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.
Newsweek has 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.
Smith rose to fame as a rapper under the name
The Fresh Prince in the late 1980s and
his role in the television series
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, portraying a fictionalised version of himself. His most notable films include
Bad Boys,
Independence Day,
Men in Black,
Ali,
Seven Pounds,
The Pursuit of Happyness,
I Am Legend,
Hancock, and
I, Robot. 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 open at #1 on the domestic box office as a Lead Actor.
