History Creator / MattSmith

Matthew Robert Smith (born October 28, 1982 in Northampton, England) is a British actor from UsefulNotes/TheMidlands (Northampton to be precise). He aimed to be a professional footballer, but a [[CareerEndingInjury back injury]] put an end to that, and he went into acting instead.

** He was considered for various comic book movie roles before being cast as Loxias Crown in ''Film/{{Morbius|2021}}'' such as the [[Comicbook/TheJoker Joker]] in ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'', Carlton Drake in ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}'', and [[Comicbook/{{Mysterio}} Mysterio]] in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''.

* ''Film/{{Morbius|2022}}'' (2021) - Loxias Crown

* ''Film/{{Morbius|2021}}'' (2021) - Loxias Crown

** He was considered for various comic book movie roles before being cast as Loxias Crown in ''Film/{{Morbius|2020}}'' such as the [[Comicbook/TheJoker Joker]] in ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'', Carlton Drake in ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}'', and [[Comicbook/{{Mysterio}} Mysterio]] in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''.

* ''MosesJones'' (2009) - DS Dan Twentyman

* ''CharlieSays'' (2018) - UsefulNotes/CharlesManson

* ''Film/ChristopherAndHisKind'' (2011) - Christopher Isherwood

* ''Film/{{Mapplethorpe}}'' (2018) - Robert Mapplethorpe

* ''Film/CharlieSays'' (2018) - UsefulNotes/CharlesManson

* ''[[Series/TheStreet2006 The Street]]'' (2007) - Ian Hanley
* ''Series/MosesJones'' (2009) - DS Dan Twentyman

* ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'' (2015) - Skynet

* ''Film/CharlieSays'' (2018) - Charles Manson

* ''Series/TheCrown2016'' (2016-2017) - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

* ''Film/{{Morbius|2020}}'' (2020) - Loxias Crown

Matthew Robert Smith (born October 28, 1982) is a British actor from UsefulNotes/TheMidlands (Northampton to be precise). He aimed to be a professional footballer, but a [[CareerEndingInjury back injury]] put an end to that, and he went into acting instead.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Main/IconicOutfit Bow Ties]] [[Series/DoctorWho are Cool]]]]''

* TheCastShowoff: [[invoked]] Originally wanted to be a professional football (not the American kind) player, but a back injury put an end to that. Instead, he went into acting. He gets to show off his football skills in the ''Doctor Who'' episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E11TheLodger "The Lodger"]].

** A few nude and topless scenes as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in ''Series/{{The Crown|2016}}'', where an impressively muscular physique is very much on show. Doubles as TruthInTelevision, as His Highness really was that chiseled as a younger man. He was once described as looking "like a viking god". Creator/ClaireFoy joked in the initial press tour that "Matt Smith's bum" was the real star of the show.

** A few nude and topless scenes as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in ''Series/TheCrown2016'', where an impressively muscular physique is very much on show. Doubles as TruthInTelevision, as His Highness really was that chiseled as a younger man. He was once described as looking "like a viking god". Creator/ClaireFoy joked in the initial press tour that "Matt Smith's bum" was the real star of the show.
* PlayingAgainstType: [[invoked]] What were his first two high-profile roles after leaving ''Doctor Who''? Patrick Bateman in a stage adaptation of ''Literature/AmericanPsycho'', and freaking '''Skynet''' in ''Film/TerminatorGenisys''! He followed this as [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Prince Phillip]] in the Netflix series ''Series/TheCrown2016''.

Since leaving the show, Smith has been in a wide variety of projects. Most recently he's received plenty of acclaim for playing a young Prince Phillip in ''Series/TheCrown2016''.

** He was considered for various comic book movie roles before being cast as Loxias Crown in ''Film/{{Morbius|2020}}'' such as the [[Comicbook/TheJoker Joker]] in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', Carlton Drake in ''Film/Venom2018'', and [[Comicbook/{{Mysterio}} Mysterio]] in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''.

** He was considered for various comic book movie roles before being cast as Loxias Crown in ''Morbius'' such as the [[Comicbook/TheJoker Joker]] in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', Carlton Drake in ''Film/Venom2018'', and [[Comicbook/{{Mysterio}} Mysterio]] in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''.

* ''[[Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker Star Wars - Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker]]'' (2019)
* ''Morbius'' (2020) - Loxias Crown

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** He was considered for various comic book movie roles before being cast as Loxias Crown in ''Morbius'' such as the [[Comicbook/TheJokerJoker]] in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', Carlton Drake in ''Film/Venom2018'', and [[Comicbook/{{Mysterio}} Mysterio]] in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''.

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[[caption-width-right:318:Not Pictured: [[TheKlutz Devastation]].\\
Also not pictured: [[NiceHat Fez]].\\
What ''is'' pictured: [[Memes/DoctorWho Cool Bowtie]].]]

However, "Matt Smith ([[MeaningfulName XI]])", as he's listed on Website/{{IMDb}}, was catapulted into the UK national consciousness on 3 January 2009, when the BBC announced that he would be playing [[Characters/DoctorWhoEleventhDoctor The Eleventh Doctor]] in ''Series/DoctorWho''. Aged 26 when cast, he was at the time the youngest person to ever play the role, taking the record from [[Characters/DoctorWhoFifthDoctor Fifth Doctor]] Creator/PeterDavison, who was cast at 29. He's actually still the youngest actor to date even chronologically speaking, as Peter Capaldi is several decades older and even Jodie Whittaker has him beat by a few months.

** He was considered for various comic book movie roles before being cast as Loxias Crown in ''Morbius'' such as [[Comicbook/TheJoker The Joker]] in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', Carlton Drake in ''Film/Venom2018'', and [[Comicbook/{{Mysterio}} Mysterio]] in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''.

* WagTheDirector: [[invoked]] A TropesAreTools example. Smith didn't feel happy in any of the outfits the ''Series/DoctorWho'' crew put him in, and eventually insisted on trying on a bow tie and suspenders. Creator/StevenMoffat objected that an outfit like that would be more of a ''Doctor Who'' parody than anything else. As soon as Smith was in his chosen outfit, though, things fell into place and his Doctor's entire wardrobe was changed into the one we know and love about half a day before the deadline.

Matthew Robert Smith (born October 28, 1982) is a British actor from UsefulNotes/TheMidlands (Northampton to be precise). He aimed to be a professional footballer, but a back injury put an end to that, and he went into acting instead.

What ''is'' pictured: [[BowtiesAreCool Cool Bowtie]].]]