Miles Alexander Teller is an American actor most recognized for his roles as jazz drummer Andrew Neiman in Whiplash and pilot Lt. Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw in Top Gun: Maverick
Who Is Miles Teller?
Miles Alexander Teller (born February 20, 1987) is an American actor most recognized for his roles as jazz drummer Andrew Neiman in Whiplash and pilot Lt. Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw in Top Gun: Maverick.
Teller made his feature film debut in 2010 and gained recognition for his starring role in the 2013 coming-of-age film The Spectacular Now and the Divergent film trilogy (2014–2016), both opposite Shailene Woodley. His role in the 2014 Academy Award-winning drama Whiplash served as his breakthrough and earned him wide acclaim.
In 2022, Teller starred in the action film Top Gun: Maverick. The film was directed by Joseph Kosinski, whom Teller had previously collaborated with on the film Only the Brave (2017). The pair teamed up again for the Netflix film Spiderhead (2022). On television, he has starred in the Amazon crime drama Too Old to Die Young (2019) and the Paramount+ miniseries The Offer (2022) about The Godfather.