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

• 2026Neil Peart: No One's Disciple
• 2024Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023
• 2023Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome
• 2022Top Gun: Maverick — Musician
• 2021Eddie Vedder: Live at Ohana Festival 2021
• Love, Death & Robots — Chad Smith (voice), Music
• 2017Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio — Drums
• 2017Song to Song — Chad Smith
• 2017The Lego Batman Movie — Musician
• 2016Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live Reading Festival 2016 — Drums
• 2016Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016 — Drums
• 2016Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016 — Drums
• 2012Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bonnaroo 2012
• 2012Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement — drums, percussion
• 2010Chickenfoot - Get Your Buzz On — Drums
• 2009Buddy Rich Memorial Concert
• 2007Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection
• 2004Glenn Hughes: Soulfully Live in the City of Angels — Drums
• 2000Woodstock '99
• 1996Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tibetan Freedom Concert
• 1991Session Man — Spider Moore
• MTV Rockumentary
• The Simpsons — Chad Smith (voice)
• Ferocious Drummers

Appearances as themselves (62)

• 2026Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow — Self
• 2025An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile — Self
• 2025FireAid Benefit Concert — Self
• 2025Ozzy: No Escape from Now — Self
• 2025Spinal Tap II: The End Continues — Self
• 2024Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony — Self (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• 2024Phil Collins: Drummer First — Self
• 2023Le groupe qui a changé ma vie — Self
• 2023Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023 — Self - Drums
• 2022Let There Be Drums! — Self
• 2022Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022 — Self
• 2021Count Me In — Self
• 2019Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine — Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• 2019On Drums... Stewart Copeland! — Self
• 2019Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids — Himself
• 2018In Your Face: The Neil Zlozower Story — Himself
• 2017Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert — Self
• 2017Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special — Self
• 20155 Seconds of Summer: How Did We End Up Here? — Self
• 2015Rammstein in Amerika — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Musical Guest
• 2014Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2013Red Hot Chili Peppers: Circuito Banco Do Brasil Festival — Himself
• 2012Beware of Mr. Baker — Self
• 2012Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock Im Pott — Himself
• 2011Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live from The Roxy Theatre 2011 — Himself
• 2011Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm with You — Himself
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self
• 2009Chickenfoot: The White Album — Himself
• MTV World Stage — Self
• 2009Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Parisian" 2006 — Self
• 2007Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland — Self
• 2007Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live Earth Concert Wembley — Self
• 2006Coachella — Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• 2006Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Fuji Rock Festival — Self
• 2006Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan — Self - Drums
• 2006Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live at La Cigale — Self
• 2005Chad Smith & Ian Paice — Self
• 2004Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Japan — Self
• 2003Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle — Self - Drums
• VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown — Self (archive footage)
• CMT Crossroads — Self
• 2001Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map — Self
• 2001Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2001] Rock In Rio — Self
• 2000Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live At Budokan — Self
• 1999Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bizarre Festival — Self - Drums
• 1999Red Hot Chili Peppers: Woodstock '99 — Self - Drums
• 1999Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Moscow, Russia — Self
• 1998Free Tibet — Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• 1996Red Hot Chili Peppers Occupy the Garden — Himself
• 1996Tibetan Freedom Concert — Self
• 1992Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!? — Self
• 1991Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks — Self
• Les Nuls, l'émission — Self
• 1990Red Hot Chili Peppers: Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven — Self
• 1990Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo — Self - Drums
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• 1972Deep Purple: Made In Japan — Self
• The Grammys — Self
• Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story — Self