Overview
Kevin Smith is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, YouTuber,and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy buddy film Clerks (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob. Clerks won the "Award of the Youth" and the "Mercedes-Benz Award" at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival, the "Filmmakers Trophy" at the Sundance Film Festival and wasnominated for three Independent Spirit Awards (Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay andJeff Anderson for Best Debut Performance).
The film Jay and Silent Bob also appeared in Smith's later films Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks II, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, and Clerks III which are setprimarily in his home state of New Jersey. While not strictly sequential, the films have crossoverplot elements, character references, and a shared canon known as the "View Askewniverse", named after Smith's production company View Askew Productions, which he co-founded withScott Mosier.
Since 2011, Smith has mostly made horror films, including Red State (2011) and the "comedyhorror films" Tusk (2014) and Yoga Hosers (2016), two in a planned series of three such films set in Canada dubbed the True North trilogy.
In 2024, Smith released The 4:30 Movie via Saban and in May of 2025 Dogma returns to the Cannes Film Festival as part of their Cannes Classics Program. Smith owns Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash in Red Bank, New Jersey, a comic bookstore whichbecame the setting for the reality television show Comic Book Men (2012—2018). As a podcaster, Smith co-hosts several shows on his SModcast Podcast Network, includingSModcast, Fatman Beyond, and the live show Hollywood Babble-On. He is known forparticipating in long, humorous Q&A sessions that are often filmed for DVD release, beginning
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