Miles Teller

Miles Teller is an American actor who rose to prominence in the 2010s.

He is best known for his leading role in *Whiplash* (2014) as an ambitious jazz drummer, and later for playing Rooster in *Top Gun: Maverick* (2022).

His performances often feature intense, driven characters with something to prove.

Related

Top Gun Maverick · jazz drumming · actor · rising star · acting · drumming · Zac Efron · method acting · dramatic tension · thespian · Shailene Woodley · Tom Cruise · dedication · film school · Michael B. Jordan · Fantastic Four · Divergent · improvisation

Opposites
acting style/screen presence

Miles TellerJesse Eisenberg

Tom Holland · Keanu Reeves · Adam Driver · Dev Patel

career trajectory/industry positioning

Miles TellerRobert Pattinson

public persona/image

Miles TellerTom Hanks

Keanu Reeves · Pedro Pascal · Paul Rudd · Chris Evans · John Krasinski

Family

mile, miles, teller, tell, tells, told, telling, retell, foretell

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G