Ezra Miller Matthew is an American actor and musician. Miller is mostly famous for appearing in the Fantastic Beasts films as Aurelius Dumbledore and also for his continuous reprisal of the character Barry Allen in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Justice League, Arrow, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Peacemaker, and The Flash.
Ezra Miller Age and Bio
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Ezra Miller Matthew was born on 30th September 1992 in Wyckoff, New Jersey to parents Marta Miller, a dancer, and Robert S. Miller, a book publisher. Miller has two older siblings, Saiya and Caitlin. He was raised Jewish. Growing up, he has a speech impediment and as a result, started learning to sing in the opera at age six. Miller performed with the Metropolitan Opera and was part of the orchestra in the American premiere of Philip Glass’s opera White Raven.
He studied at Rockland Country Day School and The Hudson School. After his movie debut in the film Afterschool, he dropped out of high school at age sixteen.
Ezra Miller Career
While still in high school Miller was featured in the 2008 film Afterschool. Following his debut role he was cast in City Island. In 2010, Miller was cast as the lead actor in Beware the Gonzo, he also has a supporting role in Every Day. In 2011 and 2012 Miller was cast in a few movies. In 2016, he was featured in the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, another version of the Harry Potter film series. He reprised the role in the film’s sequel, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.
Miller was cast by DC Comics as Barry Allen / the flash in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and reprised the roles in Suicide Squad, Justice League, and the standalone film The Flash which is yet to be released.
He is a known singer. He plays the drums and percussion instruments. He was part of the band Sons of an Illustrious Father. Besides Miller, the band consists of two other musicians, Lilah Larson who was in charge of the vocals, guitar, bass, and drums, and Josh Aubin who plays the bass, keyboards, guitar, and vocals.
Ezra Miller Filmography
Cakey! The Cake from Outer Space, After School, Californication (2008), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, City Island (2009), Royal Pains (2009-2010), Beware the Gonzo, Every Day (2010), Another Happy Day, Busted Walk, We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), Madame Bovary (2014), The Stanford Prison Experiment, Trainwreck (2015), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), Justice League (2017), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), Arrow (2020), The Stand, Invincible, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Asking For It (2021), Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, DalÃland, Peacemaker (2022), The Flash (2023).
Ezra Miller Awards/Nominations
Miller won the 2011 Hamptons International Film Festival for Breakthrough Performer.
In 2012 he received the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast, the Hollywood Film Festival Spotlight Award, the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor, and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival — Virtuoso Award.
Miller has seven other award nominations which include the two MTV Movie Awards, Critics’ Choice Awards, and BIFA Award, among others.
Personal Life
Miller was engaged to a woman known as Erin in 2016 but he called it off after he was advised by a spiritual leader that she was a parasite. In 2010, while filming the film Beware the Gonzo Miller started dating co-actor Zoe Kravitz.
In 2012, Miller came out as queer and started using the pronouns they/them, it and zir.
Miller has been accused of committing different crimes such as disorderly conduct, assault, and burglary, resulting in many publicized arrests and citations. He was also accused of grooming minors because of his relationship with Tokata Iron Eyes which allegedly started when Tokata was twelve years old and Miller twenty-three years old at the time.
Ezra Miller Net Worth
Ezra Miller current net worth is reported to be $3 million.