Will Smith

Known for ActingBorn 1968-09-25 (age 57)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, rapper, and film producer. Known for his work in both the screen and music industries, his accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and four Grammy Awards. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $10 billion worldwide, making him one of Hollywood's most bankable stars. Smith first gained recognition as part of a hip hop duo with DJ Jazzy Jeff, with whom he released five studio albums which contained five 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 1985 to 1994. He released the solo albums Big Willie Style (1997), Willennium (1999), Born to Reign (2002), Lost and Found (2005), and Based on a True Story (2025). Two of his singles, "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" and "Wild Wild West", reached number one in the US. Smith began his acting career starring as a fictionalised version of himself on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1993 and 1994. He achieved wider fame as a leading manwith the film franchises Bad Boys (1995–2024) and Men in Black (1997–2012), where he respectively portrayed Mike Lowrey and Agent J. After starring in the thrillers Independence Day (1996) and Enemy of the State (1998), he received Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his portrayals of Muhammad Ali in Ali (2001) and Chris Gardnerin The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). He also starred in commercially successful films such as I, Robot (2004), Shark Tale (2004), Hitch (2005), I Am Legend (2007), Hancock (2008), Seven Pounds (2008), Suicide Squad (2016), and Aladdin (2019). At the 94th Academy Awards, Smith slapped and shouted at presenter Chris Rock after Rock made an unscripted joke referencing Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Soon after, Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Richard Williams in the biographical sports drama King Richard (2021). The incident earned substantial media coverage and criticism, with Smith ultimately resigning from the Academy and being banned from attending all its events for ten years. Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

The Artist

Off Thee Leash

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary

The BRIT Awards

Quincy Jones, Music Man

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop

Free Child

Teen Choice Awards

Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream

Tina Turner : Celebrate!

Kids' Choice Awards

The Oprah Conversation

The True Story of...

Life in a Year

Cobra Kai

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion

The Making of Men in Black

The Grammys

Rock Concert

Charm City Kings

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Torrance Rises

Emancipation

The Pursuit of Happyness

Bel-Air

One Strange Rock

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

King Richard

Welcome to Earth

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Jackie Chan: Building an Icon

Spies in Disguise

Lily Topples The World

BET Awards

Sarah Kuttner – Die Show

Seven Pounds

Top Gear

The Secret Life of Bees

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'

Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys'

Rove

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

Quincy

The Wonderful World of Disney

Live 8