Douglas Smith
Biography
Born in Toronto, Douglas Smith is a Canadian actor who has been acting since he played Malvolio in a fourth grade production of Twelfth Night. His first film role came in Blast from the Past (1999), and he later led the series Out There and appeared in television procedurals. He became known as Ben Henrickson on HBO's Big Love, which ran for five seasons. His films include Antiviral (2012), which won Best First Canadian Feature at the Toronto International Film Festival, the musical horror Stage Fright (2014), Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013), Ouija (2014), and The Bye Bye Man (2017). He made his off-Broadway debut in Punk Rock in 2014, earning favorable reviews. He also appeared in Vinyl and Miss Sloane (both 2016), When We Rise (2017), The Alienist, and Big Little Lies, the latter earning a Screen Actors Guild ensemble nomination. He appeared in Don't Worry Darling (2022), The Swearing Jar (2022), and Seven Veils (2023).
41years old
Turns 42 on June 22in 253 days
- Born Toronto
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Douglas Alexander Smith (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 25 years1999 to 2024
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First role
Smith's acting career began in fourth grade, when he was cast as Malvolio in a production of Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night.
First role
In Blast from the Past (1999), Douglas Smith played a younger version of the character portrayed by Brendan Fraser. It was his first film role.
First role
While he was a teenager, Smith traveled to Australia for the lead part in Out There, a series about an American boy who lives in Australia.
Early training
Smith trained at RADA's Shakespeare Summer School. In 2014 he starred in the New York premiere of Simon Stephens' Punk Rock at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, which was his off-Broadway debut.
Douglas Smith movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
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Films together
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Box office
What Douglas Smith's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$476 million
9 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$200M41.9% of the total
- 2$104M21.7% of the total
- 3$87M18.2% of the total
- 4$40M8.4% of the total
- 5$27M5.6% of the total
- 6$10M2.1% of the total
- 7$9.1M1.9% of the total
- 8$123K0.0% of the total
$7,000from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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