Gregory Smith
Gregory Edward Smith (born July 6, 1983) is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. Gregory Smith began acting when he was fourteen months old, and appeared in a Tide television commercial and store catalogs. After a role in the 1994 children's film "Andre", he starred in the 1995 direct-to-video release "Leapin' Leprechauns!" and its 1996 sequel, "Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns". Also in 1996, Smith appeared opposite Michelle Trachtenberg in "Harriet the Spy". Smith subsequently starred in another direct-to-video film, Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework ".During the 2000s, Smith appeared in the Mel Gibson-led "The Patriot" (2000), played outlaw Jim Younger in "the western American Outlaws" (2001), was featured in the short-lived 2001 CBS drama series Kate Brasher, and was cast in a lead role on The WB Television Network show, Everwood, which became a success and ran from 2002 until June 2006. His role on the show was described by The Independent Weekly as "one of the best portrayals of a thoughtful, alienated teenager on television”.