Christopher Nicholas Smith (born June 20) is an American television and film actor. He is known for playing Dennis in the 2011 horror movie ''
Paranormal Activity 3''. He played Josh Merit in the 2017
romantic comedy
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film
''Non-Transferable''.
Life and career
Smith was born in Rockville Centre, New York. He starred as Potiphar in the Chaminade High School production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He attended the
NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University.
Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...
and trained at the
Atlantic Theater Company
Atlantic Theater Company is an Off-Broadway non-profit theater, whose mission is to produce great plays "simply and truthfully utilizing an artistic ensemble." The company was founded in 1985 by David Mamet, William H. Macy, and 30 of their acti ...
Acting School in New York City. Smith is the founder, head writer and principal performer of the sketch comedy troupe Harvard Sailing Team.
Smith's first real acting gig was in a short movie produced by ''Tisch School of the Arts'' titled ''I Killed Zoe Day''. He had a small role in the drama, ''
Little Children''.
He made his television debut in 2009 in the third-season of ''
30 Rock
''30 Rock'' is an American satirical sitcom television series created by Tina Fey that originally aired on NBC from October 11, 2006, to January 31, 2013. The series, based on Fey's experiences as head writer for ''Saturday Night Live'', ta ...
'' in an episode titled "
Goodbye, My Friend", where he played Tim. He later joined
ESPN
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's Mayne Street, a web comedy series starring sports journalist
Kenny Mayne. He made guest appearances on ''
The Office'', ''
The Mindy Project
''The Mindy Project'' is an American romantic comedy television series created by and starring Mindy Kaling that began airing on Fox in September 2012 and finished its run of six seasons on Hulu in November 2017. The series was co-produced by Uni ...
'' and ''
How I Met Your Mother
''How I Met Your Mother'' (often abbreviated as ''HIMYM'') is an American sitcom, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays for CBS. The series, which aired from September 19, 2005 to March 31, 2014, follows the main character, Ted Mosby, and ...
''.
In 2011, he was cast in the ''
Paranormal Activity 3''. He was also cast in the political thriller ''
The Reluctant Fundamentalist''. In 2013, he appeared in the film ''
Enough Said''.
In 2013, he was cast in a
CBS television pilot
A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie), in United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television network or other dis ...
''Ex-Men'' (renamed to ''
We Are Men'') which was then picked to series and cancelled after two episodes.
He is also a member of the Harvard Sailing Team Comedy group.
Filmography
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
People from Rockville Centre, New York
Male actors from New York (state)
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