Claudio Lee Smith

Claudio Lee Smith (born October 12, 1995 in El Cercado, Dominican Republic, to Samantha and Randy Smith). He was raised in West Palm Beach, Florida. Scouted by an agent in Santo Domingo, Smith began work on commercial modeling and acting at the age of ten. He later relocated to Los Angeles, CA to continue his acting career. Smith scored his first major television role at the age of 15, playing young Rafael Trujillo in the drama film based on the true story of the Dominican Republic's historic Mirabal sisters Tropico de Sangre (2010). In 2010, he also appeared in the American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Laeta Kalogridis Shutter Island (2010), based on Dennis Lehane's 2003 novel of the same name. In 2010, he also made a cameo in the fantasy film Alice in Wonderland (2010) with Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Crispin Glover, Matt Lucas, Mia Wasikowska. In 2013, he also appeared in an episode of the popular Nickelodeon