Chad Smith
Actor · Born October 25, 1961 (65) · St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 25, 1961 (65)
- St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Actor
- 8 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Chad Smith's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.
Themes
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Chad Smith's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Chad Smith's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
25 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 61 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Top Gun: Maverick(2022)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Eddie Vedder: Live at Ohana Festival 2021 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Love, Death & Robots(2019)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Song to Song(2017)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Lego Batman Movie(2017)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live Reading Festival 2016 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bonnaroo 2012 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Chickenfoot - Get Your Buzz On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Buddy Rich Memorial Concert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Glenn Hughes: Soulfully Live in the City of Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Woodstock '99(1999)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tibetan Freedom Concert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Session Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
MTV Rockumentary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Ferocious Drummers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 24 titles, 23 of them dated from 1989 to 2026.
Highest rated
Neil Peart: No One's Disciple (2026)
Most popular right now
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Who does Chad Smith work with?
People who share at least 2 of Chad Smith's MovieCove titles; Stewart Copeland shares the most, 2.
- Stewart CopelandShared titles: Neil Peart: No One's Disciple (2026), Count Me In (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Stewart Copeland
