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Will Smith

Will Smith

Birthday: 1968-09-25 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
Pole to Pole with Will Smith

as    Self - Host

2025
Efugia

as    Hombre de la peluquería

2024
Bad Boys: Ride or Die

as    Mike Lowrey

2022
Emancipation

as    Peter

2022
This Joka

as    Self - Host

2021
King Richard

as    Richard Williams

2021
Lily Topples The World

as    Self

2021
Best Shape of My Life

as    Self

2021
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon

as    Self (archive footage)

2021
Amend: The Fight for America

as    Self - Host

2021
Welcome to Earth

as    Self - Host

2020
Bad Boys for Life

as    Mike

2020
Free Child

as    Self

2020
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

2018
One Strange Rock

as    Self - Host (archive footage)

2017
Bright

as    Daryl Ward