Will Smith
Acting
🎂 1968-09-25
Willard Carroll Smith II 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.
Cast credits(166)
Self
1996
Self - Guest
2014
Self
2014
Self
2007
Self - Guest
2007
Self
2002
Self
2006
Self
2015
Self - Nominee/Presenter
1956
Mike Lowrey
2024
Self - Nominee
1944
Self
1971
Self
2014
Robert Neville
2007
Self
1981
1988
Self
2015
Self
1995
1992
Will Smith
1990
Self
2006
Self - Guest
2006
Self
1998
Mike
2020
Jay
1997
Genie / Mariner
2019
Self
2017
Self
2005
Capt. Steven Hiller
1996
Oscar (voice)
2004
Del Spooner
2004
Chris Gardner
2006
Self
1953
Agent J
2012
Jay
2002
Floyd Lawton / Deadshot
2016
Detective Mike Lowrey
2003
Mike Lowrey
1995
John Hancock
2008
1992
Self - Presenter
1992
Self
2016
Hawker
1972
Host
1987
2003
Hitch
2005
Self
2018
Robert Clayton Dean
1998
Self - Guest
2009
Pinoak (voice)
1995
1998
Ben
2008
Richard Williams
2021
Capt. James West
1999
Self
2018
Self
1993
Lance Sterling (voice)
2019
Nicky Spurgeon
2015
Henry Brogen / Junior
2019
Self
1999
Dr. Bennet Omalu
2015
Self - Host
2021
ESPN Reporter
2013
Self
2025
Cameo
2019
Cypher Raige
2013
Howard Inlet
2016
Self (archive footage)
2020
Self
1988
Will Smith
2004
Daryl Ward
2017
Bagger Vance
2000
2003
Will Smith
Self
2024
Self - Host
2021
Self
2018
Judge
2014
Robert Neville
Self - Performer
2001
Peter
2022
Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay
2001
Self
2015
Self
1973
Self
2018
Self
1998
Self
2018
Self
1976
Self - Host
2018
Self
2019
Tea Cake Walters
1993
Self (archive footage)
2021
Paul
1993
Self
2007
self - segment
2004
Self
2020
Self
2005
Self
1990
Self - Philadelphia
2005
Fresh Prince
1990
Self
2018
Self
2019
Self
1988
Self
2013
Self
1999
Will Smith
2000
Self
2011
Self
2016
Self
1952
Self
2001
Self (archive footage)
2012
Self
2020
Self (archive footage)
1998
Self
2013
Manny
1992
Self
2020
Self - Host (archive footage)
2018
Fresh Prince
1990
Self
1998
Self
2023
Self
1995
Self (archive footage)
2022
Oscar (voice)
2005
Will Smith
2020
Self (archive footage)
2021
Self
2000
Self
1999
Self
1990
Self
1988
Self
1996
Self
1999
Self
2020
Self
2016
Jon Grady
Self
Self (archive footage)
2020
Self
1994
Self
1999
Self
2021
Self
1999
Self
1996
Genie / Mariner (archive footage)
2018
Self - Host
2022
Self
1999
Self
2007
Self
2013
Self
2021
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Self
2009
Self - Nominee
1999
Self
2000
Self
2000
Self
2005
Self
1997
Self
2002
Self
2020
Self
1959
Blind Referee
2013
Self
2019
Self
1998
Self
2002
Self
2020
Self
1999
Self
2002
Will Smith
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Executive Producer
2018
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2018
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2024
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2010
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1990
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2020
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2004
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2006
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2022
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2008
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2020
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2014
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2003
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2005
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2012
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2008
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2021
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2020
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2021
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2013
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2008
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2022
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2002
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2008
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2006
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2004
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2008
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2022
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2000
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2022
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2004
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2012
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