Douglas Smith (actor)

Douglas Smith
Smith at the 2013 Miami International Film Festival premiere of The Boy Who Smells like Fish
Born	Douglas Alexander Smith (1985-06-22) June 22, 1985 (age 31) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)

Douglas Alexander Smith (born June 22, 1985) is a Canadian-American actor most notable for his work on the HBO series, Big Love as Ben Henrickson, the eldest son of polygamist Bill Henrickson.

Smith was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Terrea (née Oster), an American-born teacher, and Maurice Smith, a producer of low-budget films, who is originally from the United Kingdom. Smith's mother appeared in several of the films that his father produced during the 1980s. He is the younger brother of actor Gregory Smith.

Smith has been acting since he was cast as Malvolio in his 4th grade production of Shakespeare's comedy, Twelfth Night. Audiences first saw him on the big screen as a young version of Brendan Fraser's character in Blast from the Past (1999), opposite Alicia Silverstone, Sissy Spacek, and Christopher Walken. As a teenager, he went to Australia to play the lead role as an American boy living in Australia in a series called Out There. Early in his career, Smith honed his craft through appearances on some of television's most notable procedurals, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, Close to Home, Family Law, The X-Files, Crossing Jordan, and Cold Case, among many others.