Jayson Warner Smith
Biography
Jayson Warner Smith is an Atlanta-born actor who has worked in film, television and theater. He began in theater at nine years old and went on to appear in a play, a television show or a film in each year that followed. His career stayed largely in theater until 2010, when he landed a bigger supporting part in the 2011 remake of Footloose. Supporting and leading roles followed in films and shows including Anchorman II, The Vampire Diaries, 99 Homes, Mississippi Grind (2015), 42 and Sleepy Hollow. He became best known for playing Wendall Jelks, a death-row serial killer, on Sundance TV's Rectify. From 2015 he took major supporting parts in Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Christine, The Birth of a Nation and Mena, and The Birth of a Nation and Christine both premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2016. He also taught acting at The Robert Mello Studio in Atlanta.
61years old
Turns 62 on March 10in 119 days
- Born Atlanta
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 16 years2009 to 2025
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Doug LimanDirector, 1 film, 2017
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Olivia NewmanDirector, 1 film, 2022
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Craig BrewerDirector, 1 film, 2025
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