Who is David Kohl Smith and His Career Life
David Kohl Smith is a Canadian child actor and voice actor and has had major roles in the films Shazam released in 2019, Chucky, and The Christmas Chronicles in 2018. He has signed contracts with clients like MADD Canada, Honda, Ikea, Spin Master, and Folgers doing commercials and brand marketing. David has been nominated for Best Guest Youth Actor for the Surreal Estate movie and Best Performance in a TV Movie for The Great Christmas Switch film.
Details of the Career Life of David Kohl Smith
He began pursuing his acting career and two months after starting school at CMTC, he got his first TV commercial which led him to be featured in the mini-series Teens 101 in 2017 and on Scariest Night of My Life for an episode. With support from his family and mentors, his skills kept improving gaining him audiences who loved his charming personality. Over the years, he continued to be featured in other movies and series like Mouthpiece, The Prodigy, and Christmas Chronicles. In 2019, he was nominated for Best Performance in a Feature Film for his performance as Young Billy in Shazam. Shazam is about a teenager picked by an ancient wizard who is transformed into an adult superhero by repeating the name Shazam. It was directed by David F Sandberg in 2019 representing a superhero film on DC Comics under the same name.
Over the years, David has continued to grow in the entertainment industry and from 2019 he has been seen on The Last of Ian Campbell, The Great Christmas Switch, Surreal Estate, Oracle 2; The Dreamland Murders, and The Boy in the Woods. Television series roles are on 14 episodes of Thomas &Friends; All Engines Go, Ghosts, Brilliant Minds, Secret Museum, and recently Chucky on five episodes.
David won the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series Recurring for his role in Chucky. The character Chucky is commonly associated with a child’s play horror icon and was created by Don Mancini in 1988 and has been popularized over the years. He is a killer with a gunshot wound and transfers his soul between bodies from a doll to a human body. In his pursuit to grow his career, his major roles have been on Shazam and Chucky. David is the voice-over artist behind Thomas in Thomas & Friends; All Engines Go, and All Wheels on Track, although, he has been replaced by Kai Harris. His acting career has exposed him to work alongside stars like Kim Coates during a shooting for Jerusalem.
Personal Life of David Kohl Smith
David has shared his experience as a child actor and acknowledges the support he has received from his family and managers to ensure he keeps up with his acting, scripts, and school. At some point, he had to enroll for homeschooling but throughout the years he has been able to find a balance. He has also talked about how open he is to getting other roles since he is still growing and perfecting his skills in acting and production. Currently, acting is his only stream of income, and works more to build his net worth.
