Gregory Smith

Gregory Smith (actor)
Born	Gregory Edward Smith July 6, 1983 (1983-07-06) (age 26) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988 — present

Gregory Edward Smith (born 6^th July, 1983) is a Canadian actor. He began working as a child actor in the mid 1980s, initially appearing in a number of made-for-video and television films, and subsequently starred in the 1998 summer film Small Soldiers. Smith has since appeared in several Hollywood films, and has become known for his role as Ephram Brown on the television series Everwood.

Biography

Early life

Smith was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Terrea (née Oster), a teacher from the USA, and Maurice Smith, a British-born, Vancouver-based producer of low-budget films.^[1] Smith's mother appeared in several of the films that his father produced during the 1980s. Smith has two brothers, Andrew and Douglas, who is also an actor, and a younger sister, Samantha. He grew up in Vancouver^[2] and is a U.S. citizen.

Career

Smith began acting when he was fourteen months old, and appeared in a Tide television commercial and in store catalogues.^[2] After a role in the 1994's children's film Andre, he starred in the 1995 direct-to-video release Leapin' Leprechauns and its 1996 sequel, Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns. Also in 1996, Smith appeared opposite Michelle Trachtenberg in Harriet the Spy. He subsequently starred in another direct-to-video film, Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework, and appeared in three 1998 films: Krippendorf's Tribe, playing one of the children of the title character, The Climb, a drama also starring John Hurt, and the big-budget summer film Small Soldiers, in which Smith had a lead role opposite Kirsten Dunst and won a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film Leading Young Actor in 1999.^[3] During the 2000s, Smith appeared in the Mel Gibson-led The Patriot (2000), played outlaw Jim Younger in the western American Outlaws (2001), was featured in the short-lived 2001 CBS drama series Kate Brasher, and was cast in a lead role on The WB Television Network show, Everwood, which became a success and ran from 2002 until June 2006. His role on the show was described by The Independent Weekly as "one of the best portrayals of a thoughtful, alienated teenager on television".^[4] For this role, Smith won a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV series (Comedy or Drama) Leading Young Actor in 2003.^[5] During Everwood's filming, Smith owned a home on location in Park City, Utah.^[6] In 2005, Smith appeared in the comedy-drama film Kids in America, which had a regional release in the U.S. During the film, Smith shared the longest on-screen kiss with Stephanie Sherrin, timed at 5 minutes 57 seconds.

Smith next appeared in the independent film drama Nearing Grace, which received a limited theatrical release on October 13, 2006; in the film, which co-stars Ashley Johnson and Jordana Brewster, he plays Henry Nearing, a high school senior in the 1970s. The News & Observer's review of the film described Smith's character as "self-deluded" and "perpetually brow-furrowing",^[7] although The Seattle Times noted that Smith was "likable",^[8] and HeraldNet's review specified that a "better movie will make [Smith] a star".^[9]

In 2007, Smith had a small role in The Seeker: The Dark is Rising as Max Stanton. Smith next appeared in the Richard Attenborough-directed period romance Closing the Ring, playing a younger version of Christopher Plummer's character Young Jack, as well as in the thriller Boot Camp, which co-stars Mila Kunis.

In 2008, Smith co-produced the direct release-to-dvd film Wieners.

On December 1. 2008, TV Guide reported that Smith will make a guest appearance on Eli Stone.^[10]

Smith will be returning to TV in the ABC series Copper as Officer Dov Epstein. The series is expected to air on both ABC and Global TV in Canada sometime in spring 2010.

Filmography

References

External links

• Gregory Smith (actor) at the Internet Movie Database
• Gregory Smith at TV.com

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