Joseph Cotter Smith (born May 29, 1949) is an American stage, film,
and television actor.He was born in Washington, D.C., the son of
Madeline (née Cotter) and John Lewis Smith, Jr., who was a federal
judge. He graduated from the Lawrenceville School in 1968. In 1972, he
received his Bachelor of Arts degree in literature at Trinity College,
Hartford, Connecticut.He began his acting career in New York City in
1978, studying with Stella Adler and at the Actors Studio. His New
York theater credits include the Broadway premiere productions of Next
Fall, which was a 2010 Tony Award nominee for Best New Play, Wendy
Wasserstein's An American Daughter) and Lanford Wilson's Burn This. He
also co-starred with Judd Hirsch in the National Tour of the Tony
Award-winning play Art. His numerous Off Broadway appearances include
the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of "The
Tempest' with Sam Waterston; Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning How
I Learned to Drive with Molly Ringwald; Charles Fuller's Pulitzer
Prize-winning A Soldier's Play with Denzel Washington and Samuel L.
Jackson; Michael Weller's Side Effects with Joely Richardson; Athol
Fugard's The Blood Knot with Danny Glover; Horton Foote's The Old
Friends with Betty Buckley; and the American Premiere of the Olivier
Award-winning Cockfight Play, among many others. He was also a
ten-year member of the Circle Repertory Company in New York working
exclusively on the premiere productions of new American plays.
and television actor.He was born in Washington, D.C., the son of
Madeline (née Cotter) and John Lewis Smith, Jr., who was a federal
judge. He graduated from the Lawrenceville School in 1968. In 1972, he
received his Bachelor of Arts degree in literature at Trinity College,
Hartford, Connecticut.He began his acting career in New York City in
1978, studying with Stella Adler and at the Actors Studio. His New
York theater credits include the Broadway premiere productions of Next
Fall, which was a 2010 Tony Award nominee for Best New Play, Wendy
Wasserstein's An American Daughter) and Lanford Wilson's Burn This. He
also co-starred with Judd Hirsch in the National Tour of the Tony
Award-winning play Art. His numerous Off Broadway appearances include
the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of "The
Tempest' with Sam Waterston; Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning How
I Learned to Drive with Molly Ringwald; Charles Fuller's Pulitzer
Prize-winning A Soldier's Play with Denzel Washington and Samuel L.
Jackson; Michael Weller's Side Effects with Joely Richardson; Athol
Fugard's The Blood Knot with Danny Glover; Horton Foote's The Old
Friends with Betty Buckley; and the American Premiere of the Olivier
Award-winning Cockfight Play, among many others. He was also a
ten-year member of the Circle Repertory Company in New York working
exclusively on the premiere productions of new American plays.
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