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Nathan
Smythe
At
age seven, Nathan had his first stage performance in an off, off-off
Broadway production (local church) of a Joseph’s “coat of many
colors” musical (not to be confused with that other Joseph
colored-coat musical). Despite
an embarrassing night (he was the only performer on stage who had blue
jeans sticking out below his Egyptian robes), Nathan was now bitten by the
theatre bug.
After
acting in small plays, skits, and choirs for years, Nathan got what he
considered his first “legitimate” lead acting role at age eighteen as
Tevye in PCT Main Stage’s teenager’s theatre production of Fiddler
On The Roof in
Plano,
TX.
From there, he continued through to college with lead and
supporting roles in many theatre productions, including The Music Man,
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, and God’s Country.
Also while in college, Nathan was a DJ for the local radio station,
winning “Best Radio Announcer of the Year” for WACW in Lexington,
KY.
Nathan finished his college education by attending the Los
Angeles
Film
Studies
Center.
One
of his first
Hollywood
roles was as a swing dancer for Gilmore Girls. The show’s
director, Kenny Ortega, treated Nathan and the other dancers so well that
it encouraged him to tough it out in this often-rough industry.
Nathan met Peter Spellos while being a regular dance partner for
Brittany Snow and Vanessa Lengies on TV’s American Dreams, and he
joined Peter’s acting troupe soon afterward.
Aside from performing in numerous shows, films, and theatre
productions, he has also recently been in two improv groups, One Size
Fits All and Nothing Rhymes With Orange, and recorded voices
for the anime series Fighting Spirit and the video game Victorious
Boxers.
Nathan
resides in
Glendale
with his wife and swing dance partner Ginger (of “Ginger & The
Hoosier Daddies” swing band), where he also pursues writing, v/a
editing, and collecting the original Transformers and Star Wars
toys.
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Website
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