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Matt Smith (Matthew Robert Smith) is a well-known is a British actor
| Information | Detail |
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| Birthday | October 28, 1982 |
| Nationality | British |
| Famous | Doctor Who Cast, University Of East Anglia (UEA), Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Doctor who's Cast |
| Siblings | Laura Jayne Smith |
| Known as | Matthew Robert Smith, Smithers, Matthew Robert |
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| Birth Place | Northampton, United Kingdom |
| Religion | Atheism |
| Height | 182 |
| Gender | Male |
| Father | David Smith |
| Mother | Lynne Smith |
| Net Worth | $9 Million as on may 6,2017 |
| Sun Sign | Scorpio |
| Born in | Northampton, United Kingdom |
| Famous as | Actor |
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Who is Matt Smith?
Matthew Robert Smith is a British actor most renowned for portraying Eleventh Doctor in the popular British science-fiction TV series ‘Doctor Who’. Smith, a gifted football player who once aspired to become a pro footballer, was compelled to think otherwise due to a back injury. He joined ‘National Youth Theatre’ and completed his graduation from ‘University of East Anglia’ studying drama and creative writing. His acting debut happened on-stage in London theatres in plays like ‘On the Shore of the Wide World’ and ‘Murder in the Cathedral’. Moving forward, he worked in many other plays including ‘That Face’ where his brilliant performance earned him critical acclaim. He made his television debut with the film ‘The Ruby in the Smoke’ and went on to feature in many other TV productions. However, the one role that brought him to spotlight garnering immense fame and popularity as also a BAFTA Award nomination was that of Eleventh Doctor’ in TV series ‘Doctor Who’. Presently, he features in ‘The Crown’, a biographical drama series. He has also made his mark on big-screen with films like ‘Christopher and His Kind’ and ‘Terminator Genisys’.
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Childhood & Early Life
Matt Smith was born Matthew Robert Smith on October 28, 1982, in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England to Lynne and David Smith. He grew up in Northampton where he studied at the ‘Northampton School for Boys’.
A soccer enthusiast from an early age, Smith played for the youth teams of ‘Leicester City’, ‘Nottingham Forest’ and ‘Northampton Town’ and hoped to become a professional soccer player. However a severe back injury had him give up his plan.
After such setback his drama teacher practically pushed him into acting when the latter signed Smith without his approval in the play ‘Twelve Angry Men’ as the tenth juror. He performed in the play, although reluctantly.
During those days Smith who still viewed himself as a soccer player did not hold acting in high regards. However his drama teacher thrived in convincing him to thread the path of acting leading him to join the ‘National Youth Theatre’ in London.
He then started attending the ‘University of East Anglia’ where he studied drama and creative writing.
Meanwhile, he made his debut on-stage with ‘National Youth Theatre’ and performed in the play ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ (2003) as Thomas Becket and in ‘The Master and Margarita’ (2004) as Bassoon.
Career
He stepped into the world of professional acting portraying Arnold in the play ‘Fresh Kills’ staged at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs.
Due to his professional acting endeavours, he sought an agreement with ‘University of East Anglia’ to allow him to complete his graduation without having to attend his final year lectures. He earned his graduation degree in 2005.
He landed up playing Paul Danzinger in Simon Stephens’s play ‘On the Shore of the Wide World’ directed by Sarah Frankcom. The play premiered at ‘Royal Exchange Theatre’, Manchester on April 18, 2005 and was transferred to the Cottesloe space of ‘Royal National Theatre’ in London on May 26 that year.
He went on to perform in other plays at the ‘Royal National Theatre’ which include ‘The History Boys’ during 2005-2006 and the teen play Burn/Chatroom/Citizenship in 2006.
While performing on-stage, he forayed into television essaying the role of Jim Taylor in TV film adaptation of the Philip Pullman novel, ‘The Ruby in the Smoke’, the first of the Sally Lockhart quartet books. The film produced by BBC was aired on December 27, 2006 on ‘BBC One’.
He landed up with his first significant role in TV as Danny Foster in the British drama series ‘Party Animals’ that aired on ‘BBC Two’ from January 31, 2007 to March 21, 2007. That year he also featured in the series ‘Secret Diary of a Call Girl’ and ‘The Street’.
His most remarkable on-stage performance probably remains playing Henry, an aspiring artist, in the two-act play, ‘That Face’ by English playwright Polly Stenham. The play premiered on April 26, 2007 at London’s ‘Royal Court Theatre’ under direction of Jeremy Herrin and on May 1, 2008, it was transferred to Duke of York's Theatre in the West End.
‘That Face’ received positive reviews from critics with its entire cast earning a Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre nomination in 2008. Smith’s brilliant performance earned him kudos from critics of ‘The Times’, ‘The Guardian’, ‘Daily Express’ and ‘Evening Standard’.
He made his West End debut with ‘Swimming with Sharks’, a stage adaptation of writer-director George Huang’s comedy-drama film bearing same title. The world premiere of the play where he portrayed Guy was held at the ‘Vaudeville Theatre’ in London in October 2007.
Smith went on to reprise the role of Jim Taylor in another Sally Lockhart quartet book TV film adaptation ‘The Shadow in the North’ that aired on BBC1 on December 30, 2007.
He embarked into big-screen with the American black comedy crime flick ‘In Bruges’ in 2008, however his role was finally deleted. He was first seen in the 2009 short film ‘Together’ and moving on he featured in films like ‘Christopher and His Kind’ (2011), ‘Lost River’ (2014) and ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ (2016).
He played DS Dan Twentyman in the British crime drama TV series ‘Moses Jones’ that aired on BBC Two in February 2009.
Meanwhile, as David Tennant, who portrayed Tenth Doctor in the British science-fiction TV series ‘Doctor Who’ declared his departure from the series on October 29, 2008, Smith grabbed the role of the Eleventh Doctor in the series that till present remains his most remarkable and noteworthy portrayal.
He became the youngest actor to portray one of the incarnations of the Doctor, a feat that till such time was held by Peter Davison who played the Fifth Doctor.
He essayed the character of Eleventh doctor in 5th, 6th and 7th series of ‘Doctor Who’ as also in seven specials starting from January 1, 2010 to December 25, 2013.
His brilliant performance as Eleventh Doctor earned him accolades from both critics and fans thus soaring his fame and popularity and also made him the first actor in the series portraying as Doctor to earn the Best Actor nomination in the 2011 BAFTA TV Awards.
He reprised the role of the Doctor in ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’ (2010), ‘An Adventure in Space and Time’ (2013) and ‘The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot’ (2013).
His carrying the Olympic torch in Cardiff on May 26, 2012 reminded the fans of a 2006 episode of ‘Doctor Who’ where the Doctor was seen carrying the torch.
He marked his debut as a director with ‘Cargese’, a short film that was broadcast in May 2013 on ‘Sky Arts’.
He played Patrick Bateman in the musical adaption of ‘American Psycho’ that premiered on-stage at the ‘Almeida Theatre’ in London in December 2013.
The 2015 American science fiction action blockbuster film ‘Terminator Genisys’ starring Arnold Schwarzenegger saw him playing an advanced T-5000 Terminator, Alex. He was credited in the film as Matthew Smith. That year he was named among 50 Best-Dressed British Men by ‘GQ’ magazine.
In 2016, he essayed the role of Maxim in the play ‘Unreachable’ that was staged at the ‘Royal Court Theatre’. Since November 4, 2016, he features as Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, in the biographical drama television series ‘The Crown’.
Smith will be seen in the starring role of Morgan in the Stefan Ruzowitzky directed forthcoming British-American fantasy-horror thriller flick ‘Patient Zero’.
Personal Life & Legacy
Smith is romantically associated with British actress Lily James. He is an atheist.
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Matt Smith biography timelines
- // 28th Oct 1982Matt Smith was born Matthew Robert Smith on October 28, 1982, in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England to Lynne and David Smith. He grew up in Northampton where he studied at the ‘Northampton School for Boys’.
- // 2003Meanwhile, he made his debut on-stage with ‘National Youth Theatre’ and performed in the play ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ (2003) as Thomas Becket and in ‘The Master and Margarita’ (2004) as Bassoon.
- // 2005Due to his professional acting endeavours, he sought an agreement with ‘University of East Anglia’ to allow him to complete his graduation without having to attend his final year lectures. He earned his graduation degree in 2005.
- // 2005He landed up playing Paul Danzinger in Simon Stephens’s play ‘On the Shore of the Wide World’ directed by Sarah Frankcom. The play premiered at ‘Royal Exchange Theatre’, Manchester on April 18, 2005 and was transferred to the Cottesloe space of ‘Royal National Theatre’ in London on May 26 that year.
- // 2005 To 2006He went on to perform in other plays at the ‘Royal National Theatre’ which include ‘The History Boys’ during 2005-2006 and the teen play Burn/Chatroom/Citizenship in 2006.
- // 2006 To 2012His carrying the Olympic torch in Cardiff on May 26, 2012 reminded the fans of a 2006 episode of ‘Doctor Who’ where the Doctor was seen carrying the torch.
- // 27th Dec 2006While performing on-stage, he forayed into television essaying the role of Jim Taylor in TV film adaptation of the Philip Pullman novel, ‘The Ruby in the Smoke’, the first of the Sally Lockhart quartet books. The film produced by BBC was aired on December 27, 2006 on ‘BBC One’.
- // 31st Jan 2007He landed up with his first significant role in TV as Danny Foster in the British drama series ‘Party Animals’ that aired on ‘BBC Two’ from January 31, 2007 to March 21, 2007. That year he also featured in the series ‘Secret Diary of a Call Girl’ and ‘The Street’.
- // Apr 2007 To May 2008His most remarkable on-stage performance probably remains playing Henry, an aspiring artist, in the two-act play, ‘That Face’ by English playwright Polly Stenham. The play premiered on April 26, 2007 at London’s ‘Royal Court Theatre’ under direction of Jeremy Herrin and on May 1, 2008, it was transferred to Duke of York's Theatre in the West End.
- // Oct 2007He made his West End debut with ‘Swimming with Sharks’, a stage adaptation of writer-director George Huang’s comedy-drama film bearing same title. The world premiere of the play where he portrayed Guy was held at the ‘Vaudeville Theatre’ in London in October 2007.
- // 30th Dec 2007Smith went on to reprise the role of Jim Taylor in another Sally Lockhart quartet book TV film adaptation ‘The Shadow in the North’ that aired on BBC1 on December 30, 2007.
- // 2008 To 2016He embarked into big-screen with the American black comedy crime flick ‘In Bruges’ in 2008, however his role was finally deleted. He was first seen in the 2009 short film ‘Together’ and moving on he featured in films like ‘Christopher and His Kind’ (2011), ‘Lost River’ (2014) and ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ (2016).
- // 2008Meanwhile, as David Tennant, who portrayed Tenth Doctor in the British science-fiction TV series ‘Doctor Who’ declared his departure from the series on October 29, 2008, Smith grabbed the role of the Eleventh Doctor in the series that till present remains his most remarkable and noteworthy portrayal.
- // 2009He played DS Dan Twentyman in the British crime drama TV series ‘Moses Jones’ that aired on BBC Two in February 2009.
- // 2010 To 2013He reprised the role of the Doctor in ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’ (2010), ‘An Adventure in Space and Time’ (2013) and ‘The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot’ (2013).
- // 2011His brilliant performance as Eleventh Doctor earned him accolades from both critics and fans thus soaring his fame and popularity and also made him the first actor in the series portraying as Doctor to earn the Best Actor nomination in the 2011 BAFTA TV Awards.
- // 2013He essayed the character of Eleventh doctor in 5th, 6th and 7th series of ‘Doctor Who’ as also in seven specials starting from January 1, 2010 to December 25, 2013.
- // May 2013He marked his debut as a director with ‘Cargese’, a short film that was broadcast in May 2013 on ‘Sky Arts’.
- // Dec 2013He played Patrick Bateman in the musical adaption of ‘American Psycho’ that premiered on-stage at the ‘Almeida Theatre’ in London in December 2013.
- // 2015The 2015 American science fiction action blockbuster film ‘Terminator Genisys’ starring Arnold Schwarzenegger saw him playing an advanced T-5000 Terminator, Alex. He was credited in the film as Matthew Smith. That year he was named among 50 Best-Dressed British Men by ‘GQ’ magazine.
- // 2016In 2016, he essayed the role of Maxim in the play ‘Unreachable’ that was staged at the ‘Royal Court Theatre’. Since November 4, 2016, he features as Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, in the biographical drama television series ‘The Crown’.
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Matt Smith's FAQ
What is Matt Smith birthday?
Matt Smith was born at 1982-10-28
Where is Matt Smith's birth place?
Matt Smith was born in Northampton, United Kingdom
What is Matt Smith nationalities?
Matt Smith's nationalities is British
Who is Matt Smith siblings?
Matt Smith's siblings is Laura Jayne Smith
What was Matt Smith universities?
Matt Smith studied at University Of East Anglia, Northampton School for Boys, University of East Anglia, National Youth Theatre
What was Matt Smith notable alumnis?
Matt Smith's notable alumnis is University Of East Anglia
What is Matt Smith's religion?
Matt Smith's religion is Atheism
How tall is Matt Smith?
Matt Smith's height is 182
Who is Matt Smith's father?
Matt Smith's father is David Smith
Who is Matt Smith's mother?
Matt Smith's mother is Lynne Smith
What is Matt Smith's sun sign?
Matt Smith is Scorpio
How famous is Matt Smith?
Matt Smith is famouse as Actor
What is Matt Smith's twitter?
Matt Smith's twitter is https://twitter.com/mattsmithoff/