
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

The Graham Norton Show

Tony Awards

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Daily Show

Golden Globe Awards

The Early Show

Today

Top Gear

MADtv

The Grammys

Teen Choice Awards

The One Show

All of Us

El hormiguero

MTV Movie & TV Awards

The Shop

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

GMTV

Kids' Choice Awards

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman

Number One on the Call Sheet

The Oprah Conversation

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

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

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

Student of the Year 2

Despicable Me 4

Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

Jersey Girl

Winter's Tale

Quincy

Bad Boys II

Men in Black

Men in Black II

After Earth

Bad Boys: Legacy

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Hancock

Welcome to Earth

Men in Black 3

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Suicide Squad

Independence Day

Spies in Disguise

Bad Boys for Life

Wild Wild West

Aladdin

Will Smith: The Prince of Hollywood

I Am Legend

Collateral Beauty

King Richard

Pole to Pole

Bad Boys

I Am Legend 2

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion

Bright

Brilliance

Shark Tale

Seven Pounds

Focus

Amend: The Fight for America

The Pursuit of Happyness

Hitch

I, Robot

Emancipation

Gemini Man
Production Credits

Hitch

All of Us

I, Robot

Seven Pounds

Annie

Amend: The Fight for America

Hancock

Showtime

Emancipation

After Earth

Bel-Air

ATL

Bad Boys for Life

Pole to Pole

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Charm City Kings

Brilliance

Da Understudy

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Life in a Year

The Karate Kid

King Richard

The Pursuit of Happyness

I Am Legend 2

Cobra Kai

This Means War
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