Miles Caton | |
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| Born | New York City, U.S. |
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| Works | "This Ain't It" (2023, single) |
Miles Caton is an American musician and actor. Caton is known for his roles in Little Big Shots in 2018 and the 2025 film Sinners .
Miles Caton was born in Brooklyn, New York City. [1] He has stated that he came from an "extremely musical family" where every member "can sing or play some type of instrument." [2] Singers in his family include his mother Timiney Figueroa and his aunt Anaysha Figueroa-Cooper. [3] Caton began singing at the age of two, [4] and performed a Sam Cooke song at the Lakeview, New York branch of the NAACP's 24th Annual Freedom Fund Awards Gala in October 2010. [5]
Caton became widely known in 2017 after a video of him singing "Feeling Good" went viral and was sampled in the montage video for rapper Jay-Z's song "4:44". [6] In March 2018, Caton appeared on the season three premiere of the NBC variety show Little Big Shots , which 2paragraphs singled out as "the one act the audience will never forget". [7] Caton was popular enough to return for the Little Big Shots holiday special in December, where he performed "O Holy Night". [8] On Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2019, Caton performed live on The View alongside gospel singer Yolanda Adams, singing her song "Never Give Up". [9]
In 2022, Caton toured with H.E.R.. [10] In 2023, Caton released his debut single "This Ain't It", which Zach Simmons of Enspire described as "[giving] the world just a taste of what they had been waiting on" featuring "a clean vocal performance reminiscent of legends Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway". [11]
Toward the end of the tour, H.E.R. encouraged Caton to audition for a film role as "a young kid playing the guitar", an instrument which he did not know how to play at the time. [12] The role was Sammie Moore, a central character in the then-upcoming period film Sinners . [13] While Caton had previously filmed a short film and performed in a school play, he lacked experience acting in a major film. [13] Caton drew upon his past as a "family clown" entertaining and amusing his family to prepare for film acting. [14]
He released his debut single, "Somethin", on July 31, 2025. [15]
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| Astra Midseason Movie Awards | 2025 | Best Supporting Actor | Sinners | Won |