Published video “Spider-Man: Brand New Day — Kevin Smith & Marc Bernardin Go ALL-IN | FMB #473”.
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Kevin Smith
Kevin Patrick Smith is an American filmmaker. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy film Clerks (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, co-edited, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob. These characters also appeared in Smith's later films Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Clerks II (2006)…
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Born 2 August 1970 · Q489831
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2026· 10 entries
Published video “Kevin Smith & Marc Bernardin React to AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY Trailer at Comic-Con 2026”.
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Published video “Kevin Smith's SUPERGIRL Review! Marc Bernardin's Too! | FMB #471”.
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Published video “The Final Cantina Show with Kevin Smith and Marc Bernardin? | FMB #470”.
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Published video “He-Man Is BACK! Masters of the Universe Review | FMB #469”.
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Published video “The Future of Star Wars Starts NOW | Mando, Grogu, Maul & More - FMB #468”.
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Published video “Daredevil Finale! New Planet of the Apes! Marc Made a Movie with Eric Roberts?! - FMB #467”.
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Published video “Kevin Smith Braves Guatemalan Food | Vegan Abattoir Ep. 009”.
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Published video “Daredevil: Born Again S2, Superman/Spider-Man w/ Brad Meltzer & CinemaCon Highlights”.
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Published video “Jay and Silent Bob's Chronic Blunt Punch is Here!”.
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2024· 2 entries
Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2024).
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Smith released The 4:30 Movie, focusing on a group of teenagers in the 1980s who spent a day "theatre-hopping", in Monmouth County, New Jersey
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2022· 2 entries
It was announced that Dark Horse and Smith would be teaming up to publish the books of Secret Stash Press, a new publishing line by Smith
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Smith guest starred as himself on the Nickelodeon sitcom Warped
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2020· 1 entry
Smith announced on his Twitter account that he was closing the Red Bank store at 35 Broad Street on December 28, and moving the store down the block to a long-vacant corner location at 65 Broad Street
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2019· 3 entries
Amazon Prime published "Bonus: Kevin Smith Explains The Expanse" as a forerunner to series 4 of The Expanse, in which Smith helps explain the action that unfolded during the first three seasons
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Smith announced on Instagram that Clerks III was happening and that Jeff Anderson, who had retired, had agreed to reprise his role as Randal
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“Howard the Duck for Hulu. In January 2020, it was announced that the Howard the Duck series was scrapped. In 2022, Smith guest starred as himself on the Nickelodeon sitcom Warped!, in the episode”
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2018· 4 entries
Awarded Inkpot Award (2018).
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After performing a stand-up comedy show at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California, Smith suffered a severe heart attack caused by a total blockage of the left anterior descending artery
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On the cable channel Showtime and was later released to DVD
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In 2018, Vancouver Film School announced three "Kevin Smith Scholarships" in Acting, Writing and Film Production covering full tuition.
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2017· 3 entries
Due to obstacles getting Clerks 3 or Mallrats 2 produced, Smith decided to write and direct a Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back sequel instead, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
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Smith said that he "believes in people"
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Appeared as himself in the animated film Teen Titans: The Judas Contract from the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series
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2015· 4 entries
Smith began posting his Fatman on Batman series on YouTube
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Smith said that Mallrats 2 would instead be his next film
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Smith said he would film Clerks III in May 2015, followed in early 2016 by Moose Jaws and Anti-Claus (a story inspired by the Krampus tradition), which he confirmed the next day
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“s cast (16 of the 18) signed on to appear in the sequel. In June 2016, Smith revealed that because Universal owns the rights to the Mallrats title a sequel would not be made; instead, it would be turned into a ten-episode TV series produced by Universal Television. He also confirmed that the film”
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2014· 3 entries
Smith and Ralph Garman released a six-issue Batman '66 crossover featuring Batman and Green Hornet, Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet
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“Proof of God is that I have a career.”
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Lowering his weight from 330 pounds (150 kg) to 240 pounds (110 kg)
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2013· 1 entry
Smith directed Tusk, a horror film inspired by a story Smith and Mosier read about a Gumtree ad for a man who rents out a room in his house for free on the condition that the respondent dresses as a walrus for two hours
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2012· 1 entry
Smith premiered his Hulu weekly series Spoilers, described as an "anti-movie review" series, where Smith takes a group of people to a new film and has them comment on what they have seen
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2011· 2 entries
And an internet television channel SModCo Internet Television (S
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With no involvement from Smith
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2010· 5 entries
To poor reviews; it was the first film Smith directed but did not write
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Smith wrote a six-issue Batman miniseries, The Widening Gyre, for DC, drawn by Walt Flanagan
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Smith published a Green Hornet story for Dynamite Entertainment based on an unused script he wrote for a Green Hornet film that never came to fruition
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“God is a great concept, [but it] doesn't work”
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Its own digital radio station called SModcast Internet Radio (S
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2009· 1 entry
That Smith had signed on to direct A Couple of Dicks, a buddy-cop comedy written by the Cullen Brothers and starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan
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2008· 4 entries
And ran into many conflicts getting an "R" rating
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In Monroeville, Pennsylvania, and wrapped on March 15, 2008
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Smith's relationship with Harvey Weinstein soured due to the financial failure of Zack and Miri Make a Porno, which Smith blamed on a lack of marketing
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When he took up smoking cannabis after working with Seth Rogen on Zack and Miri Make a Porno
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2007· 2 entries
Smith and Scott Mosier began SModcast, a regular comedy podcast
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Smith appeared in a number of films, co-starring as Sam in Catch and Release, starring Jennifer Garner, and appearing as The Warlock, a hacker, in the fourth installment of the Die Hard franchise, Live Free or Die Hard
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2006· 2 entries
Smith guest reviewed on Ebert & Roeper, in place of Roger Ebert, who was recovering from thyroid cancer treatment
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Voiced the Moose in the CGI cartoon Doogal
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2005· 3 entries
Miramax Books released Smith's first book, Silent Bob Speaks, a collection of previously published essays (most from Arena) dissecting pop culture, the film business, and Smith's personal life
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Went from 319 pounds (145 kg) to 269 pounds (122 kg)
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But Daredevil/Bullseye: The Target remains unfinished, with one issue published
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2004· 2 entries
Smith wrote a screenplay for a film adaptation of The Green Hornet, and announced that he intended to direct it
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Shot a public service announcement for the Declare Yourself organization, which promotes youth voter registration
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2003· 2 entries
They live in the Hollywood Hills in a house Smith purchased from his longtime friend Ben Affleck in 2003.
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Smith appeared in a cameo role as coroner Jack Kirby in the film Daredevil
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2002· 2 entries
Smith released a short film for The Tonight Show, The Flying Car
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But because of the delays on Evil That Men Do and The Target, the plan was changed so that Smith would start a third Spider-Man title, launched in 2004 by Mark Millar instead
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2001· 1 entry
Appeared in friend Jeff Anderson's film Now You Know
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2000· 1 entry
Smith and Mosier teamed up with television writer David Mandel to develop an animated television show based on Clerks called Clerks: The Animated Series
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1999· 4 entries
Awarded Harvey Award for Best New Talent (1999).
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Smith wrote "Guardian Devil", an eight-issue story arc of Daredevil for Marvel Comics illustrated by Joe Quesada
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Smith won a Harvey Award, for Best New Talent in comic books
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Their daughter, Harley Quinn Smith, was born June 26, 1999, and was named after the character from Batman: The Animated Series.
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1998· 3 entries
Awarded Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay for Chasing Amy (1998).
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Directed Mewes as "Gary Lamb – Ground Activist" in a series of Nike commercials
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Smith shot two TV commercials for Coca-Cola in New Jersey
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1997· 1 entry
New Line Cinema hired Smith to rewrite Overnight Delivery, which was expected to be a blockbuster teen film
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1996· 1 entry
Smith worked on a script for a planned Superman film tentatively titled Superman Lives
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1970· 2 entries
In Red Bank, New Jersey, the son of Grace (née Schultz, 1945–2025), a homemaker, and Donald E
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Born 1970-08-02.
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