Matt Smith

Matthew Robert Smith born 28 October 1982 is an English actor He is known for playing the Eleventh Doctor in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who 20102013 Prince Philip in Netflixs historical series The Crown 20162017for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nominationand Daemon Targaryen in HBOs fantasy drama series House of the Dragon2022present Smith initially aspired to be a professional footballer but spondylolysis forced him out of the sport After joining the National Youth Theatre and studying drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia he began his acting career in 2003 performing in plays such as Murder in the Cathedral Fresh Kills The History Boys and On the Shore of the Wide World in London theatres Extending his repertoire into West End theatre he has since performed in the stage adaptation of Swimming with Sharks with Christian Slater followed a year later by a critically acclaimed performance in That Face Smiths first television role was in 2006 as Jim Taylor in the BBC adaptations of Philip Pullmans The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North His first significant television role came as Danny in the 2007 BBC series Party Animals In film he has played a dual role in the science fiction film Womb 2010 the physical forms of Skynet in the cyberpunk action film Terminator Genisys 2015 a 1960s pimp in the psychological horror film Last Night in Soho 2021 and Milo Morbius in the superhero film Morbius 2022 Description above from the Wikipedia article Matt Smith licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia