Actor

Wallace Smith

Santa Monica, California, U.S.

Wallace Smith got his Broadway break playing the lead role of Simba in “Disney’s Lion King”, almost immediately afterward landing roles in “Ragtime” and “American Idiot”. From there he jumped to the role of Judas in the Broadway revival of “Godspell”. Before landing the role of Apollo Creed’s manager in Broadway’s “Rocky: The Musical”, Wallace debuted in “White Noise” (Chicago), “The Last Goodbye” (San Diego’s Old Globe), and “Pippin” (Kansas City Rep) and more. Smith is (currently) playing “Hercules Mulligan/James Madison” in the Broadway company of HAMILTON after performing the role in the original Chicago Company (2016). A triple threat, Wallace is also a singer/songwriter/recording artist, with two albums on iTunes ‘Intersections’ & ‘smithsoniAM’.

Notable work

8.1
Person of Interest (2011)
as Pilot
7.6
Elementary (2012)
as ESU Officer
8
The Night Of (2016)
as Holding Cell Inmate
6.9
Black Lightning (2018)
as Detective Hassan Shakur

Full filmography · 8

Panhandle
as Dr. Otis Wright
20226.9
Black Lightning
as Detective Hassan Shakur
20186.9
The Night Of
as Holding Cell Inmate
20168
BrainDead
as Sergeant at Arm
20167.2
Elementary
as ESU Officer
20127.6
Person of Interest
as Pilot
20118.1
American Dreams
as Phillips
2002