Matt Smith
Biography
Matt Smith is an English actor who joined the National Youth Theatre and later studied at the University of East Anglia, taking drama and creative writing, before beginning professional work in 2003. His early stage credits included Murder in the Cathedral, The History Boys and That Face, which earned him a Best Newcomer nomination from the Evening Standard Theatre Award. He first appeared on television as Jim Taylor in the 2006 BBC versions of The Ruby in the Smoke, followed by The Shadow in the North. His breakthrough came as the Eleventh Doctor in Doctor Who between 2010 and 2013, a role that brought a British Academy Television Award nomination for Best Actor. For The Crown he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, and he also played Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon, earning a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination. His films include Terminator Genisys (2015), Last Night in Soho (2021) and Morbius (2022).
43years old
Turns 44 on October 28in 10 days
- Born Northampton
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 22
- Career span
- 19 years2006 to 2025
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A first
Smith was among the earliest actors to try out for the Doctor, auditioning on the first day. At 26, he was three years younger than Peter Davison at his 1981 casting, making Smith the youngest Doctor.
A role that slipped away
Smith tried out for Will McKenzie in The Inbetweeners, and writer Iain Morris said he reached the last two for the part, which went to Simon Bird. Morris thought Smith was a bit too dashing.
First role
Smith's drama teacher signed him up for theatrical productions without asking, which is how he got into acting. Smith skipped the first two, so the teacher gave him the tenth juror part in an adaptation of Twelve Angry Men.
First role
At the National Youth Theatre, Matt Smith took the part of Bassoon in The Master and Margarita. That role got him an agent and led to his first professional work, Fresh Kills and On the Shore of the Wide World.
Behind the camera
Smith's first work as a director was the short film Cargese, and it was shown on Sky Arts in May 2013.
A first
Smith was the first actor to play the Doctor to earn a nomination for a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor.
Matt 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
Jenna Coleman appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jenna Coleman's page
Karen Gillan's page
Billie Piper's page
Ralph Fiennes's page
Jared Harris's page
David Tennant's page
Also two films together16 more actors
- Peter CapaldiDoctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013) and Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor (2013)
- Hayley AtwellThe Shadow in the North (2007) and The Ruby in the Smoke (2006)
- JJ FeildThe Shadow in the North (2007) and The Ruby in the Smoke (2006)
- Suki WaterhouseCharlie Says (2018) and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
- Paul McGannDoctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013) and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013)
- Douglas BoothPride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) and Christopher and His Kind (2011)
- David HarewoodThe Shadow in the North (2007) and The Ruby in the Smoke (2006)
- Sylvester McCoyDoctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013) and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013)
- Wunmi MosakuHis House (2020) and Womb (2010)
- Peter DavisonDoctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013) and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013)
- Dominic ColemanHis House (2020) and The Ruby in the Smoke (2006)
- Hannah MurrayCharlie Says (2018) and Womb (2010)
- Arthur DarvillDoctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (2011) and Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010)
- Colin BakerDoctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013) and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013)
- Dan StarkeyDoctor Who: The Time of the Doctor (2013) and Doctor Who: The Snowmen (2012)
- Pooky QuesnelPride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) and Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Matt Smith's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$691 million
8 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 10 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 10Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$441M63.8% of the total
- 2$168M24.3% of the total
- 3$33M4.7% of the total
- 4$23M3.3% of the total
- 5$16M2.4% of the total
- 6$10M1.5% of the total
- 7$98K0.0% of the total
- 8$45K0.0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.