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{{Short description|American actor}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2006–present
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'''Christopher Nicholas Smith'''  is an American television and film actor. He is best known for playing Dennis in the 2011 horror movie ''[[Paranormal Activity 3]]''. He also played Josh Merit in the 2017 [[romantic comedy]] film [[Non-Transferable (film)|''Non-Transferable'']].<ref>{{cite news|title=Nontransferable transfers the love in this modern Internet age|url=http://hollywoodpresscorps.com/nontransferable-transfers-the-love-in-this-modern-internet-age/|accessdate=March 22, 2017|work=Hollywood Press Corps|date=February 15, 2017}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Smith starred as Potiphar in the [[Chaminade High School]] production of ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' alongside future Broadway powerhouse actor Jason Zammit, who put on a masterful performance as Joseph. Smith attended [[New York University|NYU's]] [[Tisch School of the Arts]] and trained at the [[Atlantic Theater Company]] acting school in New York City. Smith is the founder, head writer and principal performer of the sketch comedy troupe [[Harvard Sailing Team]].

Smith's first real acting gig was in a short movie produced by Tisch School of the Arts titled ''I Killed Zoe Day''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1555010/ I Killed Zoe Day @IMDb]</ref> He had a small role in the drama, ''[[Little Children (film)|Little Children]]''. He made his television debut in 2009 in the third season of ''[[30 Rock]]'' in an episode titled "[[Goodbye, My Friend]]", where he played Tim. He later joined [[ESPN]]'s ''Mayne Street'', a web comedy series starring sports journalist [[Kenny Mayne]]. He made guest appearances on ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'', ''[[The Mindy Project]]'' and ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''.

In 2011, he was cast in ''[[Paranormal Activity 3]]''. He was also cast in the political thriller ''[[The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film)|The Reluctant Fundamentalist]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=McNary|first=Dave|title='Paranormal' thesp joins 'Fundamentalist' cast|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/paranormal-thesp-joins-fundamentalist-cast-1118045119/|accessdate=September 14, 2013|newspaper=Variety|date=October 26, 2011}}</ref> In 2013, he appeared in the film ''[[Enough Said (film)|Enough Said]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dionne|first=Zach|title=Paranormal Activity 3's Chris Smith Joins James Gandolfini, Julia Louis-Dreyfus Film|url=http://www.vulture.com/2012/07/paranormal-activity-3-chris-smith-joins-film.html|accessdate=September 14, 2013|newspaper=Vulture|date=July 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002305/http://www.vulture.com/2012/07/paranormal-activity-3-chris-smith-joins-film.html|archive-date=October 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, he was cast in a [[CBS]] [[television pilot]] ''Ex-Men'' (renamed to ''[[We Are Men]]'')<ref>{{cite news|last=Lyons|first=Margaret|title=Paranormal Activity 3 Star Lands CBS Sitcom|url=http://www.vulture.com/2012/07/chris-smith-paranormal-activity-ex-men.html|accessdate=September 14, 2013|newspaper=Vulture|date=July 25, 2012}}</ref> which was then picked to series and cancelled after two episodes.<ref>{{cite news|title='We Are Men' preview: Jerry O'Connell and Tony Shalhoub head a band of single bros for CBS|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/05/we-are-men-preview-jerry-oconnell-and-tony-shalhoub-head-a-band-of-single-bros-for-cbs.html|accessdate=September 14, 2013|newspaper=Zap2it|date=May 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914001905/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/05/we-are-men-preview-jerry-oconnell-and-tony-shalhoub-head-a-band-of-single-bros-for-cbs.html|archive-date=September 14, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He co-wrote the comedy-drama film ''[[Sacramento (film)|Sacramento]]'', which premiered at the 2024 [[Tribeca Festival|Tribeca Film Festival]] and stars [[Michael Angarano]], [[Michael Cera]], [[Maya Erskine]], and [[Kristen Stewart]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Complex |first1=Valerie |title=‘Sacramento’ Review: A Charming Exploration Of Anxiety, Friendship And Fatherhood |url=https://deadline.com/2024/06/sacramento-review-charming-exploration-fatherhood-tribeca-festival-1235961263/ |access-date=16 April 2025 |publisher=Deadline |date=8 June 2024}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| ''I Killed Zoe Day''
| Wyatt
| Short
|-
| ''[[Little Children (film)|Little Children]]''
| Steak House Waiter
|
|-
| 2007
| ''Aquarium''
| Jared
| Short
|-
| 2010
| ''Another Psycho''
| Chris Burns
| Short
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Paranormal Activity 3]]''
| Dennis
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film)|The Reluctant Fundamentalist]]''
| Mike Rizzo
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Enough Said (film)|Enough Said]]''
| Hal (Massage Client)
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Storks (film)|Storks]]''
| Dougland
| Voice
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Non-Transferable]]''
| Josh Merit
|
|-
| 2021
| ''Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity''
| Himself
| Documentary film
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2009
| ''[[30 Rock]]''
| Tim Baker
| Episode: "[[Goodbye, My Friend]]"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| ''Mayne Street''
| Chris
| 12 episodes
|-
| ''Fake It Til You Make It ''
| Darren Kernin
| 5 episodes
|-
| 2011
| ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]''
| Credit Card Guy
| Uncredited<br>Episode: "[[The Seminar]]"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2013
| ''[[The Mindy Project]]''
| Mike Menken
| 1 episode
|-
| ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''
| Strickland Stevens
| Episode: "[[Weekend at Barney's]]"
|-
| ''[[We Are Men]]''
| Carter Thomas
| Series regular
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2014
| ''[[The Newsroom (American TV series)|The Newsroom]]''
| Randy Lansing
| Episode: "Run"
|-
| ''[[Garfunkel and Oates (TV series)|Garfunkel and Oates]]''
| Darren
| Episode: "Speechless"
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Mom (TV series)|Mom]]''
| Douglas Biletnikoff
| Episodes: "Three Smiles and an Unpainted Ceiling" and "Kitty Litter and a Class A Felony"
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Friends from College]]''
| Beta Dog
| Episodes: "Mission Impossible", "Grand Cayman" and "Connecticut House"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| ''[[Jake and Amir#Lonely and Horny|Lonely and Horny]]''
| Luke
| Episode: "Game Night"
|-
| ''[[Young & Hungry]]''
| Nick Walker
| 5 episodes
|-
| 2020
| ''[[The Moodys (American TV series)|The Moodys]]''
| Nick
| 6 episodes
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''
| Ron Harrington
| Episode: "Vertical Drop, Horizontal Tug"
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|2166469}}
*{{Twitter}}
*{{TV Guide person|581012}}

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