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