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