Will Smith Age, Height, Weight, Family, Affairs, Profile, Biography & More

Willard Carroll Smith Jr. known Will Smith was born September 25, 1968 is an American actor, rapper and film producer. Smith was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards and two Oscars, and won four Grammy Awards.

In the late 1980s, he achieved modest fame as a rapper under the name 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 moved on from the television in theaters and starred in numerous blockbuster films including Independence Day (1996) and Men in Black (1997). He is the only actor to star in eight consecutive films that grossed over $ 100 million at the US box office, eleven consecutive films that grossed over $ 150 million internationally, and eight consecutive films that have opened. the first place at the American box office. pointing.

In 2013, Forbes named Smith the world’s most bankable star. In April 2007, Newsweek called him “Hollywood’s most powerful actor”. In 2014, 17 of the 21 films he starred in racked up global gross revenues of over $ 100 million each, with five totaling over $ 500 million each in global box office receipts. In 2016, his films grossed $ 7.5 billion at the global box office. For his roles as boxer Muhammad Ali in Ali (2001) and stockbroker Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Smith received Oscar nominations for Best Actor.

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 single “Just the Two of Us” from 1998. He also appeared in two episodes of the sitcom All of Us and appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and the David Blaine: Real or Magic TV special.

Smith married actress Jada Koren Pinkett in 1997. They met when Pinkett auditioned for the role of Smith’s character’s girlfriend in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The couple produce films through their joint production company Overbrook Entertainment and Westbrook Inc. Together they have two children: Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born 1998), his co-star in The Pursuit of Happyness and After Earth. ; and Willow Camille Reign Smith (born 2000), who appeared as her daughter in I Am Legend.

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