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Benjamin Harvey Bailey Smith (born 21 September 1977), also known by the stage name Doc Brown, is an English actor, comedian, rapper, screenwriter, songwriter, and voiceover artist. He portrayed DS Joe Hawkins in the television series Law & Order: UK. He is also known for portraying Nathan Carter in the CBBC television series 4 O'Clock Club from 2012 to 2015.

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Doc Brown
Brown in 2011
Background information
Birth name	Benjamin Harvey Bailey Smith
Also known as	Doc Brown
Born	(1977-09-21) 21 September 1977 (age 45) Kilburn, London, England
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	Comedy, hip hop
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian, rapper, screenwriter, songwriter, voiceover artist
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2000–present
Website	docbrown.co.uk

He also voiced a number of episodes of the popular show Funny Animals: Unleashed. This show was aired via 4MUSIC.

Early life

Doc Brown was born Benjamin Harvey Bailey Smith, son of a Jamaican immigrant, Yvonne Bailey, and an Englishman, Harvey Smith, who was 30 years his wife's senior. Raised in the Willesden area of north-west London, Smith is the younger brother of novelist and essayist Zadie Smith.[1][2] Smith attended Hampstead School.^{[citation needed]} Explaining his stage name, he has said: "Doc Brown's been my nickname since school, after the scientist in Back to the Future, because I was gangly and geeky. When I started doing rap battles in my teens, it became my hip-hop handle and it's stuck."[3]

Music

Doc Brown began performing as a battle rapper in 2000, appearing at the Dingwalls nightclub in Camden Lock, and later at the "Jump Off" competition in Soho.[4]

Film and television

Smith appeared in the BBC series Rev and Miranda, as well as Channel 4's The Inbetweeners, and the CBBC series Big Babies. In 2013 Smith guest starred in the Channel 4 comedy-drama series Derek, in which he played a young man sentenced to community service in a nursing home.[4]

He appeared in Ben Miller's film Huge, and co-starred in Other Side of the Game. He wrote music for the 2011 Joe Cornish film Attack the Block.[4]

Smith created a teen comedy-drama for the BBC called 4 O'Clock Club.[5] He starred in the show in series 1, and made guest appearances in series 2–4. Since series 5 his brother writes the raps. The show has currently run for 118 episodes.

Most recently, he has delved deeper into dramatic acting, starring in the Frank Spotnitz television show Hunted, a thriller for Cinemax. Smith then went on to shoot an episode of Midsomer Murders and in 2014, he played the role of DS Joe Hawkins in the final series of ITV's Law & Order: UK Also he had a viral song on the TV show Russell Howard's Good News called "My Propertea". Smith has also appeared in new Ann Summers series Brief Encounters.

In 2016, Doc guest starred on the BBC One television film Damilola, Our Loved Boy as a taxi driver.[3] He also participated in the second series of the comedy game show Taskmaster.

In February 2017, he appeared on Dave's Crackanory reading "Devil's Haircut" by Sarah Morgan, then in October, Smith appeared as a guest on Episode 100 of The Gaffer Tapes: Fantasy Football Podcast.[6] In late 2017, he performed the role of DS Evans in Sky One's Bounty Hunters.[7]

His love of film means he has been a guest presenter several times on the BBC Radio 5 Live film review show hosted by Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode where, due to mishearing his introduction, a listener referred to him as "Ben 'Baby' Smith".

In 2018, Smith appeared in the Doctor Who episode "The Tsuranga Conundrum".[8]

In 2020, he played Richie Hansen, an abusive husband, in the second series of BBC TV drama The Split.

In 2022 he played Lieutenant Supervisor Blevin in 4 episodes of the first series of the Star Wars prequel series Andor.

Picture book

A children's picture book entitled I Am Bear, illustrated by Sav Akyüz, which has been described as "a rap-style read-aloud story", was published by Walker Books in February 2016.[9]

Production

As of May 2014, Smith was the producer of The Football Ramble Live.

Personal life

Smith is a supporter of Crystal Palace F.C.[10] He has two daughters.[11]

Discography

Year	Title	Label
2004	Citizen Smith: Volume One	Bust-A-Gut Productions
2005	The Document	Janomi
	Poisonous Poetry (with Poisonous Poets)	Self-released
2006	Citizen Smith: Volume Two: Nothing to Lose	Hiptones
2008	Another Way (unreleased)	Unreleased
2017	Stemma	Bust-A-Gut Productions

Filmography

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2007	Never Mind the Full Stops	Panel member	Game show
2009	Miranda	Hotel Receptionist	1 episode
2010	Big Babies	Budge	13 episodes
	Rev	Ikon	1 episode
	The Inbetweeners	Steve	1 episode
2011	Little Howard's Big Question	Plithy Nondeploom	1 episode
2012–2015	4 O'Clock Club	Nathan	23 episodes; also creator and songwriter
2012	Hunted	Tyrone	7 episodes
2013	Derek	Deon	1 episode
	Imagine	Himself	Credited as Ben Bailey Smith
2013–2014	Strange Hill High	Mitchell	26 episodes
2014	Midsomer Murders	Zach	Credited as Ben Bailey Smith, 1 episode
	Law & Order: UK	DS Joe Hawkins	Credited as Ben Bailey Smith, 8 episodes
	The Football's On	Himself	Guest panelist
	Live at the Apollo	Himself	Performer, Series 10 Episode 2
	Give Out Girls	Andy	6 episodes
	Jack and Dean	Pedestrian	Episode: "Freaky Mouth Pizza"
2014-2017	British Academy Children's Awards	Presenter	Four ceremonies
2015	Ghost Fighting Corporation	Detective Stoker	Pilot of unreleased series
	The John Bishop Show	Himself	Performer, 1 episode
2016	David Brent: Life on the Road	Dom Johnson
	Fleabag	Workshop Leader	1 episode
	Taskmaster	Himself	5 episodes
	Brief Encounters	Johnny	6 episodes
	Film 2016[12]	Host	1 episode
2017	Bounty Hunters	DS Evans	5 episodes
2018	Thunderbirds Are Go	Jensen Hunt (voice)	1 episode
	Doctor Who	Durkas Cicero	Episode: "The Tsuranga Conundrum"
	101 Dalmatian Street	Sid Squirrel, Spencer Sausage Dog (voice)	Recurring role
2019	Cleaning Up	Blake	6 episodes
	Britannia	Rufus	3 episodes
	Teddles	Blocks	Episode: "Tidy Up Time"
2020	Silent Witness	Lt Col Ben Carmichael	2 episodes S23 Ep9 & 10 "The Greater Good"
	The Split	Richie Hansen	6 episodes
	Des	DC Brian Lodge	3 episodes
2021	Cinderella	Town Crier
2022	Persuasion	Charles Musgrove	Post-production
	Andor	Lieutenant Supervisor Blevin	Episode: "Aldhani"[13]

References

External links

• Official website
• Doc Brown at IMDb
• Doc Brown at AllMusic
• Doc Brown at British Comedy Guide

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