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Will Smith
Actor, Producer, Director, Additional Credits
Born September 25, 1968 (55 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2024 | Bad Boys: Ride or Die · as Mike Lowrey |
| 2022 | Emancipation · as Peter |
| 2021 | King Richard · as Richard Williams |
| 2020 | Bad Boys for Life · as Mike |
| 2019 | Spies in Disguise · as Lance Sterling (voice) |
| 2019 | Gemini Man · as Henry Brogen / Junior |
| 2019 | Aladdin · as Genie / Mariner |
| 2019 | Student of the Year 2 · as Cameo |
| 2018 | Howard · as Genie / Mariner (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Bright · as Daryl Ward |
| 2016 | Collateral Beauty · as Howard Inlet |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad · as Floyd Lawton / Deadshot |
| 2015 | Concussion · as Dr. Bennet Omalu |
| 2015 | Focus · as Nicky Spurgeon |
| 2014 | Winter's Tale · as Judge |
| 2013 | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues · as Espn Reporter |
| 2013 | Blind Ref · as Blind Referee |
| 2013 | After Earth · as Cypher Raige |
| 2012 | Men in Black³ · as Agent J |
| 2008 | Seven Pounds · as Ben |
| 2008 | Hancock · as John Hancock |
| 2007 | I Am Legend · as Robert Neville |
| 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness · as Chris Gardner |
| 2005 | Hitch · as Alex 'hitch' Hitchens |
| 2005 | Club Oscar · as Oscar (voice) |
| 2005 | I Love the 90's Part Deux (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2004 | Shark Tale · as Oscar (voice) |
| 2004 | I, Robot · as Del Spooner |
| 2003 | All of Us (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Bad Boys II · as Detective Mike Lowrey |
| 2003 | A Closer Walk · as Narrator |
| 2003 | Bad Boys II: Deleted Scenes · as Mike Lowrey |
| 2002 | American Chopper (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Men in Black II · as Jay |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | Ali · as Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay |
| 2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance · as Bagger Vance |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Capt. Steven Hiller |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Wild Wild West · as Capt. James West |
| 1998 | Enemy of the State · as Robert Clayton Dean |
| 1998 | TRL (2017) (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Men in Black · as Jay |
| 1997 | Will Smith: Men in Black · as Agent J |
| 1996 | Independence Day · as Capt. Steven Hiller |
| 1995 | Bad Boys · as Mike Lowrey |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) · as Pinoak (voice) |
| 1993 | Six Degrees of Separation · as Paul |
| 1993 | Made in America · as Tea Cake Walters |
| 1992 | Where the Day Takes You · as Manny |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1991 | DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince: Summertime · as The Fresh Prince |
| 1990 | The Chipmunks: Rockin' Through the Decades · as Fresh Prince |
| 1990 | Blossom (TV Series) · as Fresh Prince |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special · as Fresh Prince |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1988 | DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince: A Nightmare on My Street · as The Fresh Prince |
| 1988 | DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince: Parents Just Don't Understand · as The Fresh Prince |
| 1987 | Kids' Choice Awards (TV Series) · as Host |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Hawker |