Will Smith

Will Smith is an American actor and rapper. He was born on September 25, 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to his parents, Caroline and Willard Christopher Smith, who were divorced.

Will Smith launched into hip hop music in the 1980s. He met Jeffrey Townes and they started a musical career as DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince. They released a debut album in 1987, titled Rock the House.

He is married to actress Jade Pinkett (nee Smith). They have two children: a son named Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born on July 8, 1998) and a daughter named Willow Camille Reign Smith (born on October 31, 2000).

Acting career

He debuted in a television series which was very successful, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Thereafter, he continues to create pieces of music, such as "Home Base".

He played Mike Lowrey in 1995 movie Bad Boys. The movie was a great success (5 million dollars ). Then he triumphs in a new movie, Men in Black. Finally, in 1999, he played James West in Wild Wild West.

In 2022, he received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Richard Williams in The Williams Method.

At the 2022 Oscars, the comedian Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett's baldness, which is caused by an illness called Alopecia. Smith went onto the stage and slapped his face for being rude about his wife. This wound up with Smith resigning from the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science, who award the Oscars, and them banning him from attending their ceremonies for 10 years.

Filmography

1990 – 1996: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, television series 1995: Bad Boys, Mike Lowrey 1996: Independence Day 1997: Men in Black, J 1999: Enemy of the State 1999: Wild Wild West, James West 2001: Ali, Muhammad Ali 2002: Men in Black II 2003: Bad Boys II 2004: I, Robot 2005: Hitch, Expert in Seduction 2007: I Am Legend 2008: Hancock 2012: Men in Black III

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