Will Smith Biography

Birthday: 1968-09-25
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Wiki Biography: Will Smith was the second of four children of Caroline (school board employee) and Willard C Smith Sr. (owner of a refrigeration company). Smith is of both African American and Native American heritage. He grew up in middle class area in West Philadelphia called Wynnefield. Will attended the Overbrook High School located in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He got the nickname "Prince" because of the way he could charm his way out of trouble. Bright student Will also signed up with the high-status Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Philadelphia.
Pursuing music, he met Jeffrey A. Townes at a party and they soon began performing together as "DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince". When the duo took off in popularity, Smith made and spent a lot of money on a house, cars and jewelry; leading to his near bankruptcy in his early twenties.
Luckily, in 1989, he met Benny Medina, who had an idea for a sitcom based on his life in Beverly Hills. Smith loved the idea as did NBC which put on the "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990). The plot was simple - Will basically played himself; a street-smart West Philly kid transplanted to Beverly Hills. The series lasted 6 years. During that time, he ventured into movies where the critics took note of him in Six Degrees of Separation (1993). With the success that came with the action picture Bad Boys (1995), Will's movie career was set. He had a huge Blockbuster hit with Independence Day (1996), where he plays the alien-battling Marine Corps Captain Steven Hiller.
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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The Fresh Prince of Bel Air | William 'Will' Smith / ... | 1990 | Comedy |
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | William 'Will' Smith | 1991 - 1992 | Comedy |
Bad Boys | Mike Lowery | 1995 | Action |
Men In Black | James Darrel Edwards III | 1997 | Comedy |
Never Before Scene | 2004 | Adventure | |
The Thick of It (UK) | Phil Smith | 2005 - | |
Un-broke: What You Need to Know About Money | 2009 | Comedy | |
Legends of | Robert Neville | 2012 | Family |
Planet Earth Live | Narrator | 2012 | Documentary |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|
Where the Day Takes You | 1992 | ||
Made in America | Tea Cake Walters | 1993 | |
Six Degrees of Separation | Paul | 1993 | Game Show, 0 |
Bad Boys | Mike Lowery | 1995 | Game Show, 0, 0 |
Independence Day | Captain Steven Hiller | 1996 | Action, Adventure, Sci Fi |
Men in Black | James Darrel Edwards III | 1997 | 0, 0 |
Enemy of the State | Robert Clayton Dean | 1998 | Action, Drama, Thriller |
Wild Wild West | Capt. James West | 1999 | 0, Sport, Fantasy |
The Legend of Bagger Vance | Bagger Vance | 2000 | 0 |
Ali | Cassius Clay | 2001 | Drama, Sport |
Men in Black II | Agent Jay | 2002 | 0, 0 |
Bad Boys II | Detective Mike Lowrey | 2003 | 0, 0, Game Show |
Shark Tale | Oscar | 2004 | Drama, 0, 0 |
I, Robot | Del Spooner | 2004 | 0, Sport, 0 |
Irobot | Del Spooner | 2004 | Action, Mystery, Sci Fi |
Hitch | Alex "Hitch" Hitchens | 2005 | 0, 0 |
Pursuit of Happyness | Chris Gardner | 2006 | Drama |
The Pursuit of Happyness | Chris Gardner | 2006 | Drama |
I Am Legend | Robert Neville | 2007 | Reality Tv, 0, Game Show, Sport, 0, 0 |
Hancock | John Hancock | 2008 | 0, 0 |
Seven Pounds | Ben | 2008 | |
Men in Black 3 | Agent J | 2012 | 0, 0 |
After Earth | Cypher Raige | 2013 | Sport |
The American Can | John Keller | 2014 | Drama |
Winter's Tale | Judge | 2014 | Fantasy |
Bad Boys 3 | Detective Mike Lowrey | 2015 | Action, Crime, Thriller |
Concussion | Dr. Bennet Omalu | 2015 | Drama, Sport |
Suicide Squad | Deadshot | 2016 | 0, Comedy, 0 |
Bad Boys 4 | Mike Lowrey | 2019 | Action, Comedy |