular Now . He shared the Jury Prize for Best Ensemble at Sundance with his on-screen partner Shailene Woodley . Great friend in real life and future companion of the Divergent saga . With virtually no break he released another hilarious and crazy comedy, Night Out . In this ecstasy of madness written by the creators of The Hangover , Miles plays one of the wild and reckless young men.
His passion for music and his discipline with the instruments led him to land the leading role in the independent production, Whiplash (2014). Miles offers an interpretation that borders on perfection and causes anguish in the viewer through the desperation of his character, a boy who loves the drums and who will find on his way to glory a straight and tough teacher who will push him to the limit. mental and physical. The director Damien Chazelle directs an electrifying drama to the millimeter with some high-level musical sequences. The film won three Oscars, among which, for many, the best actor was missing.
That same year he released Las novias de mis amigos, a black stain on his file. It’s a comedy about three colleagues who talk about the difficulties of their relationships, but in which we hardly see moments of inspiration; she was also seen with Analeigh Tipton in Two Night Stand , a simple film about a couple who are forced to stay in the same house after a bad night of sex. Miles Teller owes another of the high points of his career to the Divergent saga , of which he has released two films. In it he plays Peter, a wayward leader whose relationship with Tris (Shailene Woodley) is disastrous.
Miles continues to rise year after year and after his success at Whiplash offers are raining down on him. We will soon see him in the “reboot” of Fantastic 4 , in the new installments of Divergent and in Bleed for this , biopic of the legendary boxer Vinny Pazienza.