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Will Smith

Will Smith

Birthday: 1968-09-25 | Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, film producer and pop rapper. He has enjoyed success in music, television and film. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor on the planet. Smith has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won multiple Grammy Awards. In the late 1980s, Smith achieved modest fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince. In 1990, his popularity increased dramatically when he starred in the popular television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The show ran for nearly six years (1990–1996) on NBC and has been syndicated consistently on various networks since then. In the mid-1990s, Smith transitioned from television to film, and ultimately starred in numerous blockbuster films that received broad box office success. In fact, he is the only actor in history to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office as well as being the only actor to have eight consecutive films in which he starred open at the #1 spot in the domestic box office tally. Fourteen of the 19 fiction films he has acted in have accumulated worldwide gross earnings of over $100 million, and 4 of them took in over $500 million in global box office receipts. His most financially successful films have been Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, Independence Day, Men in Black, Men in Black II, I, Robot, The Pursuit of Happyness, I Am Legend, Hancock, Wild Wild West, Enemy of the State, Shark Tale, Hitch, and Seven Pounds. He also earned critical praise for his performances in Six Degrees of Separation, Ali, and The Pursuit of Happyness, receiving Best Actor Oscar nominations for the latter two.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
This Joka

as    Self - Host

2021
King Richard

as    Richard Williams

2021
Best Shape of My Life

as    Self

2021
Welcome to Earth

as    Self - Host

2021
Amend: The Fight for America

as    Self — Host

2020
Bad Boys for Life

as    Mike

2020
David Blaine: Ascension

as    Self (archive footage)

2019
Aladdin

as    Genie / Mariner

2019
Gemini Man

as    Henry Brogen / Junior

2019
Spies in Disguise

as    Lance Sterling (voice)

2019
Will Smith's Bucket List

as    Self

2018
Quincy

as    Self

2018
One Strange Rock

as    Self - Host

2017
Bright

as    Daryl Ward

2017
The American Can

as    John Keller

2016
Suicide Squad

as    Floyd Lawton / Deadshot

2016
Collateral Beauty

as    Howard Inlet

2015
Concussion

as    Dr. Bennet Omalu

2015
Focus

as    Nicky Spurgeon

2014
Winter's Tale

as    Judge

2013
After Earth

as    Cypher Raige

2012
Men in Black 3

as    Agent J

2008
Seven Pounds

as    Ben

2008
Hancock

as    John Hancock

2007
I Am Legend

as    Robert Neville