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My Take
Cory Michael Smith is one of those actors I trust to disappear into wildly different worlds. I'll always associate him with the Riddler on Gotham, where he made a slow descent into villainy genuinely unsettling rather than cartoonish. But what I respect more is the range around it — the Todd Haynes collaborations like Carol, Wonderstruck, and May December, plus stage work on Broadway opposite Emilia Clarke in Breakfast at Tiffany's. That's an Ohio kid out of Otterbein University quietly building a serious, theater-rooted resume. To me he's a character actor's character actor: never coasting on a single signature role, always chasing the harder, stranger choice.
Overview
Cory Michael Smith (born November 14, 1986) is an American actor and producer. He appeared in 2013 in Breakfast at Tiffany's on Broadway, which starred Emilia Clarke. Smith is most well known for his role as The Riddler in the Fox series Gotham (2014–2019). He has appeared in several of Todd Haynes's films, including Carol (2015), Wonderstruck (2017), and May December (2023).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cory Michael Smith
- Name (Japanese)
- コーリー・マイケル・スミス
- Reading
- こーりー・まいける・すみす
- Born
- November 14, 1986 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Tiger
- Origin
- Columbus, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / stage actor / television actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Hilliard Darby High School
- University
- Otterbein University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.