Pity we don’t get to see more of him. He calls Charlotte home, but since the Queen City isn’t hospitable to professional actors, Smith’s home stage since 1997 has been the People’s Light and Theatre in Philadelphia. The Davidson alum, who’s been in nearly 200 plays and ten films, has spent thirteen seasons with the N.C. Shakespeare Festival. He played King Lear last August in Collaborative Arts’ local production, and it was a performance for the ages.