Miles Caton is a musician and actor from the United States. He has been performing as a singer for almost his entire life and gained national recognition on Little Big Shots in 2018. Caton is primarily recognized for his portrayal of Sammie Moore in the 2025 film Sinners.
Childhood & Family
Miles Caton was born on March 3, 2005, in Brooklyn, New York City. He has mentioned that he hails from an “extremely musical family” where each member “can sing or play some type of instrument.” Among the singers in his family are his mother, Timiney Figueroa, and his aunt, Anaysha Figueroa-Cooper.
His family includes singers such as his mother, Timiney Figueroa, and his aunt, Anaysha Figueroa-Cooper. Caton started singing when he was two years old and showcased a Sam Cooke song at the Lakeview, New York branch of the NAACP’s 24th Annual Freedom Fund Awards Gala in October 2010.
Miles Caton’s Career
Miles Caton gained significant recognition in 2017 when a video of him performing “Feeling Good” went viral and was incorporated into the montage for rapper Jay-Z’s track “4:44.”
In March 2018, Caton made an appearance on the season three premiere of the NBC variety show Little Big Shots, which 2paragraphs highlighted as “the one act the audience will never forget.”
Caton enjoyed sufficient popularity to make a return for the Little Big Shots holiday special in December, during which he performed “O Holy Night”.
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2019, Caton took to the stage live on The View, accompanied by gospel singer Yolanda Adams, where they sang her song “Never Give Up” to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his vision of racial equity and justice.
At the end of the tour, H.E.R. motivated Miles Caton to audition for a film role as “a young kid playing the guitar,” an instrument he was not familiar with at that moment.
The character he was to portray was Sammie Moore, a pivotal role in the forthcoming period film Sinners starring Michael B. Jordan. While Miles Caton had experience filming a short movie and acting in a school play, he was inexperienced in major film acting.
Drawing from his experience as the “family clown” who delighted his family, Caton prepared for his film acting career. He sent in his audition tape, unaware of the pivotal role that vampires played in the film’s plot when he committed to the project, and he had only two months to learn to play the blues guitar.
Net Worth
Miles Caton’s net worth is not available to the public. He is a young actor celebrated for his role in the 2025 film “Sinners” and for his participation in “Little Big Shots” in 2018. While it is likely that acting serves as his primary source of income, detailed financial information is not revealed.
