
Michael Smiley
Highest Rated: 100% Rialto (2019)
Lowest Rated: 11% Birthmarked (2018)
Birthday: Jan 29, 1963
Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Irish actor and comedian Michael Smiley began his performing career in the early '90s on a whim; he took the stage during an open-mic night in London after participating in a bet with a friend. Some of his claims to fame stem from his collaborations with past roommates Simon Pegg and Nick Frost on the cult British sitcom "Spaced," directed by a young Edgar Wright. Smiley played the role of Tyres O'Flaherty on the show, and later popped up in Wright, Pegg, and Frost's 2004 zombie parody "Shaun of the Dead" as a zombified take on his "Spaced" character. The early-to-mid-2000s saw him landing several supporting roles on series such as the zany "Time Gentlemen Please," police procedural "Murder Prevention," and con-artist drama "Hustle." In 2006, Smiley was cast as a Porter in Tom Tykwer's stylishly twisted drama "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer," starring Dustin Hoffman and Ben Whishaw. After a small role in the high-profile period drama "The Other Boleyn Girl," Smiley portrayed Dr. Liam Kerwin during a seven-episode stint on the popular British crime drama "Wire in the Blood" during the show's sixth season. The 2010s saw a significant boost in the actor's resume, with a recurring role on the well-received BBC drama "Luther," a reunion with Pegg in John Landis' creepy comedy "Burke & Hare," and a leading role in the horror film "Kill List," which earned Smiley the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Devil Went Down to Islington | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
86% | 73% | Tollbooth | Toll Booth (Character) | - | 2021 |
60% | 48% | Gunpowder Milkshake | Dr. Ricky (Character) | - | 2021 |
89% | 56% | Censor | Doug Smart (Character) | $88.0K | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | EVIE | Father Robert (Character) | - | 2021 |
100% | 53% | Rialto | Noel (Character) | - | 2019 |
88% | 75% | Come to Daddy | Jethro (Character) | $61.4K | 2019 |
40% | No Score Yet | The Belly of the Whale | Gits Hegarty (Character) | - | 2018 |
24% | 35% | The Nun | Bishop Pasquale (Character) | $117.4M | 2018 |
11% | 58% | Birthmarked | Gertz (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Otzi and the Mystery of Time | Ötzi (Character) | - | 2018 |
44% | 56% | Madame | David Morgan (Character) | - | 2017 |
96% | 70% | Jawbone | Eddie (Character) | - | 2017 |
70% | 52% | Free Fire | Frank (Character) | $1.8M | 2016 |
13% | 7% | Tank 432 | Capper (Character) | - | 2016 |
50% | 40% | Orthodox | Shannon (Character) | - | 2015 |
89% | 84% | My Name Is Emily | Robert (Character) | - | 2015 |
87% | 65% | The Lobster | Loner Swimmer (Character) | $9.1M | 2015 |
70% | 43% | The Hallow | Garda Davey (Character) | $9.0K | 2015 |
84% | 45% | Glassland | Jim (Character) | - | 2014 |
81% | 59% | Black Sea | Reynolds (Character) | $1.2M | 2014 |
44% | 18% | We Are the Freaks | Killer Colin (Character) | - | 2013 |
38% | 0% | Svengali | Irish Pierre (Character) | - | 2013 |
88% | 68% | For Those in Peril | Frank (Character) | - | 2013 |
86% | 58% | A Field in England | O'Neil (Character) | $30.7K | 2013 |
90% | 66% | Shell | Hugh (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Orthodox | Shannon (Character) | - | 2012 |
78% | 58% | Kill List | Gal (Character) | $26.3K | 2011 |
32% | 35% | Burke & Hare | Atterson (Character) | $947 | 2010 |
86% | 61% | Down Terrace | Pringle (Character) | $9.6K | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Believe | Lewis (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 17% | In the Spider's Web | Phil (Character) | - | 2007 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 88% | Obituary | Ward Clancy (Character) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 90% | The Curse | Ronnie Gatlin (Character) | 2022-2023 |
92% | 38% | Ragdoll | Unknown (Character) | 2022 |
71% | 70% | Bloodlands | Dinger (Character) | 2021 |
89% | 88% | Dead Still | Brock Blennerhasset (Character) | 2020 |
88% | 87% | Luther | DS Benny Silver (Character) | 2010-2011 2013 2015 2019 |
60% | 27% | Death and Nightingales | Dummy McGonnell (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Would I Lie to You? | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Aliens | Unknown (Character) | 2016 |
90% | 65% | Doctor Who | Colonel Morgan Blue (Guest Star) | 2014 |
83% | 80% | Black Mirror | Baxter (Character) | 2013 |
94% | 91% | Ripper Street | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
100% | 94% | Spaced | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 2001 |