American actor

Ezra Matthew Miller [ 1 ] [ 2 ] ( bear September 30, 1992 ) [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] is an american actor. Miller ‘s feature film introduction was in Afterschool ( 2008 ). They starred as Kevin in the drama We Need to Talk About Kevin ( 2011 ) and co-star in the film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower ( 2012 ). In 2015, Miller co-starred in the drama The Stanford Prison Experiment and the comedy Trainwreck. They played Credence Barebone in the Fantastic Beasts films Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ( 2016 ) and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald ( 2018 ). Miller besides portrays Barry Allen ‘s Flash in the DC Extended Universe, beginning with a character in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ( 2016 ), a cameo in Suicide Squad ( 2016 ) and late as one of the leads in Justice League ( 2017 ), and its conductor ‘s cut Zack Snyder’s Justice League ( 2021 ), and will reprise the role in the standalone film The Flash ( 2022 ). They besides reprised the function of Barry Allen on television in The CW ‘s Crisis on Infinite Earths crossing over in 2020. In 2020, they besides had a recurring function on the miniseries The Stand.

early biography

Miller was born and raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] They have two older sisters, Saiya and Caitlin. [ 9 ] Their mother, Marta Miller ( née Koch ), is a advanced dancer. [ 7 ] Their father, Robert S. Miller, was elder vice president and managing director of Hyperion Books, and former became a publisher at Workman Publishing. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Miller ‘s don is jewish and Miller ‘s mother, who has german and Dutch ancestry, is from a christian background. [ 11 ] Miller self-identifies as jewish and “ spiritual ”. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] At the age of six, Miller started to train as an opera singer in holy order to overcome a actor’s line obstruction. [ 15 ] They have sung with the Metropolitan Opera, [ 16 ] and performed in the American premier of Philip Glass ‘s opera White Raven. [ 7 ] Miller attended Rockland Country Day School and The Hudson School, dropping out at old age 16 [ 17 ] after the release of the film Afterschool. [ 10 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ]

career

Miller at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival Miller ‘s startle in movie began in 2008 with Antonio Campos ‘ Afterschool, in the role of a adolescent at a boarding school who by chance films the drug-related deaths of two classmates, and is then asked to put together a memorial television. [ 7 ] The play along class, they appeared in City Island with Andy García, Julianna Margulies, and Steven Strait. In 2010, Miller portrayed the lead of Beware the Gonzo and had a patronize character in Every Day, both of which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. They next appeared in the BBC Films film We Need to Talk About Kevin ( 2011 ), aboard Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly, which was adapted and directed by Lynne Ramsay from American author Lionel Shriver ‘s 2003 novel of the same name. Miller played Damien on the Showtime hit drollery series Californication. [ 20 ] They then appeared on Royal Pains as Tucker Bryant for two seasons. In the 2012 movie adaptation of the fresh The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Miller played Patrick, aboard Logan Lerman and Emma Watson. [ 21 ] Miller has been credited with cantabile, drumming and percussion on melodious recordings by the band Sons of an illustrious Father adenine early as 2011. [ 22 ] The band is a three that features Lilah Larson ( vocals, guitar, sea bass and drums ), Josh Aubin ( freshwater bass, keyboards, guitar, vocals ), and Miller. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] In 2019, the band released a cover of “ Do n’t Cha “ by the Pussycat Dolls and Miller appeared in its music video recording. [ 25 ] Miller played Credence Barebone in the 2016 film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a by-product of the Harry Potter film series. They reprised the character in the movie ‘s sequel, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, which was released in November 2018. Miller is set to reprise the role in fantastic Beasts : The Secrets of Dumbledore, to be released in July 2022. [ 26 ] Miller portrays Barry Allen as the Flash in Warner Bros. ‘ DC Comics adaptations, first gear appearing in cameo in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad, and continuing the character as one of the leads in Justice League. They are set to play the character in the standalone film The Flash, which is set to be released in 2022. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Miller attended Middle East Film and Comic Con in 2018 representing their character in the DC Comics franchise film Justice League. [ 30 ] In 2020, they reprised the function of the Flash for a cameo appearance in the Arrowverse crossing over consequence, Crisis on Infinite Earths. In 2020, it was confirmed that Miller would portray Trashcan Man in the Paramount+ television miniseries The Stand. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The series premiered in December 2020. [ 33 ]

personal life

Miller came out as thwart in 2012 but said in 2020 that they do not use the label “ queer ”. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] In 2018 they said that “ Queer equitable means no, I do n’t do that. I do n’t identify as a world. I do n’t identify as a charwoman. I barely identify as a human ”. [ 36 ]

Miller uses they/them pronouns, which GQ stated is done “ in a target refusal to be gendered. ” [ 35 ] Having used all pronouns interchangeably, [ 37 ] Miller has besides stated that they are “ comfortable with all the pronoun ” and that they “ let he/his/him ride, and that ‘s finely. ” [ 38 ] Having expressed an interest in “ kissing boys ” at a young senesce, [ 39 ] they stated, “ The way I would choose to identify myself would n’t be homosexual. I ‘ve been attracted largely to ‘shes ‘ but I ‘ve been with many people and I ‘m open to love whatever it can be. ” [ 19 ] Miller besides commented on having “ a bunch of truly fantastic friends who are of very different sexes and genders. I am very a lot in sexual love with no one in especial. ” [ 15 ] [ 40 ] Miller revealed having had a personal # MeToo experience with a Hollywood producer and a film director, both nameless. Miller said, “ They gave me wine and I was underaged. They were like, ‘Hey, want to be in our movie about gay revolution ? ‘ And I was like, ‘No, you guys are monsters. ‘ ” Miller then went on to show support for the # MeToo apparent motion. [ 36 ] In 2010, Miller dated Zoë Kravitz while they were filming Beware the Gonzo. [ 41 ] In 2018, Miller revealed themself to be in a polyamorous relationship with multiple people, including their Sons of an Illustrious Father bandmates. [ 42 ] On June 28, 2011, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, while shooting The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Miller was a passenger in a vehicle that was pulled over for a crack brake faint, and police discovered 20 grams of marijuana in their possession. [ 1 ] [ 43 ] Initially, Miller was charged with drug possession, but the charge was late dropped by a judge. They rather faced a penalty of $ 600 for two citations of disorderly conduct. [ 20 ] They late commented : “ I do n’t feel like there ‘s any indigence to hide the fact that I smoke pot. It ‘s a harmless herbal kernel that increases sensory appreciation. ” [ 44 ] On April 6, 2020, a video surfaced in a since-deleted tweet that appeared to show Miller choking a charwoman and throwing her to the anchor. The video recording was confirmed by Variety to have taken home in Reykjavik at Prikið Kaffihús, “ a trendy bar in cardinal Reykjavik that Miller frequents ” when in the city. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] [ 47 ] A bar employee identified the person in the video as Miller and said they were escorted off the premises by staff after the incident. [ 45 ] The video has led to controversy surrounding Miller ‘s career, including calls by some fans and journalists for them to be removed from future Fantastic Beasts films, coming after co-star Johnny Depp ‘s dismissal as a leave of maltreatment allegations against him. [ 48 ]

Filmography

film

television

Video games

Year Title Voice role Notes
2016 Lego Dimensions Credence Barebone DLC

Awards and nominations

Notes

  1. ^ Miller filmed an extra scene for this newfangled cut of the film .

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