Miles Heizer

Miles Heizer
Heizer at PaleyFest, 2013
Born	Miles Dominic Heizer (1994-05-16) May 16, 1994 Greenville, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2005–present

Miles Dominic Heizer (born (1994-05-16)May 16, 1994) is an American actor. On television, he is known for portraying Alex Standall in the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why and Drew Holt in the NBC drama series Parenthood. He has also appeared in the films Rails & Ties (2007), The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015), Nerve (2016), and Love, Simon (2018).

Early life

Heizer's mother is a nurse, and he has one older sister named Moriah. As a child, Heizer performed in a number of community theater productions in Lexington, Kentucky. His family moved to Los Angeles to support his acting career full time when he was ten years old.

Career

Heizer 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 began playing Alex Standall in the Netflix original series 13 Reasons Why. He played Cal Price, one of Simon's classmates, in the 2018 movie Love, Simon.

In 2018, Heizer was featured in clothing retailer GAP's Logo Remix campaign. Heizer was also featured in Coach's fall and winter 2019 fashion campaigns.

Personal life

At the age of 19, Heizer came out as part of the LGBT community. In 2021, he was photographed, together with his two dogs, for a Coach Pride campaign.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Rails & Ties	Davey Danner
2013	Rudderless	Josh
2015	Memoria	Simon
	The Stanford Prison Experiment	Marshall Lovett
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	ER	Joshua Lipnicki	4 episodes
	Bones	Joey	Episode: "Death in the Saddle"
	Private Practice	Michael	Episode: "In Which Addison Has a Very Casual Get Together"
	Shark	Jackie Buckner	Episode: "Strange Bedfellows"
2009	Cold Case	Keith Oats	Episode: "Forensics"
2010–2015	Parenthood	Drew Holt	Main role
2017–2020	13 Reasons Why	Alex Standall	Main role
2018	Beyond the Reasons	Himself	Seasons 1–2
	RuPaul's Drag Race	Himself, guest judge	Season 10, episode 10

Awards and nominations

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

External links

• Miles Heizer at IMDb 
• Miles Heizer at AllMovie
• Miles Heizer on Twitter