Douglas Smith (actor)

Douglas Smith
Born	Douglas Alexander Smith (1985-06-22) June 22, 1985 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present

Douglas Alexander Smith (born June 22, 1985) is a Canadian-American actor most notable for his work on the HBO series, Big Love as Ben Henrickson, the eldest son of polygamist Bill Henrickson.

Early life

Smith was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Terrea (née Oster), an American-born teacher, and Maurice Smith, a British-born, Vancouver-based producer of low-budget films. Smith's mother appeared in several of the films that his father produced during the 1980s. He is the younger brother of actor Gregory Smith. His ancestry is Ashkenazi Jewish (from his maternal grandfather), English, Dutch, German, Swedish, and Norwegian.

Career

As a teenager, he went to Australia to play the lead role as an American boy living in Australia in a series called Out There. In addition to being a series regular on Big Love, Smith has also co-starred in the films Sleepover, Rock the Paint, Santa's Slay and State's Evidence. Smith has also guest starred on several television series including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Season 6 Episode 18: The Unusual Suspect and Season 8 Episode 7: Goodbye and Good Luck as Marlon West, CSI: Miami, Close to Home, Everwood, Joan of Arcadia, The X-Files, Crossing Jordan, and Cold Case. He was also in Remember the Daze. He also appeared in Hangman's Curse as Elijah Springfield. In 2013, he played Tyson, the cyclops half-brother of Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman), in the film Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. Smith appeared in an in-depth interview and photo shoot in the October 2013 issue of Hero (magazine).

Personal life

Smith purchased a house in New Orleans after filming Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters in the city in 2012.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The X-Files	The Pitcher	Episode: Home
1997	The Death Game	Tristan
1998	The Outer Limits	Douglas	Episode: In to Zone
1999	Blast from the Past	Adam (age 11)
2001	Family Law	Patrick Samson	Episode: Sex,Lies, and Internet
2002	Trancers 6	Punk #1
2002	Partners in Action	Teddy	Credited as Doug Smith
2003	Lock her Room	Johnny	Short
2003	Out There	Reilly Evans
2003	Hangman's Curse	Elijah Springfield
2003	Stuck in the Movie with You	Sam	TV movie
2003	Cold Case	Ryan Bayes	Episode: Churchgoing People
2004	Everwood	Gavin Curtis	Episode: Controlling Interest
2004	Joan of Arcadia	Daniel Shoalar	Episode: State of Grace
2004	The Guardian	Jay	Episode: Without Consent
2004	CSI: Miami	Jason Henderson	Episode: Invasion
2004	Sleepover	Gregg
2005	Rock the Paint	Josh
2005	Santa's Slay	Nicolas Yuleson
2006	Crossing Jordan	Steven Reynolds	Episode: Mysterious Ways
2006	Close to Home	Colin Parks	Episode: The Shots
2006	Citizen Duane	Duane Balfour
2006	State's Evidence	Scott
2007	Remember the Daze	Pete
2006-2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Marlon West
2009	Someday We Will Get Married	James	Short
2009	Hawthorne	Curtis	Episode: Night Moves
2010	Flashpoint	Carlton Hayward	Episode: Whatever it Takes
2011	Margene's Blog	Ben Henrickson	Episode: Girls Gotta Dance
2006-2011	Big Love	Episode: Ben Henrickson
2012	Antiviral	Edward Porris
2013	The Boy who Smells like Fish	Mica
2013	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	Tyson
2014	Hard Drive	Ditch
2014	Ouija	Pete
2014	Stage Fright	Buddy Swanson

External links

• Douglas Smith at IMDb