Lewis Smith (actor)

Last updated
Lewis Smith
Lewis Smith "Karen's Song" (1987 FOX press photo).jpg
Smith in 1987
Born
Lewis C. Smith

(1956-08-01) August 1, 1956 (age 69)
Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Years active1981 - present
Website lewissmithacademy.com

Lewis Smith (born August 1, 1956) is an American actor. He is best known as Bobby Fontana in The Heavenly Kid (1984).

Contents

Early life

Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He graduated from Lookout Valley High School in 1974.

Career

Smith is also known for the role of Charles Main on the first and second part of North and South miniseries, He also played "Curly Bill" Brocious in the Kevin Costner film Wyatt Earp. Smith co-starred as Perfect Tommy in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension and as trigger-happy National Guardsman "Earl Stuckey" in Walter Hill's Southern Comfort (1981).

He appeared in the early sequences of Love Child playing Amy Madigan's hitch-hiking boyfriend. Smith starred as Bobby Fontana in 1985's The Heavenly Kid . In 1987, he played the title role in the failed television pilot The Man Who Fell to Earth which was based on the David Bowie film from the 1970s. Smith landed a starring role in the short-lived Fox comedy television series Karen's Song . He also co-starred with Sharon Stone and Miguel Ferrer in Badlands 2005 , an unsold TV pilot-movie directed by Scottish-born George Miller (not to be confused with the other George Miller who directed the Mad Max movies). He appeared as Jinglebells Cody, a slave fight trainer, in Quentin Tarantino's 2012 film Django Unchained .

Lewis Smith founded The Actors Academy in Los Angeles, which prepares students to work in film and television. Courses taught at Lewis Smith's Actor's Academy cover topics such as camera techniques, sound & lighting, props & marks, auditioning for roles, etc.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 Southern Comfort Stuckey
1982 I Ought to Be in Pictures Soldier
1982 Love Child Jesse Chaney
1983Lone StarRanger Ben McCollumTV pilot episode
1983 Kentucky Woman Spinner LimbaughTV film
1983 The Final Terror Richard Boone
1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Perfect Tommy
1985 The Heavenly Kid Bobby Fontana
1985 North and South Charles MainTV miniseries
1986 North and South: Book II Charles MainTV miniseries
1987 Karen's Song Steven Foreman13 episodes
1987 The Man Who Fell to Earth John DoryTV film
1988Badlands 2005Marshal Garson MacBethTV film
1989The Fulfillment of Mary GrayAaronTV film
1989–90 Beauty and the Beast Mark4 episodes
1990 Booker David SaxtonEpisode: "Black Diamond Run"
1991 Diary of a Hitman Zidzyck
1992 Murder, She Wrote Louis PalomaEpisode: "The Mole"
1993In the Line of Duty: Ambush in WacoRobert WilliamsTV film
1994 Wyatt Earp Curly Bill Brocius
1994 Diagnosis: Murder Michael DavisEpisode: "Lily"
1995Texas JusticeDennis ChurchTV film
1995 Melrose Place Tom Riley2 episodes
1997 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Steven2 episodes
1997 Toothless Young Hot GuyTV film
1999Avalon: Beyond the AbyssCommander Frank SteinTV film
2001 Diagnosis: Murder James Sloan2-part episodes: "Sins of the Father"
2003Seventh Veil
2008Our First ChristmasPastor BrownTV film
2009 CSI: Miami Robert BanyonEpisode: "And They're Offed"
2009OpiumLevyShort film
2012 Django Unchained Jinglebells Cody
2013The ViolinMichael CupertinoShort film
2015A Place in HellJohn McInnes
2016MisirlouDetective Marlowe
2016My Buddy, the ActorThe Acting CoachShort film


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.