David Lee Smith

American actor (born 1963)

David Lee Smith
Born	(1963-09-08) September 8, 1963 (age 60) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Education	University of Alabama and Southern Methodist University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present

David Lee Smith (born September 8, 1963) is an American actor, known for his role as John Oldman, the protagonist of the 2007 science fiction film, The Man from Earth and its 2017 sequel, The Man from Earth: Holocene; he co-starred with John Billingsley and Tony Todd. He has also appeared in other movies, including Fight Club, and dozens of television episodes, some as a recurring character such as IAB Sergeant Rick Stetler in CSI: Miami.

Biography

Smith was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and attended Banks High School. He graduated from the University of Alabama and Southern Methodist University. ^[1]

Filmography

1993: All My Children – John Youngblood
1996: Savannah – Vincent Massick^[2]
1997: Star Trek: Voyager (TV series, "Darkling") – Zahir
1997: The Naked Truth (TV series) – Mark^[3]
1998: Just Shoot Me! (TV Series, "In the Company of Maya") – Steve McPherson
1998: JAG – Lt. Cmdr. 'Karma' Rice
1999: Fight Club – Walter^[4]
2001: JAG – Maj. Miles Holmes
2002: A Walk To Remember – Dr. Carter^[5] (father of the protagonist Landon Carter)
2002: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood – Younger Shep Walke^[6]
2003-2010: CSI: Miami (TV series, Seasons 2-8) – IAB Sergeant Rick Stetler
2004: Mysterious Skin – Alfred
2007: Zodiac – Father of the witnesses
2007: The Man from Earth – John Oldman
2009: Mending Fences (TV movie) – Walt Mitchell^[7]
2009: Dollhouse (TV series, "A Love Supreme") – Clay Corman^[8]
2010: Janie Jones – Officer Dickerson^[9]
2013: Crimson Winter – King Aldric
2017: The Man from Earth: Holocene – John Young, aka John Oldman
2018: Between Worlds – Kirby
2019: A Walk with Grace – Nate
2023: Lawmen: Bass Reeves – Earl Van Dorn

References

^ "David Lee Smith". IMDB. Retrieved 19 Jan 2013.
^ "Savannah (1996-1997)". Matinee Classics. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 19 Jan 2013.
^ "David Lee Smith". TV.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 19 Jan 2013.
^ "The Flight Club". Aveleyman.com. Retrieved 19 Jan 2013.
^ David Lee Smith at IMDb. Retrieved 14 Jul 2013.
^ "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood". AllMovie.com. Retrieved 19 Jan 2013.
^ "Mending Fences". Netflix. Retrieved 19 Jan 2013.
^ "Dollhouse, A Love Supreme". TV.com. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 19 Jan 2013.
^ "Watch Janie Jones". Netflix. Retrieved 19 Jan 2013.