Date of Birth

6 December 1983, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Birth Name

Gregory Edward Smith

Nickname

Greg

Height

5' 10½" (1.79 m)

Mini Biography

Gregory Edward Smith was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Terrea Smith (née Oster), an American-born actress, and Maurice Smith, a British-born film producer. His brother is actor Douglas Smith.

Gregory has starred in over 25 feature films, including The Patriot (2000), opposite Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger; Closing the Ring (2007), directed by Richard Attenborough which premiered at the 2007 Toronto Film Festival; Small Soldiers (1998), opposite Kirsten Dunst and produced by 'Steven Spielberg'; Nearing Grace (2005), opposite Jordana Brewster and David Morse which opened the 2005 L.A. Film Festival to critical acclaim; and Book of Love (2004), opposite Frances O'Connor and Bryce Dallas Howard and which premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Additionally, he has starred in over 100 episodes of television, most notably as the protagonist in The WB's hit series Everwood (2002) which aired for four seasons. Smith is also an accomplished producer and photographer. In 2008, he developed and produced a comedy for Sony Screen Gems which starred Kenan Thompson, Zachary Levi and Fran Kranz.

As a photographer, he travels all over the world photographing the different people he encounters. As an entrepreneur, Smith co-founded theU.net - an immersive student network that releases high production value, high energy youth oriented video tours of the most popular colleges in the USA. He and his partner raised $1 million to both develop and execute the concept. He also structured a deal co-branding theU.net with AOL Time Warner subsidiary, The WB. He will launch his next technology startup company imminently. In 2009, he starred in Reginald Harkema's Manson, My Name Is Evil (2009) which had its world premiere at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival. 2010 was a busy year for Smith, who starred in four movies. In Jim Sheridan's Dream House (2011), he stars opposite Daniel Craig as the gothic young man who is obsessed with the unsolved murders of Craig's family. In Chaz Thorne's Whirligig (2010), he plays the lead "Nicholas", in a coming of age story about a lost young man whose shameless lies lead him all the way to discovering the truth. He also filmed a segment of Josh Stolberg's anthology film Conception (2011). In the film, Smith stars with Julie Bowen as one of nine couples dealing with sex, love and the almost inevitable consequence: pregnancy. Most recently, he filmed Hobo with a Shotgun (2011) which was directed by Jason Eisener. Eisener's trailer for this film won Quentin Tarantino's Grind House competition. Beginning summer 2010, Greg has played "Dov Epstein" in the new ABC/Global television series Rookie Blue (2010). This series follows a group of recent graduates from the police academy as they try to navigate their ways as rookie officers.

Gregory splits his time between Los Angeles and Toronto. He is mainly of English and Ashkenazi Jewish descent, with small amounts of Dutch, German, Swedish, and Norwegian, ancestry.

Trivia

• Older brother of Douglas Smith, son of Terra Smith and Maurice Smith.
• Has two other siblings named Andrew and Samantha.
• His hobbies are acting, rock climbing, soccer, rollerblading, and photography.
• He began acting seriously at the age of 6.
• Dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada.
• His first gig was at the age of 14 months when he was in a Tide commercial.
• Has two younger brothers, Andrew and Douglas, and a younger sister, Samantha.
• During the making of American Outlaws (2001) Smith, the youngest of the cast, got the nickname 'Secret Weapon' from the wranglers, for his rare talent to handle guns.
• His father, Maurice Smith, is English-born (from London), and his mother, Terrea (Oster), is American-born (from California). Gregory has English, Ashkenazi Jewish, and small amounts of Dutch, German, Swedish, and Norwegian, ancestry.
• His parents separated when he was 12 years old
• Is allergic to cats.
• He broke his collar bone while skiing.
• His first on-screen kiss was with Kirsten Dunst in Small Soldiers (1998).
• Father of son, Harry Edward and daughter, Primrose Elizabeth.

Quotes

• I didn't start off doing my dad's movies or anything. I did it all on my own.
• Be yourself and be unique. Don't conform to the people around you.
• I like girls with a sense of humour. You meet people that sometimes you connect with. You have to be attracted to them physically, obviously, but mainly it's if someone gets you or not.
• Since Everwood began, I've got a lot more to do but, other than that, I haven't changed. I still prefer to hang out with my friends and joke around. Work is pretty much all consuming, so my love life is kind of non-existent. There's nothing too glamorous about my life.
• Ephram's an angry teenager, I'm not like that at all. People tell me, I'm a big dork because I crack bad jokes.
• Normally I'm kind of a loner, but on Everwood we've all got each other's back.