Douglas Alexander Smith is a Canadian actor known for his work on the HBO series Big Love as Ben Henrickson. His other work includes Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Terminator Genisys, Vinyl, Miss Sloane, When We Rise, The Alienist and the second season of HBO's Big Little Lies.
Graduated from Santa Monica Community College in 2020 with an Associates Degree in Humanities. It took him 16 years to finish college.
His father is English-born (from London) and his mother is American-born (from California). Douglas is mainly of English and Ashkenazi Jewish descent, with small amounts of Dutch, German, Swedish, and Norwegian, ancestry.
Father produced low budget films in Canada while he was growing up.
In 2020 he released a solo LP under the name The Julias.