Brian Jacob Smith is an American actor whose career began relatively recently. For ten years, he was noted for participation in the series "Stargate: The Universe", as well as in a number of independent films, which caused an ambiguous assessment in society.
Education
Brian Jacob Smith was born in 1981, far from the centers of American show business. The birthplace of the actor was Dallas, in Texas. The young man’s path to the television screens turned out to be rather winding due to the work of his parents, who often moved from place to place.
From an early age, he dreamed of a stage, therefore, after graduating from high school, he entered Collin County Community College, where he began to study acting. However, the level of the educational institution of the city of Plano, Texas, seemed to Brian not high enough, and he continued his education. He lost a year at Stevens Columbia College, after which he dared to move to the main metropolis of the east coast - New York.
From 2003 to 2007, Brian Jacob Smith faithfully studied theater at the prestigious Juilliard School, which has already given many talented graduates to the American show business. By the way, among the classmates of the Texan was Nicole Beharry, known to viewers as Abby Mills in the series "Sleepy Hollow." Brian Jacob Smith successfully passed the final exams and left the school with a bachelor of arts diploma.
Career start
While still a student in theater college, a guy from Dallas made his debut on large screens, and immediately in a central role. He was invited by Tommy Stowell to participate in his drama Hate Crime.
Here, a win-win theme for the United States was hatred and prejudice against unhappy members of sexual minorities. Brian Jacob Smith played the role of homosexual Trey Mack Coy, whose idyllic life breaks after tragic incidents.
The film "Hate Crime" was approved among certain circles of society, was shown at numerous festivals, but, like all ideologically sustained and correct "works of art", it did not cause a violent reaction and love among the mass of spectators.
Among the films of Brian Jacob Smith were other successful independent films. After graduating from the Juilliard school, he successfully passed a tough selection for the project "Children of War", where he received a supporting role. You can also note his work in the action-packed thriller "Red Hook". The script for the last picture was written by Naomi Wallace and Bruce Macleod.
TV breakthrough
Brian Jacob Smith continues to star in low-budget films, where he performs a wide range of roles. Charming, charismatic guy plays students, scientists, simple hard workers. The talent of a native of Texas did not go unnoticed and he is invited to work in a series based on the Stargate universe. According to Brian himself, an invitation to the world-famous franchise was akin to moving to the big leagues, where he could instantly gain the desired fame and status.
In the series "Stargate: The Universe," the actor got the role of Sergeant Matthew Scott, who, by coincidence, received the position of deputy ship and forced to cope with an unusual burden of responsibility. The image of Lieutenant Scott fell in love with the audience, and Brian Jacob Smith successfully worked in the project from 2009 to 2011.
Last works
Following the success of Stargate, Brian Jacob Smith was among the sought-after actors on SyFy. He is actively invited to participate in promoted projects, among which the Gossip Girl series can be noted, where Brian played in the first half of the fifth season and played the role of Ivy Dickens guy.
However, playing in a science fiction series, the actor secured the status of a specialist in this genre and received an invitation to shoot in the film "Red Faction: Origin".
The plot of the fantastic thriller was the eponymous video game, which director Michael Nankin took to film, who managed to get his hand in the production of such projects.
In addition, Brian Jacob Smith starred in individual episodes of the series Law and Order, Hercule Poirot.
In 2012, he remembered about his profile theater education and went to conquer the stage of Broadway, in which he achieved considerable success.
The personal life of Brian Jacob Smith interests many young fans of his talent. However, a hardworking guy spends days and nights on set and devotes his best years to his career. At the moment, it is only known about the screen wife of Brian Jacob Smith, in real life he is still alone.