BIO
Danny Smith is a Toronto-based actor, director, musician, and visual artist who is currently
the Artist-In-Residence at Immersive Van Gogh exhibit.
His artwork was first published at age six on the front cover of a comic book insert in the
Montreal Gazette newspaper.
His artwork has been exhibited and sold at Royal Ontario Museum, The Art Of Banksy,
Immersive Van Gogh, Immersive Klimt Revolution, Immersive Frida Kahlo, Bob Marley Experience,
Budweiser Stage, Budweiser Head Office Toronto, Hotel Victoria and Mossop’s Social House.
Danny's art has also been exhibited at Jackalope Gallery, Merchandise Building Lofts,
“Live At The Lakes” Music Festival in Cape Breton Nova Scotia, Red Lion Advertising Agency,
SNDWRX Audio, Cylinder Sound & Film, #Hashtag Gallery, Super Wonder Gallery, Page One Cafe,
H Bar, Red Line Cafe, and thousands of homes around the world.
Danny is also a Film & TV actor who is most well-known for playing Merton Dingle on the
television series Big Wolf On Campus (ABC Family.) He has starred alongside Mark Wahlberg
(The Big Hit), Jeremy Renner (National Lampoon's Senior Trip), Kirsten Dunst (All I Wanna Do)
and Leonard Nimoy in a Telus TV commercial while Danny was the spokesman from 2010-2018.
In 2017, he Directed a SportChek commercial starring NBA All-Star Kyle Lowry while Lowry
was on the Toronto Raptors. Danny has also directed countless radio & TV commercials for
brands like McDonald's, Tim Horton's, CIBC, Audi, Harley Davidson, Maytag and more.
From 2002-2008, he was a Sony Records-signed musician as the lead singer/guitarist/pianist/
songwriter in the LA-based band The City Drive. They opened for Aerosmith, Fleetwood Mac,
Hoobastank and Goo Goo Dolls, and played the Vans Warped Tour in 2006 & 2007 alongside
many bands including Sum 41 and Joan Jett.
He has over 10,000 Instagram followers at dannysmithx. Follow him there to view more than
2,000 of his artworks.
Instagram: dannysmithx
Contact: dannysmithx@gmail.com
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