Michael St. John Smith
Michael St. John Smith is a Canadian actor and writer based in Toronto, whose exact birthday and birthplace are not publicly confirmed in major sources. He graduated from Harvard University with honours in English Literature and has been active since 1993, accumulating over 98 film and television credits. He is also a playwright and screenwriting instructor, having authored four stage plays — including the Jessie-nominated Slaying Dragons, The Biz, and The Bridge (co-written with Michele Riml, produced as a CBC podcast) — with his fourth, The Cull, premiering at the Arts Club in Toronto in January 2023. He has also written commissioned screenplays, including an adaptation of Ivan Coyote's novel Bow Grip (Telefilm Canada) and the sci-fi feature Archangel, co-written with William Gibson. His most notable film credits include USR Attorney #2 in I, Robot (2004, with Will Smith), Pentagon General in The Core (2003, with Stellan Skarsgård and Sienna Guillory), FBI Director Brandt in Shooter (2007, with Bryan Cranston and Emily VanCamp), an FBI Agent in Blade: Trinity (2004), Charles Bannister in The Final Cut (2004, with Robin Williams), Margaret's Lawyer in Big Eyes (2014, with Timothy Hutton and Alicia Vikander), and Auction Bidder in Fifty Shades Darker (2017). On television he is best known as Coach Kleats in Riverdale (2018–2020, 3 episodes, CW), Mike Kennedy in The Dead Zone (2002, 7 episodes), with additional credits in Smallville (2002, 2010), Andromeda (2004), The Flash (2015), Yellowjackets (2025), Da Vinci's Inquest (1999–2005), The X-Files (1993, 1996, uncredited), The Outer Limits (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999), Millennium (1996), Psych (2007), The A-Team (2010), Witches of East End (2013), Continuum (2014), Somewhere Between (2017, 6 episodes), The Good Doctor (2017), UnREAL (2018), and Fire Country (2024).
She Made Them Do It
(Fred Cook)
11:11
(Sheriff Ben)
Comeback Season
(Office Lafuentes)
Shooter
(FBI Director Brandt)
Paradox
(Senator Booth)
The Silencer
(Senator Cayton)
Harmony From The Heart
(Charles Carver)
A Job to Kill For
(Nordin Haber)
Fatal Reunion
(John Slayter)
Love Lessons
(Stan)
Two of Hearts
(Bret Owings)
The Core
(Pentagon General)
Elopement
(Dr. Spenser)
The Investigation
(Inspector Linnehan)
The Devout
(William)
I, Robot
(USR Attorney #2)
Robin of Locksley
(Agent Seals)
The A-Team
(Cemetary Chaplain)
Family for Christmas
(Harold Wainright)
Secrets in the Attic
(Sheriff Urban Blackwell)
Camera Shy
(Mayor Thomas)
Hello Destroyer
(Mr. Howard)
Hush
(Jared McLeod)
Ungodly Acts
(Johnson)
A Child's Wish
(Bailey)
After All These Years
(Barton Keyes)
With Love, Christmas
(Andrew)
The Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells
(Andrew)
Big Eyes
(Margaret's Lawyer)
The Final Cut
(Charles Bannister)
Arctic Blue
(Sportsman #2)
A Summer Romance
(Charles Belmont)
Fifty Shades Darker
(Auction Bidder)
A Timeless Christmas
(Greg Turner)
Spotlight on Christmas
(Gordon Cooper)
The Stranger Beside Me
(Governor Evans)
Every Christmas Has a Story
(Michael Harper)
Class Warfare
(Mr. Marshall)
A Christmas Detour
(Neil Collins)
Civic Duty
(Legal Analyst)
Maternal Instincts
(John)
Family Man
(Sheriff Weller)
Blade: Trinity
(FBI Agent)
The X-Files
(Major General Fryatt (uncredited))
Smallville
(Thomas Burton)
Fear Itself
(Sheriff Weller)
Riverdale
(Coach Kleats)
Psych
(Mort Crocker)
Witches of East End
(Bill Thatcher)
The X-Files
(The CIA Operative (uncredited))
Viper
(Clay Toffler)
The Outer Limits
(Dr. Richard Morgan)
The Outer Limits
(Dean Irwin)
The Outer Limits
(Angus Wheaton)
Somewhere Between
(Governor Preston DeKizer)
Andromeda
(Ambassador Galdamez)
The Flash
(Harbor Police Chief)
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
(Bill Morgan)
The Good Doctor
(John Wannamaker)
UnREAL
(Colin)
Fire Country
(Sheriff Fred Watkins)
Continuum
(Jones)
Smallville
(General)
The Sentinel
(Burt Phelps)
First Wave
(Gua Technician)
So Help Me Todd
(Judge Lansdell)
The Dead Zone
(Mike Kennedy)
Yellowjackets
(Mr. Matthews)
Human Target
(McNamara)
Happy Face
(Judge Wilkins)
Secret Agent Man
(Slick Academic)