Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, rapper, and film producer. Known for his work in both the screen and music industries, his accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and four Grammy Awards. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $10 billion worldwide, making him one of Hollywood's most bankable stars. Smith first gained recognition as part of a hip hop duo with DJ Jazzy Jeff, with whom he released five studio albums which contained five US Billboard Hot 100-top 20 singles—"Parents Just Don't Understand", "A Nightmare on My Street", "Summertime", "Ring My Bell", and "Boom! Shake the Room" —from 1985 to 1994. He released the solo albums Big Willie Style (1997), Willennium (1999), Born to Reign (2002), Lost and Found (2005), and Based on a True Story (2025). Two of his singles, "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" and "Wild Wild West", reached number one in the US. Smith began his acting career starring as a fictionalised version of himself on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1993 and 1994. He achieved wider fame as a leading manwith the film franchises Bad Boys (1995–2024) and Men in Black (1997–2012), where he respectively portrayed Mike Lowrey and Agent J. After starring in the thrillers Independence Day (1996) and Enemy of the State (1998), he received Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his portrayals of Muhammad Ali in Ali (2001) and Chris Gardnerin The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). He also starred in commercially successful films such as I, Robot (2004), Shark Tale (2004), Hitch (2005), I Am Legend (2007), Hancock (2008), Seven Pounds (2008), Suicide Squad (2016), and Aladdin (2019). At the 94th Academy Awards, Smith slapped and shouted at presenter Chris Rock after Rock made an unscripted joke referencing Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Soon after, Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Richard Williams in the biographical sports drama King Richard (2021). The incident earned substantial media coverage and criticism, with Smith ultimately resigning from the Academy and being banned from attending all its events for ten years. Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• Pole to Pole with Will Smith — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• 2025Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
• 2025The Artist — Will Smith
• 2024Bad Boys: Ride or Die — Mike Lowrey, Producer
• Bel-Air — Will Smith, Executive Producer
• 2022Emancipation — Peter, Producer
• Las Aventuras de Giga Doki — Creator
• Off Thee Leash — Producer
• Women of the Movement — Executive Producer
• Amend: The Fight for America — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• Best Shape of My Life — Self, Creator
• 2021King Richard — Richard Williams, Producer
• 2020Bad Boys for Life — Mike, Producer
• 2020Charm City Kings — Executive Producer
• 2020Hormigueddon — Will Smith
• 2020Life in a Year — Executive Producer
• 2019Aladdin — Genie / Mariner
• 2019Gemini Man — Henry Brogen / Junior
• 2019Spies in Disguise — Lance Sterling (voice)
• 2019Sprinter — Executive Producer
• Will Smith's Bucket List — Self, Director, Creator
• Cobra Kai — Executive Producer
• 2018Howard — Genie / Mariner (archive footage)
• 2017Bright — Daryl Ward
• 2016Collateral Beauty — Howard Inlet
• 2016DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
• 2016Suicide Squad — Deadshot
• 2015Concussion — Dr. Bennet Omalu
• 2015Focus — Nicky Spurgeon
• 2014Annie — Producer
• 2014Winter's Tale — Judge
• 2013After Earth — Cypher Raige, Producer, Story
• 2013Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues — ESPN Reporter
• 2013Blind Ref — Blind Referee, Executive Producer
• 2012Free Angela and All Political Prisoners — Executive Producer
• 2012Men in Black 3 — Agent J
• 2012This Means War — Producer
• 2010The Karate Kid — Producer
• 2008Hancock — John Hancock, Producer
• 2008I Am Legend: Awakening - Story 2: Isolation — Thanks
• 2008Lakeview Terrace — Producer
• 2008Seven Pounds — Ben, Producer
• 2008The Human Contract — Producer
• 2008The Secret Life of Bees — Producer
• 2007I Am Legend — Robert Neville
• 2006ATL — Producer
• 2006The Pursuit of Happyness — Chris Gardner, Producer
• 2005Club Oscar — Oscar (voice)
• 2005Hitch — Hitch, Producer
• 2004I, Robot — Del Spooner, Executive Producer
• 2004Jersey Girl — Will Smith (uncredited)
• 2004Saving Face — Producer
• 2004Shark Tale — Oscar (voice)
• 2004The Seat Filler — Producer
• All of Us — Director, Executive Producer, Creator
• American Chopper
• 2003Bad Boys II — Detective Mike Lowrey
• 2002Men in Black II — Jay, Songs
• 2002Showtime — Executive Producer
• 2001Ali — Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay
• 2000The Legend of Bagger Vance — Bagger Vance
• The Queen Latifah Show — Producer
• 2000Welcome to Hollywood — Will Smith
• 1999Wild Wild West — Capt. James West
• 1998Enemy of the State — Robert Clayton Dean
• TRL
• 1997Men in Black — Jay, Songs
• 1996Independence Day — Capt. Steven Hiller
• TFI Friday
• 1995Bad Boys — Mike Lowrey
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Pinoak (voice)
• 1993Made in America — Tea Cake Walters
• 1993Six Degrees of Separation — Paul
• 1992Where the Day Takes You — Manny
• Blossom — Fresh Prince (uncredited)
• 1990The Chipmunks Rockin' Through The Decades — Fresh Prince
• 1990The Earth Day Special — Fresh Prince
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — Will Smith, Executive Producer, Story, Theme Song Performance
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• Kids' Choice Awards — Host
• ABC Afterschool Special — Hawker
• Almost — Creator
• Clean Air — Producer
• Fast and Loose — Producer
• I Am Legend 2 — Robert Neville, Producer
• Listen — Producer
• Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun — Producer
• Planes, Trains and Automobiles — Producer
• Resistor — Jon Grady, Producer
• Romeo and Juliet — Producer
• Sugar Bandits — Producer
• Supermax — Rex, Producer
• The Mark — Executive Producer
• Untitled Queen Latifah Biopic — Producer
• Will Smith Budapest — Will Smith

Appearances as themselves (117)

• 20269/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later — Self (archive footage)
• 2026Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Number One on the Call Sheet — Self
• 2025Quincy Jones, Music Man — Self (archive footage)
• 2024El cuarto round — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2023A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop — Self
• 2022Kids' TV: The Surprising Story — Self (archive footage)
• This Joka — Self - Host
• 2021Jackie Chan: Building an Icon — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Lily Topples The World — Self
• This Is Pop — Self (archive footage)
• Welcome to Earth — Self - Host
• 2021You're Watching Video Music Box — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Bigflo & Oli: Hip Hop Frenzy — Self
• 2020David Blaine: Ascension — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Feeding America Comedy Festival — Self
• 2020Free Child — Self
• 2020The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion — Self
• The Oprah Conversation — Self
• 2020Will Smith: The Prince of Hollywood — Self
• 2019Dads — Self
• 2019Dreams — Self
• 2019Jon Bellion | Behind the Scenes of 'Glory Sound Prep' — Self
• 2019Student of the Year 2 — Self
• James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction — Self
• Late Night Berlin — Self
• My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman — Self
• 2018One Strange Rock — Self - Host (archive footage)
• One Strange Rock — Self - Host
• 2018Quincy — Self
• Red Table Talk — Self
• The Shop — Self
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
• The True Story of... — Self (archive footage)
• 2016National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• 2015Star Wars: Greatest Moments — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013After Earth: 1,000 Years in 300 Seconds — Self
• 2013After Earth: A Father's Legacy — Self
• 2013David Blaine: Real or Magic — Self
• 2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ — Self (archive footage)
• 2011A Man's Story — Self
• Live from Studio Five — Self
• Skavlan — Self - Guest
• 2007Father and Son: On Screen and Off — Self
• 2007Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self, Self - Guest
• El hormiguero — Self, Self - Guest
• The One Show — Self
• 2005Live 8 — Self - Philadelphia
• 2005Nos Bastidores de Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• The Reichen Show — Self
• 2005Will Smith: Live in Concert — Self
• Parkinson — Self - Guest, Self - Guest (archive footage)
• Sarah Kuttner – Die Show — Self - Segment
• 2004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy — Self
• 2002Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' — Self
• 2002Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' — Self
• 2002MIB ADR — Self
• 2002Men in Black II: Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy — Self
• 2002Men in Black II: MIB ADR — Self
• 2002Men in Black II‎: Creature Featurettes — Self
• Top Gear — Self
• 2001America | A Tribute to Heroes — Self
• BET Awards — Self - Performer
• 2001The Making of 'Ali' — Self
• 2000Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies — Self
• 2000Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black' — Self
• 2000Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys' — Self
• 1999From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic — Self
• 1999It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West' — Self
• Rove — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self
• The Early Show — Self
• 1999Tina Turner : Celebrate! — Self
• 1999Torrance Rises — Self
• 1999Wild Wild West: Good Guys Gadgets — Self
• 1999Wild Wild West: Wardrobes of the West — Self
• 1998Inside the Golden Statue — Self
• 1998Roswell Top Secret — Self
• 1998Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! — Self (archive footage)
• The Johannes B. Kerner Show — Self
• The Magic Hour — Self
• 1997The Making of Men in Black — Self
• 1996Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• 1996The Making of 'Independence Day' — Self
• Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self
• MADtv — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• GMTV — Self
• Live & Kicking — Self
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self - Presenter
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self - Guest
• 1991Chameleon Street: The Black Film They Could Not Sell — Self (archive footage)
• 1990Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• 1990Night of 100 Stars III — Self
• Smash Hits Poll Winners Party — Self
• This Morning — Self
• Yo! MTV Raps — Self
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• The BRIT Awards — Self
• Domenica In — Self
• Rock Concert — Self
• Great Performances — Self
• The Grammys — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee / Presenter
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Self /Self - The Fresh Prince
• The Oscars — Self
• Today — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self
• The Sam Dickinson Project — Himself