J. Todd Smith

J. Todd Smith got his start in the entertainment industry, at age 4, with a local commercial for a Father’s Day sale. While in elementary school, the native New Orleanian was featured in print ads and regional commercials including a 1990 US Savings Bonds commercial (Bluegill) which he starred in with his dad. J. Todd received his formal training at The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) and Loyola University New Orleans, where he was inducted into Alpha Psi Omega, National Honorary Theatre Society in 2003.

He has been featured in such films as RAY, GLORY ROAD, and DEJA’ VU, and on K-VILLE, FOX’s television drama about NOPD officers dealing with post-Katrina conditions. Most recently, to critical acclaim, J. Todd starred in “BEFORE I WAKE,” the short film which was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2008 Doorpost Film Project, an international film festival.