Jayson Warner Smith is an American actor who began his career in 2010 and is known for portraying Gavin in the television series The Walking Dead. He is also known for his role in Rectify as Wendall Jelks and as Dean in The Vampire Diaries. ()
Atlanta native Jayson Warner Smith is an actor in film, television and theatre. He started in theatre at age nine and since that time, Jayson has been in a play a TV show or a film every year of his life. "It's just always been what I was best at and what I really loved to do." "Nothing made me happier than collaborating with other artists to create something new.".