Ilan Mitchell-Smith

Acting

Ilan Mitchell-Smith

Born 1969-06-29 · New York City, New York, USA

Ilan Mitchell-Smith is an American academic and former actor best known as the co-star of the film Weird Science.

Acting credits

Weird Science poster
6.5

Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.

Weird Science

1985

The Chocolate War poster
6.3

Jerry, a new student at an elite Catholic prep school, must face the hazing practices handed down by the Vigils, a group of powerful students. When teacher Brother Leon pushes the students to sell chocolates for a fundraiser, the head of the Vigils, Archie, gets Jerry to reject selling for 10 days. However, Jerry decides to keep up the refusal past the original time frame, which pits him against the Vigils and the school staff.

The Chocolate War

1988

The Wild Life poster
6.1

Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.

The Wild Life

1984

Journey to the Center of the Earth poster
3.2

An English nanny and one of two brothers fall down a Hawaiian cave, all the way to Atlantis.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

1988

Daniel poster
6.6

The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.

Daniel

1983

How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days poster
7.0

A kid strives to be perfect, and in the end realizes that individuality is more fun.

How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days

1984

Don't You Forget About Me poster
5.3

Throughout the ’80s John Hughes defined the teen movie genre and spoke not only to that generation’s teens, but every generation that has followed. Then in 1991 he hung up his director’s hat and disappeared into obscurity ala J.D Salinger. In 2008, a group of young Canadian filmmakers set out to complete a documentary about the man with what they hoped would culminate with an interview, which would be his first since 1999.

Don't You Forget About Me

2010

Identity Crisis poster
2.3

A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching personalities.

Identity Crisis

1989