David Alan Smith (born June 23, 1959) is an American actor and
writer.Smith was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He attended Lincoln
Elementary School and Beaver Dam High School, before studying at the
University of Minnesota, where he received his BA in theatre, as well
as being nominated for the National Irene Ryan Acting Award at the
American College Theatre Festival.He has been in over 500 radio and
television commercials for brands including Target, SuperAmerica,
Hillshire Farm, Cub Foods and John Deere. He has appeared in more than
75 stage productions, including lead roles in Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern Are Dead in Minneapolis, Run for Your Wife at Wausau,
Wisconsin, and A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, at Plymouth Playhouse,
Twin Cities.A reviewer wrote that in Run for Your Wife, "Smith played
the beleaguered bigamist, John Smith, to weary perfection. His British
accent was believable and his physical comedy flawless." A reviewer of
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead wrote, "They are a nicely
matched pair exhibiting just enough shadings of difference to make
them more than ciphers. ... Smith's Guildenstern is a more practical,
moody sort, who cannot understand their impending fate."
writer.Smith was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He attended Lincoln
Elementary School and Beaver Dam High School, before studying at the
University of Minnesota, where he received his BA in theatre, as well
as being nominated for the National Irene Ryan Acting Award at the
American College Theatre Festival.He has been in over 500 radio and
television commercials for brands including Target, SuperAmerica,
Hillshire Farm, Cub Foods and John Deere. He has appeared in more than
75 stage productions, including lead roles in Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern Are Dead in Minneapolis, Run for Your Wife at Wausau,
Wisconsin, and A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, at Plymouth Playhouse,
Twin Cities.A reviewer wrote that in Run for Your Wife, "Smith played
the beleaguered bigamist, John Smith, to weary perfection. His British
accent was believable and his physical comedy flawless." A reviewer of
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead wrote, "They are a nicely
matched pair exhibiting just enough shadings of difference to make
them more than ciphers. ... Smith's Guildenstern is a more practical,
moody sort, who cannot understand their impending fate."
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