Matt Smith

Last updated 09 January 2020

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Self: The Eleventh Doctor[Factual]; Call Me The Doctor[Factual]; All about the Girl[Factual]; War Games[Factual]; Eyes Wide Open[Factual]; Blinded by the Light[Factual]; Death in Venice[Factual]; Arthurian Legend[Factual]; After Effects[Factual]; What Goes on Tour...[Factual]; Extra Time[Factual]; Alien Abduction[Factual]; Out of Time[Factual]; The Graham Norton Show[Related]; Christmas Special 2010[Factual]; Coming to America[Factual]; Breaking the Silence[Factual]; Ship Ahoy![Factual]; Bigger on the Inside[Factual]; Double Trouble[Factual]; Take Two[Factual]; Alan Carr: Chatty Man[Related]; River Runs Wild[Factual]; About A Boy[Factual]; When Time Froze[Factual]; Top Gear[Related]; Doctor Who in the U.S.[Factual]; Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor[Factual]; Doctor Who Explained[Factual]; The Doctors Revisited: The Eleventh Doctor[Factual]; Tales from the TARDIS[Factual]; William Hartnell: The Original[Factual]; Who is The Doctor?[Factual]; Behind The Lens: The Day of The Doctor[Factual]; Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty[Factual]; The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot[Misc]; The Story of Trock[Factual]; Doctor Who: A Farewell to Matt Smith[Factual]; Innerspace[Factual]; Desert Island Discs[Related]; Allons-y!(uncredited)[Factual] | as "The 11th Doctor": My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen[Factual] | as Guest: Doctor Who - A Blue Peter Party[Factual] | as Host: Doctor Who Prom (2010)[Music] | as Participant: Me, You and Doctor Who: a Culture Show Special[Factual]; Doctor Who: Best of Blue Peter(uncredited)[Factual] (from archive recording) | as Presenter: Doctor Who Prom (2013)[Music] | as The Eleventh Doctor: An Adventure In Space And Time(uncredited)[Misc]
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Matt Smith
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Matthew Robert Smith

Born: Thursday 28th October 1982 (age: 41)

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Matt Smith  is best known for his role as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor

Smith was born and brought up in Northampton where he attended Northampton School for Boys, a state comprehensive secondary school. He had planned to be a professional football player, having played for the youth teams of Northampton Town F.C.Nottingham Forest F.C. and Leicester City F.C. 

After a serious back injury, his drama teacher introduced him to acting by surreptitiously signing him up as the tenth juror in an adaptation of Twelve Angry Men. Although he took part in the play, he declined going to a drama festival that his teacher had signed him up for. His drama teacher persisted, and eventually persuaded him to join the National Youth Theatre in London.

His first theatre roles as part of the National Youth Theatre were Thomas Becket in Murder in the Cathedral and Basoon in The Master and Margarita. His role in the latter earned him an agent and his first professional jobs: Fresh Kills and On the Shore of the Wide World

During his tenure in On the Shore of the Wide World, the play transferred to the Royal National Theatre in London. After finishing the play, he took on the role of Lockwood, a pupil in the Alan Bennett play The History Boys. After The History Boys, he would act in the teen play Burn/Chatroom/Citizenship and Swimming with Sharks; the latter being his West End d�but, with Christian Slater. 

His first television role was as Jim Taylor in the BBC adaptations of the Sally Lockhart quartet books The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North, opposite {p{73}} in the lead role; he acted with Piper a third time in an episode of Secret Diary of a Call Girl. His first major television role came in the television series Party Animals, a BBC television drama series about fictional parliamentary advisors and researchers in Westminster.

In 2007, Smith appeared as Henry in the critically acclaimed Polly Stenham play That Face at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in Chelsea with Lindsay Duncan as Henry's alcoholic mother, Martha, and Felicity Jones�later Hannah Murray�as Henry's drug-addicted sister, Mia. The play transferred to the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End in 2008 and became Smith's second role there. That Face focuses primarily upon alcohol and drug addiction in an upper-middle-class family after the paternal figure in the family leaves.

Smith was one of the earliest actors to audition for the role of the Eleventh Doctor, performing on the first day. The production team, consisting of the incoming producer, Steven Moffat, and BBC Wales Head of Drama and executive producer, Piers Wenger, immediately singled him out based on his performance. 

Smith additionally auditioned for the role of John Watson in the Moffat-created Sherlock, undergoing auditions at the same time; he was unsuccessful, as Moffat believed his eccentric acting style was closer to Holmes, whose role had already been given to Benedict Cumberbatch. 

At 26 years old, Smith was three years younger than Peter Davison was at the time of his casting as the Doctor in 1981, and younger than any other actor suggested for the role. After three weeks of auditions, Moffat and Wenger agreed that it had "always been Matt" and approached him to accept the role. The BBC were cautious about casting him because they felt that a 26-year-old could not play the Doctor adequately; Wenger shared the same sentiment but thought Smith had proven his acting quality in Party Animals, which Wenger thought highlighted Smith's "mercurial qualities". 

 For his performance in his first series he was nominated in the Outstanding Drama Performance Category of the National Television Awards.

 



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Doctor Who Confidential: The Eleventh Doctor - Extended Matt Smith Interview
Matt Smith has been cast in the role of the Doctor in the iconic BBC series Doctor Who. Smith will be the 11th Time Lord and will take over from David Tennant who leaves at the end of 2009. He will be seen in the forthcoming fifth series that will be broadcast in 2010.

Doctor Who's New Tardis & Sonic Screwdriver
Jonathan is joined by new Timelord Matt Smith

Q & A with Matt Smith and Caroline Skinner Part 1
Matt Smith takes questions from London's MCM Expo Comic Con 2012 audience. On October 26th at London's Comic Con, the Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith sat down for a live Q&A along with the show's Executive Producer, Caroline Skinner. From the Excel Centre in London, Matt and Caroline answered questions from the packed auditorium and also from our amazing YouTube fans!

Q & A with Matt Smith and Caroline Skinner Part 2
Matt Smith takes questions from London's MCM Expo Comic Con 2012 audience. On October 26th at London's Comic Con, the Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith sat down for a live Q&A along with the show's Executive Producer, Caroline Skinner. From the Excel Centre in London, Matt and Caroline answered questions from the packed auditorium and also from our amazing YouTube fans!

Q & A with Matt Smith and Caroline Skinner Part 3
Matt Smith takes questions from London's MCM Expo Comic Con 2012 audience.

Q & A with Matt Smith and Caroline Skinner Part 4
Matt Smith takes some final questions from London's MCM Expo Comic Con 2012 audience.

Matt Smith films the crowd at London Comic Con!
Warning: Contains flash photography. What's life like from Matt Smith's point of view? Now you can get a glimpse as we gave Matt a camera to take on stage with him at London Comic Con on Friday where he filmed the 1000 deep crowd sharing their love for Doctor Who! On October 26th at London's Comic Con, the Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith sat down for a live Q&A along with the show's Executive Producer, Caroline Skinner. From the Excel Centre in London, Matt and Caroline answered questions from the packed auditorium and also from our amazing YouTube fans!

Matt Smith's Final Panel - Full Q&A
Host Matthew Sweet introduces the Eleventh Hour Q&A at the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary celebration. Director Nick Hurran, Steven Moffatt, Jenna Coleman and Matt Smith take questions from the host about the show's history and The Day of The Doctor.

Not only is this Matt's final fan panel as Doctor but it ends on a world beating high.

Matt Smith Interview and Lap
Matt Smith talks to Jeremy Clarkson in the Top Gear studio, about work, cars and filming with Eva Green. Jeremy wants to know how you scare a child. Matt's answer... 'Never apply logic to Doctor Who'. Then we get to see Matt's lap around the Top Gear track.

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