Biography
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 (2010–2013), Daemon Targaryen in the HBO series House of the Dragon (2022–present) and Prince Philip in the Netflix series The Crown (2016–2017), 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 th...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Caught Stealing
2025
as Russ
Hank Thompson, a burned-out former baseball player, is unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of '90s ...

Doctor Who: Unleashed - 20 Years of New Who in Wales
2025
as Self (Archive Footage)
Twenty years ago, Doctor Who began filming in Wales. This fun and insightful documentary gives inside secrets from the cast, crew and writers, past an...

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Belinda Chandra has been kidnapped by robots, faced a terrifying god and a creature of pure evil on her travels with the Doctor. With the TARDIS still...

Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
as The Doctor (11) (archive footage)
Doctor Who fan favourite Catherine Tate presents a concert of music, monsters and mayhem featuring soundtracks from the iconic series, a specially sho...

Starve Acre
2024
as Richard
When their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil roo...

Perfect Match
2024
as Concierge London
The fictionalized story of one of the most incredible and enduring love stories of two tennis megastars: Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi. No one expected...

The Forgiven
2022
as Richard Galloway
Over a weekend in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, a random accident reverberates through the lives of both the local Muslims and Western visitors...

Morbius
2022
as Milo
Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder, and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Michael Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. Wh...

Superworm
2021
as Superworm (voice)
Superworm is super-long and super-strong, and is always saving the day. But who can save him when he gets too full of himself and is captured by the e...

Last Night in Soho
2021
as Jack
A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1...

Lungs
2020
as M
The ice caps are melting, there’s overpopulation, political unrest; everything’s going to hell in a handcart – why on earth would someone bring a baby...

His House
2020
as Mark Essworth
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that ha...

Official Secrets
2019
as Martin Bright
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint U...

Charlie Says
2019
as Charles Manson
Three young women were sentenced to death in the infamous Manson murder case, but when the death penalty was lifted, their sentence became life impris...

Mapplethorpe
2019
as Robert Mapplethorpe
A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.

Sparks!
2018
Thanks
A happy, code-typing worker android falls in love with his human female supervisor. Just one problem: every time he sees her, his heart literally expl...

Patient Zero
2018
as Morgan
After an unprecedented global pandemic has turned the majority of humankind into violent infected beings, Morgan, a man gifted with the ability to spe...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
2016
as Parson Collins
A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from differen...

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
as The Doctor (11) (picture) (uncredited)
It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon...

Terminator Genisys
2015
as Alex / Skynet
The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unkn...

Lost River
2015
as Bully
Billy, a single mother of two, is led into a macabre underworld while her teenage son, Bones, discovers a secret road leading to an underwater town. B...

Doctor Who: Deep Breath
2014
as The Doctor (11)
The newly-regenerated Doctor arrives in Victorian London, and Clara Oswald struggles to embrace the man he has become. All the while, they reunite wit...

Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
2013
as The Doctor (11)
Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe's deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the ...

Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
2013
as The Doctor
Bid the eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith, a fond farewell in this retrospective documentary special about Doctor Who Series five, six and seven - "the Matt...

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
as Self
Zoe Ball and Rick Edwards get the party started for the celebration of 50 years of Doctor Who, with Doctors and companions past and present, celebrity...

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
as Self
With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the "classic" Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy are keen to be involved. B...

The Day of the Doctor: Cinema Intro
2013
as The Doctor (11)
A two-scene introduction that was shown exclusively in advance of the 50th anniversary theatrical screenings of The Day of the Doctor.

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
as The Doctor (11)
In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in spa...

An Adventure in Space and Time
2013
as Self / The Doctor (11) (uncredited)
Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles while wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ...

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
2013
as Self
The Ultimate Guide was a documentary made by BBC Events Production in London which aired on BBC Three in the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the Doc...

Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
2013
as self
Behind-the-scenes stories from the cast and crew across 50 years of Doctor Who.

The Science of Doctor Who
2013
as The Doctor
For one night only, Professor Brian Cox takes an audience of celebrity guests and members of the public on a journey into the wonderful universe of th...

Doctor Who Explained
2013
as Self
A BBC America documentary explores the mysterious and two-hearted alien who is the Doctor with exclusive interviews with cast members from the show's ...

Doctor Who: The Inforarium
2013
as The Doctor
The Eleventh Doctor deletes himself from history.

Doctor Who: Rain Gods
2013
as The Doctor
The Doctor and River Song find themselves at the mercy of the natives of the planet of the Rain Gods, who mean to sacrifice them to their deities, unt...

Doctor Who at the Proms
2013
as Self - Special Guest Appearance / The Doctor
Doctor Who returns to the Proms to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the popular BBC series. As well as showcasing Murray Gold’s music from the past e...

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
as Self
Zoe Ball hosts a live celebration in which the next actor to land Doctor Who's lead role is revealed, in the company of former cast members and celebr...

Doctor Who: She Said, He Said
2013
as The Doctor
The Eleventh Doctor and Clara Oswald muse over each others' mysteries and reflect on how little they really know about one another.

Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea
2013
as Self
Comedy legend Victoria Wood travels the globe to explore Britain's love affair with tea in a two part special on the little plant that changed the wor...

Doctor Who: The Snowmen
2012
as The Doctor
The Doctor has retired to 1892 London. Despite the protests of his allies, he is determined to keep out of mankind's affairs. However, a governess nam...

Doctor Who - Night and The Doctor: Last Night
2012
as The Doctor
The Doctor's first date with River has gotten more than a little complicated. With three versions of her in the TARDIS, it takes two of him to sort ma...

Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: First Night
2012
as The Doctor
The night River Song is imprisoned in Stormcage for killing the Eleventh Doctor, she receives a visit from her husband to take her out on their first ...

Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: Bad Night
2012
as The Doctor
When Amy is woken in the middle of the night by the TARDIS telephone, she learns the Doctor carries on a very active social and adventuring life while...

Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: Good Night
2012
as The Doctor
When Amy wakes to find the Doctor carrying a euphonium guiltily, she uses the opportunity to ask a question that has been bothering her for a long tim...

Doctor Who: The Great Detective
2012
as The Doctor
Vastra, Jenny, and Strax try to persuade the grumpy Doctor to engage again.

Doctor Who: Asylum of The Daleks Prequel
2012
as The Doctor
The Doctor receives a message from a mysterious hooded stranger – a woman called Darla Von Karlsen wants to meet him...

Doctor Who: Pond Life
2012
as The Doctor
A series of five minisodes show Amy and Rory's life at home, while The Doctor has adventures of his own.

The Science of Doctor Who
2012
as The Doctor (archive footage)
Like all great science fiction shows, there are kernels of truth and nuggets of science fact scattered throughout the incredible ‘Doctor Who’ universe...

Bert & Dickie
2012
as Bert Bushnell
Thrown together just five weeks before the final of the 1948 London Olympics, Bert Bushnell (Doctor Who's Matt Smith) and Dickie Burnell (Sam Hoare) d...

Doctor Who: Good as Gold
2012
as The Doctor
Rebecca, Emily, and Libby of Ashdene Primary School present a by-the-book TARDIS adventure!

Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
2011
as The Doctor
It's Christmas Eve, 1938, when Madge Arwell comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel as she cycles home. He promises to repay her kindness - all ...

Doctor Who: The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe Prequel
2011
as The Doctor
The Eleventh Doctor has his hand on a button that, when released, will blow up a ship that's about to destroy the Earth. He calls Amy Pond on the TARD...

Doctor Who: Death is The Only Answer
2011
as The Doctor
In the console room of his TARDIS, the Eleventh Doctor is celebrating his acquisition of a new fez formerly owned by his old friend Albert Einstein. T...

Doctor Who: Let’s Kill Hitler Prequel
2011
as The Doctor
Amy leaves a message on the TARDIS' answering machine. She speaks about her baby and what to do when he finds her. She knows that her baby will become...

Christopher and His Kind
2011
as Christopher Isherwood
In 1931, budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. He ...

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
2010
as The Doctor
Amy Pond and Rory Williams are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way the Eleventh Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely...

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
2010
as The Doctor
Amy tries to flirt with The Doctor but he tries to ignore her advances.

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 1
2010
as The Doctor
After Amy enters the TARDIS, Amy is awestruck when she sees what lies inside.

Doctor Who at the Proms
2010
as Self - Special Guest Appearance / The Doctor
For the second time since its revival, Doctor Who's music will be enjoyed by numerous fans since the previous Proms in 2008. Everyone's favourite mons...

Womb
2010
as Thomas
A woman's consuming love forces her to bear the clone of her dead beloved. From his infancy to manhood, she faces the unavoidable complexities of her ...

Together
2009
as Rob
A year after his brother's death, Rob discovers that the only way to help his father cope with the loss is to "force" his affection onto him.

The Shadow in the North
2007
as Jim Taylor
Sally Lockhart crosses paths with the nefarious industrialist Axel Bellman, the richest and most powerful man in Europe. She's determined to prove him...

Last Stand of the 300
2007
as Darius
This is the true and astounding saga of the Spartans at Thermopylae. It is among the greatest tales of war ever recounted. All the glory and grit of t...

The Ruby in the Smoke
2006
as Jim Taylor
Sally Lockhart has struck a man dead with just three words, sent to her in a message from her father just before he drowned in the South China Seas. B...