{{short description|American actor}}
{{Other people|Adam Smith}} {{Infobox person | name = Adam Neal Smith | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Dallas, Texas, United States | spouse = | partner = | occupation = Film and theater actor, musician, film composer | years_active = 2002{{spaced ndash}}present | children = | parents = }} '''Adam Neal Smith''' is a Dallas, Texas-born and Los Angeles-based film and theater actor, and musician in a band and film music composer.
==Career== He studied at University of North Texas majoring in history. He also took up acting lessons and enrolled in Los Angeles' Second City Conservatory.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ciaomovie.com/#/filmmakers/4527928691 |title=Ciao movie website: Cast |access-date=2011-11-29 |archive-date=2011-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120070815/http://www.ciaomovie.com/#/filmmakers/4527928691 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Musician===
Adam Neal Smith formed the band '''The Ethels''' in Fort Worth, Texas alongside Ethel Lung, in 2002. Smith was on vocals and guitar and Lung on vocals and drums. The band relocated to Los Angeles where Gordon Bash recorded their demo in summer of 2003. He eventually joined the band in 2005 as a bass player. The first full-length album of The Ethels was ''Field Trip to Cakeland'' released independently.
===Actor=== Smith also joined the 28 Cent Crew Theater Company where he played the lead role in Samuel Shem's ''Bill W. and Dr. Bob''. He also co-wrote the play ''On the Brink'' and took on the role of Homer Morris in the travelling children's show ''The Morris Brothers''.
He is best known for his lead role as Jeff in Yen Tan's 2008 gay-themed film ''Ciao''<ref>[http://greginhollywood.com/at-last-ciao-is-out-in-dvd-23515 Greg in Hollywood: At last, ''Ciao'' is out in DVD]</ref> in the role of Jeff, costarring with Alessandro Calza as Andrea. Ethel Lung a band co-member with Smith in The Ethels appears on some scenes in the film alongside Adam Neal Smith.
==Discography== ;As The Ethels *2005: ''Field Trip to Cakeland''
==Filmography==
===Actor=== ;Long features *2008: ''Ciao'' as Jeff ;Shorts *2002: ''Snap'' as Winders (short) <small>(credited as Adam Smith)</small> *2004: ''Night Without Justice'' as FBI Agent Anderson (short) <small>(credited as Adam Smith)</small> *2004: ''Cowboys & Indians'' as Father (short)
===Composer=== *2006: ''The Mortified Shoebox Show'' (TV series) *2007: ''Callback''
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=1124861}} *[http://www.myspace.com/theethels The Ethels MySpace site]
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