Kurtwood Smith was born in New Lisbon, Wisconsin,
but was raised in California. He studied drama at the
College of San Mateo and San Jose State and earned a
drama fellowship for Stanford's MFA program. In the
mid '70s, he began working regularly at the California
Actor's Theatre in Los Gatos, and moved to Los
Angeles in 1978 to seek film and television roles.
Smith has made several memorable guest appearances
for TV shows including "The X Files," "Magnificent
Seven," "Star Trek: Voyager," "Deep Space Nine" and
"Picket Fences." He was a series regular on "Big Wave
Dave" and "Max." In addition to starring in the
mini-series "North and South II" and "The Nightmare
Years," he appeared in telefilms such as "A Bright
Shining Lie," "While Justice Sleeps," "Doorways," "The
Christmas Gift" and "The Renegades."
No stranger to the silver screen, Smith has appeared in
several highly successful films including the 1998
Dreamworks film "Deep Impact," critically acclaimed "A
Time To Kill," John Woo's "Broken Arrow," "Under
Siege 2: Dark Territory," "To Die For" with Golden
Globe winner Nicole Kidman and Academy award
winning "Dead Poets Society" with Robin Williams.
Smith also had a starring role in short film "12:01 P.M."
which was nominated for an Oscar for "Best Short
Film." Additional film credits include "Prefontaine," "The
Crush," "Fortress," "Boxing Helena," "Quick Change," "
Rambo III," "True Believer," and "Robocop."
Smith now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress
Joan Pirkle. When he's not working, he enjoys reading,
scuba diving and seeing movies.
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