Brian J Smith to Guest Star on Defiance

Brian j. smith SET TO GUEST STAR IN SYFY’S

UPCOMING ORIGINAL SERIES, DEFIANCE

 Groundbreaking Series Premieres April 2013 On Syfy

Brian J. Smith is set to guest star in an episode of Syfy’s groundbreaking series, Defiance, set to premiere April 2013.  Smith will portray Gordon McClintock, a NASA hero from the pre-Arkfall days who was presumed dead following a space station catastrophe in 2013. The astronaut is discovered to still be alive when he is revived from an induced sleep, and is overcome with shock and disbelief at the dangerous new world of Defiance. 

Originally from Dallas, Texas, Smith is a graduate of the four-year acting program at The Julliard School in New York City.  Smith starred in the Syfy original series Stargate Universe and the Syfy original movie Red Faction.  He also starred in the 2009 feature film The War Boys, written by award-winning playwright Naomi Wallace and Bruce McLeod, and appeared in the 2009 thriller Redhook.  His additional television credits include Poirot : Murder on the Orient Express and a guest star role on NBC’s Law and Order.  Smith also appeared on Broadway in Come Back, Little Sheba opposite S. Epatha Merkerson, and, off-Broadway, in Good Boys and True, and Three Changes, opposite Dylan McDermott and Maura Tierney.

I'll have a lot more information on the show in the next couple of days - so stay tuned!