Charles Martin Smith pictures & biography

Hot Videos

Female Celeb
Wallpapers

Charles Martin Smith (born October 30, 1953) is an American film actor, writer and director. He was born in Van Nuys, California. His father, Frank Smith, was a film cartoonist and animator.

Smith spent three years of his youth in Paris, France where his father managed the English-language branch of a French animation studio.

Education

He received his high school diploma from Grover Cleveland High School, Reseda, California. He attended California State University, Northridge and was awarded a B.A. in Theatre.

Acting background

Smith was discovered by a talent agent while acting in a school play, Man of La Mancha. After a few years of working in film and television, he landed the role of Terry "The Toad" Fields in the George Lucas' 1973 film American Graffiti. He earned a starring role in Cotton Candy (1978), directed by Ron Howard. Smith gained notice as one of Buddy Holly's bandmates in The Buddy Holly Story (1978), and as a scientist in Never Cry Wolf (1983). His work in Starman (1984) was also lauded.

The rest of Smith's acting career has chiefly involved supporting roles. He received good reviews for his work in The Untouchables (1987). After this he co-starred in The Hot Spot (1990) and Deep Cover (1992), and in the mid-1990s in less successful films such as Speechless (1994) and I Love Trouble.

Smith played a major role in the controversial HBO film And the Band Played On (1994), then turned in a well-regarded performance in the TV miniseries Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo (1995).

He also appeared in The Beast in (1996) and in a minor role in the big budget Deep Impact in 1998.

More recently he has appeared in mini-series such as "P.T. Barnum" (1999), "Kingdom Hospital" (2004) and "The Triangle" (2005) as well as the upcoming feature film "Lucky You" (2007) directed by Curtis Hanson.

Never Cry Wolf film

Smith devoted almost three years to Never Cry Wolf. Smith said, "I was much more closely involved in that picture than I had been in any other film. Not only acting, but writing and the whole creative process." He also found the process difficult. "During much of the two-year shooting schedule in Canada’s Yukon and in Nome, Alaska, I was the only actor present. It was the loneliest film I’ve ever worked on," Smith said.

Carroll Ballard, director of Never Cry Wolf, asked Smith to write much of the narration for the film.

Directing

Along with his acting career, since the mid-1990s Smith has increasingly focused on his work behind the camera. His first film as director was the camp horror film "Trick or Treat" (1986) for Dino De Laurentiis.

He was one of the directors of the TV series Space: Above and Beyond (1995) as well as the director of the initial episode ("Welcome to the Hellmouth") that launched the hit TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997).

He next directed the hugely successful feature film "Air Bud" (Disney, 1997), and two TV miniseries for Hallmark Entertainment, "Roughing It" (2001) and "Icon" (2005).

He also he wrote and directed the Canadian feature film The Snow Walker (2003) for Lions Gate Films, based on a story by Farley Mowat (of Never Cry Wolf fame) which marked a return to the Arctic for Smith and garnered nine Genie Award nominations (the Canadian Academy Award) including Best Picture and Best Director for Smith.

He has lived in Vancouver, Canada since the 1980s and continues to add to production, directing, acting and writing credits in a career that has spanned over thirty-five years.

Latest news about Charles Martin Smith

Fifty/Fifty (1992, Charles Martin Smith) – The Stop Button Fifty/Fifty is the last film where crap-master screenwriters Dennis Shryack and Michael Butler worked together, though it appears they wrote the script in the mid-eighties. Continue reading Heartland Film Society annual festival at Castle Menzies ... Tomorrow, the historic landmark becomes a duplex, with Gillies MacKinnon's Conquest of the South Pole and Charles Martin Smith's Stone of Destiny running simultaneously from 10.30am. Society member Norman McCandlish said: “This is a ... Continue reading Get Never Cry Wolf Online Charles Martin Smith plays green biologist Tyler, sent by the Canadian government to “prove� that the wolves are depleting the caribou herds, but what he finds is a natural world in perfect harmony where he becomes a tolerated outsider. ... Continue reading The Untouchables Dvd Charles Martin Smith Bio. Charles Martin Smith. American Graffiti Movie. Charles Martin Smith Movies. American Graffiti Soundtrack. Charles Martin Smith Movies. Dvd American Graffiti. American Graffiti Movie. Charles Martin Smith Movies ... Continue reading The Untouchables Dvd Charles Martin Smith Actor. Charles Martin Smith Movies. Dvd American Graffiti. Dvd American Graffiti. Charles Martin Smith Actor. Dvd Untouchables. The Untouchables Dvd. Untouchables Soundtrack. The Untouchables On Dvd ... Continue reading Charles Martin Smith Nude: Dvd Untouchables Charles Martin Smith Bio. dvd untouchables. American Graffiti Soundtrack. dvd untouchables. The Untouchables Dvd. dvd untouchables. American Graffiti Movie. Dvd Untouchables. Dvd Untouchables. dvd untouchables. The Untouchables Dvd ... Continue reading The Untouchables Dvd The Untouchables. The Untouchables On Dvd. Dvd Untouchables. American Graffiti Movie. Charles Martin Smith Actor. Dvd Untouchables. American Graffiti Soundtrack. The Untouchables Dvd. Dvd Untouchables. The Untouchables Dvd. Continue reading charles martin smith - the snow walker (2003) a pilot and his passenger struggle for survival after crashing in the arctic tundra. Continue reading Martin Smith « Antiwar Radio with Scott Horton and Charles Goyette Martin Smith, producer of the PBS Frontline documentary Obama's War, discusses the incredible scope of a full-blown global counterinsurgency, new COIN strategies that supposedly reduce the troop levels needed to pacify Afghanistan, ... Continue reading The Untouchables Andy Garcia and Charles Martin Smith play Ness's other recruits, who together must stand tall against a city full of assassins. Director Brian De Palma (MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE) packs the film with violence and creative camera movements ... Continue reading Hollywood Actors Jessica alba Charles Martin Smith pictures and Charles Martin Smith biography

List of celebrities

Jennifer Garner Jennifer Hudson jennylyn Mercado Jeon Ji-hyun Jerry Bruckheimer Jessica Simpson Jessica Stroup Jesús Ochoa Jesús Zavala Jiah Khan Jill Clayburgh Jill Hennessy Jim Broadbent Jim Carrey Jimmy Kimmel Jimmy Shergill Jo Insung Joan Allen Joan Sebastian Joaquin Phoenix Jocelyn Enriquez Jodi Santamaria Jodie Foster Joe Mantegna Joe Odagiri Joel Schumacher Joely Richardson Joey de Leon John C Reilly John Cusack John Hurt John Krasinski John Leguizamo John Lloyd Cruz John Prats John Ratzenberger John Travolta John Turturro Johnny Depp Jolina Magdangal Jon Bon Jovi Jon Heder Jon Voight Jonalyn Viray Jopay Paguia Jorge Hernández Jorge Negrete Jorge Rivero Jorge Salinas Joross Gamboa José Alfredo Jiménez José Guadalupe Esparza Joseph Barbera Joseph Bitangcol Josh Hartnett Josh Hutcherson Josh Lucas Joshua Jackson Joyce Jimenez Jude Law Complete list of all celebrities