Will Smith

Will Smith

1968-09-25

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.

Also appears in

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

7.5

Bad Boys for Life

Bad Boys for Life

7.1

I Am Legend

I Am Legend

7.2

Aladdin

Aladdin

7.1

I, Robot

I, Robot

7.0

The Pursuit of Happyness

The Pursuit of Happyness

7.9

Shark Tale

Shark Tale

6.0

Suicide Squad

Suicide Squad

5.9

Bad Boys

Bad Boys

6.8

Independence Day

Independence Day

6.9

Men in Black

Men in Black

7.2

Bad Boys II

Bad Boys II

6.6

Hancock

Hancock

6.3

Men in Black 3

Men in Black 3

6.5

Spies in Disguise

Spies in Disguise

7.6

Focus

Focus

6.9

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

6.1

Gemini Man

Gemini Man

6.3

Men in Black II

Men in Black II

6.4

Bright

Bright

6.2