Cory Michael Smith

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Cory Michael Smith in October 2018

Cory Michael Smith (born November 14, 1986 in Columbus , Ohio ) is an American actor . He became known to a wide audience through his leading role as Riddler in the TV series Gotham (2014-2019).

Life

Cory Michael Smith, the youngest son of David Smith and nurse Theresa Fagan, grew up in Columbus with his older brother Chad. He graduated from Hilliard Darby High School in Hilliard, Ohio in 2005 . At the time, his career goals fluctuated between lawyer and concert pianist. During his four-year studies at the private Otterbein University in Westerville (Ohio), he gained his first theater experience with plays such as The Scene , The Caucasian Chalk Circle , Who Is Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and tartuffe .

In an article from March 2018, he described his sexuality as queer .

Career

theatre

Between 2009 and early 2012, Smith appeared in various regional theater productions in New York . He played the leading role of Matt Hucklebee in the musical The Fantasticks at the Barrington Stage Company in Berkshires ( Massachusetts ) and at the Repertory Theater in St. Louis . In 2011, Smith starred in the off-Broadway premiere of the rock musical The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World at Playwrights Horizons .

In 2013 he made the jump to Broadway . In addition to Emilia Clarke, he played the role of Fred in the musical adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffanys .

Movie and TV

Besides Twilight -Star Kristen Stewart Cory Michael Smith starred in the in January 2014, the Sundance Film Festival appeared War Drama Camp X-Ray - A forbidden love by director Peter Sattler . In it he plays the PFC Bergen , a guard of the Camp X-Ray of the same name in the “Guantanamo” prison of the United States Navy . He had other roles alongside Amanda Seyfried in the short horror film "Dog Food" and alongside Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in the drama " Carol " .

Smith's final big screen breakthrough came in 2014 when he cast the lead role of Edward "Riddler" Nygma in the crime series Gotham , based on the Batman comic universe from DC Comics . During the production of Gotham he was seen as a supporting actor in Wonderstruck and Aufbruch zum Mond . He also starred in the 1985 indie film , which is about a dying AIDS sufferer who visits his conservative family in Texas to spend one last Christmas with them.

In July 2018 he presented Kalle Oskari Mattila essay catfishing Strangers to Find Myself for Modern Love podcast of the New York Times . From 2019 he is called Thomas Christie in the television series Utopia of Prime video to be seen.

Filmography (selection)

Theater (selection)

  • 2011: Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them
  • 2013: Cock aka The Cockfight Play
  • 2013: the whale
  • 2013: The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World
  • 2013: Breakfast at Tiffany's
  • 2017: assassin

Awards and nominations

  • 2015: Nomination at the Critics' Choice Television Awards for "Best Supporting Actor in a Film / Miniseries" as Dr. Kevin Coulson in Olive Kitteridge
  • 2017: Nomination for a Teen Choice Award for "Choice TV: Villain" as Edward Nygma in Gotham
  • 2018: Award as "Best Actor in a Feature Film" as Adrian Lester in 1985 at the Queen Palm International Film Festival

Web links

Commons : Cory Michael Smith  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kevin Corvo: Convocation celebrates legacy of educators . In: Hilliard Northwest News , August 27, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2015. 
  2. ↑ Josh Ferri: Otterbein Alum Hits Broadway in Breakfast at Tiffany's . In: Broadway.com , August 2, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2015. 
  3. ↑ http://www.otterbein.edu/Spotlights/categories-person-all/cory-michael-smith ( Memento from February 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Kevin Fallon: The Stirring AIDS Drama Being Told in Black and White . In: The Daily Beast . March 13, 2018 ( thedailybeast.com [accessed November 25, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Michael Grossberg: Actor a gem in 'Tiffany's' . In: The Columbus Dispatch . March 26, 2015. Accessed December 1, 2015.
  6. ^ Biography of Cory Michael Smith. Serienjunkies.de , accessed on December 1, 2015 .
  7. ^ Graeme McMillan: 'Gotham's' Cory Michael Smith Unlocks the Mystery of the Riddler . In: The Hollywood Reporter . Prometheus Global Media . January 26, 2015. Accessed December 1, 2015.
  8. ^ The New York Times: Lists: Cory Michael Smith Reads 'Catfishing Strangers to Find Myself' . In: The New York Times . July 11, 2018, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed February 21, 2019]).
  9. ↑ Denise Petski, Denise Petski: 'Utopia': Dan Byrd & Cory Michael Smith To Co-Star In Amazon Series. In: Deadline. February 20, 2019, accessed February 21, 2019 .
  10. ^ Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them. Retrieved February 21, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Encores! assembles a killer cast for Stephen Sondheim's Assassins . In: Time Out New York . ( timeout.com [accessed November 25, 2018]).
  12. ^ Justified, Broad City, Empire, Mom, 24, Jane The Virgin, Transparent Lead the 2015 Critics Choice Nominations . Team TVLine. May 6, 2015. Accessed December 1, 2015.
  13. ↑ Rebecca Rubin, JD Knapp: Teen Choice Awards 2017: 'Riverdale,' Fifth Harmony Shut Out Competition . In: Variety . August 14, 2017 ( variety.com [accessed November 25, 2018]).
  14. ↑ Queen Palm Film Fest | August 2018 Tech Category Gold Winners. Retrieved February 21, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Smith, Cory Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus , Ohio