Matt Smith

Matthew Robert Smith born 28 October 1982 is an English actor He is best known for his roles as the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who 20102013 Daemon Targaryen in the HBO series House of the Dragon 2022present and Prince Philip in the Netflix series The Crown 20162017 the latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination Smith initially aspired to be a professional footballer but spondylolysis forced him out of the sport After joining the National Youth Theatre and studying drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia he became an actor in 2003 performing in plays including Murder in the Cathedral Fresh Kills The History Boys and On the Shore of the Wide World in London theatres Extending his repertoire into West End theatre he has since performed in the stage adaptation of Swimming with Sharks with Christian Slater followed a year later by a critically acclaimed performance as Henry in That Face Smiths first television role came in 2006 as Jim Taylor in the BBC adaptations of Philip Pullmans The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North while his first major role in television came as Danny in the 2007 BBC series Party Animals Smith portrayed the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who from 2010 to 2013 becoming the youngest person to portray the character In film he portrayed a dual role in Womb 2010 the physical forms of Skynet in Terminator Genisys 2015 1960s pimp Jack in Last Night in Soho 2021 and Milo in Morbius 2022