Jaden Smith was born July 8, 1998, in Malibu, California, the son of actors Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith. In 2022, he received a Grammy Award for Album of the Year nomination as a featured artist on Bieber's album Justice.
Smith has since released the studio albums Erys (2019) and CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. Following a three-year work effort, he released his debut studio album, Syre (2017). He later released multiple mixtapes including CTV2 (2014). The song reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified 5× Platinum in the US. Smith began his musical career alongside Canadian singer Justin Bieber, when he was featured on the 2010 single " Never Say Never". Following a seven-year hiatus Smith returned to acting in 2017, starring in the two-part Netflix original The Get Down and a voice-acting role in the Netflix original anime Neo Yokio. He also starred in the remake films The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) and The Karate Kid (2010). His film debut was with his father Will Smith in the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness, and he again appeared with his father in the 2013 film After Earth.
He has received various accolades, including a YouTube Creator Award, an MTV Movie Award, a BET Award and a Young Artist Award, among nominations for a Grammy Award, two NAACP Image Awards and an Empire Award. Still, the experience seemingly soured him, leading to an extended hiatus from the big screen.Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born July 8, 1998), also known mononymously as Jaden, is an American rapper, singer and actor. Not all of the reviews were bad - some critics considered the film an enjoyable spectacle, and Smith earned a nod from the MTV Movie Awards for the Summer's Biggest Teen Bad Ass Star. This time, both the film and its young star received a harsh reception from audiences, as he "won" the Golden Raspberry for Worst Actor. A sci-fi coming-of-age story, the film features the younger Smith developing his survival skills as he races to save himself and his father on a futuristic, inhospitable Earth. In 2013, Smith again teamed up with his dad to co-star in After Earth. 1 at the North American box office, and he seemed ready to follow his parents down the path of Hollywood stardom. All three of his films had debuted at No. But then, he did have me as a father."īy the time he turned 12, Smith had achieved levels of success that most actors only dream about.
("Do you know how to sew? 'Cause I'm ripped," he quipped to an interviewer.) Father Will Smith admitted, "This kid is funnier than I was at his age.
Based on a true story, The Pursuit of Happyness depicts the life of Christopher Gardner, a homeless salesman whose intelligence and perseverance eventually allow him to become a wealthy stockbroker.Īfter months of intensive martial arts training, Smith developed the physique of a much older boy, and he also earned a reputation as a lively and witty interview subject. Not long after, Jaden made his big screen debut in the The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). He made his acting debut in 2003, at the tender age of 6, on All of Us, a UPN show created by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith and based on their own blended family.
Films and TV Shows 'The Pursuit of Happyness'Īlongside his seemingly normal childhood, Smith enjoyed a second life as an up-and-coming Hollywood star. He called himself a "mama's boy" but complained that his little sister bullied him, with their parents always taking her side. Smith studied with a tutor and, acting career notwithstanding, experienced the normal joys and grievances of any young boy. "My kids are very willing to give things away because they understand that they have such abundance they don't have to hoard," their mother once said. Speaking about raising Jaden and his siblings (older half-brother Trey and younger sister Willow), Jada Pinkett Smith said she wanted them to "see the reality of life and have a normal experience of having to stand in line and get tickets." The Smith children volunteered regularly at orphanages and nursing homes and donated their belongings to charity.