
Acting
Born September 25, 1968 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
2026

Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration:30th Anniversary
2025

Quincy Jones | Music Man
2025

El cuarto round
2024

Bad Boys: Legacy
2024

Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023

Emancipation
2022

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
2022

You're Watching Video Music Box
2021

King Richard
2021

Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
2021

Lily Topples The World
2021

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion
2020

Bigflo & Oli: Hip Hop Frenzy
2020

Will Smith: The Prince of Hollywood
2020

Free Child
2020
Hormigueddon
2020

David Blaine: Ascension
2020

Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020

Bad Boys for Life
2020

Spies in Disguise
2019

Gemini Man
2019

Dads
2019

Jon Bellion | Behind the Scenes of 'Glory Sound Prep'
2019

Aladdin
2019

Student of the Year 2
2019

Quincy
2018

Howard
2018

One Strange Rock
2018

Bright
2017

Collateral Beauty
2016

National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
2016

Suicide Squad
2016

DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
2016

Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015

Concussion
2015

Focus
2015

Winter's Tale
2014

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013

David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013

After Earth: A Father's Legacy
2013

After Earth: 1,000 Years in 300 Seconds
2013

Blind Ref
2013

After Earth
2013

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012

Men in Black 3
2012

A Man's Story
2011

Seven Pounds
2008

Hancock
2008

I Am Legend
2007

Father and Son: On Screen and Off
2007

Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
2007

The Pursuit of Happyness
2006

Live 8
2005

Will Smith: Live in Concert
2005

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005

Hitch
2005

Club Oscar
2005

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004

Shark Tale
2004

I, Robot
2004

Jersey Girl
2004

Bad Boys II
2003

Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
2002

MIB ADR
2002

Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'
2002

Men in Black II
2002

Ali
2001

America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001

The Legend of Bagger Vance
2000

Welcome to Hollywood
2000

Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black'
2000

Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys'
2000
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
2000

Wild Wild West: Wardrobes of the West
1999

Wild Wild West: Good Guys Gadgets
1999

Tina Turner : Celebrate!
1999

Wild Wild West
1999

It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'
1999

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
1999

Torrance Rises
1999

Enemy of the State
1998

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998

Inside the Golden Statue
1998

Roswell Top Secret
1998

The Making of Men in Black
1997

Men in Black
1997

Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
1996

The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996

Independence Day
1996

Bad Boys
1995

Six Degrees of Separation
1993

Made in America
1993

Where the Day Takes You
1992

Chameleon Street: The Black Film They Could Not Sell
1991

The Chipmunks Rockin' Through The Decades
1990

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
1990

Night of 100 Stars III
1990

The Earth Day Special
1990