Justin Xavier Smith

Justin Xavier Smith was born May 18 1990 in Libertyville IL to Virginia Smith and Joseph Smith He was raised on Lake Nagawicka in Nashotah WI From an early age he wrote plays cast his neighbors and siblings in and put up performances in his basement or anywhere he could find an audience Justin moved on to filmmaking in high school writing and directing feature film spoofs with his friends Justin was active in school theater performing in musicals like The Music Man or The Sound of Music other plays like Fairy Tale Fraud and Stardust before finally completing his high school career playing the role of MacBeth in his high school production of the same name Justin attended Miami University from 2008 to 2012 graduating with a degree in Creative Writing He began acting professionally in 2012 writing producing directing and starring in a web series called Door to Door with his writing partner Rachel Woodhouse They raised over 20000 on Kickstarter and produced 21 episodes available on various online streaming services like FunnyorDie and Vimeo He played the lead in feature film Petey directed by Fred Forte Jr and was a costar on an episode of Turn Washingtons Spies on AMC Justin moved to Los Angeles in January 2015 starred in a play called The Desperate Yogi for the Hollywood Fringe Festival that same year and in a short film called Benefit of the Doubt He also wrote and directed another short entitled Breakfast For Justin every step along the journey has been a learning experience to help him get to where he wants to go Justin is deeply invested in all things film and is often creating and excited to be part of the Entertainment Industry Biography from IMDB