
Will Smith
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Biography
Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor and rapper. Known for variety of roles, Smith has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award and four Grammy Awards.
Smith began his acting career starring as a fictionalized version of himself on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996). He first gained recognition as part of a hip hop duo with DJ Jazzy Jeff, with whom he released five studio albums and the US Billboard Hot 100 top 20 singles "Parents Just Don't Understand", "A Nightmare on My Street", "Summertime", "Ring My Bell", and "Boom! Shake the Room" from 1984 to 1994. He released the solo albums Big Willie Style (1997), Willennium (1999), Born to Reign (2002), and Lost and Found (2005), which contained the US number-one singles "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" and "Wild Wild West". He has received four Grammy Awards for his rap performances.
Smith achieved wider fame as a leading man in films such as the action film Bad Boys (1995), its sequels Bad Boys II (2003) and Bad Boys for Life (2020), and the sci-fi comedies Men in Black (1997), Men in Black II (2002), and Men in Black 3 (2012). After starring in the thrillers Independence Day (1996) and Enemy of the State (1998), he received Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his portrayal as Muhammad Ali in Ali (2001), and as Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). He then starred in a range of commercially successful films, including I, Robot (2004), Shark Tale (2004), Hitch (2005), I Am Legend (2007), Hancock (2008), Seven Pounds (2008), Suicide Squad (2016) and Aladdin (2019).
For his portrayal of Richard Williams in the biographical sports drama King Richard (2021), Smith won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor.
Known For

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Tony Awards

The Graham Norton Show

The Daily Show

Golden Globe Awards

Today

The Early Show

Top Gear

MADtv

The Grammys

Teen Choice Awards

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

El hormiguero

All of Us

MTV Movie & TV Awards

The Shop

Number One on the Call Sheet

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Kids' Choice Awards

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman

The Oprah Conversation

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Amend: The Fight for America

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

American Chopper

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

The Oscars

You're Watching Video Music Box

A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

Despicable Me 4

Jersey Girl

Quincy

Winter's Tale

Men in Black

After Earth

Men in Black II

Bad Boys II

I Am Legend 2

Bad Boys for Life

Men in Black 3

The Pursuit of Happyness

Brilliance

Gemini Man

Bad Boys

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Collateral Beauty

Will Smith: The Prince of Hollywood

Shark Tale

Hancock 2

Emancipation

Focus

Suicide Squad

Welcome to Earth

Wild Wild West

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Seven Pounds

I, Robot

Aladdin

I Am Legend

Pole to Pole

Hitch

Bright

King Richard

Spies in Disguise

Hancock

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion

Independence Day
Production Credits

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Bad Boys for Life

I, Robot

Cobra Kai

Annie

Hitch

Emancipation

Bel-Air

Pole to Pole

This Means War

I Am Legend 2

The Pursuit of Happyness

Brilliance

Charm City Kings

After Earth

The Karate Kid

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Hancock

Da Understudy

All of Us

Life in a Year

ATL

Hancock 2

King Richard

Seven Pounds

Amend: The Fight for America

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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