Ezra Miller

Ezra Miller
Miller at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International
Born	Ezra Matthew Miller (1992-09-30) September 30, 1992 (age 24) Wyckoff, New Jersey, United States
Occupation	Actor Singer Musician Activist
Years active	2008–present

Ezra Matthew Miller (born September 30, 1992) is an American actor, singer, musician and activist. He made his feature film debut in the film Afterschool (2008). He starred as the title character in the drama We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) and co-starred in the film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012). In 2015, he co-starred in the drama The Stanford Prison Experiment and in the comedy Trainwreck. He also plays Barry Allen / The Flash in the DC Extended Universe where he first appeared as Flash in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Credence Barebone in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Miller was born and raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey. His mother, Marta (Koch), is a modern dancer. His father, Robert S. Miller, was senior vice president and managing director of Hyperion Books, and later became a publisher at Workman Publishing. Miller has two older sisters, Saiya and Caitlin. His father is Jewish and his mother, who has German and Dutch ancestry, is from a Christian background. Ezra considers himself Jewish, and "spiritual."

When he was six, Miller started to train as an opera singer, to help him overcome a speech impediment. He has sung with the Metropolitan Opera, and performed in the American premiere of Philip Glass’s opera White Raven. He attended Rockland Country Day School and The Hudson School, dropping out after the release of the film Afterschool.