Will Smith
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Birth Name: Willard Christopher Smith Jr.
Also Known As: The Fresh Prince
Birth Date: September 25, 1968
Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Height: 6′ 2″
Sex: Male
Nationality: American
Profession: Actor, Musician, Rapper, Film Producer, Record Producer, Television Producer
Education: Overbrook High School in Winfield, West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Relationship: Tanya Moore (born in 1970; met in 1988 while he was performing at San Diego State University; broke up)
Husband/Wife: Jada Pinkett Smith (actress; born on September 18, 1971; married on December 31, 1997 in Baltimore), Sheree Zampino (actress; born on November 16, 1967; married on May 9, 1992; divorced in 1995)
Father: William C. Smith Sr. (refrigeration engineer)
Mother: Caroline Smith (school- board employee)
Sister: Ellen Smith (twin of Harry; born in 1971), Pam Smith (born in 1964)
Brother: Harry Smith (born in 1971)
Son: Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (aka Jaden Smith, actor; born on July 8, 1998; mother: Jada Pinkett), Willard Christopher III (aka Trey Smith; born in December 1992; Mother: Sheree Zampino)
Daughter: Willow Camille Reign Smith (born on October 31, 2000; mother: Jada Pinkett Smith)
Claim to fame: His role as himself in the the television sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1991-1996), and as Agent J in Men in Black (1997)
Short Biography
Willard Christopher “Will” Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, film producer and rapper. He has enjoyed success in music, television and film. In April 2007, Newsweek 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 celebrity 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. 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.
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