Chad Smith
Acting • Born 1961-10-25
Biography
Chad Gaylord Smith (born October 25, 1961) is an American musician who has been the drummer of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers since 1988. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Smith is also the drummer of the hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot, formed in 2008, and of the all-instrumental outfit Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats, formed in 2007. He worked with The Chicks on Taking the Long Way, an album that won 5 Grammy Awards in 2007. Smith has recorded with Glenn Hughes, Johnny Cash, John Fogerty, Geezer Butler, Jennifer Nettles, Kid Rock, Jake Bugg, the Avett Brothers, Joe Satriani, Post Malone, Eddie Vedder, Lana Del Rey and Halsey. In 2010, joined by Dick Van Dyke and Leslie Bixler, he released Rhythm Train, a children's album which featured Smith singing and playing various instruments. In 2020, Smith co-wrote and performed as part of the backing band on Ozzy Osbourne's album, Ordinary Man. Spin magazine placed Smith at #10 on their list of the "100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music" in May 2013. Readers of UK-based Rhythm magazine ranked Smith and Red Hot Chili Pepper bassist Flea the fourth-greatest rhythm section of all time in their June 2013 issue. Smith is also known for his charity work especially with young musicians. He has been a lobbyist in support of music education in U.S. public schools. Smith is also the host of the PBS concert series Landmarks Live in Concert, which began in January 2017. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chad Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
83 credits
Let There Be Drums!
Movie • 2022
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
Movie • 1991
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome
Movie • 2023
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016
Movie • 2016
Drums
Session Man
Movie • 1991
Spider Moore
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Japan
Movie • 2004
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Woodstock '99
Movie • 1999
Self - Drums
Chad Smith & Ian Paice
Movie • 2005
Self
Chickenfoot - Get Your Buzz On
Movie • 2010
Drums
Deep Purple: Made In Japan
Movie • 1972
Self
Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert
Movie • 2017
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?
Movie • 1992
Self
On Drums... Stewart Copeland!
Movie • 2019
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bonnaroo 2012
Movie • 2012
Chickenfoot: The White Album
Movie • 2009
Himself
Eddie Vedder: Live at Ohana Festival 2021
Movie • 2021
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock Im Pott
Movie • 2012
Himself
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven
Movie • 1990
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan
Movie • 2006
Self - Drums
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm with You
Movie • 2011
Himself
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live from The Roxy Theatre 2011
Movie • 2011
Himself
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live Earth Concert Wembley
Movie • 2007
Self
![Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/qvvOcKaEsGA9qJY7UBpUfaPYWNP.jpg)
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo
Movie • 1990
Self - Drums
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Moscow, Russia
Movie • 1999
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2001] Rock In Rio
Movie • 2001
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers Occupy the Garden
Movie • 1996
Himself
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Parisian" 2006
Movie • 2009
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live At Budokan
Movie • 2000
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022
Movie • 2022
Self
Buddy Rich Memorial Concert
Movie • 2009
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement
Movie • 2012
drums, percussion
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bizarre Festival
Movie • 1999
Self - Drums
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
Movie
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016
Movie • 2016
Drums
Ferocious Drummers
Movie
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
Movie • 2024
Self (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Fuji Rock Festival
Movie • 2006
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland
Movie • 2007
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live at La Cigale
Movie • 2006
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio
Movie • 2017
Drums
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids
Movie • 2019
Himself
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Movie • 2019
Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map
Movie • 2001
Self
In Your Face: The Neil Zlozower Story
Movie • 2018
Himself
Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
Movie • 2014
Self
Beware of Mr. Baker
Movie • 2012
Self
Song to Song
Movie • 2017
Chad Smith
Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
Movie • 2017
Self
Rammstein in Amerika
Movie • 2015
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Circuito Banco Do Brasil Festival
Movie • 2013
Himself
Count Me In
Movie • 2021
Self
Glenn Hughes: Soulfully Live in the City of Angels
Movie • 2004
Drums
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Rock am Ring (Rockpalast 2004)
Movie
Self - Drums
Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023
Movie • 2023
Self - Drums
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live Reading Festival 2016
Movie • 2016
Drums
Phil Collins: Drummer First
Movie • 2024
Self
Coachella
Movie • 2006
Self (with Red Hot Chili Peppers)
FireAid Benefit Concert
Movie • 2025
Self
Free Tibet
Movie • 1998
Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection
Movie • 2010
5 Seconds of Summer: How Did We End Up Here?
Movie • 2015
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023
Movie • 2024
An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile
Movie • 2025
Self
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
Movie
Self
Ozzy: No Escape from Now
Movie • 2025
Self
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Movie • 2025
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tibetan Freedom Concert
Movie • 1996
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Movie
Self
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Slane Castle
Movie • 2003
Woodstock '99
Movie • 2000
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle
Movie • 2003
Self - Drums
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV • 2011
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Chad Smith (voice)
Les Nuls, l'émission
TV • 1990
Self
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self
MTV World Stage
TV • 2009
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
CMT Crossroads
TV • 2002
Self
MTV Rockumentary
TV • 1989
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
TV • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Love, Death & Robots
TV • 2019
Chad Smith (voice)