
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 Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Oscars

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Graham Norton Show

Tony Awards

The Daily Show

Golden Globe Awards

Today

The Early Show

Top Gear

MADtv

The Grammys

Teen Choice Awards

El hormiguero

All of Us

The Shop

Number One on the Call Sheet

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

GMTV

Kids' Choice Awards

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman

The Oprah Conversation

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

American Chopper

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

You're Watching Video Music Box

A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

Student of the Year 2

Despicable Me 4

Jersey Girl

Quincy

Winter's Tale

Men in Black II

Bad Boys II

After Earth

Men in Black

Independence Day

Brilliance

Pole to Pole

Hancock

Suicide Squad

Amend: The Fight for America

Hitch

I Am Legend 2

I, Robot

Will Smith: The Prince of Hollywood

Shark Tale

Gemini Man

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Welcome to Earth

The Pursuit of Happyness

Focus

Bad Boys for Life

Bright

Spies in Disguise

Emancipation

Men in Black 3

Bad Boys

King Richard

Aladdin

Seven Pounds

Collateral Beauty

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Wild Wild West

I Am Legend

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion
Production Credits

The Pursuit of Happyness

Brilliance

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Amend: The Fight for America

ATL

Annie

I Am Legend 2

Da Understudy

Seven Pounds

The Karate Kid

Hitch

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Cobra Kai

This Means War

All of Us

King Richard

Life in a Year

Bad Boys for Life

After Earth

Charm City Kings

Bel-Air

Emancipation

Pole to Pole

I, Robot

Hancock
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