Jaden Smith - Wikipedia

American rapper and actor (born 1998) Not to be confused with Jayden Smith, Jaylen Smith, Jaylon Smith, or Jalen Smith.

Jaden Smith
Smith at Web Summit in 2019
Born	Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (1998-07-08) July 8, 1998 (age 27)[1]Malibu, California, U.S.
Occupations	Rapper singer songwriter actor dancer
Years active	2002–present
Parents	Will Smith (father) Jada Pinkett Smith (mother)
Relatives	Willow Smith (sister)
Musical career
Genres	Alternative hip hop[2] emo rap[3]
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Columbia Roc Nation MSFTSMusic[4] gamma.[5] Three Six Zero[6]
Musical artist
Website	jadensmith.com
Signature

Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born July 8, 1998) is an American rapper, singer, and actor. The son of Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith, he has received various accolades, including a Teen Choice Award, an MTV Movie Award, a BET Award and a Young Artist Award. He has received a Grammy Award nomination,[a] and has won two NAACP Image Awards and an Empire Award.

Smith made his film debut with his father Will Smith in the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness, and appeared with his father once more in the 2013 film After Earth. He also co-starred in the remake films The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), along with Keanu Reeves, and The Karate Kid (2010), with Jackie Chan. Following a three-year hiatus, he returned to acting in 2016, starring in the two-part Netflix series The Get Down, and voice-acting in the company's anime series, Neo Yokio.[7]

As a recording artist, Smith first guest performed on Canadian singer Justin Bieber's 2010 single, "Never Say Never". Released for The Karate Kid's accompanying soundtrack,[8] the song peaked within the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 and received quintuple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He later released multiple mixtapes, including CTV2 (2014). Following a three-year work effort, he signed with Roc Nation and Interscope Records to release his debut studio album, Syre (2017). It peaked at number 24 on the Billboard 200, while his second and third albums, Erys (2019) and CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 (2020), peaked at numbers 12 and 44, respectively.[9] In 2022, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year as a featured artist on Bieber's album Justice.[10]

Early life

Jaden Christopher Syre Smith was born July 8, 1998, in Malibu, California,[1][11] the son of actors Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith. He has an older half-brother, Trey Smith (b. 1992)[12] and a younger sister, Willow Smith (b. 2000).[13] He attended New Village Leadership Academy before being homeschooled by his parents.[14] Growing up, his fame and his family's celebrity status prevented him from having a normal childhood, something he has spoken on at length.[15] He took up skateboarding.[16]

Smith and his siblings were youth ambassadors for Project Zambi, which, in conjunction with Hasbro, helps Zambian children orphaned by AIDS.[17][18]

Career

Acting

Smith made his major role debut in the 2006 film The Pursuit of Happyness as Christopher, the son of Chris Gardner, Will Smith's character.[19] For the role, he won the Breakthrough Performance Award at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards. He next appeared as Jacob in the 2008 Scott Derrickson science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still,[19] a remake of the 1951 classic of the same name.

In 2010, with Jackie Chan, Smith starred in The Karate Kid, a remake of the 1984 film.[20] In May 2013, Will Smith and Jaden starred together, as father and son, in After Earth. In 2014, it was announced that Smith would return for the sequel Karate Kid 2 with Jackie Chan, to be directed by Breck Eisner, produced by James Lassiter and Will Smith, and written by Zak Penn.[21]

In April 2014, Smith was cast in the film The Good Lord Bird, based on the 2013 novel of the same name by James McBride. Smith plays Henry Shackleford, a young slave living in the antebellum Kansas Territory in 1857 who encounters abolitionist John Brown.[22]

Smith took a break from acting following the release of his mixtape Cool Tape Vol. 2 to focus on music. He then returned to act in the Netflix original The Get Down in 2017.[23][24] He also had a voice-acting role in Neo Yokioand a role in Nashville as himself.[25] Commenting on his break from acting, he said, "The kinds of roles I was being offered weren't exactly what I was looking for, nothing felt really necessary that I needed to be in until this came along".[26] Smith returned to acting in films with the February 2018 announcement of a film based on skateboarding.[27] On June 21, 2018, Crystal Moselle's Skate Kitchen released its first official trailer with Smith as the main character.[28] It was released on August 10, 2018, after screening at the Sundance Film Festival in the winter of 2017.[29] In 2020, he starred with Cara Delevingne in the romantic drama Life in a Year, to positive reviews.[30]

Music

In 2010, Smith rapped alongside Canadian singer Justin Bieber in the song "Never Say Never".[8] It peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100[31] and was certified 5× Platinum in the US.[32]

On October 1, 2012, Smith released his debut mixtape, The Cool Cafe.[33] He released the sequel to The Cool Cafe on November 8, 2014, titled CTV2.[34]

Smith started working on his debut studio album in 2014, a process that took three years.[35] He announced in December 2016 that it would be titled Syre.[36][37] The lead single from Syre, "Fallen", was released on December 5, 2016,[38] and three more singles were released—"Batman" and "Watch Me" and "Falcon"—on July 14 on November 16, 2017, respectively.[39][40][41] Syre was released on November 17, 2017, and debuted at No. 24 on the US Billboard 200.[42][43][44] "Icon" was released as a single on the same day,[45] reaching No. 3 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[46][47]

Smith later announced on December 14, 2017, that his next project following Syre would be titled Erys.[48] Another project, Syre: The Electric Album, was later teased via Twitter. Leading up to the release of the project, Smith released the single "Ghost" featuring Christian Rich.[49] On July 8, 2018, Smith released the project exclusively on Instagram on his 20th birthday.[50] The project was later released four days later to streaming platforms.[51] Syre: The Electric Album is a guitar-centric rework of Smith's studio album Syre and is influenced by Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.[52] Less than a year later, on July 5, 2019, Smith released his second studio album, Erys, which debuted at No. 12 on the US Billboard 200.[44]

On July 30, 2018, Smith was announced as an opener during J. Cole's KOD Tour alongside Young Thug and EarthGang,[53] and on August 2, he performed for the first time at Lollapalooza.[54] One of Smith's influences, Kid Cudi, stated that he would like to make an album with Smith, which Smith supported during an interview on August 21, 2018.[55][56]

Jaden was managed by Will Smith's management company, Westbrook Entertainment, until March 2019 when Three Six Zero, an established management firm, acquired Westbrook.[57] Following the acquisition, on July 24, 2020, Smith released the single "Cabin Fever", from his third album CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3, which he described as a completion of the trilogy of the previous Cool tapes and "also kinda completing the trilogies of Syre and Erys at the same time".[58] The album includes a collaboration with Smith's friend and previous collaborator Justin Bieber on the song "Falling for You".[59] On June 21, 2021, Smith released the single "Bye". On August 27, 2021, Smith released another version of the album CTV3: Day Tripper's Edition on all streaming platforms.

Fashion

GQ described Smith in 2018 as "in a league of his own" in terms of fashion and a "superstar who has taken fashion to an entirely different level".[60][61] Smith has called Tyler the Creator, Batman, and Poseidon his icons when it comes to fashion.[62] Smith said that Tyler the Creator introduced him to the brand Supreme.[63] Batman's dark, gothic scenery has influenced the clothing he has created through his brand MSFTSrep,[62] as well as his personal clothing style, wearing Batman protective armor to Kanye West's and Kim Kardashian's wedding and his prom.[64][65] In May 2013, Smith collaborated with a Korean designer named Choi Bum Suk to create a pop-up retail store at which customers could buy clothes featuring their collaborative logos.[66]

In 2016, Smith modeled in a womenswear campaign for Louis Vuitton wearing a skirt.[67] Explaining his choice to wear a skirt, he said he was attempting to combat bullying, saying, "In five years, when a kid goes to school wearing a skirt, he won't get beat up and kids won't get mad at him."[68] Smith continued to wear womenswear throughout the rest of 2016.[69] He was the first male model to model womenswear for Louis Vuitton.[70] He created a denim line with fashion brand G-Star in 2018.[71][72]

In September 2025, Smith was appointed Creative Director of Christian Louboutin, making him the brand's first male creative director. In the role, Smith would be tasked with shaping four collections annually across men's shoes, leather goods, and accessories.[73][74]

Just Water

Smith has been a partner in spring water company Just Water[75] since he was 12 years old.[76] The company is attempting to create a water filtration system anyone can afford for use in disadvantaged regions and nations;[77] it also seeks to aid in the development of water infrastructure and the creation of environmentally-friendly construction methods, producing a novel drywall design.[77] Just Water launched officially in the UK on August 27, 2018.[78]

Musical artistry and influences

Smith's influences include Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Kurt Cobain and Tycho.[79] He also considers his father, Will Smith, an inspiration, saying: "He started in music and transitioned to movies. I started with movies, and then I transitioned into making music—I look at him and use it as a blueprint of how good of a person he is, but not necessarily the success that he reached."[79]

Personal life

Jaden Smith's father, Will, revealed that his son sought an emancipation ruling as a present for his 15th birthday. Will told the media that Jaden's primary motivation was the establishment of his own residence and also explained that his children were not subject to strict parenting: "We generally don't believe in punishment. From the time Jaden was five or six, we would sit him down, and all he has to do is be able to explain why what he did was the right thing for his life."[80] However, Smith and his father appeared together on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 15, 2013, where Jaden joked:

The thing that people don't get is everything at his house is free. So I can get anything and everything at his house, so I'm going to be there for 20, 30 more years. He [Will Smith] says that as soon as I have a movie that's bigger than one of his movies I can get my own house.[81]

In June 2017, at the age of 19, Smith moved out of his parents' house and into a $4 million home in Hidden Hills, California.[82]

Smith is a vegetarian.[83] He started[when?] a mobile restaurant providing free vegan dinners for people experiencing homelessness (but where others pay).[84] His vegan lifestyle caused his parents to intervene following a rapid decline in his health. He was later[when?] diagnosed with lactose intolerance and celiac disease. He later returned to vegetarianism.[85][86]

In 2013, Smith criticized traditional education and advised people to drop out of school.[14] Discussing teenagers who attend public school, he said, "Kids who go to normal school are so teenagery, so angsty."[87] Smith subscribes to, and tweets about, numerous conspiracy theories,[88] including the Illuminati[89][90] and chemtrails hypotheses.[91]

Smith dated Sarah Snyder from 2015 to 2017.[92] She inspired numerous songs on Smith's debut album, Syre.[93] Beginning in November 2018, Smith claimed that rapper Tyler, the Creator was his boyfriend.[94][95] Tyler, who is bisexual, denied this claim.[96] In the song "NOIZE" on Erys in 2019, Tyler revealed, while rapping, that their relationship claims were sarcastic.[97]

Smith has been called a non-binary icon for his work in popular media, challenging traditional gender roles.[98][99] He is often seen in gender-fluid clothing,[100] wearing dresses, skirts, and high-heeled shoes.[101] For his Vogue Korea editorial in 2016, he wore traditionally female attire: a black skirt, blue nail polish, and a flower in his hair.[102] He has made public comments such as "If I Wanna Wear A Dress, Then I Will, And That Will Set The New Wave...".[103] He said that he wore skirts primarily to help kids to be bullied less in schools.[104]

In 2023, Smith was the subject of an online death hoax after Facebook posts and YouTube videos claimed that he had died. Posts on various social media platforms claimed that Will Smith publicly announced the death of his son.[105]

Discography

Main article: Jaden Smith discography

Studio albums

• Syre (2017)
• Erys (2019)
• CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 (2020)

Tours

Headlining

• Vision Tour: A North American Journey (2018)

Co-headlining

• Willow & Erys Tour (with Willow Smith) (2019)

Supporting

• Fall Out Boy – Mania Tour (2017)
• J. Cole – KOD Tour (2018)
• Post Malone – Beerbongs & Bentleys Tour (2019)
• Tyler, the Creator – IGOR Tour (2019)
• Justin Bieber – Justice World Tour (2022)
• Kid Cudi – Insano World Tour (2024)

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	The Pursuit of Happyness[b]	Christopher Gardner Jr.	Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie ChemistryMTV Movie Award for Breakthrough PerformancePFCS Award for Best Performance by Youth in a Leading or Supporting Role – MaleNominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout MaleNominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion PictureNominated — Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough PerformanceNominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Actor
2008	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Jacob Benson Jr.	Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Young Actor
2010	The Karate Kid	Dre Parker	BET Award for YoungStars AwardYoung Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature FilmNominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer Movie Star – MaleNominated — Kids Choice Award for Favorite Movie ActorNominated — MTV Movie Award for Biggest Badass StarNominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion PictureNominated — Black Reel Award for Best ActorNominated — Black Reel Award for Best SongNominated — Empire Award for Best Newcomer
2011	Justin Bieber: Never Say Never	Himself[106]
2013	After Earth	Kitai Raige	Golden Raspberry Award for Worst ActorGolden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo (w/ Will Smith)Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Summer's Biggest Teen Bad Ass Star
2018	Skate Kitchen[107]	Devon
2020	Justin Bieber: Seasons	Himself	Cameo[108]
2020	Impractical Jokers: The Movie	Himself
2020	Life in a Year	Daryn	[109]
2021	A Man Named Scott	Himself

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003–2006	All of Us	Reggie	Recurring role (6 episodes)
2008	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Travis	Episode: "Romancing the Phone"
2016–2017	The Get Down	Marcus "Dizzee" Kipling	Recurring role (11 episodes)
2017	Neo Yokio	Kaz Kaan (voice)	Main role
	Nashville	Himself
2022	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder	College Myron (voice)	Episode: "When You Wish Upon a Roker"
	Entergalactic	Jordan (voice)	Television special
2023	The Eric Andre Show	Himself	Episode: "Old Yeller"

Explanatory notes

1. ^ In 2022, Smith was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year as a featured artist on Justin Bieber's album Justice.
2. ^ Credited as Jaden Christopher Syre Smith.

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External links

• Media related to Jaden Smith at Wikimedia Commons
• Jaden Smith on Twitter
• Jaden Smith at IMDb

v t e Jaden Smith
Discography
Studio albums	Syre (2017) Erys (2019) CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 (2020)
Extended plays	Syre: The Electric Album (2018)
Mixtapes	The Cool Cafe (2012) CTV2 (2014) The Sunset Tapes: A Cool Tape Story (2018)
Singles	"Icon"
Featured singles	"Never Say Never"

Awards for Jaden Smith

v t e BET YoungStars Award Keke Palmer (2010) Jaden Smith / Willow Smith (2011) Diggy Simmons (2012) Gabrielle Douglas (2013) Keke Palmer (2014) Mo'ne Davis (2015) Amandla Stenberg (2016) Yara Shahidi (2017) Yara Shahidi (2018) Marsai Martin (2019) Marsai Martin (2020) Marsai Martin (2021) Marsai Martin (2022) Marsai Martin (2023) Blue Ivy Carter (2024) Blue Ivy Carter (2025) v t e Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor Neil Diamond – The Jazz Singer (1980) Klinton Spilsbury – The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) Laurence Olivier – Inchon (1982) Christopher Atkins – A Night in Heaven (1983) Sylvester Stallone – Rhinestone (1984) Sylvester Stallone – Rambo: First Blood Part II, Rocky IV (1985) Prince – Under the Cherry Moon (1986) Bill Cosby – Leonard Part 6 (1987) Sylvester Stallone – Rambo III (1988) William Shatner – Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) Andrew Dice Clay – The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) Kevin Costner – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) Sylvester Stallone – Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) Burt Reynolds – Cop and a Half (1993) Kevin Costner – Wyatt Earp (1994) Pauly Shore – Jury Duty (1995) Tom Arnold – Big Bully, Carpool, The Stupids / Pauly Shore – Bio-Dome (1996) Kevin Costner – The Postman (1997) Bruce Willis – Armageddon, Mercury Rising, The Siege (1998) Adam Sandler – Big Daddy (1999) John Travolta – Battlefield Earth, Lucky Numbers (2000) Tom Green – Freddy Got Fingered (2001) Roberto Benigni and Breckin Meyer's voice – Pinocchio (2002) Ben Affleck – Daredevil, Gigli, Paycheck (2003) George W. Bush – Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) Rob Schneider – Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans – Little Man (2006) Eddie Murphy – Norbit (2007) Mike Myers – The Love Guru (2008) Jonas Brothers (Joe, Kevin, and Nick) – Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009) Ashton Kutcher – Killers, Valentine's Day (2010) Adam Sandler – Jack and Jill, Just Go with It (2011) Adam Sandler – That's My Boy (2012) Jaden Smith – After Earth (2013) Kirk Cameron – Saving Christmas (2014) Jamie Dornan – Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) Dinesh D'Souza – Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party (2016) Tom Cruise – The Mummy (2017) Donald Trump – Death of a Nation, Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018) John Travolta – The Fanatic, Trading Paint (2019) Mike Lindell – Absolute Proof (2020) LeBron James – Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) Jared Leto – Morbius (2022) Jon Voight – Mercy (2023) Jerry Seinfeld – Unfrosted (2024) v t e Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo 1990s Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt – Interview with the Vampire / Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone – The Specialist (1994) Any combination of two people (or two body parts) – Showgirls (1995) Demi Moore and Burt Reynolds – Striptease (1996) Dennis Rodman and Jean-Claude Van Damme – Double Team (1997) Leonardo DiCaprio and Leonardo DiCaprio (as twins) – The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) Kevin Kline and Will Smith – Wild Wild West (1999) 2000s John Travolta and anyone sharing the screen with him – Battlefield Earth (2000) Tom Green and any animal he abuses – Freddy Got Fingered (2001) Adriano Giannini and Madonna – Swept Away (2002) Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez – Gigli (2003) George W. Bush and either Condoleezza Rice or his pet goat – Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) Will Ferrell and Nicole Kidman – Bewitched (2005) Shawn Wayans and either Kerry Washington or Marlon Wayans – Little Man (2006) Lindsay Lohan and Lindsay Lohan (as twins) – I Know Who Killed Me (2007) Paris Hilton and either Christine Lakin or Joel David Moore – The Hottie and the Nottie (2008) Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper – All About Steve (2009) 2010s The entire cast of Sex and the City 2 (2010) Adam Sandler and either Katie Holmes, Al Pacino or Adam Sandler – Jack and Jill / The entire cast of Jack and Jill (2011) Mackenzie Foy and Taylor Lautner – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 / The entire cast of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012) Jaden Smith and Will Smith on planet nepotism – After Earth (2013) Kirk Cameron and his ego – Saving Christmas (2014) Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson – Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Any two obnoxious Emojis – The Emoji Movie (2017) Donald Trump and "His Self Perpetuating Pettiness" – Death of a Nation and Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018) Any two half-feline/half-human hairballs – Cats (2019) 2020s Rudy Giuliani and his pants zipper – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) LeBron James and any Warner cartoon character (or Time-Warner product) he dribbles on – Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) Tom Hanks and his latex-laden face (and ludicrous accent) – Elvis (2022) Pooh and Piglet (as Blood-Thirsty Slasher/Killers) – Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga – Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) Between 2010–2012, the category also included Worst Screen Ensemble. v t e MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Breakthrough Performance (1992–1998, 2006–2008, 2012–2016, 2018–present) Edward Furlong – Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1992) Marisa Tomei – My Cousin Vinny (1993) Alicia Silverstone – The Crush (1994) Kirsten Dunst – Interview with the Vampire (1995) George Clooney – From Dusk till Dawn (1996) Matthew McConaughey – A Time to Kill (1997) Heather Graham – Boogie Nights (1998) Isla Fisher – Wedding Crashers (2006) Jaden Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness (2007) Zac Efron – Hairspray (2008) Shailene Woodley – The Descendants (2012) Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect (2013) Will Poulter – We're the Millers (2014) Dylan O'Brien – The Maze Runner (2015) Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016) Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip (2018) Noah Centineo – To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2019) No Award (2020) Regé-Jean Page – Bridgerton (2021) Sophia Di Martino – Loki (2022) Joseph Quinn – Stranger Things (2023) Breakthrough Male (1999–2005, 2009) James Van Der Beek – Varsity Blues (1999) Haley Joel Osment – The Sixth Sense (2000) Sean Patrick Thomas – Save the Last Dance (2001) Orlando Bloom – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002) Eminem – 8 Mile (2003) Shawn Ashmore – X2 (2004) Jon Heder – Napoleon Dynamite (2005) Robert Pattinson – Twilight (2009) Breakthrough Female (1999–2005, 2009) Katie Holmes – Disturbing Behavior (1999) Julia Stiles – 10 Things I Hate About You (2000) Erika Christensen – Traffic (2001) Mandy Moore – A Walk to Remember (2002) Jennifer Garner – Daredevil (2003) Lindsay Lohan – Freaky Friday (2004) Rachel McAdams – Mean Girls (2005) Ashley Tisdale – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2009) Breakout Star (2010–2011) Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air (2010) Chloë Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass (2011) Next Generation (2017) Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out (2017) v t e Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor 1980s Noah Hathaway (1984) Barret Oliver (1985) Carrie Henn (1986) Kirk Cameron (1987) Fred Savage (1988) Adán Jodorowsky (1989/90) 1990s Edward Furlong (1991) Scott Weinger (1992) Elijah Wood (1993) Kirsten Dunst (1994) Christina Ricci (1995) Lucas Black (1996) Jena Malone (1997) Tobey Maguire (1998) Haley Joel Osment (1999) 2000s Devon Sawa (2000) Haley Joel Osment (2001) Tyler Hoechlin (2002) Jeremy Sumpter (2003) Emmy Rossum (2004) Dakota Fanning (2005) Ivana Baquero (2006) Freddie Highmore (2007) Jaden Smith (2008) Saoirse Ronan (2009) 2010s Chloë Grace Moretz (2010) Joel Courtney (2011) Suraj Sharma (2012) Chloë Grace Moretz (2013) Mackenzie Foy (2014) Ty Simpkins (2015) Tom Holland (2016) Tom Holland (2017) Tom Holland (2018/19) Kyliegh Curran (2019/20) 2020s Finn Wolfhard (2021/22) Xolo Maridueña (2022/23) Jenna Ortega (2023/24) v t e Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film 1979–2000 Dennis Christopher (1979) Justin Henry (1980) Ricky Schroder (1981) Henry Thomas (1982) C. Thomas Howell (1983) Anthony Michael Hall (1984) Sean Astin (1985) Peter Billingsley (1986) River Phoenix / Fred Savage / Patrick Dempsey / Corey Feldman (1987) Christian Bale / Corey Feldman / Corey Haim / Lukas Haas (1988) Sean Astin (1989) Macaulay Culkin (1990) Ethan Randall (1991) Elijah Wood (1992) Edward Furlong / Jason James Richter / Mason Gamble (1993) Brad Renfro (1994) Wil Horneff (1995) Lucas Black (1996) Blake Heron / Kevin Zegers (1997) Miko Hughes (1998) Haley Joel Osment (1999) Rob Brown (2000) 2001–2019 Anton Yelchin (2001) Tyler Hoechlin (2002) Jeremy Sumpter (2003) Jamie Bell (2004) Josh Hutcherson (2005) Logan Lerman (2006) Josh Hutcherson (2007) Nate Hartley (2008) Max Records (2009) Jaden Smith (2010) Dakota Goyo (2011) Tom Holland (2012) Miles Elliot (2013) Reese Hartwig (2014) Jared Breeze / Steele Stebbins / Michael Grant (2015) Julian Feder (2016) Jacob Tremblay (2017) Christopher Convery (2018) Christian Convery (2019)

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