Brian Jacob Smith (born October 12, 1981) is an American actor, known
for his role as Will Gorski in the Netflix-produced series Sense8,
Lieutenant Matthew Scott in the military science fiction television
series Stargate Universe, and his Tony Award-nominated role as Jim
O'Connor (The Gentleman Caller) in the 2013 revival of The Glass
Menagerie.Smith is a native of Allen, Texas. He studied at the Quad C
Theatre program at Collin County Community College in Plano, Texas.
After he was an apprentice for one year at Stephens College in
Columbia, Missouri, Smith moved to New York City to attend the
Juilliard School Drama Division's four-year acting program (Group 36:
2003â€"2007), where one of his classmates was Nicole Beharie. Smith
graduated from Juilliard with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.While
enrolled at Collin College, Smith worked as theatre technician. He was
later cast as Alex in A Clockwork Orange in a Quad C Theatre
production to a positive review from the Dallas Observer. In 2005, he
portrayed Trey, a gay man facing intolerance from the son of a
fundamentalist preacher, in Hate Crime, an independent film that
featured at gay and lesbian film festivals around the United States.
for his role as Will Gorski in the Netflix-produced series Sense8,
Lieutenant Matthew Scott in the military science fiction television
series Stargate Universe, and his Tony Award-nominated role as Jim
O'Connor (The Gentleman Caller) in the 2013 revival of The Glass
Menagerie.Smith is a native of Allen, Texas. He studied at the Quad C
Theatre program at Collin County Community College in Plano, Texas.
After he was an apprentice for one year at Stephens College in
Columbia, Missouri, Smith moved to New York City to attend the
Juilliard School Drama Division's four-year acting program (Group 36:
2003â€"2007), where one of his classmates was Nicole Beharie. Smith
graduated from Juilliard with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.While
enrolled at Collin College, Smith worked as theatre technician. He was
later cast as Alex in A Clockwork Orange in a Quad C Theatre
production to a positive review from the Dallas Observer. In 2005, he
portrayed Trey, a gay man facing intolerance from the son of a
fundamentalist preacher, in Hate Crime, an independent film that
featured at gay and lesbian film festivals around the United States.
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