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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.
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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.
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The Oscars
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Tony Awards
The Daily Show
The Graham Norton Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Golden Globe Awards
Today
The Early Show
Top Gear
MADtv
Teen Choice Awards
All of Us
El hormiguero
The Shop
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
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
American Chopper
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
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
Despicable Me 4
Jersey Girl
Winter's Tale
Quincy
Bad Boys II
Men in Black
After Earth
Men in Black II
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion
Men in Black 3
Bad Boys for Life
Spies in Disguise
Suicide Squad
Independence Day
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Focus
Hitch
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Welcome to Earth
Gemini Man
Hancock
King Richard
Amend: The Fight for America
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Hancock 2
Shark Tale
Bad Boys
Wild Wild West
I, Robot
Aladdin
Collateral Beauty
The Pursuit of Happyness
Will Smith: The Prince of Hollywood
Brilliance
I Am Legend 2
I Am Legend
Emancipation
Pole to Pole
Seven Pounds
Bright
Production Credits
Bad Boys for Life
The Pursuit of Happyness
ATL
All of Us
Seven Pounds
This Means War
Hancock
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Brilliance
Bel-Air
Da Understudy
Pole to Pole
I Am Legend 2
Annie
Amend: The Fight for America
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Emancipation
After Earth
Hancock 2
Hitch
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Cobra Kai
Life in a Year
The Karate Kid
I, Robot
King Richard
Charm City Kings
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