Darius Q. Smith
- Actor
Darius (Q) Smith has been modeling since the age of 4 months old. His
first Principal/National shoot was for Kodak. He took interest in
Television at 3 years old and was reading long before he even started
preschool. His first screen test was for Skippy Peanut Butter.
Absolutely shocking the producers by actually memorizing the commercial
script and hitting his mark, in only two takes the director wanted to
sign him virtually on the spot. At that age he was more intrigued with
the cameras so the decision was made to start him working first on
doing clothing print ads at age 4. By the age of 6, he was interested
in Chess. Being the youngest on the schools chess team, he was playing
against 6th graders and winning. He was playfully called the new little
Bobby Fisher as he able to get his opponents in check mate so quickly,
he began to train with a Retired Lithuanian Chess Expert J. Liuga who
taught Darius the strategy. Darius also spent quite a bit of time at
Washington Square Park, in New York City Parks watching speed Chess.
When his Instructor Suddenly Passed away, Darius tucked that part of
his life away in his heart. At the age of 8, Darius decided he was
ready to not only make a commitment to the Fashion & Film Industry, and
entered a Talent contest in Atlanta, GA again taking the crowd by
storm, the Talent Agents that judged scored him as a triple threat! He
was signed by an Agency through the Atlanta Film & Fashion Industry
getting a photo project for FUBU Clothing. He did a Promotional Ad for
Coke a Cola, which was an Award winning photo as he was invited to Las
Vegas. Darius was signed by the CEO of a Record Label recording his
first single "Everything" spending countless of hours working on his
first CD at the age of 9. Darius has never had a fear of performing as
he is from an extremely large family of musicians and singers on both
sides of his family. He has opened shows for AFF. He also did a
family,radio rap song which was his second single titled "Children Hold
on. Darius has compassion for children and families less fortunate than
himself, and made a sizable financial donation to Partnership Against
Domestic Violence, as well as Singer John Legend's foundation Show Me.
Darius has been a special guest at many of John Legends events and
Concerts,deeming him as his mentor. The Stephens family opened their
hearts calling him an extended part of their family. He did a PSA for
the Show Me Campaign wanting to help stop hunger around the globe. He
has met so many celebrities such as Big Boi from the Group Outcast who
said "Lil man got skills" His Grammy Award winning uncle Producer N.H.
Pogue & Aunt R&B singer and Former Model Cherokee Pogue From Hollywood
CA believes he is destined to go far in the Entertainment Industry.
Darius biggest asset is his humility as he has a great circle of
friends. His personality gravitates towards so many. Even Tyra Banks
Americas Next Top Model Contestant & Model Natalie Hall would playfully
tease him calling him her future husband. Darius had also found a
passion for writing,at age 10 and has written and had published two
children's books. His creativity has also inspired him to write and
collaborate two screen plays. He also did a Runway Fashion show
sponsored by Macy's at the Fabulous Fox Theater. He was cast and worked
two years for Cartoon Network Fridays at TBS. He had the opportunity to
meet Actor/Singer/Dancer Omarion Grandberry. He Left Atlanta and headed
to the Tri state of NY & NJ. working on various projects. He loves
sports. Football & Basketball being his favorite. He loves to collect
various colors of baseball caps and kicks to match. He also spends a
great deal of free time doing community service projects by following
in the footsteps of his Socially Active Great-Grandmother the late
Tessie O Massey. Darius has received many awards for his talents, but
by far his best is the Presidential Academic Achievement Award in 2010
for Academic Excellence. He holds a GPA of 3.8 as an AG student in
Spring Hope NC where he resides with his Mother and brothers.