Dylan Smith | |
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Born | Dylan Scott Smith Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1995–present |
Dylan Scott Smith (born in Montreal) [1] is a Canadian actor known for his portrayal of the characters Sepp on TNT's I Am the Night, Jasper in Maze Runner: The Death Cure , [2] Daniel in Lemonade , [3] and Largo Brandyfoot in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power .
Dylan Smith is the son of Academy Award-nominated film director John N. Smith, and documentarian, Academy Award winner, and member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Cynthia Scott. [1]
He grew up playing ice hockey, getting a sports scholarship for college, but after an injury that made him change his career, he studied Theater at the University of Toronto. [1] There, he joined the Soulpepper Theatre Company. [1]
Smith continued studying acting at Webber Douglas in London, England, where he took leading roles in TV shows like the British classic EastEnders , and in films such as Murder On The Orient Express. [4]
Smith was cast in Private Lives on Broadway. There he met his wife, British theatre director Anna Ledwich. [4]
In his early work, Smith portrayed secondary characters in films like 300 (2006), Immortals (2011), and Total Recall (2012). [5]
In 2016, Smith played the role of Lakan in Hulu film Dawn, and Tristam Blanchard in the BBC TV series Ripper Street . [4]
In 2017, he portrayed the pilot in the film The Mummy , and Jenkins in the TV series Into the Badlands . [6]
In 2018, his main roles were Jasper in Maze Runner: The Death Cure, [7] and Daniel in Lemonade, a drama from Cristian Mungiu.
In 2019, Smith played the character of Sepp on TNT's I Am the Night. [8]
In 2022, Smith played the Harfoot Largo Brandyfoot in the Prime Video series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power .
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Al's Lads | Saul | |
2004 | Geraldine's Fortune | Josh Fisher | |
2006 | 300 | Sentry | |
2008 | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | Frederich | |
2009 | Love and Savagery | Sean Collins | |
2010 | Hangnail | Kenny | Short |
2011 | High Chicago | Tiny | |
2011 | Immortals | Stephanos | |
2012 | Eddie | Eddie | |
2012 | Total Recall | Hammond | |
2015 | Forsaken | Little Ned | |
2015 | Twine | Esus | Short |
2016 | October 9th | Fathers Adoptive Family | Short |
2016 | Spectral | Talbot | |
2017 | The Mummy | Pilot | |
2017 | Jonah | Fergus | Short |
2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Jasper | |
2018 | Lemonade | Daniel | |
2019 | First Cow | Trapper Jack | |
2020 | The Forgotten Battle | Black Watch Lt. Colonel Stewart | |
2021 | SAS: Red Notice | Alex |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Sugartime | Prison Guard | TV Movie |
2001 | Murder on the Orient Express | Tony Foscarelli | TV Movie |
2001 | EastEnders | Ricardo | 2 episodes |
2008 | The Englishman's Boy | Ed Grace | 2 episodes |
2009 | Cold Blood | Const. Chris Brown | 1 episode |
2010 | Murdoch Mysteries | Quentin Quinn | 1 episode |
2012 | Alphas | Ted Asher | 1 episode |
2013 | Republic of Doyle | Dante Peterson | 1 episode |
2016 | Ripper Street | Tristam Blanchard | 1 episode |
2016 | Dawn | Lakan | TV Movie |
2017 | Into the Badlands | Jenkins | 5 episodes |
2019 | I Am the Night | Sepp | 6 episodes |
2019 | MotherFatherSon | Mr. Roberts | 1 episode |
2019 | Treadstone | Lowell | 2 episodes |
2022 | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Largo Brandyfoot | 6 episodes |
2024 | Showtrial | Dr Towler | 1 episode |
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