Taylor Swift’s Famous Music Video Men: From Stephen Colletti to Miles Teller

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Taylor Swift’s Famous Music Video Men: From Stephen Colletti to Miles Teller

Taylor Swift‘s music videos have included many memorable appearances from famous men taking on the roles of her love interests. Over the years, the Grammy winner has enlisted many well-known actors to help make her visions come to life, including Stephen Colletti, who starred in the 2008 music video for “White Horse.” “Stephen was my first choice because I thought he was great on One Tree Hill and I had watched Laguna Beach when it was on and I was like, ‘He’s so cute!'” Swift said in a behind-the-scenes video for the project at the time. “The reason why he’s perfect for this role [is] because we were looking for someone who comes off very sweet and endearing. He just looks so sweet … you never expect that they would lie.” In 2021, Swift recruited Dylan O’Brien to star alongside Sadie Sink in the short film for her 10-minute version of “All Too Well.” The actors seemingly played characters inspired by Swift and her ex Jake Gyllenhaal, whom the song is heavily rumored to be about. “I didn’t know [Taylor] knew who I was at all,” O’Brien told E! News in November 2021. “I’ve been a fan of hers for a long time, I love her even more now. She’s, like, the best person ever, she is so brilliant. So yeah, it was like an automatic yes. I think we were sort of just hanging out on the phone and she asked me a while into it, like, you know, how long I wanted to think or whatever and it’s OK if I wanted to say no, and I was like, ‘Oh, it’s not even a question.’” Keep scrolling to see all the famous men who have left their marks in Swift’s music videos:

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Tyler Hilton (“Teardrops On My Guitar”)

Hilton’s role as Drew in Swift’s second music video marked one of his earliest acting gigs. He went on to appear in films and shows such as One Tree Hill, Extant, The Christmas Contract and When Christmas Was Young.

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Justin Gaston (“Love Story”)

The actor and model played the Romeo to Swift’s Juliet in the 2990 music video for “Love Story.” He later appeared as a football player in Glee and went on to appear on the soap operas Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless.

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Toby Hemingway (“Mine”)

The English actor followed up his performance as Swift’s “Mine” love interest with roles in Black Swan, The Finder, The Crossing and FBI: Most Wanted.

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Noah Mills (“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”)

Mills portrayed the guy Swift vowed to “never, ever, ever” get back together with in her 2012 music video for the Red track. He has racked up a number of acting roles of the years on shows like The Brave, The Enemy Within, The Baker and the Beauty, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and NCIS: Hawai’i.

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Reeve Carney (“I Knew You Were Trouble”)

Two years after he starred in the “I Knew You Were Trouble” music video, Carney landed his memorable role as Dorian Gray on the series Penny Dreadful. He went on to appear in films such as Gemini and House of Gucci in addition originating the role of Orpheus in the Broadway musical Hadestown.

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Brendan Urie (“ME!”)

Urie starred alongside Swift in the music video for their 2019 collab. Nearly four years later, his band, Panic at the Disco, announced they were disbanding after 20 years.

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Owenn (“Lover”)

One year after he shared the stage with Swift as a dancer on her Reputation tour, Owenn starred as her love interest in the 2019 music video for her Lover album title track. The two joined forced again in 2023 as Owenn joined Swift’s The Eras Tour as one of her opening acts.

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Taeok Lee (“Willow”)

Lee is another of Swift’s former dancers who went on to star in her music videos. The Red tour dancer played the singer’s childhood friend-turned lover in the magical video for the Evermore track “Willow.”

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Jack Antonoff (“Bejeweled”)

The singer’s longtime friend and collaborator made his Swift music video debut as Prince Jack in the “Bejeweled” music video, whom Swift’s House Wench Taylor dismisses after she wins his talent competition and is gifted a castle.

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Stephen Colletti (“White Horse”)

Following his reality TV debut on Laguna Beach in 2004, Colletti went on to appear in Swift’s “White Horse” music video in 2008. Fans may also recognize him as Chase Adams from One Tree Hill. He went on to launch the Laguna Beach rewatch podcast, “Back to the Beach,” with his former costar Kristin Cavallari in 2022.

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Lucas Till (“You Belong With Me”)

Till briefly dated Swift after starring in the 2009 video for “You Belong With Me.” The actor has since appeared in Hannah Montana: The Movie, X-Men: First Class, Crush and MacGyver.

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Zach Gilford (“Ours”)

Prior to his scene-stealing performance in the 2010 music video “Ours,” Gilford won over viewers as Matt on Friday Night Lights. He has also starred in This Close, L.A.’s Finest and Midnight Mass.

More than a decade later, Gilford confessed he wasn’t sure of Swift’s first name while filming the video. “Here’s the thing … I’m just so out of touch,” he said during an episode of the “LadyGang” podcast. “They were doing all this behind-the-scenes footage on that music video and they’re interviewing me and I’m really bad with names and I wasn’t sure if her name was Taylor or Tyler.” Instead, “I only referred to her as Ms. Swift. I’d go ‘Ms. Swift.'”

The actor “was terrified,” he added while gushing over Swift’s sweet demeanor. “I would have been the first person ever canceled if I said her name wrong.”

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Scott Eastwood (“Wildest Dreams”)

Eastwood was already a household name before his appearance in “Wildest Dreams” in 2014 thanks to his father, Clint Eastwood. Scott went on to nab roles in Snowden, Suicide Squad, The Outpost, Chicago Fire, Pacific Rim: Uprising and Fast X.

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Andrea Denver (“Blank Space”)

Some may recognize the love interest from Swift’s 2014 “Blank Space” video as a cast member on Bravo’s Winter House and Summer House.

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Sean O’Pry (“Blank Space”)

O’Pry made headlines after his memorable appearance in the 2014 “Blank Space” music video. The Georgia native has since continued to pursue a modeling career. 

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Dominic Sherwood (“Style”)

Fans were impressed by Sherwood’s performance alongside Swift in the “Style” music video in 2015. The U.K. native has also appeared in Vampire Academy, Shadowhunters, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels and Partner Track.

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Dylan O’Brien (“All Too Well”)

O’Brien, best known for playing Stiles on Teen Wolf, was familiar for both his previous roles and his reputation as a Swiftie. His performance in the 2021 “All Too Well” short film reminded fans of his powerful acting chops.  

O’Brien has also starred in The Internship, The Maze Runner, American Assassin, Love and Monsters, Infinite and Not Okay.

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Miles Teller (“I Bet You Think About Me”)

Teller was joined by his wife, Keleigh Sperry, in the 2021 music video for “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version).” 

He previously appeared in Divergent, Two Night Stand, Fantastic Four, War Dogs, Top Gun: Maverick and Spiderhead.

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Laith Ashley (‘Lavender Haze’)

In the music video for her hit song Lavender Haze, Swift recruited trans model and activist Laith Ashley to play her love interest. Following its release, Ashley took to social media to thank Swift for involving him in the project.

“You are brilliant and this is an experience I will never forget. It was truly magical,” he wrote via Instagram Story in January 2023. “Thank you for being an ally. Representation matters. AND LOVE WILL ALWAYS WIN!”

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Post Malone, Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles “Fortnight”

Malone, Swift’s duet partner on the Tortured Poets Department single, joined her onscreen for the music video. While Swift and Malone played lovers in the video, they were constantly torn apart. Amid their separation, Swift was the subject of experiments run by scientists (played by Hawke and Charles).

Hawke and Charles previously worked together on the 1989 movie Dead Poets Society, which fans often confused for Swift’s album of a similar name in the lead-up to the record’s release.