Cory Michael Smith

"What I love about the character’s history is how diverse it is in terms of how the character is portrayed, in terms of his appearance, the different costumes and hair color,” Smith says. "Sometimes it’s incredibly ostentatious, other times it’s almost professional, or regal. Sometimes, he’s a showman, sometimes he’s a nerd.""

- Smith on playing Edward Nygmasrc

Cory Michael Smith is an American actor who portrays Edward Nygma on Fox's Gotham.

Biography
A native of Columbus, Ohio, Smith was raised by his parents, David and Theresa (born Fagan) Smith, with his one older brother Chad, and graduated from Hilliard Darby High School in 2005. He had aspirations ranging from becoming a concert pianist to a lawyer. While at Otterbein University, Smith was cast in such plays as The Scene, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Tartuffe. His major & minor were art musical theatre and jazz piano, respectively. He considered dropping out of art musical theatre for philosophy or pre-law.

In 2011, Smith was seen in the New York City premiere of ‘The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World’ at Playwrights Horizons and in 2009 to early 2012 could be seen in various regional theatre productions for the likes of New York Stage and Film. He starred in The Fantasticks at both Barrington Stage Company and The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. He was also seen in Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them. Smith made his Broadway debut in Breakfast at Tiffany's in 2013. In the same theatre season, he also starred Off-Broadway in both the U.S. Premiere of Cock aka The Cockfight Play by Mike Bartlett and 'The Whale' by Samuel D. Hunter which had its world premier at Denver Center for the Performing Arts with the New York premier at Playwrights Horizons. His first feature film was Camp X-Ray which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in January. He appeared in a short horror movie, Dog Food, co-starring Amanda Seyfried and premiered at the 2014 South by Southwest in March. Smith also appeared in the HBO mini-series Olive Kitteridge and the film Carol.