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A native New Yorker and graduate of Long Island University by way of an athletic scholarship (basketball, with the great Emmette Bryant as a mentor). Juney discovered theatre arts in college and his life as an artist began.

After studying at The Lee Strasberg Institute, Drama Tree, Inc, The Negro Ensemble Company and New Federal Theatre. He began his acting sojourn in the theater in New York City.  

Mr. Smith regional theatre credits include: Cheaters, A Soldier’s Play, Medea and The Doll, The Sirens, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, The Mighty Gents, A Raisin in the Sun, The Odd Couple, Same Time, Next Year, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Owl Killer. 
After making a reputation in the theater, film and television followed.
 

His numerous film and television acting credits include Co-Starring in the comedy classicGood Morning, Vietnam as Phil McPherson, the engineer and the action classic Lethal Weapon 2 as Detective Tom Wyler. Mr. Smith’s also is Co-Starring in the recently released film Friends and Romans as Chief. Guest Starring and Recurring roles on Blue Bloods, NYC 22, ER, Dr.Quinn, Medicine Woman, Growing Pains, Matlock, Law & Order, Hard Time on Planet Earth, Highway to Heaven, T.J. Hooker, Hill Street Blues, M.A.S.H., ED McBain’s 87th Pct, A Doctor Story, and The White Shadow.

Simultaneously to acting, Mr. Smith is the former Artistic Director of the Renaissance Drama Company(New York) and the Rainbow Connection Theatre (Los Angeles)
where he directed over 100 plays in a 20 year span (1980-2000)