Michael St. John Smith
- Known for
- Acting
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
Happy Face
TV · as Judge Wilkins · 1 ep
Harmony From The Heart
Movie · as Charles Carver
Fire Country
TV · as Sheriff Fred Watkins · 1 ep
So Help Me Todd
TV · as Judge Lansdell · 1 ep
Yellowjackets
TV · as Mr. Matthews · 1 ep
A Timeless Christmas
Movie · as Greg Turner
Spotlight on Christmas
Movie · as Gordon Cooper
A Summer Romance
Movie · as Charles Belmont
The Perfect Bride: Wedding Bells
Movie · as Andrew
With Love, Christmas
Movie · as Andrew
Fifty Shades Darker
Movie · as Auction Bidder
Riverdale
TV · as Coach Kleats · 3 eps
Somewhere Between
TV · as Governor Preston DeKizer · 6 eps
The Good Doctor
TV · as John Wannamaker · 1 ep
Secrets in the Attic
Movie · as Sheriff Urban Blackwell
Hello Destroyer
Movie · as Mr. Howard
Every Christmas Has a Story
Movie · as Michael Harper
The Devout
Movie · as William
Family for Christmas
Movie · as Harold Wainright
Ungodly Acts
Movie · as Johnson
A Christmas Detour
Movie · as Neil Collins
UnREAL
TV · as Colin · 1 ep
Big Eyes
Movie · as Margaret's Lawyer
The Flash
TV · as Harbor Police Chief · 1 ep
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
TV · as Bill Morgan · 1 ep
After All These Years
Movie · as Barton Keyes
Witches of East End
TV · as Bill Thatcher · 2 eps
She Made Them Do It
Movie · as Fred Cook
Camera Shy
Movie · as Mayor Thomas
Continuum
TV · as Jones · 1 ep
Paradox
Movie · as Senator Booth
Elopement
Movie · as Dr. Spenser
The A-Team
Movie · as Cemetary Chaplain
Human Target
TV · as McNamara · 1 ep
Family Man
Movie · as Sheriff Weller
Fear Itself
TV · as Sheriff Weller · 1 ep
Shooter
Movie · as FBI Director Brandt
Comeback Season
Movie · as Office Lafuentes
A Job to Kill For
Movie · as Nordin Haber
Civic Duty
Movie · as Legal Analyst
Psych
TV · as Mort Crocker · 1 ep
Fatal Reunion
Movie · as John Slayter
Hush
Movie · as Jared McLeod
11:11
Movie · as Sheriff Ben
I, Robot
Movie · as USR Attorney #2
The Final Cut
Movie · as Charles Bannister
Blade: Trinity
Movie · as FBI Agent
The Core
Movie · as Pentagon General
The Stranger Beside Me
Movie · as Governor Evans
The Investigation
Movie · as Inspector Linnehan
The Dead Zone
TV · as Mike Kennedy · 7 eps
Class Warfare
Movie · as Mr. Marshall
Smallville
TV · as Thomas Burton, General · 1 ep
Love Lessons
Movie · as Stan
Andromeda
TV · as Ambassador Galdamez · 1 ep
Secret Agent Man
TV · as Slick Academic · 1 ep
The Silencer
Movie · as Senator Cayton
Two of Hearts
Movie · as Bret Owings
First Wave
TV · as Gua Technician · 1 ep
A Child's Wish
Movie · as Bailey
Robin of Locksley
Movie · as Agent Seals
Maternal Instincts
Movie · as John
The Sentinel
TV · as Burt Phelps · 1 ep
The Outer Limits
TV · as Dr. Richard Morgan, Dean Irwin, Angus Wheaton · 1 ep
Viper
TV · as Clay Toffler · 1 ep
Arctic Blue
Movie · as Sportsman #2
The X-Files
TV · as Major General Fryatt (uncredited), The CIA Operative (uncredited) · 1 ep