Michael Smiley

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Michael Smiley
Smiley in 2016
Born1963 (age 60–61)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Occupation(s)Comedian, actor
SpouseMiranda Sawyer
Children4

Michael Smiley (born 1963) is a Northern Irish comedian and actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films Kill List (2011) and The Lobster (2015). He has also made appearances in British television series such as Luther, Utopia, Black Mirror and Doctor Who.

Early life

Smiley was born in 1963 in Belfast and grew up in Holywood with an older brother and sister.[1][2] He was raised Catholic.[3]

He moved to

open-mic night.[2] He had worked as a cycle courier, like his character in Spaced, and as an acid house DJ.[4]

Career

He became well known for his role as

Melbourne Comedy Festival.[4] He played Mac, a former member of the British Army's Parachute Regiment in the 2008 horror film Outpost and as a zombie in Shaun of the Dead.[citation needed
]

In 2003, he guest starred in the Doctor Who audio drama Creatures of Beauty. In 2004 he appeared in season 2, episode 4 of Hustle as Max the forger.[5] He also was a small character in episode 2 "The Model" of 15 Storeys High.[citation needed]

He has appeared in all three series of

Burke & Hare alongside his Spaced co-stars Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes
.

In 2011, he starred in British horror film Kill List. The film received critical acclaim, and earned him the "Best Supporting Actor" Award at the 2011 British Independent Film Awards.[6]

In 2013, he has appeared in an episode of

The Life of Rock with Brian Pern.[7]

To coincide with the

George Kane, featuring Smiley cycling around Northern Ireland and meeting local people.[8][9][10] A second series was commissioned for 2015.[8]

Michael Smiley at diff 2015

In 2014 Smiley played Colonel Morgan Blue in the Doctor Who episode "Into the Dalek".[11]

He also had a major role in British crime series

Benny Silver
from 2010 until 2019.

In 2019, Smiley co-starred with Elijah Wood and Martin Donovan in the film Come to Daddy directed by Ant Timpson.[12]

In 2020, he starred in Dead Still, a six-part Irish-Canadian television drama series, alongside Eileen O'Higgins & Kerr Logan. It premiered on May 18, 2020 on Acorn TV and May 15, 2020 Citytv.[13] The series is a co-production between Ireland's Deadpan Pictures and Canada's Shaftesbury Films and is written by John Morton, and directed by Imogen Murphy and Craig David Wallace.[14][15]

In 2021, Smiley appeared in the lead role in The Toll, a Welsh black comedy film later released in the United States with the title Tollbooth.

Personal life

Smiley has been married twice and has four children: two with his first wife and childhood sweetheart Merilees, and two with his second wife, journalist/broadcaster Miranda Sawyer.[2] He resides near Brockwell Park in Herne Hill, London.[16]

He shared a flat with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in the 1990s.[17] He is an avid cyclist.[2]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1989 The Heist Detective Television film; uncredited
2000 Burnside Matthew Hutchins Episode: "Back with a Vengeance: Part 1"
1999–2001 Spaced
Tyres O'Flaherty
 2 episodes
2000–2002 Time Gentlemen Please Martin 3 episodes
2002 15 Storeys High Insistent Irish visitor Episode: "The Model"
2004 Murder Prevention DC Maurice Gibney 4 episodes
2005 Bleak House Phil Squod 8 episodes
2005 Hustle Max Episode: "Missions"
2005 ShakespeaRe-Told Peter Episode: "Much Ado About Nothing"
2005 Rose and Maloney DS Mallam Episode: "Rise & Fall"
2007 In the Spider's Web Phil Television film
2007 Y Pris Captain Episode: "Episode #1.3"
2007 Nearly Famous Danny Episode: "Episode #1.5"
2008 The Wrong Door 2 episodes
2008 HolbyBlue Brendan Duffy Episode: "Episode #2.10"
2008 Wire in the Blood Dr. Liam Kerwin 7 episodes
2009 Law & Order: UK Danny Doyle Episode: "Unsafe"
2010 One Night in Emergency Mortuary Attendant Television film
2010–2019 Luther Benny Silver 16 episodes
2011 Stolen Sean Television film
2012 Coming Up Ricky Episode: "Spoof or Die"
2012 Good Cop Tom Lomax Episode: "Episode Two"
2012 New Tricks Tinker Episode: "Part of a Whole"
2013 Ripper Street George Lusk Episode: "In My Protection"
2013
Utopia
 Detective Reynolds Episode: "Episode 1"
2013 Black Mirror Baxter Episode: "White Bear"
2013 Father Figure Roddy 6 episodes
2013 Ambassadors Mr Jackson Episode: "The Tazbek Spring"
2013–2014 Monumental Self
2014
The Life of Rock with Brian Pern
 Micky Murray 2 episodes
2014 Doctor Who Colonel Morgan Blue Episode: "Into the Dalek"
2014 Edge of Heaven Snowy 2 episodes
2014–2015 Michael Smiley: Something to Ride Home About Self
2015 Comedy Feeds Les Episode: "Fishbowl"
2016 The Aliens Antoine Berry 5 episodes
2016 Murder Whitmore Harris Episode: "The Big Bang"
2020 Dead Still Brock Blennerhasset Series lead
2021 Bloodlands Dinger 4 episodes
2021
Intergalactic
 Professor Hague Blake 1 episode
2022 The Curse 1 episode
2022
Bad Sisters
 Roger Muldoon 5 episodes
2022 Ragdoll DS Finlay 6 episodes

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Shaun of the Dead Zombie Tyres O’Flaherty Uncredited
2006 Breaking and Entering Thaddeus Uncredited
2006 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Porter
2006 Land of the Blind Thorne's Lieutenant
2008 Outpost McKay
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl Physician
2008 Terra Firma Quentin Short film
2009 Down Terrace Pringle
2009 Believe Lewis Short film
2010
Burke & Hare
 Patterson
2011 Kill List Gal
2011 Big Fat Gypsy Gangster Mad Mick
2012 Shell Hugh
2012 The ABCs of Death Father Tom Segment: ""U Is for Unearthed"
2013 For Those in Peril Frank
2013 A Field in England O'Neil
2013 Svengali Irish Pierre
2013 We Are the Freaks Killer Colin
2013 The World's End Reverend Green
2014 Glassland Jim
2014 Black Sea Reynolds
2015 The Hallow Garda Davey
2015 The Lobster Loner Swimmer
2015 Orthodox Shannon
2015
My Name is Emily
 Robert
2015 Tank 432 Capper
2016 Free Fire Frank
2016 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Dr. Cornelius Evazan
2017 Madame David
2017 Jawbone Eddie
2018 Birthmarked Gertz
2018 The Nun Priest
2019 Come to Daddy Jethro
2019
Rialto
 Noel
2021 Censor Doug Smart
2021 Gunpowder Milkshake Dr. Ricky
2021 The Toll Toll Booth
2022 The Silent Twins Tim Thomas

Radio

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Eye Witness BBC Radio 3
2007–2009 The Maltby Collection Des Wainwright BBC Radio 4

References

  1. ^ "BBC One - Monumental - Michael Simley". BBC One. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d "Michael Smiley: 'I'm an overnight success after 20 years!'". Belfast Telegraph. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  3. ISSN 0140-0460
    . Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Living the life of Smiley". BBC News. 10 August 1998. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Hustle - what time is it on TV? Episode 4 Series 2 cast list and preview". RadioTimes. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  6. ^ Exley, Gemma (5 December 2012). "British Independent Film Awards 2011: Fassbender, Ramsey & Sophie from Peep Show win". Holy Moly. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  7. ^ "BBC Four - Brian Pern, the Life of Rock with Brian Pern, Birth of Rock".
  8. ^ a b "'Michael Smiley: Something To Ride Home About' Gets Second Series". Irish Film and Television Network. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  9. An Irishman Abroad (Podcast) (7 ed.). SoundCloud. Archived from the original
    on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  10. An Irishman Abroad (Podcast) (56 ed.). SoundCloud. Archived from the original
    on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  11. ^ Mulkern, Patrick (30 August 2014). "Into the Dalek ****". Radio Times. London, UK. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  12. ^ Come to Daddy Review by Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, February 6, 2020.
  13. ^ Yeo, Debra (15 May 2020). "He shoots dead people: Acorn TV's delightful 'Dead Still' blends the macabre art of post-mortem photography with period mystery". Toronto Star. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  14. ^ Clarke, Stewart (30 May 2020). "Acorn TV, Ireland's RTE Team for Morbidly Comic Drama 'Dead Still'". Variety. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  15. Decider
    . Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  16. ^ Tyler, Simon (7 June 2013). "Miranda Sawyer Interview". Not a Bad Dad. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  17. ^ Marsh, Hannah. "Welcome to the bonkers world of Michael Smiley". The Echo. Basildon. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

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