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T.J. Miller

Biography

American comedian T.J. Miller has moved between stand-up, film, and television as an actor, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Denver, he went to Chicago after college and performed with The Second City for two years; Variety named him one of its 10 Comics to Watch in 2008. On television, he was Erlich Bachman on HBO's Silicon Valley, a role that earned him a Critics' Choice Television Award in 2015. His film debut arrived with Cloverfield (2008), where he appeared only briefly but his voice was heard throughout much of the movie. Miller voiced Tuffnut Thorston in the How to Train Your Dragon films and Fred in Big Hero 6 (2014), and he played Weasel in Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018). He also appeared in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and had a supporting role in Underwater (2020).

45years old

Turns 46 on June 4in 205 days

  • Born Denver
  • Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
  • Also credited as Todd J. Miller

Movie Career

Films
25
Career span
12 years2008 to 2020

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  1. Big break

    Miller played Ranger Jones in the 2010 live-action and animated film Yogi Bear. He won the part after two auditions, and as a joke he mailed Warner Bros. an improvised video audition featuring a real bear, but the studio had already offered him the role before it arrived.

  2. Early training

    While he was in college, Miller attended the British American Drama Academy in London for a summer of Shakespeare study and also studied circus arts at Frichess Theatre Urbain in Paris.

T.J. Miller movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Deadpool2016 Action, Adventure, Comedyas Weasel

    IMDb rating 8.01.3M votes

  2. Cloverfield2008 Action, Adventure, Horroras Hudson 'Hud' Platt

    IMDb rating 7.0448K votes

  3. Big Hero 62014as Fredvoice

    IMDb rating 7.8562K votes

  4. Deadpool 22018as Weasel

    IMDb rating 7.6758K votes

  5. Ready Player One2018as I-R0k

    IMDb rating 7.4551K votes

  6. How to Train Your Dragon2010as Tuffnutvoice

    IMDb rating 8.1909K votes

  7. She's Out of My League2010as Stainer

    IMDb rating 6.4155K votes

  8. The Emoji Movie2017as Genevoice

    IMDb rating 3.581K votes

Most often with

Dean DeBlois directed two of these films, David Leitch two. Jay Baruchel appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What T.J. Miller's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$6.4 billion

21 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 25 films: 21 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 figure not found.

  • 21Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 3Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 83% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Transformers: Age of Extinction2014as Lucas Flannery
    $1.1B17.4% of the total
  2. 2
    Deadpool 22018as Weasel
    $786M12.4% of the total
  3. 3
    Deadpool2016as Weasel
    $783M12.3% of the total
  4. 4
    Big Hero 62014as Fred (voice)
    $658M10.4% of the total
  5. 5
    How to Train Your Dragon 22014as Tuffnut (voice)
    $622M9.8% of the total
  6. 6
    Ready Player One2018as I-R0k
    $607M9.6% of the total
  7. 7
    How to Train Your Dragon2010as Tuffnut (voice)
    $495M7.8% of the total
  8. 8
    $237M3.7% of the total
The Emoji Movie (2017), $218 millionYogi Bear (2010), $204 millionCloverfield (2008), $171 millionUnstoppable (2010), $168 millionOffice Christmas Party (2016), $115 millionOnce Upon a Deadpool (2018), $51.3 millionShe's Out of My League (2010), $49.8 millionUnderwater (2020), $40.9 millionOur Idiot Brother (2011), $24.8 millionExtract (2009), $10.8 millionSeeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012), $9.6 millionHell and Back (2015), $157,768Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017), $124,875

$1.1 billionfrom the other 13 films with a worldwide figure, 17% of the total