Early life and education

Teller was born in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, the son of Merry (née Flowers), a real estate agent, and Mike Teller (born 1954), a nuclear power plant engineer. His parents are from Carneys Point, New Jersey. He has two older sisters, Erin and Dana. His paternal grandfather was of Russian Jewish descent, while his other ancestry is English, Irish, Polish, and French.

He lived in several places as a child, because of his father's career, spending time in Citrus County, Florida, after moving from Cape May, New Jersey. He also lived in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Teller attended Lecanto High School, Florida, where he played the saxophone, was a drummer for a church youth group band, and was president of the drama club. He can also play piano and guitar and was on the baseball team, hoping to turn professional. Aside from high school, Teller worked as a server at a restaurant called Crackers. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where he studied method acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.

Career

Before making his feature film debut Teller appeared in many short films. After graduating from Tisch School of Arts in 2009, he made his debut in 2010's Rabbit Hole, after Nicole Kidman handpicked him for the role. Teller appeared in the stage musical Footloose in high school. Years later, he was cast in the film remake of Footloose (2011) starring Kenny Wormald, in which he played the same character as in his high school musical.

In 2013, he starred in 21 & Over, written and directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. That year, he began reaching critical success after starring in the James Ponsoldt film, The Spectacular Now, for which he won the Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, with co-star Shailene Woodley.

In 2014, he co-starred in the comedy That Awkward Moment, alongside Zac Efron and Michael B. Jordan, appeared in the science fiction film Divergent, co-starring again with Shailene Woodley, and starred as a drummer in the well-reviewed drama Whiplash (2014), which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and opened in theaters in October 2014. Whiplash won Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Supporting Actor for J.K. Simmons, and was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture at the 87th Academy Awards.

In 2015, Teller received a nomination for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. He reprised his role of Peter Hayes in The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), which was released on March 20, 2015.

In 2015, he starred in a new film version of the Fantastic Four, as Mister Fantastic, alongside Jamie Bell, Michael B. Jordan and Kate Mara. He will star in the upcoming film Bleed for This (2015) with Aaron Eckhart and Katey Sagal, as boxer Vinny Paz. In February 2015, it was announced that Teller would join Jonah Hill in the Todd Phillips directed film War Dogs (2016). In January 2014, Teller was also cast to portray Dan Aykroyd in Steven Conrad's untitled John Belushi biopic.

Personal life

In 2007, Teller was in a near-fatal car accident, leaving him with multiple scars on his face and neck. Since 2013, he has been in a relationship with model Keleigh Sperry.

In August 2015, Teller was involved in a controversial interview for Esquire magazine.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	Moonlighters	Miles	Short film
2007	A Very Specific Recipe	Lee	Short film
2008	The Musicians	Miguel	Short film
2009	The Unusuals	James Boorland	TV series (Episode: "Boorland Day")
2010	The Track Meet	Andrew	Short film
2010	Rabbit Hole	Jason
2011	Footloose	Willard Hewitt
2012	Project X	Miles Teller
2013	The Spectacular Now	Sutter Keely
2013	21 & Over	Miller
2014	Whiplash	Andrew Neiman
2014	That Awkward Moment	Daniel
2014	Divergent	Peter Hayes
2014	Two Night Stand	Alec
2015	The Divergent Series: Insurgent	Peter Hayes
2015	Fantastic Four	Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic
2016	The Divergent Series: Allegiant	Peter Hayes
2016	Get a Job	Will Davis
2016	War Dogs	David Packouz	Post-production
2016	Bleed for This	Vinny Pazienza	Post-production
2016	Thank You for Your Service	Adam Schumann	Filming

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2013	Sundance Film Festival	Special Jury Prize for Dramatic Acting	The Spectacular Now	Won
	Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction		Nominated
	Indiana Film Critics Association	Best Actor		Nominated
	MTV Movie Awards	Best Kiss		Nominated
		Best Breakthrough Performance		Nominated
2014	Gotham Independent Film Awards	Best Actor	Whiplash	Nominated
	BAFTA	Rising Star Award		Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
	MTV Movie Awards	Best Male Performance		Nominated
		#WTF Moment		Nominated
		Best Musical Moment		Nominated
2015	CinemaCon Award	Ensemble Award	Fantastic Four	Won
	Teen Choice Awards	Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Scene Stealer	The Divergent Series: Insurgent	Nominated
2016	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Screen Combo	Fantastic Four	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]