Darrell M. Smith

Darrell M. Smith
Born	Darrell Michael Smith New York, New York
Occupation	Entrepreneur, Businessman, Actor, Producer, Writer
Website
http://www.imdb.com

Darrell M. Smith is an American entrepreneur, businessman, producer and actor.

Career

He studied at Stella Adler, the drama school where actors like Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro went, in New York City for a few years. After finishing his studies he went on to do numerous off-broadway plays, such as with "The Potomac Theatre Company" in Washington D.C. and with the "Negro Ensemble Theatre Company" in New York.

He got his first break in film/tv when he was approached by a NYU film student and asked to act and be one of the executive producers in an independent film called "High's and Low's" directed by Justin Bartha who also played Riley Poole in National Treasure franchise (alongside Nicolas Cage), Failure to Launch and Gigli. Then, Darrell went on to play a role of a boxer in a TV pilot called The Contender directed by Hugh Wilson and produced by Tim Reid that, however, wasn't picked up as a series.

Darrell landed his first break on the hit TV series The King Of Queens as a party crasher, then followed up with a guest appearance on the hit TV series JAG. After finishing the work on JAG, he wrote, produced, directed and starred in his own film called One More Chance through his production company he founded in 2005, AES Media Enterprises Corp. in New York City, which was one of the finalists at the Gotham Short Film Festival and that gave him, afterwards, a recurring role as School Officer Turner in the hit HBO series The Wire (see Season 3 and 4) and many other offers.

Darrell M. Smith has a house in Bridgehampton, New York, in the Hampton's and part time in Beverly Hills, California; he is also a new member of the LAByrinth Theater Company in New York when not on film.

Trivia

His favorite book is the Alchemist.

Trained privately with the legendary acting coach Jeff Corey for a year before his death.

He's a big baseball fan of The New York Yankees and basketball fan of The New York Knicks

Is a member of The Creative Coalition.

He has ownership in AES Fund Management LLC, a FX exchange firm.

Quotations

"The greatest thing that you can do is to be an example for someone else."

"Life is about elegance and extravagance."

"I believe that with lots of faith, your talent will make room for itself and put you before the king of kings in any industry that you aim to be in. That's why I prefer to work with people that might not be the most talented but they have the most heart and they are willing to give 110 percent."

"You must always be careful with who you give your energy to because if not you will be energy bankrupt and energy is what moves the world."

"You got to be persistent at whatever you believe in, in order to reap the benefits."

"If you get knocked down you must get back up and come even harder."

References

External links

• Darrell M. Smith official site
• Darrell M. Smith at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Smith, Darrell M.
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Date of birth	June 22, 1973
Place of birth	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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