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Will Smith
Actor, Producer, Director
Born September 25, 1968 (53 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2021 | King Richard · as Richard Williams |
| 2020 | Bad Boys for Life · as Detective Mike Lowrey |
| 2019 | Aladdin · as Genie / Mariner |
| 2019 | Spies in Disguise · as Lance Sterling (voice) |
| 2019 | Gemini Man · as Henry Brogen / Junior |
| 2018 | Howard · as Genie / Mariner (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Bright · as Daryl Ward |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad · as Floyd Lawton / Deadshot |
| 2016 | Collateral Beauty · as Howard Inlet |
| 2015 | Focus · as Nicky Spurgeon |
| 2015 | Concussion · as Dr. Bennet Omalu |
| 2014 | Winter's Tale · as Judge |
| 2013 | After Earth · as Cypher Raige |
| 2013 | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues · as ESPN Reporter |
| 2012 | Men in Black 3 · as Agent J |
| 2009 | Skavlan (TV Series) · as Guest |
| 2008 | Hancock · as John Hancock |
| 2008 | Seven Pounds · as Ben |
| 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) |
| 2004 | I, Robot · as Del Spooner |
| 2004 | Shark Tale · as Oscar (voice) |
| 2003 | Bad Boys II · as Detective Mike Lowrey |
| 2003 | A Closer Walk · as Narrator |
| 2003 | American Chopper (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | All of Us (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2002 | Men in Black II · as Jay |
| 2001 | Ali · as Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Capt. Steven Hiller |
| 2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance · as Bagger Vance |
| 1999 | Wild Wild West · as Capt. James West |
| 1998 | Enemy of the State · as Robert Clayton Dean |
| 1998 | Welcome to Hollywood · as Will Smith |
| 1997 | Men in Black · as James Edwards / 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 | Martin (TV Series) · as Will Smith |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince: Summertime · as The Fresh Prince |
| 1990 | Blossom (TV Series) · as Fresh Prince |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series) · as Will Smith |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |
Bright 2 · as Daryl Ward | |
Planes, Trains & Automobiles · as Unknown |