Like their parents, the offspring carry with them the music and acting genes and have since made their mark on the entertainment scene, with support from their connected relations. Smith produced his son's hit remake of 'The Karate Kid', which was released in 2010, and is also overseeing the career of daughter Willow, who is signed to Jay-Z's record label.
Like many in Hollywood, Smith is politically liberal and made donations to the presidential campaign of President Barack Obama. He is a fan of chess and video games and, a good son, Smith is known to take his mother on holiday every year, usually to the Canyon Ranch spa in Tucson, Arizona. The president has stated that Smith should play Obama in a film as he "has the ears". The pair have discussed making a film about the 2008 election but this will only happen when the president has finished his term,
Despite being one of Hollywood's most bankable stars, Smith did not star in a lot of movies between 2007 and 2010, perhaps due to his concentration on his children's work. He appeared alongside his daughter in 2007's 'I Am Legend', a remake of the Charlton Heston last-man-on-earth film Omega Man, where he battled blood-thirsty vampires and won.
Next came Hancock, which earned him a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Actor for portraying an alcoholic anti-superhero in one of 2008's big summer blockbusters. The same year also saw him appear in 'Seven Pounds'.
On 1 December 2008, he was selected as being one of America's top ten most fascinating people of the year in a Barbara Waters ABC Special.