Miles Heizer Biography

Miles Dominic Heizer (born May 16, 1994) is an American actor and musician. He recently co-starred in the Netflix Original series 13 Reasons Why as Alex Standall. His most notable film role was in the 2007 movie Rails & Ties, in which he played character Davey Danner. From 2010 until 2015, he starred in the NBC drama series Parenthood as Drew Holt, the son of Lauren Graham's character Sarah Braverman. Miles appears in the 2016 film Nerve as Tommy, alongside actors Emma Roberts and Dave Franco. He also played the recurring role of Joshua Lipnicki on four episodes of the NBC medical drama series ER, and co-starred in the 2018 comedy film Love, Simon as Cal.

Early Life

Heizer was born on May 16, 1994 in Greenville, Kentucky. His mother is a nurse, and he has one older sister named Moriah. Miles' family moved to Los Angeles when he was ten years old.

Career

He made his acting debut in an episode of CSI: Miami titled "Nothing to Lose", playing the role of Joey Everton. He then starred in the short film Paramedic as Young James. Heizer has since guest-starred in episodes of Ghost Whisperer, Shark, Bones, and Private Practice.

In 2007, Heizer played the role of Davey Danner at 12 years old in the film Rails & Ties, for which he was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film. That same year, he had a recurring role as Joshua Lipnicki on the NBC medical drama television series ER. In 2010, he was cast as Drew Holt, the son of Lauren Graham's character, on the NBC drama series Parenthood. Heizer portrayed his character Drew Holt alongside his real life best friend Mae Whitman who starred as his character's sister, Amber Holt, until the series' ending in 2015.

In 2013, Heizer co-starred as Josh in the film Rudderless. In 2015, he had a supporting role as Marshall Lovett in the drama-thriller film The Stanford Prison Experiment, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26. In 2016, Heizer starred as Tommy Mancuso in the film Nerve, and in 2017, he played Alex Standall in the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why.

Personal life

Miles and his best friend and former Parenthood co-star Mae Whitman are roommates.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Paramedic	Young James	Short film
2007	Rails & Ties	Davey Danner
2008	Loon	Carson Lind	Short film
2012	The Arm	Chance	Short film
2013	Rudderless	Josh
2015	The Stanford Prison Experiment	Marshall Lovett
	Memoria	Simon
	The Red Thunder	Danny	Short film
2016	Nerve	Tommy
2017	Roman J. Israel, Esq.	Kyle Owens (Teenager #1)
2018	Love, Simon	Cal Price

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	CSI: Miami	Joey Everton	Episode: "Nothing to Lose"
2006	Ghost Whisperer	Jake Morrison	Episode: "Drowned Lives"
2007	Shark	Jackie Buckner	Episode: "Strange Bedfellows"
	Bones	Joey	Episode: "Death in the Saddle"
	Private Practice	Michael	Episode: "In Which Addison Has a Very Casual Get Together"
	ER	Joshua Lipnicki	4 episodes
2009	Cold Case	Keith Oats	Episode: "Forensics"
2010-2015	Parenthood	Drew Holt	Main role
2017-present	13 Reasons Why	Alex Standall	Main role
2018	RuPaul's Drag Race	Himself, guest judge	Season 10, episode 10
	Beyond The Reasons	Himself	Seasons 1-2

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2008	29th Young Artist Awards	Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film	Rails & Ties