Peyton Alex Smith

{{short description|American actor and rapper}}

{{BLP sources|date=May 2022}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Peyton Alex Smith

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|6|18}}

| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.

| occupation = {{csv|Actor|rapper}}

| yearsactive = 2003–present

}}

Peyton Alex Smith (born June 18, 1994) is an American actor, best known for his role as Damon Sims in the TV series All American: Homecoming as well as Rafael Waithe in The CW series Legacies and Cedric Hobbs in the TV series The Quad.{{Cite web |date=February 15, 2017 |title='The Quad' Peyton 'Alex' Smith on Showcasing HBCU Excellence - Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | African-American News and he watches the hub|url=https://lasentinel.net/the-quad-peyton-alex-smith-on-showcasing-hbcu-excellence.html |access-date=July 22, 2017 |publisher=Lasentinel.net}}{{Cite web |title=Who Plays Cedric On 'The Quad'? Peyton Alex Smith's Career Is Really Taking Off |date=February 2017 |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/who-plays-cedric-on-the-quad-peyton-alex-smiths-career-is-really-taking-off-34063 |access-date=July 22, 2017 |publisher=Bustle.com}}{{cite magazine |last1=Yohannes |first1=Alamin |title='All American: Homecoming' star Peyton Alex Smith on exploring his character's relationship to baseball |url=https://ew.com/tv/peyton-alex-smith-baseball-all-american-homecoming/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=May 26, 2022 |language=en |date=February 19, 2022}}

Smith attended Florida A&M University