What has Sense8 star Brian J. Smith been up to since the end of the Netflix series? The Wachowskis first came on to the scene with their stylish noir thriller Bound in 1996, starring Jennifer Tilly. It wasn't until The Matrix that film fans started to take notice, with the sci-fi movie coming to redefine action cinema in the years that followed. The story followed computer hacker Neo (Keanu Reeves) who comes to realize the world is nothing more than an elaborate computer simulation, and he teams with a band of freedom fighters to save the human race.
The Matrix would spawn two mega-budget sequels that met with mixed reviews, an anime, and several video game spinoffs. The Wachowskis never quite recaptured the excitement that greeted the original Matrix, with subsequent directorial projects like Speed Racer and Jupiter Ascending failing at the box-office. Their Netflix show Sense8 turned that around, with the ambitious series following eight strangers from different countries forming an emotional psychic connection, which leads to them being hunted by mysterious forces.
Sense8 featured a great ensemble cast, including Brian J. Smith, Freema Agyeman, and Bae Doona, and tackled issues like religion, gender, and sexuality. Sadly, Netflix canceled the series after two seasons due to its expense, though they later greenlit a finale movie after a fan outcry. Brian J. Smith played a Chicago cop on the show who becomes one of the sensates.
Brian J. Smith had worked mostly in television before his role on Sense8, though he appeared in movies such as Hate Crime and Red Faction: Origins, an adaptation of the hit video game series. His first major TV role was as Matthew Scott on Stargate Universe, which was a darker spinoff of the sci-fi franchise. Unfortunately, the show was canceled after only two seasons and ended on a major cliffhanger that was only resolved in the comics. Smith would go on to make numerous guests appearances on shows like The Good Wife and Blue Bloods. He also voiced a character for 2014 video game Watch Dogs.
Brian J. Smith has kept busy post Sense8, playing the lead in crime movie 22 Chaser, and he appeared alongside Walton Goggins in a TV pilot for a potential L.A. Confidential series. The show wasn't picked up, and curiously, this was the second attempt to turn L.A. Confidential into a show, with Kiefer Sutherland playing the lead in another unsold pilot back in 2003. Smith's upcoming projects include Bourne franchise spinoff series Treadstone and a part in World War 2 drama World On Fire.