Miles Fisher

James Leslie Miles Fisher (born June 23, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, entrepreneur and musician. He made his debut in the CBS adaptation of the book True Women and starred in the 2000 film Lone Star Struck. In 2001, for his role in his short film Head Shot, Fisher won Best Actor at the International Teen Movie Festival.

Fisher appeared in the 2003 Civil War film Gods and Generals, and parodied actor Tom Cruise in the 2008 film Superhero Movie. He had a recurring role as a rookie police officer in 2008 on the television series The Cleaner, and appeared on Gossip Girl in 2009. On the third season of the television series Mad Men, Fisher portrayed a friend of character Paul Kinsey. In 2011, he played Peter Friedkin in Final Destination 5.

Outside of acting, Fisher has co-founded Metaphysic and Bixby Roasting Co, which was acquired in 2023.

Early life and education Fisher is the son of Richard W. Fisher, who was formerly the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. At Harvard, he was a member of the Porcellian Club, the Hasty Pudding Club and the a cappella singing group the Krokodiloes. Fisher served as the Krokodiloes tour manager, and planned events for the group in 24 countries. His undergraduate thesis, which won the LeBaron Russell Briggs prize at Harvard, was a "screenplay about a Harvard graduate who avoided the Vietnam draft by teaching in a military prep school".

Career Fisher appeared in the 1997 CBS television movie adaptation of the book True Women as "Travis", and had a starring role in the 2000 film Lone Star Struck. He received the Best Actor award at the 2001 International Teen Movie Festival (ITMF) in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, for his own short film titled: Head Shot, which was among 10,000 other entries at the festival.

2000s In a 2001 article in Newsday titled: "Miles Fisher, 'It' Boy", columnist Liz Smith referred to Fisher as "wunderkind" and "the next Tom Cruise". Fisher appeared in the 2003 Civil War film Gods and Generals with Robert Duvall. Director Ron Maxwell picked Fisher to portray a heroic member of the First Regiment of Virginia Volunteers in the film; Duvall played Robert E. Lee. Fisher's role in the film was popularized on the Internet on sites including Defamer, as well as on television on Entertainment Tonight and the CNN program Showbiz Tonight. The clip of Fisher was viewed on the Internet over 10 million times. A critic for The Baltimore Sun commented that Fisher's appearance in Superhero Movie was the highlight of the film, and wrote: "Actor Miles Fisher replicates Tom Cruise's 'I am the Way, the Thetan, the Light' Scientology recruiting video of last year to hilarious effect." He had a recurring role on A&E Network's television series The Cleaner, portraying a rookie police officer named Kenneth Herman.

In July 2009, Fisher released an independently produced self-titled EP, Miles Fisher, as well as a music video for his cover of the Talking Heads song "This Must Be The Place." The video is an homage to the 2000 film American Psycho, with Fisher imitating Christian Bale's performance as Patrick Bateman. Jessica Gelt of the Los Angeles Times described his character as a "preppy drug dealer". In 2010, Fisher was cast in the film Final Destination 5. In an interview with Collider.com, Fisher revealed that the film was set in a workplace environment, and was a 3-D film. Fisher appeared in Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar Hoover biopic, J. Edgar, playing Agent Garrison, an FBI employee who interviews Leonardo DiCaprio's Hoover throughout the film.

Fisher released the song "New Romance" in video and MP3 form on iTunes and on his personal website on July 19, 2011. The video parodies the Final Destination series and Saved by the Bell.

On May 22, 2013, a music video for "Finish What We Started" through AboveAverageNetwork on YouTube was posted. The music video featuring Lance Bass has yet to release a single for the song, and a subsequent album has been released, dubbed "Video Music." The music video has been posted to Fisher's personal website.

2020s In the early 2020s, Fisher saw a deepfake video by Chris Ume, a Belgian visual effects (VFX) artist in which Fisher's eyes were replaced with those of Tom Cruise. Fisher and Ume subsequently collaborated to produce YouTube and TikTok videos of Fisher performing mundane or silly tasks while posing as Cruise, satirizing Cruise's haughty and aloof public persona. The videos quickly went viral, collecting millions of views in only a few days. Fisher has not monetized the videos and has deliberately avoided topics of a potentially personal or controversial nature, as he has not received permission from Cruise to use his likeness for profit; Fisher characterized the effort as "good-natured parody" inspired by years of being called the "Tom Cruise guy" due to his similar appearance.

Business ventures In 2017, Fisher co-founded the Bixby Roasting Company with Remington Hotchkis in Los Angeles, CA. The company began with a Kickstarter campaign as CUPS, before launching Bixby. In February 2023, Westrock Coffee Company acquired the Bixby brand and roasting facility, with Fisher becoming the senior vice president of Sales at Westrock.

In 2021, Fisher co-founded Metaphysic, a technology company focusing on generative AI, alongside VFX artist and AI user Chris Ume and CEO Tom Graham on the back of the “Deep Tom Cruise” deepfake videos.

Personal life In 2014, Miles married Lucette Blodgett, daughter of actor and writer Michael Blodgett. They were introduced by broadcaster Willow Bay. They had their first child, a daughter, in October 2017.

Filmography

Films

Television Year Title Role Notes 1997 True Women Young Travis McPoon TV movie 2008 The Cleaner Officer Kenneth Herman Ep. # 1.1, 1.9 2009 Gossip Girl Klemmer Ep. # 2.24 2009 Mad Men Jeffrey Graves Ep. # 3.3 2011 Psych The MantisEp. # 6.4 2011 Death Valley Travis FlynnEp. # 1.72013Bad SportsChad WhippleMain role 2014 Review with Forrest MacNeil Thad ValentineEp. # 1.72016PlaydatesSuper Dad DaveUnknown episodes2016Rush HourThomas SheaUnknown episode 2015 Man Seeking Woman Graham Recurring 2016 2 Broke Girls Adam Ep. # 5.122017Destiny 2TitanLive Action Trailer 2018 The Mick Father Zach Ep. # 2.142025 Chicago FireGym GuyEp. # 13.17

Discography

Albums Video Music Michael Ashton

Awards and nominations