Some find his performance in The Crown amazing: Who is Matt Smith?
English actor, born on 28 October 1982 in Northampton. While Matt Smith was planning to become a football player, he had to give up his sports career due to spondylolysis.
He joined the National Youth Theater and studied drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia. He performed in London theaters in plays such as Murder in the Cathedral, Fresh Kills, The History Boys, and On the Shore of the Wide World.
Smith also stepped into West End theatre, giving successful performances in the stage adaptation of Swimming with Sharks alongside Christian Slater, and a year later as Henry in That Face.
Matt Smith's first television role was as Jim Taylor in the BBC adaptations of Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North in 2006. His first major television role was as Danny in the BBC series Party Animals in 2007.
Matthew Robert Smith (born 28 October 1982) is an English actor. After joining the National Youth Theatre and attending the University of East Anglia, he started his acting career in 2003, performing in London theatres. In the West End, he received critical acclaim for his role in That Face (2007).
Between 2010 and 2013, he played Doctor Who for the 11th time and thus gained increasing international fame.
He was also nominated for a BAFTA Award twice for this role. After leaving Doctor Who, he turned to a film career and starred in films such as Womb (2010), Terminator Genisys (2015), Last Night in Soho (2021), and Morbius (2022). He also played Prince Philip in Netflix's The Crown series (2016-2017) and Daemon Targaryen in HBO's House of the Dragon series (2022-2023).