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Name
Chad Smith

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1961-10-25 (65 years old)

Place of Birth
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

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.

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Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2022 Let There Be Drums! as Self
1991 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks as Self
2023 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome
2016 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016 as Drums
1991 Session Man as Spider Moore
2004 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Japan as Self
1999 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Woodstock '99 as Self - Drums
2005 Chad Smith & Ian Paice as Self
2010 Chickenfoot - Get Your Buzz On as Drums
1972 Deep Purple: Made In Japan as Self
2017 Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert as Self
1992 Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!? as Self
2019 On Drums... Stewart Copeland! as Self
2012 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bonnaroo 2012
2009 Chickenfoot: The White Album as Himself
2021 Eddie Vedder: Live at Ohana Festival 2021
2012 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock Im Pott as Himself
1990 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven as Self
2006 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan as Self - Drums
2011 Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm with You as Himself
2009 Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Parisian" 2006 as Self
2000 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live At Budokan as Self
1999 Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Moscow, Russia as Self
1996 Red Hot Chili Peppers Occupy the Garden as Himself
2007 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live Earth Concert Wembley as Self
2011 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live from The Roxy Theatre 2011 as Himself
2001 Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2001] Rock In Rio as Self
1990 Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo as Self - Drums
2022 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022 as Self
2009 Buddy Rich Memorial Concert
2012 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement as drums, percussion
1999 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bizarre Festival as Self - Drums
Soon Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story as Self
2016 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016 as Drums
Soon Ferocious Drummers
2024 Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony as Self (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
2006 Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live at La Cigale as Self
2007 Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland as Self
2006 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Fuji Rock Festival as Self
2017 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio as Drums
2019 Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids as Himself
2019 Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine as Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
2001 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map as Self
2018 In Your Face: The Neil Zlozower Story as Himself
2014 Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II as Self
2012 Beware of Mr. Baker as Self
2017 Song to Song as Chad Smith
2017 Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special as Self
2015 Rammstein in Amerika as Self
2013 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Circuito Banco Do Brasil Festival as Himself
2021 Count Me In as Self
2004 Glenn Hughes: Soulfully Live in the City of Angels as Drums
2023 Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023 as Self - Drums
2016 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live Reading Festival 2016 as Drums
2024 Phil Collins: Drummer First as Self
2006 Coachella as Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
2025 FireAid Benefit Concert as Self
1998 Free Tibet as Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
2007 Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection
2015 5 Seconds of Summer: How Did We End Up Here? as Self
2024 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023
2025 An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile as Self
2025 Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow as Self
2025 Ozzy: No Escape from Now as Self
2025 Spinal Tap II: The End Continues as Self
1996 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tibetan Freedom Concert
1996 Tibetan Freedom Concert as Self
2000 Woodstock '99
2003 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle as Self - Drums
2026 Neil Peart: No One's Disciple

2011 The Jonathan Ross Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Chad Smith (voice)
1990 Les Nuls, l'émission ( 1 episode ) as Self
1984 MTV Video Music Awards ( 4 episodes ) as Self
2009 MTV World Stage ( 1 episode ) as Self
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
2002 CMT Crossroads ( 1 episode ) as Self
1989 MTV Rockumentary ( 1 episode )
1959 The Grammys ( 3 episodes ) as Self
2003 VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
2019 Love, Death & Robots ( 1 episode ) as Chad Smith (voice)
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Musical Guest
1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

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