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Matt Smiley was born on October 28, 1981, in Montréal, Québec, Canada. His parents, Charles Smiley, an entertainment Lawyer and his mother Michelle Lefrançois, also a Lawyer, divorced when he was only 3. From a very young age, Matt was tuned into the world of arts, being practically raised on film sets.
At the age of 16, Matt was destined to be in the world of the arts. After ski races, he would often put on one-man shows to entertain his friends. When he wasn't putting on a show, he'd be locked in a drawing, a painting, or writing a short stories.
In 1997, Matt was selected to represent his school, along with two class
Matt Smiley was born on October 28, 1981, in Montréal, Québec, Canada. His parents, Charles Smiley, an entertainment Lawyer and his mother Michelle Lefrançois, also a Lawyer, divorced when he was only 3. From a very young age, Matt was tuned into the world of arts, being practically raised on film sets.
At the age of 16, Matt was destined to be in the world of the arts. After ski races, he would often put on one-man shows to entertain his friends. When he wasn't putting on a show, he'd be locked in a drawing, a painting, or writing a short stories.
In 1997, Matt was selected to represent his school, along with two classmates to join a theater group in Wisconsin, USA. He played the role of Cléante in Molière's "The Imaginary Invalid."
On his very first audition, Matt was chosen to play the role of Jeffery Teal in the made-for-TV movie _Secret Pact, The (1999)_, starring Rider Strong. Then, over the following years, he booked parts on popular television shows, such as El club de medianoche (1990) and Reporteros con clase (1997).
Matt kept busy acting in commercials and TV movies. Among them was El misterio de Wickwirehouse (2000), a fun and spooky film for the Disney Channel, Starring Elisha Cuthbert and Ricky Mabe.
He then starred in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1911) for his high school's annual drama tour through British Columbia in the spring of 1999. 1999).
At 18, Matt scripted, produced, directed, and starred in "Mindosis," a 30-minute short-length film that was shot in Montréal. After finishing the post-production on Mindosis, he acted in Chasing Holden (2003), starring DJ Qualls and Rachel Blanchard. During the shoot, he also worked as an assistant on La ciudad de los fantasmas (2002), the directorial debut of Matt Dillon.
Matt worked on two episodes of MTV's Undressed (1999) in Montréal . He then relocated to Paris to study theater. While in France, Matt also studied with Jack Waltzer, a former Actor's Studio teacher and coach for the likes of John Voight, Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, and Sigourney Weaver. Among his theater studies, he also worked on classical French plays and traditional character development with Agnès Arneau, a French theater actress.
In 2005, Matt starred in Kamataki (2005), a Japanese-Canadian feature film with director Claude Gagnon and co-starring _Realm of the Senses_ actor Tatsuya Fuji. The film was entirely shot in Japan and garnered numerous awards at international film festivals, including Berlin, Palm Springs and Montreal.
In July of 2008, Matt starred in "Kissing Strangers", alongside Lucas Dick, Andy Dick and Seymour Cassel. He then worked with Dany Boon for a few years before producing "Rituals," an Ashton Kutcher-executive produced ThrashLab web-series created by Mean Magazine founder Kashy Khaledi. The premiere episode, directed by Brinton Bryan featured the Grammy nominated band, Foster the People.
Matt directed and produced Highway of Tears (2014) with Carly Pope, a documentary based on the missing and murdered women along Highway 16.
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