Biography

Adam J. Smith (Professor Richard Bligh) – TV:  Scandal, Castle, Medium, Numb3rs, 90210, etc.  Film:  Taken 3, Zombie Strippers, Deceit.  Emmy Award winner for When Things Get Small; Robby Award Nomination (Best Actor in a Comedy); NAACP Nomination. VO work:  Grand Theft Auto V, Discovery Channel.  Theatre:  Pasadena Playhouse, ICT, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Antaeus, Off-Bway, etc. Training:  MFA Acting from UCSD/La Jolla Playhouse;  BA in Drama & Economics from Duke University (magna cum laude).  Faculty in CalArts School of Theatre. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1889407 and more at http://www.adamjsmiththeactor.com

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Press and Reviews for Adam

“Smith as a cad so puckish he’s almost lovable.”

– LOS ANGELES TIMES (Daryl H. Miller) – How the Other Half Lives at I.C.T., Long Beach

12 Angry Men – Jason George, Adam J. Smith (both foreground) and Scott Lowell

“There’s no denying the power of the dynamic dozen actors…Smith could scarcely be better.”

 – STAGE SCENE LA (Steven Stanley) – 12 Angry Men at the Pasadena  Playhouse

“Intimate Apparel” – Photo by Jim Cox – Adam J Smith & Vanessa Williams

“Smith has the intelligence to find Mr. Marks’ seductiveness in his decency.”

LOS ANGELES TIMES (Charles McNulty) – Intimate Apparel at the Pasadena Playhouse

“Mr. Smith, as the Jewish cloth merchant, stands out as never having a false moment—the struggle between his faith and his heart is palpable.”

  – STAGE AND CINEMA  (Tony Frankel) – Intimate Apparel at the Pasadena Playhouse

“Ms. Williams is so simple and graceful as Esther, I could have watched her for hours. I didn’t say watch her act because her performance is so sublime and simple that I felt like I was not watching an actor, I was watching Esther. The same can be said of Mr. Smith. Their scenes together are so loaded with tension that in lesser hands would feel like a soap opera.“

LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE  (MSQ) – Intimate Apparel at the Pasadena Playhouse

“Private Lives” at ICT, Adam J. Smith (left)

“Adam J. Smith brings to his character delightful levels of distinction which lesser actors would not even suspect existed.”

– Working Author (Ernest Kearney) – Noel Coward’s Private Lives at I.C.T.

“Smith excels as Morris, who may be in love with Rossetti, and a moment where he quietly tells his friend ‘I’ve missed you so’ is deeply moving.”

– VARIETY (Terry Morgan) – Rosetti’s Circle at The Complex, Los Angeles

“But the surprise center of the show turns out to be Adam J. Smith’s Tuzenbach. With Chekhov, you have to bring the truth along with the funny, and Smith’s awkward first lieutenant, hopelessly in love with the blithe Irina, embodies the play’s striking juxtaposition of comedy and longing.”

– LOS ANGELES TIMES  (Charlotte Stoudt) – Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters, Chalk Rep, Los Angeles

“Untethered” – photo by Kathryn Roberts – Joy Osmanski and Adam J Smith

“Henry IV, Part 1” – Adam J Smith and Tro Shaw at Antaeus Theatre Company, Los Angeles