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Will Smith
401 FOLLOWERS • 89 CREDITS • SEP 25, 1968 • 55
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. At the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony, shortly before winning, Smith faced public backlash for slapping and shouting at Oscar presenter Chris Rock after Rock made an unscripted joke referencing Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Smith subsequently resigned from the Academy and was banned from attending all Academy functions, including the Oscars, for ten years.
Known For
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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The Graham Norton Show
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The Daily Show
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Today
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The Early Show
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MADtv
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Teen Choice Awards
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All of Us
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El hormiguero
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The Shop
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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Kids' Choice Awards
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My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman
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The Oprah Conversation
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James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
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MTV Movie & TV Awards
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
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Carpool Karaoke: The Series
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American Chopper
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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
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The Oscars
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You're Watching Video Music Box
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A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop
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Despicable Me 4
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Jersey Girl
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Winter's Tale
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Quincy
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Men in Black
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Bad Boys
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After Earth
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Focus
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Emancipation
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Amend: The Fight for America
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die
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I Am Legend 2
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Bad Boys for Life
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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Hancock 2
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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Independence Day
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Wild Wild West
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Collateral Beauty
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Suicide Squad
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Bad Boys II
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Bright
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Hancock
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Pole to Pole
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Welcome to Earth
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Brilliance
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Gemini Man
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Hitch
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Shark Tale
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Men in Black 3
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Men in Black II
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Seven Pounds
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King Richard
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Spies in Disguise
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I, Robot
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Aladdin
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I Am Legend
Production Credits
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Brilliance
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Hancock
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Seven Pounds
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I Am Legend 2
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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Amend: The Fight for America
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ATL
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Bel-Air
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This Means War
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King Richard
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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Bad Boys for Life
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After Earth
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Charm City Kings
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The Karate Kid
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Da Understudy
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Annie
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Pole to Pole
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Hitch
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Life in a Year
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All of Us
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Hancock 2
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I, Robot
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Cobra Kai
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Emancipation
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