Film & Television
In November 2011 Smith registered his full name as a performer with Equity and Spotlight and has since appeared as an actor and writer as Ben Bailey Smith, whilst retaining the moniker Doc Brown solely for stand-up and music work.
Since moving into the world of comedy, Smith has taken on various roles in front of and behind the camera in both Film and Television. As an actor he has played roles in the acclaimed BBC series Rev and Miranda, as well as Channel 4's The Inbetweeners as a drug dealer. Smith also provided voices for the characters Budge and Koggs on the cult CBBC series Big Babies for which he also sang the theme tune. Smith also appeared on another CBBC show called The Slammer in which acts fight to win their freedom from the slammer by gaining applause from the audience.
In film he has played a role in Ben Miller's Huge as well as a co-starring role in the thriller Other Side of the Game. Smith is also credited as a songwriter alongside collaborator Mikis Michaelides on the Joe Cornish-directed film Attack the Block. The character Hi Hatz is often seen and heard playing songs he has recorded. These were written and recorded by Smith and re-voiced by the actor Jumayn Hunter.
In January 2012, a 13-part teen comedy-drama for the BBC called The Four O’clock Club aired on CBBC and BBC2, on which Smith is the co-creator, co writer, co-star and musical director, again alongside Michaelides. He later announced after its finale on 30 March that a 2nd series was in production. He is due to appear in a new Cinemax drama series called Hunted, to be aired on BBC 1 in winter 2012. Smith runs his own production company, Bust-A-Gut Productions Ltd, which- whilst focusing on television and film- has also re-released the back catalogue of his music.
He also appeared on Russell Howard's Good News, Series 6 Episode 1 on Saturday 14 April 2012 as a stand-up comic.
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