Miles Fisher

Fisher{{cite news|last=Peppard|first=Alan|title=Fate of Texas in their ears|work=The Dallas Morning News|page=27A|publisher=The Dallas Morning News, Inc.|date=December 3, 2001}} is the son of Richard W. Fisher, who was formerly the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. His mother, Nancy, served on the national board of the American Film Institute (AFI). His maternal grandfather was Representative James Collins. He was raised in Dallas, Texas, where he attended the St. Mark's School of Texas. After his family moved to Washington, D.C., he attended the St. Albans School.

Fisher graduated from Harvard University, where he was an English major.{{cite journal|last=Christian|first=Matt|title=Introducing the Krokodiloes of 2006|journal=The Friends of the Kroks Newsletter|volume=3|issue=1|page=3|publisher=The Friends of the Kroks, Inc.|date=Winter 2005–2006|url=http://www.kroks.com/files/pdf/friends/FriendsOfTheKroksNewsletter2005.pdf|access-date=2008-09-11|archive-date=October 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010154246/http://kroks.com/files/pdf/friends/FriendsOfTheKroksNewsletter2005.pdf|url-status=live}} At Harvard, he was a member of the Porcellian Club, the Hasty Pudding Club and the a cappella singing group the Krokodiloes.{{cite news|last=Peppard|first=Alan|title=Is Palm sweating his exit?|work=The Dallas Morning News|page=9B|publisher=The Dallas Morning News, Inc.|date=June 2, 2003}} Fisher served as the Krokodiloes tour manager, and planned events for the group in 24 countries. He was one of the two students chosen to deliver a Harvard Oration at the 2006 Harvard graduation ceremony.{{cite news|last=Peppard|first=Alan|title=Over the Top - With Alan Peppard|work=The Dallas Morning News|page=2G|date=May 15, 2006}}{{cite news|last=Powell|first=Alvin (Harvard News Office)|title=Class Day offers laughs, wisdom, weather|work=Harvard University Gazette|publisher=President and Fellows of Harvard College|date=June 7, 2006|url=http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2006/06/07-classday.html|access-date=2008-09-11}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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".{{cite news|last=Hernandez|first=Doris A.|title=Fisher Cruises Toward Centerstage|work=The Harvard Crimson|publisher=The Harvard Crimson, Inc.|date=June 7, 2006|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=513793|access-date=2008-09-11|archive-date=July 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726004939/http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=513793|url-status=live}}

Fisher appeared in the 1997 CBS television movie adaptation of the book True Women as "Travis",{{cite news|last=Bryant|first=Helen|title=Fairway friendship on course|work=The Dallas Morning News|page=21A|publisher=The Dallas Morning News Company|date=May 20, 1997}} and had a starring role in the 2000 film Lone Star Struck.{{cite news|last=Frank|first=Lillian|title=Just a little bit Australian|work=Herald Sun|date=July 22, 2006}} He received the Best Actor award at the 2001 International Teen Movie Festival (ITMF) in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada,{{cite news|last=Bhandari|first=Aparita|title=Youths aim for Spielberg on a shoestring - International Teen Movie Festival screening nearly 300 films|work=Toronto Star|page=E04|publisher=Toronto Star Newspapers Limited|date=August 19, 2002}} for his own short film titled: Head Shot, which was among 10,000 other entries at the festival.{{cite news|last=Smith|title=Miles Fisher, 'It' Boy|work=Newsday|page=A17|publisher=Newsday Inc.|date=November 27, 2001}}

In a 2001 article in Newsday titled: "Miles Fisher, 'It' Boy", columnist Liz Smith referred to Fisher as "wunderkind" and "the next Tom Cruise". Smith's comparison of Fisher to Tom Cruise led to meetings with influential managers and agents, and he signed with the talent agency Endeavor Talent Agency in 2002.{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Liz|title=Everybody Loves Greta|work=Newsday|page=A09|date=January 6, 2002}} Fisher appeared in the 2003 Civil War film Gods and Generals with Robert Duvall.{{cite news|last=Peppard |first=Alan |title=Alan Peppard on Miles Fisher, Kevin Sorbo, Floyd Dakil |work=The Dallas Morning News |publisher=The Dallas Morning News, Inc. |date=August 15, 2008 |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/columnists/apeppard/stories/DN-peppard_0815gl.ART.State.Edition1.4e3c325.html |access-date=2008-09-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726000452/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/columnists/apeppard/stories/DN-peppard_0815gl.ART.State.Edition1.4e3c325.html |archive-date=July 26, 2009 }} 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.

He parodied actor Tom Cruise in the 2008 film Superhero Movie.{{cite news|last=Perry|first=Byron|title=Miles Fisher|work=Daily Variety|publisher=Reed Business Information|date=March 26, 2008|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117982978.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1&query=miles+fisher|access-date=2008-09-07|archive-date=July 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090726034303/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117982978.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1&query=miles+fisher|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|last=Anderson, Brooke|author-link=Brooke Anderson|author2=A. J. Hammer|author2-link=A. J. Hammer|author3=Phil Black |author3-link=Phil Black |title=Showbiz Tonight|publisher=CNN|date=March 26, 2008}}{{cite news|last=Peppard|first=Alan|title=Richard Fisher's son parodies Cruise, goes viral|publisher=The Dallas Morning News, Inc.|date=April 4, 2008|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/columnists/apeppard/stories/DN-peppard_0404gl.ART.State.Edition1.46e5a63.html|access-date=2008-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916130632/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/columnists/apeppard/stories/DN-peppard_0404gl.ART.State.Edition1.46e5a63.html|archive-date=2008-09-16}} 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."{{cite news|last=Moore|first=Roger|title=This Stinker No 'Blazing Saddles'|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=March 29, 2008|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/movies/hc-superherorev.artmar29,0,6820844.story|access-date=2008-09-07}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He had a recurring role on A&E Network's television series The Cleaner, portraying a rookie police officer named Kenneth Herman.

Fisher wrote and produced a short film called Heatshot in 2009 with Evan Nichols; the film was selected to be screened at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival. Alan Peppard of The Dallas Morning News reported in March 2009 that Fisher had been cast in the pilot of a television show set in 1983 in Southern California; a spinoff of Gossip Girl. He portrayed a "sleazy" coke dealer on the television series of the same name.{{Cite news|last=Kamer|first=Foster|date=August 6, 2009|title=Miles Fisher Covers Christian Bale|newspaper=BlackBook Magazine|publisher=BlackBook Media Corp|url=http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/miles-fisher-covered-christian-bale-david-byrne-tom-cruise-and-killed-lydia/9812|url-status=dead|access-date=2009-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808194731/http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/miles-fisher-covered-christian-bale-david-byrne-tom-cruise-and-killed-lydia/9812|archive-date=August 8, 2009}}

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."{{cite news|last=Hartman|first=Darrell|date=July 24, 2009|title=Repeat Offender: Miles Fisher|work=Interview|publisher=interviewmagazine.com|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/film/2009-07-24/miles-fisher-american-psycho|access-date=2009-11-11|archive-date=September 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928013234/http://www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/film/2009-07-24/miles-fisher-american-psycho|url-status=live}} The video is an homage to the 2000 film American Psycho, with Fisher imitating Christian Bale's performance as Patrick Bateman. Students from the American Film Institute helped film the video, which was shot in Los Angeles. The video was posted on YouTube and various other web sites, and received 200,000 hits on Break.com alone within the first 24 hours. Darrell Hartman of Interview called the usage of the Talking Heads song with the American Psycho theme "a brilliant combo", and noted that Fisher "created a viral hit".

On the third season of the television series Mad Men, Fisher portrayed Geoff Graves, a friend of character Paul Kinsey.{{cite news|last=Swansburg|first=John|title=Mad Men, season 3 - Week 3: Betty's Mysterious Belly Rub|work=Slate|publisher=slate.com|date=September 1, 2009|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2225274/device/html40/workarea/3/entry/2226902|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141227025929/http://www.slate.com/id/2225274/device/html40/workarea/3/entry/2226902|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 27, 2014|access-date=December 26, 2014}} Jessica Gelt of the Los Angeles Times described his character as a "preppy drug dealer".{{cite news|last=Gelt|first=Jessica|title=The Luxury of Dining and Belonging|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 10, 2009}} In 2010, Fisher was cast in the film Final Destination 5.{{cite news|title=First Final Destination 5 Casting News: Miles Fisher Ready to Meet His Maker|work=Dread Central|publisher=dreadcentral.com|date=August 13, 2010|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/39106/first-final-destination-5-casting-news-miles-fisher-ready-meet-his-maker|access-date=2010-08-14|archive-date=April 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414091307/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/39106/first-final-destination-5-casting-news-miles-fisher-ready-meet-his-maker|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike|title='Pinkberry' Actor Miles Fisher Lands Movie|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|date=August 13, 2010|url=https://deadline.com/2010/08/pinkberry-dealmaker-miles-fisher-lands-real-movie-job-61346/|access-date=2010-08-14|archive-date=April 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414230628/http://www.deadline.com/2010/08/pinkberry-dealmaker-miles-fisher-lands-real-movie-job/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Rich|first=Katey|title=Pinkberry: The Movie Actor Miles Fisher Joins 5nal Destination|work=Cinema Blend|publisher=cinemablend.com|date=August 13, 2010|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Pinkberry-The-Movie-Actor-Miles-Fisher-Joins-5nal-Destination-20145.html|access-date=2010-08-14|archive-date=October 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012104805/https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Pinkberry-The-Movie-Actor-Miles-Fisher-Joins-5nal-Destination-20145.html|url-status=live}} In an interview with Collider.com, Fisher revealed that the film was set in a workplace environment, and was a 3-D film.{{cite news|last=Weinstraub|first=Steve|title=P.J. Byrne and Miles Fisher On Set Interview FINAL DESTINATION 5; Plus We've Giving Away Tickets to the FD5 Comic-Con Party|work=Collider.com|publisher=Collider.com|date=July 17, 2011|url=https://collider.com/pj-byrne-miles-fisher-interview-final-destination-5/101372|access-date=2011-07-17|archive-date=April 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414091544/http://collider.com/pj-byrne-miles-fisher-interview-final-destination-5/101372/|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|last=Schaefer|first=Sandy|title=Jeffrey Donovan & Miles Fisher Join Eastwood's 'J. Edgar'|work=Screenrant.com|publisher=Screenrant.com|date=March 9, 2011|url=https://screenrant.com/clint-eastwood-j-edgar-jeffrey-donovan-miles-fisher-sandy-105125|access-date=2011-07-17|archive-date=May 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529041621/http://screenrant.com/clint-eastwood-j-edgar-jeffrey-donovan-miles-fisher-sandy-105125/|url-status=live}}

Fisher released the song "New Romance" in video and MP3 form on iTunes and on his personal website on July 19, 2011.{{cite web|title=Miles Fisher :: Music|url=http://milesfisher.com/videos.html|url-status=dead|access-date=2011-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029064219/http://milesfisher.com/videos.html|archive-date=2011-10-29}}{{Cite web|date=July 19, 2011|title=New Romance - Single by Miles Fisher|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/new-romance-single/451763155|website=iTunes|access-date=April 11, 2016|archive-date=April 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426204254/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/new-romance-single/id451763155|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Alk|first=Nell|date=August 12, 2011|title=Miles Fisher Puts the 'Laughter' in 'Slaughter'|work=Interview|publisher=interviewmagazine.com|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/film/2011-08-12/miles-fisher-new-romance-1|access-date=September 1, 2011|archive-date=August 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818125951/http://www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/film/2011-08-12/miles-fisher-new-romance-1/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Boyd Meyers|first=Courtney|date=August 4, 2011|title=Miles Fisher does it again. The YouTube star's new Saved By The Bell parody|work=thenextweb.com|publisher=thenextweb.com|url=https://thenextweb.com/shareables/2011/08/04/miles-fisher-does-it-again-the-youtube-rockstars-new-saved-by-the-bell-parody|access-date=August 31, 2011|archive-date=May 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502000322/http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2011/08/04/miles-fisher-does-it-again-the-youtube-rockstars-new-saved-by-the-bell-parody/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last=Semigran|first=Aly|date=August 10, 2011|title='Final Destination 5' star Miles Fisher talks viral 'Saved by the Bell' spoof|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=ew.com|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/08/10/final-destination-5-star-miles-fisher|access-date=September 1, 2011|archive-date=August 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816004729/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/08/10/final-destination-5-star-miles-fisher/|url-status=live}} The video parodies the Final Destination series and Saved by the Bell. Additionally, he appeared in the fifth film of the Final Destination franchise, playing Peter Friedkin.{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=2010-08-13|title='Pinkberry' Actor Miles Fisher Lands Movie|url=https://deadline.com/2010/08/pinkberry-dealmaker-miles-fisher-lands-real-movie-job-61346/|access-date=2021-11-04|website=Deadline|language=en-US|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106122320/https://deadline.com/2010/08/pinkberry-dealmaker-miles-fisher-lands-real-movie-job-61346/|url-status=live}}

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.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj-ch_yJaF0 YouTube Channel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122112532/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj-ch_yJaF0 |date=January 22, 2016 }}; accessed December 26, 2014.

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.{{cite web |author1=Colin and Samir |title=We Interviewed Deepfake Tom Cruise |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnNQEiPs5r0 |website=youtube.com |publisher=Colin and Samir |language=en |format=video |date=1 May 2023 |access-date= 25 May 2023}} 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.{{cite news |last=Fisher |first=Miles |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/deepfake-tom-cruise-miles-fisher-1235182932/ |title=How I Became the Fake Tom Cruise |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |website=www.hollywoodreporter.com |date= July 21, 2022 |access-date= July 22, 2022}}

In 2017, Fisher co-founded the Bixby Roasting Company with Remington Hotchkis in Los Angeles, CA.{{cite web |last1=Gomelsky |first1=Victoria |title=Exploring Watches' Digital Future |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/26/fashion/watches-digital-future-edouard-meylan-miles-fisher.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=25 May 2023 |date=26 March 2023}} The company began with a Kickstarter campaign as CUPS, before launching Bixby.{{cite web |author1=Howard Bryman |title=18-Year-Old YouTube Phenom Emma Chamberlain Launches Chamberlain Coffee |url=https://dailycoffeenews.com/2020/01/03/18-year-old-youtube-phenom-emma-chamberlain-launches-chamberlain-coffee/ |website=Daily Coffee News |publisher=Roast Magazine |access-date=25 May 2023 |language=en |date=3 January 2020}} In February 2023, Westrock Coffee Company acquired the Bixby brand and roasting facility, with Fisher becoming the Senior Vice President of Sales at Westrock.{{cite web |author1=Andrew Moreau |title=Westrock Coffee Co. posts a fourth quarter net loss of $31.9 million |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/mar/15/westrock-coffee-co-posts-a-fourth-quarter-net/ |website=Arkansas Online |access-date=25 May 2023 |language=en |date=15 March 2023}}{{cite web |author1=Rafaela Sousa |title=Westrock Coffee acquires Bixby Roasting |url=https://www.foodbev.com/news/westrock-coffee-acquires-bixby-roasting/ |website=foodbev.com |publisher=FoodBev Media |access-date=25 May 2023 |date=1 March 2023}}

In 2021, Fisher co-founded Metaphysic, a technology company focusing on generative AI, alongside VFX and AI artist Chris Ume and CEO Tom Graham on the back of the “Deep Tom Cruise” deepfake videos.{{cite web |last1=Fink |first1=Charlie |title=Metaphysic Deep Fakes TED |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/2023/05/03/metaphysic-deep-fakes-ted/?sh=a55755a60e6d |website=Forbes |access-date=25 May 2023 |language=en |date=3 May 2023}}

In 2014, Miles married Lucette Blodgett, daughter of actor and writer Michael Blodgett.{{cite news|date=June 29, 2014|title=Lucette Blodgett, Miles Fisher|website=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/fashion/weddings/lucette-blodgett-miles-fisher.html|access-date=October 6, 2014|archive-date=October 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012212322/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/fashion/weddings/lucette-blodgett-miles-fisher.html|url-status=live}} They were introduced by broadcaster Willow Bay.{{cite web|last1=Peppard|first1=Alan|title=Saturday wedding of Dallas-raised actor Miles Fisher to Lucy Blodgett draws bold-faced crowd|url=http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2014/06/saturday-wedding-of-dallas-raised-actor-miles-fisher-mad-men-j-edgar-to-lucy-blodgett-draws-bold-faced-crowd.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009032745/http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2014/06/saturday-wedding-of-dallas-raised-actor-miles-fisher-mad-men-j-edgar-to-lucy-blodgett-draws-bold-faced-crowd.html/|archive-date=October 9, 2014|website=Dallas Morning News|access-date=October 6, 2014|df=mdy-all}} They had their first child, a daughter, in October 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/|title=Login • Instagram|website=Instagram.com|access-date=November 8, 2021}}

• Video Music (2013)

• Miles Fisher (2009)

• "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (2009) (cover of the Talking Heads song)
• "New Romance" (2011)
• "Don't Let Go" (2011)
• "Finish What We Started" (2013) (written by Miles Fisher, Robert Schwartzman, Joe Jonas, John Lloyd Taylor)
• "Finish What We Started (Andrew Maury Remix)" (feat. Joe Jonas) (2013) (written by Miles Fisher, Robert Schwartzman, Joe Jonas and John Lloyd Taylor)

• Notable alumni of St. Mark's School of Texas

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