Michael Bailey Smith

American actor

Michael Bailey Smith
Smith at a Charmed convention in 2006
Born	(1957-11-02) November 2, 1957 (age 66) Alpena, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	Eastern Michigan University
Occupation(s)	Actor, VP of World Global IoT Sales
Years active	1989–present
Website	www.MichaelBaileySmith.com

Michael Bailey Smith (born November 2, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for his appearances on the television series Charmed, where he played Belthazor, a Grimlock leader and Shax.

Early life

Smith was born in Alpena, Michigan, to an Air Force family, which lived in Tehran, Iran, during his last two years of high school. He graduated from Tehran American School. After working for Westinghouse, he joined the United States Army where he served in the 82nd Airborne Division as a paratrooper. He then attended college at Eastern Michigan University, where his athletic talents earned him a spot as a free agent with the Dallas Cowboys in 1985. Smith's football career was cut short by injury and he returned to Eastern Michigan University, where in 1988 he earned a bachelor of science degree in computer aided design.^[1]^[2]

Career

Smith stumbled upon acting when he accompanied a friend to an audition for the 1989 film A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child. Smith landed the role of Super Freddy. Smith would appear three years later in a small role in Renegade playing PJ Butler. In 1994, he appeared in an unreleased Marvel Comics adaptation of The Fantastic Four as Ben Grimm. Smith was also cast in Cyborg 3: The Recycler alongside Malcolm McDowell.

Smith appeared in many TV series, such as Diagnosis: Murder, Star Trek: Voyager, Wings and Conan the Adventurer. In 1999, Smith had small roles as guards in Donald Petrie's My Favorite Martian (film) and The X-Files. Smith appeared 18 times in the hit TV show Charmed, where he played Belthazor, The Source, Grimlock and Shax. Also in 2002, he appeared in the hit sequel Men in Black II, where he portrayed the character Creepy. In 2003, Smith was brother Bob (Monster Man) in the hit movie Monster Man. Around that time, he appeared in the TV series The O.C. and Desperate Housewives.

In 2006, Smith was cast as villain Pluto in the remake of The Hills Have Eyes. In 2007, he played villain Papa Hades in The Hills Have Eyes 2. He also starred in the 2010 horror film Chain Letter, alongside Nikki Reed, and Noah Segan, directed by Deon Taylor.^[3]

Smith has also maintained a career outside of acting; he currently works for LEXI as the VP of Global IoT Sales.

Filmography

Film and television

1989 A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child as Super Freddy
1992 CIA Code Name: Alexa as Vlad
1992 Renegade as P.J. Butler
1993 Silk Stalkings as Lonnie Brill
1994 Cyborg 3: The Recycler as Donovan Cyborg
1994 Ice as Jimmy, The Courier
1994 Cage II as Sampo Fighter (uncredited)
1994 The Fantastic Four as Ben Grimm
1995 The Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back as "Tiny"
1995 Babylon 5 as G'Dok
1995-1996 Murphy Brown as Wrestler Secretary #74 and Secretary #74
1995 The Home Court as Man #2
1996 Family Matters as "Snap"
1996 The Drew Carey Show as Big Guy #1
1996 Wings as Jaffra
1996 Space Marines as Gunther
1996 Star Trek: Voyager as Alien #1
1997 Lawless as Bob "Obituary Bob"
1997 Malcolm & Eddie as Steven
1997 Conan as Gokrey
1998 Diagnosis Murder as Guard #1
1998 Between Brothers as The Guy
1998 Arli$$
1998 Whatever It Takes as Kevin Thompson
1998-1999 Seven Days as Brenneman
1999 My Favorite Martian as Big Guard
1999 Unconditional Love
1999 The X-Files as Guard
1999 L.A. Heat as Terry King
1999 Final Voyage as Erickson
1999 Martial Law as Lead Henchman
2000 Little Man on Campus as Chuck
2000 V.I.P. as "Tomahawk"
2000 Submerged as Lieutenant Nick Stuart
2000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Toth
2000 Love Her Madly as "Big Red"
2000 Bad Guys as Right Hand Man
2000-2001 Nash Bridges as Mike "Iron Mike" Willis
2000-2002 Charmed as Belthazor / Shax / Grimlock / The Source / Janor
2001 Roswell as Casino Guard
2001 Town & Country as Guard #2
2001 To Protect and Serve as Chuck
2001 Circuit as Mike
2001 Philly as George
2002 Grounded for Life as Jack
2002 Malcolm in the Middle as Coach
2002 The Division as "Skull" Corbett
2002 Undisputed as Willard Bechtel
2002 Inside as Bo
2002 Purpose as The Bouncer
2002 Men in Black II as "Creepy"
2002 The Master of Disguise as Henchman
2002 Blood Shot as Vampire
2002 Fastlane as Thick Neck Who's Talking (uncredited)
2002 Black Mask 2: City of Masks as "Hellraiser" Ross
2002 The Truth About Beef Jerky as Dick
2003 She Spies as Lucus Winter
2003 In Hell as Valya
2003 Monster Man as Monster Man
2004 Oliver Beene as Mauler Madson
2004 Short Fuse: A collection of Explosive Shorts as Bo
2005 The O.C. as Joe
2005 Candy Paint as Rick Adler
2005 The Unknown as Manny
2005 Jane Doe: The Wrong Face as Jackson
2005 Desperate Housewives as Bob
2006-2007 My Name is Earl as Skinhead #1 / Skinhead Prisoner
2006 Spymate as Hugo
2006 The Hills Have Eyes as Pluto
2006 Pepper Dennis as Police Officer
2007 Careless as Neighbor #2
2007 The Hills Have Eyes II as Papa Hades
2009 Thirsty as The Thrill Killer
2010 Chain Letter as Chain Man
2010 Days of Our Lives as Bernie
2010 Bad Ass as Brooklyn Bridges
2010 Crime Scene X: Creepy Crawlies as Detective Dan Houston
2010 Crime Scene X-Flames of Execution as Detective Dan Houston
2010 The Visitation as Gabe
2011 Chuck as Vlad
2011 Pair of Kings as Zadoc
2011 House as Sullivan
2011 Two and a Half Men as Dave
2012 Southland as Bobby Bedford
2012 Shameless as Man In Dress
2012 Eagleheart as The Bouncer
2013 Blood Show as Vampire
2014 Revelation Road: The Black Rider as Salinas
2015 Black-ish as Security Guard
2015 Cocked as Gunman
2015 Kids vs. Monsters as Mr. Beet
2016 Bus Driver as Jace

Video games

1998 Cyber Strike 2
2000 MechWarrior 4: Vengeance as Tarquin Cardona
2002 Emperor: Battle for Dune as Burseg
2002 Nightcaster: Defeat the Darkness

References

^ "Michael Bailey Smith's resume". LinkedIn.com.
^ "Biography". MichaelBaileySmith.com.
^ UPDATE: AFM '09: 'Chain Letter', 'Killing Jar', 'The Ledge', 'Able', 'Blood Snow'