Christopher Nicholas Smith

Christopher Nicholas Smith (born May 12, 1986) is an American television and film actor. He is known for playing Dennis in the 2011 horror movie Paranormal Activity 3. He played Josh Merit in the 2017 romantic comedy film Non-Transferable.[1]

Christopher Nicholas Smith
Smith in 2013
Born (1986-05-12) May 12, 1986
Rockville Centre, New York
OccupationActor

Life and career

Smith was born in Rockville Centre, New York.[2] He starred as Potiphar in the Chaminade High School production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He attended the NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and trained at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in New York City. Smith is the founder, head writer and principal performer of the sketch comedy troupe Harvard Sailing Team.

Smith's first real acting gig was in a short movie produced by Tisch School of the Arts titled I Killed Zoe Day.[3] He had a small role in the drama, Little Children.

He made his television debut in 2009 in the third-season of 30 Rock in an episode titled "Goodbye, My Friend", where he played Tim. He later joined ESPN's Mayne Street, a web comedy series starring sports journalist Kenny Mayne. He made guest appearances on The Office, The Mindy Project and How I Met Your Mother.

In 2011, he was cast in the Paranormal Activity 3. He was also cast in the political thriller The Reluctant Fundamentalist.[4] In 2013, he appeared in the film Enough Said.[5]

In 2013, he was cast in a CBS television pilot Ex-Men (renamed to We Are Men)[6] which was then picked to series and cancelled after two episodes.[7]

He is also a member of the Harvard Sailing Team Comedy group.

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2006 I Killed Zoe Day Wyatt Short
Little Children Steak House Waiter
2007 Aquarium Jared Short
2010 Another Psycho Chris Burns Short
2011 Paranormal Activity 3 Dennis
2012 The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mike Rizzo
2013 Enough Said Hal (Massage Client)
2016 Storks Dougland Voice
2017 Non-Transferable Josh Merit
2021 Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity Himself Documentary film
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2009 30 Rock Tim Baker Episode: "Goodbye, My Friend"
2010 Mayne Street Chris 12 episodes
Fake It Til You Make It Darren Kernin 5 episodes
2011 The Office Episode: "The Seminar"
2013 The Mindy Project Mike Menken 1 episode
How I Met Your Mother Strickland Stevens Episode: "Weekend at Barney's"
We Are Men Carter Thomas Series regular
2014 The Newsroom Randy Lansing Episode: "Run"
Garfunkel and Oates Darren Episode: "Speechless"
2015 Mom Douglas Biletnikoff Episodes: "Three Smiles and an Unpainted Ceiling" and "Kitty Litter and a Class A Felony"
2017 Friends from College Beta Dog Episodes: "Mission Impossible", "Grand Cayman" and "Connecticut House"
2018 Lonely and Horny Luke Episode: "Game Night"
Young & Hungry Nick Walker 5 episodes
2020 The Moodys Nick Guest Starring

References
  1. "Nontransferable transfers the love in this modern Internet age". Hollywood Press Corps. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  2. "Chris Smith". cbs.com. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  3. I Killed Zoe Day @IMDb
  4. McNary, Dave (October 26, 2011). "'Paranormal' thesp joins 'Fundamentalist' cast". Variety. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  5. Dionne, Zach (31 July 2012). "Paranormal Activity 3's Chris Smith Joins James Gandolfini, Julia Louis-Dreyfus Film". Vulture. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  6. Lyons, Margaret (25 July 2012). "Paranormal Activity 3 Star Lands CBS Sitcom". Vulture. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  7. "'We Are Men' preview: Jerry O'Connell and Tony Shalhoub head a band of single bros for CBS". Zap2it. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.


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