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. At the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony, shortly before winning, Smith faced public backlash for slapping and shouting at Oscar presenter Chris Rock after Rock made an unscripted joke referencing Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Smith subsequently resigned from the Academy and was banned from attending all Academy functions, including the Oscars, for ten years.
Known For
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Graham Norton Show
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Today
The Early Show
MADtv
Teen Choice Awards
El hormiguero
All of Us
MTV Movie & TV Awards
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
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
American Chopper
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
The Oscars
You're Watching Video Music Box
A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop
Despicable Me 4
Jersey Girl
Winter's Tale
Quincy
Bad Boys
Men in Black
After Earth
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
King Richard
Wild Wild West
Men in Black 3
Bright
Amend: The Fight for America
Aladdin
Spies in Disguise
Brilliance
Collateral Beauty
I Am Legend
Bad Boys for Life
Focus
Hancock
Suicide Squad
Independence Day
I Am Legend 2
Gemini Man
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion
I, Robot
Welcome to Earth
Pole to Pole
Bad Boys II
Seven Pounds
Shark Tale
Hitch
Men in Black II
Production Credits
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Cobra Kai
Life in a Year
Bad Boys for Life
Annie
I, Robot
Hitch
Hancock
Amend: The Fight for America
Bel-Air
This Means War
Seven Pounds
Charm City Kings
King Richard
Hancock 2
All of Us
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
The Karate Kid
Brilliance
I Am Legend 2
Da Understudy
After Earth
Pole to Pole
ATL
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