Will Smith portrays Mike Lowrey in the Bad Boys franchise. Mike is seen at various ages throughout the movies, from his early 20s through age 50. Will Smith is consistently slightly older than his Bad Boys character.

Will Smith's Bad Boys franchise character Mike Lowrey has been seen at a variety of ages throughout the franchise. Mike was originally introduced in the original 1995 movie opposite his partner Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence), with whom he works as a narcotics detective with the Miami Police Department. Although the movies in the franchise have been hits, the shortest hiatus between any two installments was four years, between the third movie, 2020's Bad Boys for Life, and the fourth movie, 2024's Bad Boys: Ride or Die.

The Bad Boys: Ride or Die release comes just shy of the franchise's 30th anniversary. Because its installments are so spread out over such a wide swath of time,...