David Alan Smith (born June 23, 1959) is an American actor and writer.

Personal life

Smith was born in

Beaver Dam, Wisconsin Beaver Dam is a city in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States, along Beaver Dam Lake (Wisconsin), Beaver Dam Lake and the Beaver Dam River. The population was 16,708 at the 2020 census, making it the largest city primarily located in Dodge Co ...

. He attended Lincoln Elementary School and Beaver Dam High School, before studying at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

, where he received his BA in theatre, as well as being nominated for the National Irene Ryan Acting Award at the American College Theatre Festival. He has been in over 500 radio and television commercials for brands including

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, SuperAmerica, Hillshire Farm,

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and

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. He has appeared in more than 75 stage productions, including lead roles in ''

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' is an absurdist, existential tragicomedy by Tom Stoppard, first staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1966. The play expands upon the exploits of two minor characters from Shakespeare's ''Hamle ...

'' in

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, '' Run for Your Wife'' at

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, and ''A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline'', at Plymouth Playhouse,

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. A reviewer wrote that in '' Run for Your Wife'', "Smith played the beleaguered bigamist, John Smith, to weary perfection. His British accent was believable and his physical comedy flawless." A reviewer of ''

'' wrote, "They are a nicely matched pair exhibiting just enough shadings of difference to make them more than ciphers. ... Smith's Guildenstern is a more practical, moody sort, who cannot understand their impending fate."

Filmography

Film

Television

Other works

References

External links

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