Actor

David Lee Smith

26 credited titles on WatchWise

David Lee Smith (born September 8, 1963) is an American actor, known for his role as John Oldman, the protagonist of the 2007 science fiction film, The Man from Earth and its 2017 sequel, The Man from Earth: Holocene; he co-starred with John Billingsley and Tony Todd. He has also appeared in other movies, including Fight Club, and dozens of television episodes, some as a recurring character such as IAB Sergeant Rick Stetler in CSI: Miami.

David Lee Smith in one minute

Strongest genre

Biggest hit

Standout efficiency

Fight Club · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$17M

Combined reported budget

$21M

Gross / budget

0.8x

Bankability Index

10 / 100

All figures are associated, not attributed — box-office numbers are sourced from TMDB and Wikipedia (reused under CC BY-SA), shown in US$, and weighted by billing prominence. Coverage varies by title; figures are estimates, not audited trade data.