Calvin Leon Smith
Calvin Leon Smith
MFA in Acting, The Juilliard School
BA in Theatre, University of Tennessee
SAG-AFTRA
He/Him
Calvin received his MFA from The Juilliard School and his BA in Theatre from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where he was awarded Most Outstanding Graduate in Theatre. He has taught and/or assisted at Lincoln Center Theater, The American Brass Quintet, Actor’s Theater of Louisville, StArt Osceola in Kissimmee, FL, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and The Stage School in Brooklyn among others.
Broadway: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Fat Ham. Off-Broadway: The Miser (Moliere in the Park) The Animal Kingdom (The Connelly) Fat Ham (The Public Theater; Obie Award). National Tour: Sweat (Public Theatre’s Mobile National) Regional Theatre: Several plays at the Actor’s Theater of Louisville and the Clarence Brown Theater; The Long Wharf Theatre and Shakespeare on the Sound. TV: Recurring roles on the Golden Globe winner, The Underground Railroad (Amazon) and The Deuce (HBO), and guest star on the critically acclaimed anthology series High Maintenance (HBO). Film: Benny & James (Best Cast – Diversity in Cannes) Paper Friends, Better Man (Best Actor in Short at Queens World Film Festival) RSVP, Surprise and others.
