Danny Smith (actor)

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Danny Smith
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Born (1973-10-02) October 2, 1973 (age 50)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Actor, musician
Years active1993–present

Daniel Arthur Smith (born October 2, 1973) is a Canadian actor.

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Life and career

Smith was born in Montreal, Quebec and moved to Pickering, Ontario at age seven. After high school productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Joseph), The Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour), and The Wizard of Oz (The Cowardly Lion), he began working at Stage West in Mississauga, spending over a year doing dinner theatre. He went on to study and perform at The Second City in Toronto, working with SCTV legend Joe Flaherty. This led to various television and film roles. He also wrote and performed the theme song to the TV series Big Wolf on Campus. [1]

Smith appeared on the CBS game show The Price Is Right on March 27, 2001. He won throughout the show including the Showcase where he took home US$31,000 worth of prizes (including a car).

After Big Wolf on Campus ended in 2002, Smith starred in the film The Bail; however, that film went unreleased. After The Bail (alternately titled Fizzy Bizness), Smith moved to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career. From 2003 to 2009, Danny was the singer/songwriter/guitarist for the band The City Drive. The band parted ways in 2009, and Danny returned to Toronto and is pursuing his acting career. In 2010 he started appearing in commercials for Telus, including one in 2011 where he appears with Leonard Nimoy.

Filmography

Film/Television
2021–present Go, Dog. Go! Yellow (voice)Minor role
2020 Kingdom Force Max Volume (voice)Recurring
2019 Corn & Peg Clyde (voice)Guest role
2015–2019 Kuu Kuu Harajuku Rudolph "Rudie" Rhodes (voice)Main role
2014 I Put a Hit on You Hitman
2012–2016 Fugget About It Petey Falcone (voice)Main role
2011Hello OctoberDanielPost-production
2010 The Ron James Show BaristoEpisode 2.1
2010 Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars TimTV film
2009 Suck Jerry
2009 Deadliest Sea Ensign MacTV film
2009 The Listener Poker Player #1Episode: "Missing"
2007 Super Why! Monty The Monster, Monkey Drummer (Voice)Episode: "The Ant and the Grasshopper"
2005Fizzy Bizness
2001The BailBenji Berg
1999–2002 Big Wolf on Campus Merton DingleSeries Regular
1996–99 Jonovision 5 episodes
1998 Boy Meets Girl Unknown
1998 The Hairy Bird Groundhog – Flat CritterAlso released as Strike! and All I Wanna Do
1998 The Big Hit Video Store Kid
1998White LiesKhaki Kid
1995 Sugartime Stagehand
1995 National Lampoon's Senior Trip Barry "Virus" Kremmer
1995Open SeasonBuck Greene, Rookie Messenger
1995Who Rules?Unknown
1993–1994 It's Alive! Sketch Performer4 episodes
1994 PCU Superguy(uncredited)
1993 Class of '96 StudentEpisode: "Howie Farr Is Too Far"

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References

  1. "Interview with Danny Smith". Pop Culture Monster. Retrieved December 26, 2016.