Miles Teller

Some Lesser Known Facts About Miles Teller

• Miles Teller grew up in Pennsylvania and Delaware. When he was 12 years old, his family shifted to Citrus County, Florida.

• While he was studying in high school, he was a drummer in a band for a church youth group. He also played various other musical instruments like saxophone, piano, and guitar.

  

• He was the president of his school’s drama club and performed in various stage plays.

• During his school days, he participated in baseball matches and dreamt of becoming a professional baseball player.

• After completing his graduation in acting, he started auditioning for various acting projects.

• Some of his English short films are Moonlighters (2004), Sean (2005), The Musicians (2008), The Track Meet (2010), and 9 Kisses (2014).

  

• In 2007, while he was travelling with one of his friends in a car (who was driving the car), his friend lost control of the car, and they met with a major accident. The car flipped eight times after which Miles suffered major injuries. A few scars are still visible on his face.

• He has appeared in many English films including The Spectacular Now (2013), Whiplash (2014), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), Bleed for This (2016), and The Gorge (2025).

• In 2015, he dubbed for the character of Peter in the English video game The Divergent Series: Insurgent- Shatter Reality.

• He has sung a few English songs like “My Girl” in the TV show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016), “Great Balls of Fire” in the film Top Gun: Maverick (2022), and “Great Balls of Fire” in the music video Miles Teller: Great Balls of Fire (2022).

• Miles has acted in a few English TV series like Too Old to Die Young (2019) and The Offer (2022).

• In 2019, he co-founded ready-to-drink cocktails named Finnish Long Drink.

  

• He has been featured in a few English music videos like Taylor Swift‘s I Bet You Think About Me (2021) and Miles Teller’s Great Balls of Fire (2022).

  

• He produced the English TV mini-series ‘The Offer’ in 2022 and the English film ‘The Gorge’ in 2025.

• Initially, he was not confident in working in the English film Top Gun: Maverick. Later, the lead actor of the film Tom Cruise convinced him to appear in the film.

• He has hosted a few English TV shows such as Saturday Night Live (2022) and Super Bowl LVII (2023).

• Teller, along with his wife and pet dog, has appeared in a TV commercial for Bud Light.

• In 2025, he was one of the actors whose home was destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles County.

• In his leisure time, he enjoys playing various sports and travelling to different places.

  

• He is an avid animal lover and owns a pet dog named Bug.

  

• He has been featured on the cover of various magazines.

  

• He once shared that his mom calls him ‘Frequent Flyer Miles.’

• He is often spotted consuming alcohol and smoking cigarettes and vapes.
  

  

  

• Miles often wears a green bracelet embedded with “Buckle up for Bo” in the memory of his friend who died in a car accident.

The Gorge

The Offer