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* ''Series/DoctorWho'' (2010-2013, [[spoiler:2014]]) - [[Characters/DoctorWhoEleventhDoctor The Eleventh Doctor]]

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'' (2010-2013, ([[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime 2010]]-[[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor 2013]], [[spoiler:2014]]) - [[Characters/DoctorWhoEleventhDoctor The Eleventh Doctor]]

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Smith appeared in the National Theatre production of ''Theatre/TheHistoryBoys'', which was also made into a film, but not with him in. On TV, he appeared as Jim Taylor in two adaptations of the ''Literature/SallyLockhart'' novels, alongside Creator/BilliePiper in the title role. He also appeared alongside her in ''Series/SecretDiaryOfACallGirl'', which should make for some... interesting fanvids in the years to come.

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Smith appeared in the National Theatre production of ''Theatre/TheHistoryBoys'', which was also made into a film, but not with him in. On TV, he appeared as Jim Taylor in two adaptations of the ''Literature/SallyLockhart'' novels, alongside Creator/BilliePiper in the title role. He also appeared alongside her in ''Series/SecretDiaryOfACallGirl'', which should make for some... interesting fanvids in the years to come.
come.[[note]]His eventual casting in ''Doctor Who'' would mark the fourth time he appeared on a show or TV special that Piper had been on (and with the 50th anniversary special, the fourth time they'd worked together).[[/note]]



Naturally, this was the fourth time he appeared on a show or TV special that Creator/BilliePiper had been on (and with the 50th anniversary special, the fourth time they'd worked together).

Shortly after the announcement, he was seen in the Creator/{{BBC}}2 three-part drama ''Moses Jones'', a murder mystery set in London's Ugandan community, as DS Dan Twentyman.

Like Creator/PeterDavison, Smith succeeded a beloved, loud, eccentric, and unbelievably popular Doctor, was the youngest Doctor at the time of his entry onto the series, and was followed up by an actor who shared a name with a previous Doctor and had appeared on the show before. He did spectacularly well at it as well.



Like Creator/PeterDavison, Smith succeeded a beloved, loud, eccentric, and unbelievably popular Doctor, was the youngest Doctor at the time of his entry onto the series, and was followed up by an actor who shared a name with a previous Doctor and had appeared on the show before. Many critics and fans found that he did spectacularly well at it as well.

On 1 June 2013, over the sound of fangirls everywhere sobbing enough tears to double Britain's annual rainfall, he announced that he would be [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22741493 leaving the show]] at Christmas. Per his statement, "It's been an honour to play this part, to follow the legacy of brilliant actors, and helm the TARDIS for a spell with '[[Creator/KarenGillan the ginger]], [[Creator/ArthurDarvill the nose]], and [[Creator/JennaColeman the impossible one]]'. But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go and Trenzalore calls. Thank you guys." Smith took his last bow as the Doctor on 25 December 2013, handing the reins to Creator/PeterCapaldi as the curtain closed on the Eleventh Doctor's tenure and the clock struck Twelve.

Since leaving the show, Smith has been in a wide variety of projects; he received plenty of acclaim for playing a young Prince Phillip in ''Series/{{The Crown|2016}}'' and Prince Daemon Targaryen in ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''. He was also fairly busy after the announcement of his ''Doctor Who'' casting, appearing in the Creator/{{BBC}}2 three-part drama ''Moses Jones'', a murder mystery set in London's Ugandan community, as DS Dan Twentyman.



He's also extremely clumsy, as Moffat has related -- just as Moffat was proposing to Piers Wenger (fellow executive producer) to run a book on how long Smith would take to break the sonic screwdriver prop, the prop man walked past...

The more you get to know him, the more you get the feeling he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WKDULWP7Fc had to tone it down]] to play the Doctor. It's one of the reasons why he and Karen Gillan get on so well: ''they're both utterly mad!''

On 1 June 2013, over the sound of fangirls everywhere sobbing enough tears to double Britain's annual rainfall, he announced that he would be [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22741493 leaving the show]] at Christmas. "It's been an honour to play this part, to follow the legacy of brilliant actors, and helm the TARDIS for a spell with '[[Creator/KarenGillan the ginger]], [[Creator/ArthurDarvill the nose]], and [[Creator/JennaColeman the impossible one]]'. But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go and Trenzalore calls. Thank you guys."

Smith took his last bow as the Doctor on 25 December 2013, handing the reins to Creator/PeterCapaldi as the curtain closed on the Eleventh Doctor's tenure and the clock struck Twelve.

Since leaving the show, Smith has been in a wide variety of projects. He received plenty of acclaim for playing a young Prince Phillip in ''Series/{{The Crown|2016}}'' and Prince Daemon Targaryen in ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''.

He has the same name as a presenter on Creator/{{ITV}}'s football coverage, and over sixty cast and crew members (including eleven actors) according to [=IMDb=].

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He's also extremely clumsy, as Moffat has related -- just as Moffat was proposing to Piers Wenger (fellow executive producer) to run a book on how long Smith would take to break the sonic screwdriver prop, the prop man walked past...

The more you get to know him, the more you get the feeling he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WKDULWP7Fc had to tone it down]] to play the Doctor. It's one of the reasons why he and Karen Gillan get on so well: ''they're both utterly mad!''

On 1 June 2013, over the sound of fangirls everywhere sobbing enough tears
mad!'' He's also extremely clumsy, as Steven Moffat has related -- just as Moffat was proposing to double Britain's annual rainfall, he announced that he Piers Wenger (fellow executive producer) to run a book on how long Smith would be [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22741493 leaving take to break the show]] at Christmas. "It's been an honour to play this part, to follow sonic screwdriver prop, the legacy of brilliant actors, and helm the TARDIS for a spell with '[[Creator/KarenGillan the ginger]], [[Creator/ArthurDarvill the nose]], and [[Creator/JennaColeman the impossible one]]'. But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go and Trenzalore calls. Thank you guys."

prop man walked past...

Smith took his last bow as the Doctor on 25 December 2013, handing the reins to Creator/PeterCapaldi as the curtain closed on the Eleventh Doctor's tenure and the clock struck Twelve.

Since leaving the show, Smith has been in a wide variety of projects. He received plenty of acclaim for playing a young Prince Phillip in ''Series/{{The Crown|2016}}'' and Prince Daemon Targaryen in ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''.

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also has the same name as a presenter on Creator/{{ITV}}'s football coverage, and over sixty cast and crew members (including eleven actors) according to [=IMDb=].

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Like Creator/PeterDavison, he succeeded a beloved, loud, eccentric, and unbelievably popular Doctor, was the youngest Doctor at the time of his entry onto the series, and was followed up by an actor who shared a name with a previous Doctor and had appeared on the show before. He did spectacularly well at it as well.

Extremely clumsy, as Moffat has related -- just as Moffat was proposing to Piers Wenger (fellow executive producer) to run a book on how long Smith would take to break the sonic screwdriver prop, the prop man walked past...

Not much of a fan to begin with (both he and Creator/KarenGillan grew up in the period between 1989 and 2005 when the show was off the air), he started watching the old stories and became a big fan of Creator/PatrickTroughton. (He called up Creator/StevenMoffat in the middle of the night to spend twenty minutes raving about [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen "The Tomb of the Cybermen"]], then asked for a bow tie.) To get a feel for his character, he wrote FanFiction with the Doctor meeting UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein.

He has the same name as a presenter on Creator/{{ITV}}'s football coverage, and over sixty cast and crew members (including eleven actors) according to [=IMDb=].

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Like Creator/PeterDavison, he Smith succeeded a beloved, loud, eccentric, and unbelievably popular Doctor, was the youngest Doctor at the time of his entry onto the series, and was followed up by an actor who shared a name with a previous Doctor and had appeared on the show before. He did spectacularly well at it as well.

Extremely clumsy, as Moffat has related -- just as Moffat Although he was proposing to Piers Wenger (fellow executive producer) to run a book on how long Smith would take to break the sonic screwdriver prop, the prop man walked past...

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not much of a ''Who'' fan to begin with (both he and Creator/KarenGillan grew up in the period between 1989 and 2005 when the show was off the air), he started watching the old stories and became a big fan of Creator/PatrickTroughton. (He called up Creator/StevenMoffat in the middle of the night to spend twenty minutes raving about [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen "The Tomb of the Cybermen"]], then asked for a bow tie.) To get a feel for his character, he wrote FanFiction with the Doctor meeting UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein.

He has the same name as a presenter on Creator/{{ITV}}'s football coverage, and over sixty cast and crew members (including eleven actors) according to [=IMDb=].
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He's also extremely clumsy, as Moffat has related -- just as Moffat was proposing to Piers Wenger (fellow executive producer) to run a book on how long Smith would take to break the sonic screwdriver prop, the prop man walked past...


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He has the same name as a presenter on Creator/{{ITV}}'s football coverage, and over sixty cast and crew members (including eleven actors) according to [=IMDb=].
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* LargeHam: Gives an ode to overacting in the episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E4ThePowerOfThree "The Power of Three"]], and it is ''glorious''. Turns it up to Eleven (Ha!) when playing the Cyber-Planner "Mr. Clever" persona in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver "Nightmare in Silver"]]. [[HamAndCheese Really gets to let loose]] in ''Film/{{Morbius}}'', and he received plaudits for his performance.

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* LargeHam: Gives an ode to overacting in the episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E4ThePowerOfThree "The Power of Three"]], and it is ''glorious''. Turns it up to Eleven (Ha!) when playing the Cyber-Planner "Mr. Clever" persona in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver "Nightmare in Silver"]]. [[HamAndCheese Really gets to let loose]] in ''Film/{{Morbius}}'', ''Film/{{Morbius|2022}}'', and he received plaudits for his performance.
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He has the same name as a presenter on ITV's football coverage, and over sixty cast and crew members (including eleven actors) according to [=IMDb=].

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He has the same name as a presenter on ITV's Creator/{{ITV}}'s football coverage, and over sixty cast and crew members (including eleven actors) according to [=IMDb=].
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* ''TheStreet'' (2007) - Ian Hanley

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* ''TheStreet'' ''Series/{{The Street|BBC}}'' (2007) - Ian Hanley
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** Geeta Patel, director of ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'''s episode "[[Recap/HouseOfTheDragonS1E8TheLordOfTheTides The Lord of the Tides]]", reveals that the emotional beats of Daemon helping the ailing King Viserys I ascend the throne root from Smith improvising.
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* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' (2022-) - Daemon Targaryen

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* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' (2022-) - [[Characters/HouseOfTheDragonDaemonTargaryen Daemon Targaryen
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Since leaving the show, Smith has been in a wide variety of projects. Most recently he's received plenty of acclaim for playing a young Prince Phillip in ''Series/{{The Crown|2016}}''.

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Since leaving the show, Smith has been in a wide variety of projects. Most recently he's He received plenty of acclaim for playing a young Prince Phillip in ''Series/{{The Crown|2016}}''.Crown|2016}}'' and Prince Daemon Targaryen in ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''.
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-> "Hello, I'm Matt Smith, and ''I'm wearing a fez!"''

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-> "Hello, ->''"Hello, I'm Matt Smith, and ''I'm wearing a fez!"''fez!''"''
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* TomHanksSyndrome: His StarMakingRole, the Eleventh Doctor, had his fair share of serious moments but was generally one of the more comedic incarnations of the Time Lord. Most of Smith's post-''Series/DoctorWho'' roles have been decidedly more serious.
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** He was considered for various comic book movie roles before being cast as Milo in ''Film/{{Morbius|2022}}'' such as the [[Comicbook/TheJoker Joker]] in ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'', Carlton Drake in ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}'' and [[Comicbook/{{Mysterio}} Mysterio]] in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''.

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** He was considered for various comic book movie roles before being cast as Milo in ''Film/{{Morbius|2022}}'' such as the [[Comicbook/TheJoker Joker]] in ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'', Carlton Drake in ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}'' and [[Comicbook/{{Mysterio}} Mysterio]] Comicbook/{{Mysterio}} in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''.

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