While enrolled at Collin College, Smith worked as theatre technician. He was later cast as Alex in A Clockwork Orange in a Quad C Theatre production to a positive review from the Dallas Observer. In 2005, he portrayed Trey, a gay man facing intolerance from the son of a fundamentalist preacher, in Hate Crime, an independent film that featured at gay and lesbian film festivals around the United States.
Smith eventually received acting roles in two more independent films, Red Hook and The War Boys. In 2008, he appeared on Broadway in the play Come Back, Little Sheba as the character Turk. Smith was cast as Lieutenant Matthew Scott, a lead role in the 2009 Stargate television series, Stargate Universe, until its cancellation in 2010. He also guest-starred on Law & Order in 2009.
In 2011, Smith recurred on The CW's Gossip Girl and starred in the SyFy original film Red Faction: Origins. In April 2012, he began his run as Andrei in the hit Broadway show, The Columnist, which ended in July 2012. His next projects included the mini-series Coma from producer Tony Scott and an appearance on Warehouse 13 for SyFy.
From September 2013 to February 2014, he played The Gentleman Caller in a Broadway production of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie at the Booth Theatre. In 2015, he appeared in the pilot episode of Quantico as one of the new FBI recruits.
Smith was a lead cast member on the Netflix original series Sense8 (2015–2018) playing the character Will Gorski. He followed up with main roles on Treadstone, a serial spin-off of the Bourne films, and the BBC World War II drama mini series World on Fire in 2019.
Smith played Berg in The Matrix Resurrections in 2021 and in 2023, was cast as Daniel Lennix, a lead character in FX on Hulu's series Class of '09 and as Ken in Essex County a Canadian television drama.
Brian J. Smith, The Glass Menagerie
Brian J. Smith, The Glass Menagerie
Brian J. Smith, The Glass Menagerie
Brian J. Smith, The Glass Menagerie
Brian J. Smith, The Glass Menagerie
Brian J. Smith, The Glass Menagerie
Brian J. Smith has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.
Brian J. Smith has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Brian J. Smith's first West End show was The Glass Menagerie which opened in 2017
Brian J. Smith has been nominated for several awards including Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the Olivier Awards, Best Featured Actor in a Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards, Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for his role in The Glass Menagerie.
Brian J. Smith has won the Best Featured Actor in a Play award at the BroadwayWorld Awards for "The Glass Menagerie" and the Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play award at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for the same production.
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