Miles Alexander Teller (born February 20, 1987) is an American actor and musician. Born in Pennsylvania and an alumni of the Tisch School of Arts, he appeared in several short films and television movies before making his feature film debut in Rabbit Hole (2010). He had supporting roles in Footloose (2011) and Project X (2012), before garnering critical acclaim for his leading performance as Sutter Keely in The Spectacular Now (2013), for which he was awarded the  Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Dramatic Acting.