Will Smith

Popular American actor and rapper Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. was born on September 25, 1968 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is considered a triple threat in the entertainment industry having enjoyed success in music, television and film.


Will Smith started as the MC of the hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. They gained critical acclaim for winning the first ever Rap Grammy Award in 1989. He has since released 4 solo studio albums, selling a combined 20 million units worldwide.

In 1990 Smith starred in the successful NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince Of BelAir. The show aired for six seasons.

Will Smith's impressive filmography includes roles in: Bad Boys (alongside Martin Lawrence and Tea Leoni), Independence Day, Men In Black, Ali, The Pursuit Of Happiness and Hancock. 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.

Smith married actress Jada Pinkett in 1997. Together they have two children.

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• Will Smith Looking for an Oscar in a New Role in FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON

  
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  Will Smith has been nominated for an Academy Award twice already but he has yet to win one. Of course he wants one, and Smith might be hoping this role he wants to play in a film he is also producing will give him that win. The film is called, Flowers for Algernon , a modern-day adaptation of the Daniel Keyes’ ...
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• Will Smith Stops And Smells The FLOWERS

  
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  Rama’s SCREEN reader Frankie thinks Will Smith always plays Will Smith in all his movies, he might be wearing a suit or holding a gun or living alone in a post-apocalyptic world but he’s still Will Smith . But what if Will Smith plays a mentally retarded character? Would that finally give him an Oscar? ...
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• Steven Spielberg and Will Smith’s OLDBOY Remake Project is Dead

  
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  Looks like fans of the film and manga Oldboy can rejoice at the fact that Steven Spielberg and Will Smith will no longer be remaking the film and Americanizing the Japanese manga. According to our friends at Latino Review the DreamWorks Oldboy film project is dead. Spielberg and Smith were developing the ...
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• Will Smith Signs onto Flowers for Algernon

  
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  Pajiba Exclusive: Will Smith to Remake Flowers for Algernon He Will Win that Oscar Yet / Dustin Rowles Film School Rejects found this 3 hours ago on pajiba.com Find more top entertainment news, videos, and blogs on ShowHype: Movies , Will Smith
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• A Risk movie.

  
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  As in, a movie based on the board game Risk .  Coming from Columbia pictures, and apparently starring Will Smith . Belgrad pointed to the success of movies from toys  Transformers and G.I. Joe (but not to the dismal movie from the board game Clue ) to claim audiences have “shown a great desire for ...
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• Making History at 8–0

  
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  - Photograph by Jonathan Bachman - Hot Gumbo: Sean Payton — So made a pretty mystifying decision early in the fourth quarter when he called a timeout before unsuccessfully challenging a Marque Colston incompletion in the end zone, but he called an otherwise flawless second half for the Saints. Also, ...
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• Week 8: Star Studded Saints!

  
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  What a game - the Falcons almost…ALMOST….almost threatened the Saints undefeated season thus far (knock on wood) with their last minute efforts…seriously, the last minute of the game seemed to take FOREVER with the Falcons trying their best to claw at the Saints and sneak out of the Big Easy with a win. Luckily ...
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• Filmmaking Quote of the Day #4 (Will Smith)

  
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  “I’ve never viewed myself as particularly talented. I’ve viewed myself as…slightly  above average in talent…Where I excel is with (a) ridiculous, sickening work ethic. While the other guy’s sleeping , I’m working. While the other guy’s eating, I’m working.”Will SmithProducer, writer, & ...
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• Montana, Gretzky, Smith Progeny Still Undefeated

  
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  It’s the only high school football snack bar that sells autograph pens. At any given game you may seen Joe Montana , Wayne Gretzky , Will Smith , or even Tom Cruise in the stands. I attended an Oaks Christian High School game last season and it’s actually kind of hilarious: The real Hollywood High. You ...
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• Will Smith Says He Quit His Marriage

  
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  Many moons ago. Actually, back in 1992, Will Smith married fashion design student Sheree Zampino. Six months later she gave birth to a son (Trey) but the marriage ended in 1995.Will now admits he walked away from that marriage without putting up a fight, but for his second marriage with Jada, however, hes willing to ...
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• Pearl And The Beard - Will Smith Medley

  
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  How many Will Smith tunes can you fit into one medley? Well, nearly all of the hits, as colourful Brooklyn trio Pearl And The Beard prove in this video: Theres something unashamedly geeky about this group, and I love the outdoors performance in the video. A great bit of lighthearted entertainment for a Friday ...
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• Will Smith says divorce from first wife was “most painful loss”

  
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  American actor Will Smith has revealed that the “most painful loss” he ever endured in his life was his divorce from first wife. Smith, 41, had married girlfriend Sheree Zampino in 1992, and they both became proud parents of son, Trey, before they decided to end their relationship in 1995. The actor now ...
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• Men in Black 3 – Sequel News

  
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  The Men in Black are set to return for the third movie in the series with rumours of both Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones set to reprise their roles after both showing interest in returning to the characters. The rumored release date for Men in Black 3 in sometime in 2011 so nothing is concrete yet, but heres hoping ...
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• Will Smith says divorce from first wife was “most painful loss”

  
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  London, Nov 6 (ANI): American actor Will Smith has revealed that the “most painful loss” he ever endured in his life was his divorce from first wife.Smith, 41, had married girlfriend Sheree Zampino in 1992, and they both became proud parents of son, Trey, before they decided to end their relationship in 1995.The ...
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• IDP spotlight: Smith should take bite out of Panthers

  
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  Here are a defensive lineman, linebacker and defensive back that could provide some big hits in Week 9:
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• Marilyn Murders Evan Look-Alike In Video; Pete Campbell Cried At Co-Stars Weddings [Dirt Bag (After Dark)]

  
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  Maybe all those hysterical parents were right about Marilyn Manson . In his latest video he violently beats a woman who looks like his ex-girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood , then leaves her bloody, dead body in a bathtub. You can check out the video for "Running To The Edge Of The World" here, if you must: [ Perez ...
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• Toyetic

  
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  For anyone who fears he or she may hold Hollywood studio executives in insufficiently low esteem, the Wall Street Journal offers this trend story : Soon to be starring in his own feature-length film with Universal Pictures: Stretch Armstrong, the pliant, muscle-bound doll whose roots go back to the 1970s. Big ...
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• The 10 Most Outdated Tech References in Hip-Hop

  
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  Filed under: Entertainment , Gadgets Chuck D famously characterized hip-hop as the CNN of the streets -- a compelling and accurate statement. But have you ever watched old cable-news clips? Its weird. Something now old and played out was, for a moment, breaking news on the cutting ... Read more   Permalink ...
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• Usain Bolt Breaks 100m World Record and Hitler Reacts

  
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  Usain Bolt Breaks 100m World Record and Hitler Reacts. Another great Hitler Reacts video. This time it is his reaction to Usain Bolt’s amazing 9.58 second 100m race. www.welcometo21.com for more crazy videos … “usain bolt” “world record” 9.58 hitler athletics sport “will smith” “different strokes” ...
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