Matt Smith

Quick Facts

Full Name	Matt Smith
Occupation	TV Actor
Date Of Birth	Oct 28, 1982(1982-10-28)
Age	42
Birthplace	Northampton
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Scorpio

Matt Smith Biography

Matt Smith is one of the most popular and richest TV Actor who was born on October 28, 1982 in Northampton, England, United Kingdom. Best known to audiences for his role as the eleventh incarnation of The Doctor on the hit sci-fi series Doctor Who. The role earned him a BAFTA Award nomination in 2011. He also stars on the hit Netflix series The Crown.

In 2010, he replaced David Tennant as The Doctor in Doctor Who.

Matthew Robert Smith was born in Northampton on 28 October 1982, the son of Lynne and David Smith. He has a sister named Laura Jayne, who was one of the dancers featured in the well-known music video for Eric Prydz’s 2004 song ‘Call on Me’. Smith attended Northampton School for Boys. His grandfather had played football for Notts County and Smith had also planned to play football, having played for the youth teams of Northampton Town, Nottingham Forest, and Leicester City, becoming captain of the latter’s youth team. A serious back injury resulted in spondylosis, and he was unable to continue with a footballing career.

Matthew Robert Smith (born 28 October 1982) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who and Prince Philip in the Netflix series The Crown, the latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

His sister, Laura Jayne Smith, appeared in the 2004 music video of the Eric Prydz song “Call on Me.” He dated actress Lily James from 2014 to 2019. He also previously dated model Daisy Lowe.

Matt Smith Net Worth

Matt Smith is one of the richest TV Actor from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Matt Smith 's net worth $9 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He aspired to be a professional soccer player until spinal injuries sidelined his career.

He won a National Television Award for Most Popular Male Drama Performance in 2012.

Smith was one of the earliest actors to audition for the role, performing on the first day. The production team, consisting of the incoming producer, Steven Moffat, and BBC Wales Head of Drama and executive producer, Piers Wenger, immediately singled him out based on his performance. Smith additionally auditioned for the role of John Watson in the Moffat-created Sherlock, undergoing auditions at the same time; he was unsuccessful, as Steven Moffat believed his eccentric acting style was closer to Holmes, whose role had already been given to Benedict Cumberbatch. At 26 years old, Smith was three years younger than Peter Davison was at the time of his casting as the Doctor in 1981, and younger than any other actor suggested for the role. After three weeks of auditions, Moffat and Wenger agreed that it had “always been Matt” and approached him to accept the role.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Matt Smith Dating?

According to our records, Matt Smith is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Matt Smith’s is not dating anyone.

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In an interview in 2007, Smith discussed his character’s motivations. He summarised Danny as having a romantic outlook of the political world while being cynical elsewhere. The character was drawn into politics by his father and his own political drive. He defended his character’s age by characterising him as being loyal to Porter, instead of being incompetent. He talked about his character’s emotional and intellectual maturity: emotionally, he lacks confidence around women—most notably seen with his unrequited love towards Kirsty—but Smith portrays Danny as a caring and sensitive but “wry, sarcastic, [and] witty” romantic; and intellectually, Danny is portrayed as attentive and possessing a strong work ethic.

Facts & Trivia

Matt Ranked on the list of most popular TV Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Matt Smith celebrates birthday on October 28 of every year.

Smith was revealed as the Eleventh Doctor in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who in January 2009 to replace David Tennant, who announced his departure in October 2008. Smith was a relatively unknown actor compared to the actors then speculated about possibly taking on the role, who included Paterson Joseph, David Morrissey, Sean Pertwee, James Nesbitt, Russell Tovey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Robert Carlyle, and Billie Piper. Smith was first named as a possible successor less than a day before he was announced as the Eleventh Doctor, on edition of 3 January 2009 of BBC Breakfast, among the names speculated about. His obscurity prompted the news headline “Doctor Who?”, a riff on the show’s title.

What disease does Matt Smith have?

Growing up, he wanted to be a professional footballer. And Smith definitely had talent: as a teenager, he even became captain of Leicester City’s youth team. However, his soccer career was thwarted before it could properly begin because of a debilitating back condition called spondylosis.

Who is Matt Smith's partner?

Smith was in a relationship with Brazilian actress and singer Mayana Moura from 2008 to 2009. He also had an on-off relationship with model Daisy Lowe from 2010 to 2014. From 2014 to 2019, he was in a relationship with actress Lily James.

What happened to Matt Smith?

Matt Smith is to leave Doctor Who after four incredible years on the hit BBC show. Matt first stepped into the TARDIS in 2010 and will leave the role at the end of this year after starring in the unmissable 50th anniversary in November and regenerating in the Christmas special.

Is Matt Smith ADHD?

But I was good at football, so that gave me something. I think now I’d be diagnosed with ADHD or something, but, I was happy, you know, because I had great parents and great friends.” He also suffered from a speech impediment, which once came back to haunt him when he was on stage, and he “nearly quit, it was so bad”.

Is Matt Smith married to Lily James?

However, the couple unfortunately split in 2019 , with a source telling The Sun at the time that Lily and Matt realised they’d be better off as friends after struggling to make their relationship work.