Keith Randolph Smith is an American

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, television, theater, and film actor. Smith appeared in the films ''

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'' and ''

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'', both films directed by

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, and played Will in ''Fallout'' and Jesse Hill in ''Backstreet Justice''. His TV credits include ''

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'', '' Cosby'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Smith has worked extensively in the theater, and his

credits include ''

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'', '' Come Back, Little Sheba'', ''

King Hedley II ''King Hedley II'' is a play by American playwright August Wilson, the ninth in his ten-part series, ''The Pittsburgh Cycle''. The play ran on Broadway in 2001 and was revived Off-Broadway in 2007. Productions ''King Hedley II'' premiered at the ...

'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Off-Broadway credits include ''

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'' (Playwrights Horizons), '' Jitney'' (Second Stage), ''Holiday Heart'' (Manhattan Theatre Club), ''

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'' (NYSF) and ''Auturo Ui'' (

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). Regionally, he has acted in ''

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'' (Atlanta's Alliance Theatre), ''The Dreams of Sarah Breedlove'' (Alabama Shakespeare), ''In Walks Ed'' (Long Wharf), ''Les Trois Dumas'' (Indiana Rep), ''

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'' (Hartford Stage), and ''The Heliotrope Bouquet'' (La Jolla Playhouse). In 2001, Smith starred in the international tour of the

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play '' Jitney'', which opened at the National Theatre in London. Smith is the voice of Clay Simons, the Lost's Road Captain, in the video game '' Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned'' and as the Crowd of Liberty City and the Vibe 98.8 Imaging, in the video game ''

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''. Smith reprised his role as Clay in ''

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''. In 2012, Smith performed in the

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(VSC) production of the August Wilson drama ''Fences'', which originally starred

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on the

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. In reviewing Smith's performance, Mal Vincent said, "Smith is better than James Earl Jones was in originating the role on Broadway in 1987." Keith Randolph Smith trained at the

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in New York City, United States, graduating in 1986.

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