Spectacular box office bombs and stupid bro comedies aside, Miles Teller is taking the next step in showing the world that he's more than just a kid who had a lot of sex in high school . Proving that his outstanding performance in Whiplash , which earned him three 2015 MTV Movie Award nominations, was no fluke, Teller's next big awards season role is as boxer Vinny Pazienza in the biopic Bleed for This .