Charles Martin Smith was born on October 30, 1953 in Van Nuys, California. He is an American film actor, writer and director.

His first professional job was a guest appearance on The Brady Bunch, followed by roles in the western film Culpepper Cattle Company and Fuzz (both 1972). He played Jim in the popular TV movie Go Ask Alice (1973) before coming to prominence as one of the young stars of George Lucas’ classic film American Graffiti (1973).

Over the years Smith has appeared in more than 30 feature films, including Never Cry Wolf (1983), Starman (1984), Deep Impact (1998) and Dead Heat (2002).

On the small screen he has starred in HBO’s award-winning And the Band Played On (1993), the mini-series The Streets of Laredo (1995), Peter Benchley’s The Beast (1996) and the mini-series P.T. Barnum (1999), starring Beau Bridges.

Other Smith performances worth noting include ill-fated FBI accountant Oscar Wallace in The Untouchables (1987).

His last roles include Dead Heat (2002) and Lucky You (2007).

Filmography

• Jack and Jill vs. the World (2007)
• Lucky You (2007)
• "Drive" (4 episodes, 2007)
• "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1 episode, 2006)
• "Da Vinci's City Hall" (13 episodes, 2005-2006)
• Still Small Voices (2006)
• "The Triangle" (2005)
• Left Behind: World at War (2005)
• Icon (2005)
• The Last Casino (2004)
• "Kingdom Hospital" (2004)
• Touching Wild Horses (2002)
• Dead Heat (2002)
• Roughing It (2002)
• "Ally McBeal" (1 episode, 2001)
• "Family Law" (2 episodes, 2000-2001)
• Here's to Life! (2000)
• The Apartment Complex (1999)
• P.T. Barnum (1999)
• Hoods (1998)
• Deep Impact (1998)
• Blackout Effect (1998)
• Dead Silence (1997)
• Wedding Bell Blues (1996)
• The Beast (1996)
• Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland (1996)
• "Streets of Laredo" (1995)
• Perfect Alibi (1995)
• "The X Files" (1 episode, 1995)
• "The Outer Limits" (1 episode, 1995)
• Take Out the Beast (1995)
• The Final Cut (1995)
• Brothers' Destiny (1995)
• Speechless (1994)
• "Northern Exposure" (1 episode, 1994)
• Roswell (1994)
• I Love Trouble (1994)
• "L.A. Law" (1 episode, 1994)
• "Picket Fences" (1 episode, 1993)
• "Tales from the Crypt" (1 episode, 1993)
• "The Untouchables" (1 episode, 1993)
• And the Band Played On (1993)
• Partners (1993)
• Fifty/Fifty (1992)
• Boris and Natasha (1992)
• Deep Cover (1992)
• The Hot Spot (1990)
• "The Ray Bradbury Theater" (2 episodes, 1986-1989)
• The Experts (1989)
• The Untouchables (1987)
• Trick or Treat (1986)
• "The Twilight Zone" (1 episode, 1985)
• Starman (1984)
• Never Cry Wolf (1983)
• Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
• More American Graffiti (1979)
• McGurk (1979)
• Cotton Candy (1978)
• The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
• The Hazing (1977)
• "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams" (1 episode, 1977)
• "Baretta" (1 episode, 1976)
• Law of the Land (1976)
• No Deposit, No Return (1976)
• Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975)
• "Lucas Tanner" (1 episode, 1975)
• "Petrocelli" (1 episode, 1974)
• "The Rookies" (1 episode, 1974)
• The Spikes Gang (1974)
• "The Streets of San Francisco" (1 episode, 1974)
• "Chase" (1 episode, 1973)
• "Love, American Style" (1 episode, 1973)
• American Graffiti (1973)
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
• Go Ask Alice (1973)
• "Room 222" (1 episode, 1972)
• Fuzz (1972)
• The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972)
• "The Brady Bunch" (1 episode, 1971)