Miles Teller Net Worth: TV Shows, Movies, Age, Family, Relationship, Social Media 

Miles Teller is a renowned actor and musician known for his strong and memorable performance in every movie he has worked in. an artist with multiple talents. Teller has worked on movies, TV shows, and miniseries and is an excellent player of saxophone, drums, and others. He has also gathered a handsome net worth of $16 million from his two-decade career in the industry.

Miles Teller Net Worth

Miles Teller’s Personal Biography

Miles Teller was born on February 20, 1987, in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, to Merry and Michael Teller. His mother was a real estate agent while his father was a nuclear power plant engineer. Teller also has two older sisters, Erin and Dana. Miles was involved with acting from a very young age and was the president of his high school’s drama club. Other than this, he played alto saxophone, drums, piano, and guitar. 

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Along with talent in acting and music, Teller was also a baseball player who played competitively and even wanted to turn professional. After graduating from Lecanto High School, Teller 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. In 2009, he graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama.

Since 2013, Miles has been in a relationship with model Keleigh Sperry. The couple got engaged in 2017 and married in 2019. Sperry is also an actress, known for the music video Taylor Swift: I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version) (2021), the short movie Dance (2017), and the TV show Access Hollywood (1996).

Miles Teller’s Professional Career

Miles began his professional acting career in 2004 and appeared in many short films till 2010. In 2010, he landed a major role in the movie “Rabbit Hole” which also was his debut film. He was picked for the role in the movie specifically by the actress Nicole Kidman who felt his acting to be very real. The actress has always remained very supportive of Teller’s career. The next year, he starred in the musical movie “Footloose” in which he also appeared in a high school stage production. Teller later appeared in the movies “21 & Over” and “The Spectacular Now” both of which were released in 2013 and garnered him praise from fans as well as critics.

Teller got his career breakthrough as a lead character in the 2014 movie “Whiplash” where he played a drummer who tries to impress his abusive jazz teacher played by JK Simmons. For the movie, Miles got nominations for the BAFTA Rising Star Award, the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actor, and the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture. In 2014, Teller was cast in the movie Divergent as Peter Hayes and later reprised the role in the films’ sequels Insurgent (2015) and Allegiant (2016). In 2015, he also appeared in the reboot film Fantastic Four (2015) playing the character of Mister Fantastic. 

In 2022, Teller became a part of one of the highly successful movies of the year “Top Gun: Maverick”. After initially hesitant to accept the role, Teller finally accepted it after being persuaded by the lead actor Tom Cruise himself. The movie became the highest-grossing movie for Teller earning around $1.5 billion at the box office worldwide. Teller’s upcoming movies include “The Ark and the Aardvark” (voice role) and “The Gorge”, both of which are expected to release in 2024.

Other Work

Apart from movies, Teller has also worked in television series such as The Unusuals (2009) where he played the role of James Boorland in the episode: “Boorland Day”. He was even cast in the lead role in the miniseries “Too Old to Die Young” (2019) and “The Offer” (2022). Teller has appeared in four short films “Moonlighters”, “A Very Specific Recipe”, “The Musicians” and “The Track Meet” before his career began in movies. In 2021, he was featured in Taylor Swift’s music video “I Bet You Think About Me” directed by Blake Lively.

In 2022, Teller made his hosting debut on the opener of the 48th season of Saturday Night Live (SNL). Along with his wife and his dog, Miles starred in a commercial for Bud Light which aired during the Super Bowl LVII telecast in 2023. In the commercial, the family was seen passing the time while waiting for a customer service representative to speak to them, dancing to the on-hold music.

Top Movies of Miles Teller

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List of Awards won by Miles Teller

Below here is the complete list of awards won by Miles Teller. He has been nominated for many others.

Sundance Film Festival

• 2013 Special Jury Prize for Dramatic Acting for The Spectacular Now

Napa Valley Film Festival

• 2013 Rising Star Award

CinemaCon Award

• 2015 Ensemble Award for Fantastic Four

Trivia

Here are some lesser-known facts about the actor Miles Teller:

1. While in high school, Teller was a drummer who played for a church youth group band.
2. On June 18, 2017, he was arrested on account of public drunkenness.
3. As of 2023, Teller has acted in 2 movies that were nominated for Oscar Best Picture- Whiplash (2014) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022).
4. In 2007, Teller got involved in a serious car crash at 130 km/h. He was in the passenger seat when the car flipped eight times.
5. Miles has multiple scars on his face from the crash while his friend who was driving at the time died in the accident.
6. Teller wears a green bracelet that says “Buckle up for Bo” in honor of the friend.
7. In 2021, Teller was allegedly punched in the face by his wedding planner’s husband, who claimed that he owed $60,000 from the wedding.
8. He was nominated for the Discovery Award at the Savannah Film Festival for his role in the movie Rabbit Hole (2010).
9. To get in shape for the role of biopic boxer Vinny Paz in the film Bleed for This (2016), Teller trained for 5 months.
10. Teller and Sperry got engaged at the Molori Safari Lodge in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa.

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