Will Smith
Actor, Producer, Director
September 25, 1968 (57 years)
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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 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 |
| 2020 | Rich Evans Reacts to 2020 Movie Trailers · as Cast |
| 2019 | Spies in Disguise · as Lance Sterling (voice) |
| 2019 | Gemini Man · as Henry Brogen / Junior |
| 2019 | Aladdin · as Genie / Mariner |
| 2018 | Howard · as Genie / Mariner (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Bright · as Daryl Ward |
| 2016 | Collateral Beauty · as Howard Inlet |
| 2016 | Suicide Squad · as Deadshot |
| 2016 | |
| 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 Black 3 · 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 Hitch |
| 2005 | Club Oscar · as Oscar (voice) |
| 2005 | I Love the 90's Part Deux · as Cast |
| 2004 | Shark Tale · as Oscar (voice) |
| 2004 | I, Robot · as Del Spooner |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Bad Boys II · as Detective Mike Lowrey |
| 2003 | A Closer Walk · as Narrator |
| 2002 | American ChopperOn Plex |
| 2002 | Men in Black II · as Jay |
| 2001 | Ali · as Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay |
| 2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance · as Bagger Vance |
| 2000 | 20th Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Capt. Steven Hiller |
| 1999 | Wild Wild West · as Capt. James West |
| 1998 | Enemy of the State · as Robert Clayton Dean |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | Men in Black · as Jay |
| 1996 | Independence Day · as Capt. Steven Hiller |
| 1996 | |
| 1995 | Bad Boys · as Mike Lowrey |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child · 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 |
| 1990 | The Chipmunks: Rockin' Through the Decades · as Fresh Prince |
| 1990 | Blossom · as Fresh Prince (uncredited) |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special · as Fresh Prince |
| 1988 | |
| 1987 | Kids' Choice Awards · as Host |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special · as Hawker |
| 2026 | Pole to Pole with Will Smith · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | African Queens: Njinga · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | This Joka · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Bel-Air · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Women of the Movement · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Let the World See · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Welcome to Earth · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Amend: The Fight for America · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Life in a Year · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Charm City Kings · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | Will Smith’s Bucket List · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Sprinter · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2018 | Will Smith - The Jump · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | Blind Ref · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | Free Angela and All Political Prisoners · as Executive Producer |
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| 2006 | |
| 2005 | Will Smith: Live in Concert · as Executive Producer |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | The Seat FillerOn Plex |
| 2004 | I, Robot · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | Ride or Die · as Executive Producer |
| 2003 | All of Us · as Executive Producer |
| 2002 | Showtime · as Executive Producer |
| 1999 | |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air · as Executive Producer |
| 1987 | Shark Week · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | |
| 2017 | |
| 2003 |
| 2013 | After Earth · as Story |
| 2003 | All of Us · as Created By |
| 2002 | Men in Black II · as Songs |
| 1997 | Men in Black · as Songs |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air · as Theme Song Performance |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air · as Story |