Jaden Smith
Highest Rated: 89% Skate Kitchen (2018)
Lowest Rated: 11% After Earth (2013)
Birthday: Jul 08, 1998
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Jaden Smith was an American actor and musician who rose to prominence through a famous family, but still managed to cut his own, highly idiosyncratic, sometimes odd, but always compelling path to stardom on his own terms. Born on July 8, 1998 in Malibu, CA, Jaden was the son of Hollywood superstars Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, the middle child of the couple's three children (Will had an older son, Trey, born in 1992, from a previous relationship, and Jaden's sister, Willow, was born in 2000). Jaden has spoken at length about how being the offspring of two famous parents kept him from having a normal childhood. He attended New Village Leadership Academy, but had difficulties making friends, which lead to him being homeschooled by his parents. When he was just eight years old, Jaden made his acting debut alongside his father in the inspirational drama "The Pursuit of Happyness" (2006). The film was a minor box office success, earning Will Smith his second Best Actor nomination at that year's Academy Awards, and critics were overall impressed with the younger Smith's nascent efforts at acting. Jaden followed up his big screen debut with a small role in the remake of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (2010), before taking on his first starring role, alongside martial arts legend Jackie Chan, in a big budget remake of "The Karate Kid" (2010). The film performed well at the box office, debuting at number one on it's opening weekend, but received mixed reviews from critics. In addition, the public was starting to grow weary of the Smith children in the wake of Jaden's acting career and his sister Willow's pop star ambitions, feeling they were the unfair beneficiaries of dynastic largesse. That feeling of ill will was only made worse by Jaden's next project, "After Earth" (2013). The post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller had many strikes against it before it was even released: Will Smith produced the film and was credited with the story idea, which many speculators noticed contained hints of the teachings of Scientology, and once again casting his son alongside him smacked of nepotism. In addition to this, the film was directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who was coming off of a string of high profile flops, and the advertising for the film seemingly went out of its way not to mention his name. "After Earth" was a bomb at the box office, and received scathing reviews from critics, many of whom attacked Jaden's performance, labeling it whiny and lacking in charisma. Dismayed from all of the negative press, Jaden decided to put acting on the back burner for awhile. In the meantime, he began working on music; he released a mixtape, "Cool Tape Vol. 2," in 2014. He also broke into fashion, starting a clothing/lifestyle brand called MSFTSrep, and became known for his idiosyncratic, eyebrow-raising, and often gender fluid fashion choices: he attended Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's wedding in an all-white Batman costume, and in 2016 became the first male to model women's wear for Louis Vuitton, showing up in one of their ads adorned in a skirt. His social media presence also became somewhat infamous, and he was roundly mocked for his faux-profound Twitter posts concerning the Illuminati, Chemtrails, and aliens. By this time, however, Jaden was on a path of his own choosing, and as it turned out, that path lead back to acting: he returned to the screen with a recurring role on Baz Luhrmann's series about the birth of hip-hop, "The Get Down" (Netflix, 2016-2017). He followed that up with by voicing a character on "Neo Yokio" (Netflix, 2017-), an anime series created by Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig, and by appearing on a 2017 episode of the splashy primetime soap opera "Nashville" (ABC/CMT, 2012-2018) as himself. That same year, Jaden released his debut album, "SYRE," receiving generally positive reviews and sales. Jaden could most recently be seen playing a New York City skate rat in the Sundance Festival-approved indie hit "Skate Kitchen" (2018).
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 87% | Life in a Year | Daryn (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 89% | 77% | Skate Kitchen | Devon (Character) | $236.1K | 2018 |
| 11% | 36% | After Earth | Kitai Raige (Character) | $60.5M | 2013 |
| 65% | 65% | Justin Bieber: Never Say Never | Himself (Character) | $73M | 2011 |
| 66% | 67% | The Karate Kid | Dre Parker (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 20% | 27% | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Jacob Benson (Character) | $79.4M | 2008 |
| 67% | 87% | The Pursuit of Happyness | Christopher (Character) | $162.6M | 2006 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Music Performer | 2019-2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desus & Mero | Guest | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon |
Music Performer, Guest |
2020 2018 2016 |
| 67% | 44% | Two Sentence Horror Stories | Rex (Guest Star) | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show |
Music Performer, Guest |
2019 2013 |
| 77% | 61% | Neo Yokio | Kaz Kaan (Voice) | 2017-2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Access Hollywood | Guest | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today With Kathie Lee & Hoda | Guest | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Music Performer | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Blue Bloods | Trevor Wilson (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 81% | 89% | The Get Down | Dizzee Kipling (Character) | 2016-2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning America | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 106 & Park | Unknown (Character) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Made in Hollywood | Guest | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | etalk | Guest | 2013 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainers: With Byron Allen | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | ES.TV | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All of Us | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 2003-2004 |
QUOTES FROM Jaden Smith CHARACTERS
General Cypher Raige says: Do you know where we are?
Kitai Raige says: No, sir.
General Cypher Raige says: This is Earth.
Dre Parker says: I'm still scared. And no matter what happens tonight, when i leave, i don't want to be scared anymore.
Christopher says: You're a good papa.
Christopher says: Hey dad, you wanna hear something funny? There was a man who was drowning, and a boat came, and the man on the boat said "Do you need help?" and the man said "God will save me". Then another boat came and he tried to help him, but he said "God will save me", then he drowned and went to Heaven. Then the man told God, "God, why didn't you save me?" and God said "I sent you two boats, you dummy!"
Chris Gardner says: Hey. Don't ever let somebody tell you... You can't do something. Not even me. All right?
Chris Gardner says: Hey. Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. Not even me. All right?
Christopher says: All right
Chris Gardner says: You got a dream... You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period.
Chris Gardner says: You got a dream. You gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want something, go get it. Period.
Mr. Han says: What happened to eye?
Dre Parker says: I ran into a pole.
Mr. Han says: Interesting pole.
Chris Gardner says: Chris Gardner: Hey. Don't ever let somebody tell you... You can't do something. Not even me. All right?
Chris Gardner says: Hey. Don't ever let somebody tell you... You can't do something. Not even me. All right?
Christopher says: Christopher: All right.
Christopher says: All right.
Chris Gardner says: Chris Gardner: You got a dream. You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period.
Chris Gardner says: You got a dream. You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period.
Dre Parker says: I'm sick of getting my ass kicked!
Mr. Han says: Stop saying ass.
Chris Gardner says: Hey. Don't ever let somebody tell you... You can't do something. Not even me. All right?
Christopher says: All right.
Chris Gardner says: You got a dream... You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period.
Chris Gardner says: You got a dream. You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period.
Dre Parker says: Um...thas nasty...
Dre Parker says: Um, that's nasty.
Mr. Han says: What happened to eye?
Dre Parker says: I ran into a pole.
Mr. Han says: Interesting pole.
Dre Parker says: You don't know the rules?
Mr. Han says: Of course I know the rules. Simple. You hit him, don't let him hit you.
Helen Benson says: Have you done your homework?
Jacob Benson says: School's canceled on account of the aliens.
Christopher says: Hey dad, you wanna hear something funny? There was a man who was drowning, and a boat came, and the man on the boat said "Do you need help?" and the man said "God will save me". Then another boat came and he tried to help him, but he said "God will save me", then he drowned and went to Heaven. Then the man told God, "God, why didn't you save me?" and God said "I sent you two boats, you dummy!"
Dre Parker says: ou know, you have a car in your living room, Mr. Han.