David Lee Smith

David Lee Smith

Born: September 8, 1963
in Birmingham, Alabama, USA
David Lee Smith (born September 8, 1963) is an American actor, known for his role as John Oldman, the protagonist of the 2007 science fiction film, The Man from Earth and its 2017 sequel, The Man from Earth: Holocene; he co-starred with John Billingsley and Tony Todd. He has also appeared in other movies, including Fight Club, and dozens of television episodes, some as a recurring character such as IAB Sergeant Rick Stetler in CSI: Miami.

Movies for David Lee Smith...

Title: Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Character: General Van Dorn
Released: November 5, 2023
Type: TV
The story of Bass Reeves, the legendary lawman of the wild West, is brought to life. Reeves worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territory, capturing over 3,000 of the most dangerous criminals without ever being wounded—and is believed to be the inspiration for The Lone Ranger.
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Mank
Title: Mank
Character: Sinclair Supporter
Released: November 13, 2020
Type: Movie
1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
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A Walk with Grace
Title: A Walk with Grace
Character: Nate
Released: November 5, 2019
Type: Movie
When his mother dies the week before Easter, widowed hotshot LA exec Nate Lassiter (David Lee Smith) and his head- strong Latina daughter Chloe (MIshka Calderon) must finally return to his hometown in Ohio, where he faces the daunting task of signing away his family's factory. Nate will collide with his spitfire cousin-with-a-grudge (Jenni-Kate Deshon) he forced to run the factory when he left years before, a labor-strike lead by a high school wrestling buddy (Austin St. John), and a legal battle over the factory sale - brought on by the girl he left behind, Grace (Ashley Bratcher). Forced to search his soul and embrace his past, in rediscovering with his home town Nate just might reconnect - with his Grace.
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Unregistered
Title: Unregistered
Character: Judah
Released: April 27, 2019
Type: Movie
In the near future the federal government issues a law limiting births to one child per family because of overpopulation.
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Between Worlds
Title: Between Worlds
Character: Kirby
Released: December 21, 2018
Type: Movie
Joe—a down-on-his-luck truck driver haunted by the memory of his deceased wife and child—meets Julie, a spiritually gifted woman who enlists his help in a desperate effort to find the lost soul of her comatose daughter. But the spirit of Joe's dead wife proves stronger, possessing the young woman's body and determined to settle her unfinished business with the living.
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The Man from Earth: Holocene
Title: The Man from Earth: Holocene
Character: John Oldman
Released: October 13, 2017
Type: Movie
14,000 year-old "Man from Earth" John Oldman, now teaching in northern California, realizes that not only is he finally starting to age, but four students have discovered his deepest secret, putting his life in grave danger and potentially destroying the world's most popular religion.
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Janie Jones
Title: Janie Jones
Character: Officer Dickerson
Released: September 17, 2010
Type: Movie
A young girl who has been abandoned by her former-groupie mother informs a fading rock star that she is his daughter.
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Mending Fences
Title: Mending Fences
Character: Walt Mitchell
Released: June 18, 2009
Type: Movie
When big-city TV journalist Kelly Faraday (Laura Leighton) gets fired, she moves back to her Nevada hometown, where a severe drought may force her aging mother, Ruth (Angie Dickinson), to sell the family farm to a casino developer. As Kelly and Ruth sort out old differences, the erstwhile reporter and her ex-beau Walt (David Lee Smith) begin to suspect the casino of manipulating the town's water supply. Stephen Bridgewater directs this drama.
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Title: Dollhouse
Character: Clay Corman
Released: February 13, 2009
Type: TV
Echo is a member of a highly illegal and underground group of individuals whose personalities have been wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas. Confined between missions to a secret facility known as the Dollhouse, the "Actives" are hired by the wealthy, powerful and connected to wholly become—with mind, personality and physiology—whomever the client wants or needs them to be. They know no other life than the specific engagements they are in at that time—or do they?
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The Man from Earth
Title: The Man from Earth
Character: John Oldman
Released: June 10, 2007
Type: Movie
An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years.
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Zodiac
Title: Zodiac
Character: Father
Released: March 2, 2007
Type: Movie
A cartoonist teams up with an ace reporter and a law enforcement officer to track down an elusive serial killer.
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Mysterious Skin
Title: Mysterious Skin
Character: Alfred
Released: March 30, 2005
Type: Movie
Connected through a dark past incident, a teenage gay hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths again years later.
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Gone But Not Forgotten
Title: Gone But Not Forgotten
Character: Rick Tannenbaum
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has entered a web of duplicity revenge & multiple murder.
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Title: The Handler
Released: September 26, 2003
Type: TV
The Handler is a crime series created by Canadian writer-producer Chris Haddock, airing in the United States on CBS in the 2003-04 season. The show starred Joe Pantoliano as Joe Renato, an FBI agent assigned to train and handle young undercover officers in the FBI. Other cast members included Hill Harper, Anna Belknap, Lola Glaudini, and Tanya Wright. Belknap and Harper would reunite as costars on the drama CSI: New York beginning in 2005.
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Title: CSI: Miami
Character: Rick Stetler
Released: September 23, 2002
Type: TV
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Title: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Character: Younger Shep
Released: June 7, 2002
Type: Movie
A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.
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A Walk to Remember
Title: A Walk to Remember
Character: Dr. Carter
Released: January 25, 2002
Type: Movie
When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production, he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life, as well as a very big secret she must keep from Landon.
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Title: The Division
Released: January 7, 2001
Type: TV
The Division is an American crime drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine and starring Bonnie Bedelia. The series focused on a team of women police officers in the San Francisco Police Department. The series premiered on Lifetime on January 7, 2001 and ended on June 28, 2004 after 88 episodes.
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character: Cody Lewis
Released: October 6, 2000
Type: TV
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
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Fight Club
Title: Fight Club
Character: Walter
Released: October 15, 1999
Type: Movie
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.
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Title: Providence
Character: Paul Rutigliata
Released: January 8, 1999
Type: TV
Providence is an American television drama series.
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Title: V.I.P.
Character: Cole Calloway
Released: September 26, 1998
Type: TV
While attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her movie hunk turns into a coward, and it's Vallery who becomes the hero. Suddenly, she's thrown into a world of action and danger as owner of a Hollywood protection agency, Vallery Irons Protection (V.I.P.), taking risks to protect others at a price few are willing to pay.
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Title: Dharma & Greg
Character: Sid (uncredited)
Released: September 24, 1997
Type: TV
Dharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30, 2002. It stars Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as Dharma and Greg Montgomery, a couple who got married on their first date despite being complete opposites. The series is co-produced by Chuck Lorre Productions, More-Medavoy Productions and 4 to 6 Foot Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC. The show's theme song was written and performed by composer Dennis C. Brown. Created by executive producers Dottie Dartland and Chuck Lorre, the comedy took much of its inspiration from so-called culture-clash "fish out of water" situations. The show earned eight Golden Globe nominations, six Emmy Award nominations, and six Satellite Awards nominations. Elfman earned a Golden Globe in 1999 for Best Actress.
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Title: Just Shoot Me!
Released: March 4, 1997
Type: TV
Just Shoot Me! is an American television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on NBC from March 4, 1997, to August 16, 2003, with 148 episodes produced. The show was created by Steven Levitan, the show's executive producer.
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Title: Suddenly Susan
Character: Dirk
Released: September 19, 1996
Type: TV
Suddenly Susan is an American television sitcom. Shields plays Susan Keane, a glamorous San Francisco magazine writer who begins to adjust to being single, and who learns to be independent-minded, after being taken care of all her life.
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Title: Savannah
Released: January 21, 1996
Type: TV
Savannah is an American prime time television drama that ran from January 21, 1996 to February 24, 1997 on The WB. It was created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling.
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Title: JAG
Character: Karma Rice
Released: September 23, 1995
Type: TV
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.
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Title: The Naked Truth
Character: Mark
Released: September 13, 1995
Type: TV
The Naked Truth is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from 1995 to 1996, and on NBC from 1996 to 1998. The series stars Téa Leoni and co-starred Holland Taylor. The show took place at the office of a tabloid news publication.
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Title: Star Trek: Voyager
Character: Zahir
Released: January 16, 1995
Type: TV
Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.
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XXX's & OOO's
Title: XXX's & OOO's
Released: June 21, 1994
Type: Movie
Four ex-wives become friends bonding through their shared experiences as ex-wives of country music singers.