--- description: Will Smith won't be satisfied until the audience remembers his Tonight Show entrance title: Will Smith Made the Most Epic 'Tonight Show' Entrance Ever image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e51919e5d86565a/6988a053cd1bba7447701bf0/will-smith-tonight-show.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Will Smith Made the Most Epic _Tonight Show_ Entrance Ever by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 29, 2016 3:31 PM CUT  Jimmy Fallon celebrates with actor Will Smith on July 28, 2016. Jimmy Fallon celebrates with actor Will Smith on July 28, 2016.Andrew Lipovsky—NBC by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 29, 2016 3:31 PM CUT Will Smith stopped by _The Tonight Show_ Thursday to promote his new film, [_Suicide Squad_](http://time.com/4420595/suicide-squad-will-smith-jared-leto/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined")_._ Host Jimmy Fallon gave him a great introduction, touting his many awards and nominations and the audience responded by giving the actor, [rapper](http://time.com/4062355/will-smith-dj-jazzy-jeff/?iid=sr-link7 "undefined") and [_Wild Wild West_ apologist](http://time.com/4378352/will-smith-wild-wild-west/?iid=sr-link9 "undefined") a standing ovation. Smith was appreciative of the crowd’s cheers, but when he settled onto Fallon’s stage he thought about it for a minute and then announced, “I think I can do better.” Smith then left the stage and Fallon delivered his introduction, again. [Smith](http://time.com/4421003/henry-cavill-will-smith-comic-con-prank/?iid=sr-link5 "undefined") re-entered the stage with a new gimmick, but still wasn’t happy. So he tried again and Fallon was willing to go along with it, because he and Smith go way back (Smith was the first guest when Fallon took over from Jay Leno on _The Tonight Show_.) The third time was ….not the charm. Smith insisted on making one last entrance and he truly delivered a memorably epic entrance. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4430673/will-smith-tonight-show-entrance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4430673/will-smith-tonight-show-entrance/"},"headline":"Will Smith Made the Most Epic Tonight Show Entrance Ever","datePublished":"2016-07-29T15:31:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:55.353Z","description":"The human hamster ball was not enough","url":"https://time.com/4430673/will-smith-tonight-show-entrance/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","The Tonight Show","will smith","Suicide Squad"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e51919e5d86565a/6988a053cd1bba7447701bf0/will-smith-tonight-show.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e51919e5d86565a/6988a053cd1bba7447701bf0/will-smith-tonight-show.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 3","caption":"Jimmy Fallon celebrates with actor Will Smith on July 28, 2016.","creditText":"Andrew Lipovsky—NBC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4430673/will-smith-tonight-show-entrance/","name":"Will Smith Made the Most Epic Tonight Show Entrance Ever"}}]}] ```