Matthew Robert Smith (born 28 October 1982) is an English actor, best known for his roles as the 11th Doctor on Doctor Who and Prince Philip for the first two seasons of The Crown. He portrays Prince Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon.[1]
Biography[]
Matthew Robert Smith was born in Northampton, East Midlands on 28 October 1982. He attended the Northampton School for Boys and later Alton College. Initially Smith had a promising football career which was cut short due to a back injury, after which he switched to acting. He studied Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, graduating in 2005.
In January 2009, Matt Smith was announced as playing the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in BBC's longrunning Doctor Who series. The choice was surprising at the time, given that Smith was relatively unknown, and at 26 years old he was the youngest actor ever cast as the lead role in the show. Smith ultimately completed his run on Doctor Who and left the show in the 2013 Christmas special.
In June 2015, Smith was cast to portray Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in the Netflix royal drama The Crown. Smith played the role for the first two seasons - the series was structured so that it had a rotating cast, with new older actors taking over the roles as the characters aged. The role was taken over by Tobias Menzies in the third and fourth season, while Jonathan Pryce will play the role in the final two seasons.
On December 11, 2020, it was announced that he would be playing Daemon Targaryen in House of the Dragon.
Smith was nominated for the 28th Critics' Choice Awards in the category "Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" for his performance as Daemon Targaryen.[2]
Credits[]
Starring[]
| House of the Dragon: Season 2 | |||
| A Son for a Son | Rhaenyra the Cruel | The Burning Mill | The Red Dragon and the Gold |
| Regent | Smallfolk | The Red Sowing | The Queen Who Ever Was |
| House of the Dragon: Season 3 | |||
| Season 3, Episode 1 | Season 3, Episode 2 | Season 3, Episode 3 | Season 3, Episode 4 |
| Season 3, Episode 5 | Season 3, Episode 6 | Season 3, Episode 7 | Season 3, Episode 8 |
See also[]
Matt Smith on Wikipedia
Matt Smith on IMDb
References[]
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Ryan Condal · Miguel Sapochnik · Paddy Considine · Milly Alcock · Matt Smith · Greg Yaitanes · Eve Best · Emily Carey · Fabien Frankel · Steve Toussaint · Clare Kilner · Rhys Ifans · Theo Nate · Emma D'Arcy · Sara Hess · Matthew Needham · Leo Ashton · John Macmillan · Geeta Vasant Patel · Wil Johnson · Tom Glynn-Carney · Ewan Mitchell · Harry Collett · Alan Taylor · Olivia Cooke · Phia Saban · Luke Tittensor · Elliott Tittensor · David Hancock · Phoebe Campbell · Gayle Rankin | ||||
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