Jaden Smith

Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born July 8, 1998) [1]  [2]  is an American child actor,  rapper, songwriter, dancer, and the son of  Will Smith  and  Jada Pinkett Smith. He is the elder brother of singer Willow Smith. His breakthrough role was in the 2006 film  The Pursuit of Happyness , and he has also starred in the remakes  of  The Day the Earth Stood Still  and  The Karate Kid .

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[hide]*1 Career
 * 2 Personal life
 * 3 Discography
 * 4 Filmography
 * 5 Awards and nominations
 * 6 References
 * 7 External links
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Career
Jaden Smith made his film debut in the 2006 film  The Pursuit of Happyness  as Christopher, the son of Will Smith's character, Chris Gardner. [3] For his role, Smith won the award for the Best Breakthrough Performance at the  2007 MTV Movie Awards. At the 79th Academy Awards, Smith presented the award for the Best Animated Short and the Best Live Action Short, along with acting nominee  Abigail Breslin. Smith next appeared as Jacob in the 2008 Scott Derrickson  science fiction film,  The Day the Earth Stood Still , [3]  a remake of the  1951 classic of the same name

In 2010, along with Jackie Chan, Smith starred in  The Karate Kid , a remake of the  1984 film . [4]  Smith rapped alongside Canadian singer  Justin Bieber  in the song " Never Say Never ". [5]  He will also be featured in the new film Amulet. His character will be called Navin, which is supposed to be aired sometime in 2012.

Personal life
Smith was born in Malibu, California, to Will Smith  and  Jada Pinkett Smith. He is the half-brother of Trey Smith. Smith, along with his sister Willow  and with his elder brother  Trey, are youth ambassadors for  Project Zambia  in conjunction with the  Hasbro  corporation-which helps children orphaned by AIDS in Africa. [6]  Along with his younger sister, he was  homeschooled , [7]  and also attends the New Village Leadership Academy – which was co-founded by his parents in the Los Angeles suburb of  Calabasas, California . [8]  Smith is  African-American , and has more distant  Portuguese-Jewish ,  West Indian , and  Creole  ancestry from his mother's side. [8]