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Born 25 September, 1968 (54 years old).
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Career of the Will Smith started in 1986 .
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| Will Smith | |
|---|---|
| Smith in 2019 | |
| Born | Willard Carroll Smith Jr. September 25, 1968 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Other names | The Fresh Prince |
| Occupation | Actor film producer rapper |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Organization | Westbrook Inc Overbrook Entertainment |
| Agent | Creative Arts Agency James Lassiter |
| Works | Discography and filmography |
| Net worth | US$350 million |
| Television | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air All of Us Cobra Kai The Queen Latifah Show |
| Spouse | Sheree Zampino Jada Pinkett |
| Children | 3, including Jaden and Willow |
| Awards | Full list |
| Musical career | |
| Origin | West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Labels | Interscope Columbia RCA Jive |
| Associated acts | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Camp Lo Christina Vidal Eddie F Kenny Greene Tatyana Ali Trackmasters |
| Website | willsmith.com |
| Signature | |
Willard Carroll Smith Jr. is an American actor, rapper, and film producer. Smith has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards, and has won four Grammy Awards.
During the late 1980s, he achieved modest fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince. In 1990, his popularity increased dramatically when he began starring in the NBC television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which ran for six seasons until 1996. After the series ended, Smith transitioned from television to film and went on to star in numerous blockbuster films. He is the only actor to have starred in eight consecutive films which grossed over $100 million in the United States box office, eleven consecutive films which grossed over $150 million internationally, and eight consecutive films which opened at the number one spot in the US box office tally.
Smith has been ranked as the most bankable star worldwide by Forbes. In April 2007, Newsweek called him "the most powerful actor in Hollywood". As of 2014, 17 of the 21 films in which he has had leading roles have accumulated worldwide gross earnings of over $100 million each, with five taking in over $500 million each in global box office receipts. As of 2016, his films have grossed $7.5 billion at the global box office. For his performances as boxer Muhammad Ali in Ali and stockbroker Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness , Smith received Academy Award nominations for Best Actor.
Early life
Smith was born on September 25, 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Caroline , a Philadelphia school board administrator, and Willard Carroll Smith Sr., a U.S. Air Force veteran and refrigeration engineer. He grew up in West Philadelphia's Wynnefield neighborhood, and was raised Baptist. He has an elder sister named Pamela and two younger siblings, twins Harry and Ellen. Smith attended Our Lady of Lourdes, a private Catholic elementary school in Philadelphia. His parents separated when he was 13, but did not actually divorce until around 2000.
Smith attended Overbrook High School. While it has been widely reported that Smith turned down a scholarship to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , he never applied to college because he "wanted to rap." Smith says he was admitted to a "pre-engineering program" at MIT for high school students, but he did not attend. According to Smith, "My mother, who worked for the School Board of Philadelphia, had a friend who was the admissions officer at MIT. I had pretty high SAT scores and they needed black kids, so I probably could have gotten in. But I had no intention of going to college."
Personal life
Smith married Sheree Zampino in 1992. Their son Willard Carroll "Trey" Smith III was born on November 11, 1992. The two divorced in 1995. Trey appeared in his father's music video for the 1998 single "Just the Two of Us". He also acted in two episodes of the sitcom All of Us, and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and the David Blaine: Real or Magic TV special.
Nobel Peace Prize Concert December 11, 2009, in Oslo, Norway: Smith with wife Jada and children Jaden and Willow
Smith married actress Jada Koren Pinkett in 1997. They met when Pinkett auditioned for a role as Smith's character's girlfriend in the '90s sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The pair produce films through their joint production company, Overbrook Entertainment and Westbrook Inc. Together they have two children: Jaden Christopher Syre Smith , his co-star in The Pursuit of Happyness and After Earth; and Willow Camille Reign Smith , who appeared as his daughter in I Am Legend.
Smith and his brother Harry own Treyball Development Inc., a Beverly Hills-based company named after Trey Smith, and his family reside in Los Angeles, California. In 2018, Smith celebrated his 50th birthday by performing a bungee jump from a helicopter in the Grand Canyon. Smith was insured by Lloyd's of London for $200 million for the jump which raised money for the charity Global Citizen. In an interview with The Guardian in 2012, he said that he is fluent in Spanish, owing to his time backpacking through Guadalajara, Mexico in his youth.
Religious views
Smith was raised in a Baptist household and attended a Catholic school and church. In a 2013 interview, he did not identify as religious. In 2015, Smith said in an interview with The Christian Post that his Christian faith, which was instilled in him by his grandmother, helped him to accurately portray his role as Bennet Omalu in Concussion saying, "She was my spiritual teacher, she was that grandmother at the church, the one having the kids doing the Easter presentations and putting on the Christmas plays and her kids and grandkids had to be first. She was the most spiritually certain person that I had ever met in my entire life. Even to the point that when she was dying she was happy, like she was really excited about going to heaven."
In 2018, Smith performed the Hindu rite of Abhisheka of Lord Shiva at Haridwar, India. He also performed an Aarti of the holy river Ganga. He said that he felt a deep connection with Hindu spirituality and Indian astrology.
Philanthropy
Smith gave $1.3 million to charities in 2007, of which $450,000 went to two Christian ministries, and $122,500 went to three Scientology organizations; the remaining beneficiaries included "a Los Angeles mosque, other Christian-based schools and churches, and ... the Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Center in Israel." Smith and his wife have also founded a private elementary school in Calabasas, California, the New Village Leadership Academy. Federal tax filing showed that Smith donated $1.2 million to the school in 2010.
Political views
Smith donated $4,600 to the 2008 presidential campaign of Democrat Barack Obama. On December 11, 2009, Smith and his wife hosted the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway to celebrate Obama's winning of the prize.
In 2012, Smith stated he supported legalizing same-sex marriage.