Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968) was born and raised in West Philadelphia, and also spent time in Germantown in Northwest Philadelphia. His Father Willard Christopher Smith, Sr., was a refrigeration engineer.His mother, Caroline (née Bright), was a school administrator who worked for the Philadelphia school board.Smith's parents separated when he was 13 years old and when he was 32 his parents divorced."Will" Smith is a American actor,film producer as well as rapper.He has enjoyed his life with great success in music,television and film.In April 2007 Newsweek (is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City) 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.[3] Fourteen of the 19 fiction films he has acted in have accumulated a worldwide grosses 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.
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Saturday Morning Videos | Host |
| ABC Afterschool Special – "The Perfect Date" | Hawker | |
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | William "Will" Smith | |
| 1992 | Blossom | Fresh Prince |
| Where the Day Takes You | Manny | |
| 1993 | Made in America | Tea Cake Walters |
| Six Degrees of Separation | Paul | |
| 1995 | Bad Boys | Detective Mike Lowrey |
| 1996 | Independence Day | Captain Steven "Steve" Hiller, USMC |
| 1997 | Men in Black | James Darrell Edwards / Agent J |
| 1998 | Enemy of the State | Robert Clayton Dean |
| 1999 | Torrance Rises | |
| Wild Wild West | Captain James "Jim" West | |
| 2000 | Welcome to Hollywood | Himself |
| The Legend of Bagger Vance | Bagger Vance | |
| 2001 | Ali | Muhammad Ali |
| 2002 | Men in Black II | James Darrell Edwards / Agent J |
| Girlfriend by B2K | Himself | |
| 2003 | Bad Boys II | Detective Mike Lowrey |
| 2004 | A Closer Walk | Narrator |
| Jersey Girl | Himself | |
| American Chopper | Himself | |
| I, Robot | Detective Del Spooner | |
| Shark Tale | Oscar | |
| 2005 | There's a God on the Mic | |
| Hitch | Alex "Hitch" Hitchens | |
| 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness | Chris Gardner |
| 2007 | I Am Legend | Dr. Robert Neville |
| 2008 | Hancock | John Hancock |
| Lakeview Terrace | ||
| The Secret Life of Bees | ||
| Seven Pounds | Ben Thomas | |
| 2010 | The Karate Kid | |
| Unfinished Business | TBA | |
| 2012 | Men in Black III-D | James Darrell Edwards / Agent J |
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