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Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, film producer and pop rapper. He has enjoyed success in music, television and film. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor on the planet. Smith has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won multiple Grammy Awards.
In the late 1980s, Smith achieved modest fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince. In 1990, his popularity increased dramatically when he starred in the popular television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The show ran for nearly six years (1990–1996) on NBC and has been syndicated consistently on various networks since then.
In the mid-1990s, Smith transitioned from television to film, and ultimately starred in numerous blockbuster films that received broad box office success. In fact, he is the only actor in history to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office as well as ... Show more...
Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, film producer and pop rapper. He has enjoyed success in music, television and film. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor on the planet. Smith has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won multiple Grammy Awards.
In the late 1980s, Smith achieved modest fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince. In 1990, his popularity increased dramatically when he starred in the popular television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The show ran for nearly six years (1990–1996) on NBC and has been syndicated consistently on various networks since then.
In the mid-1990s, Smith transitioned from television to film, and ultimately starred in numerous blockbuster films that received broad box office success. In fact, 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 in which he starred open at the #1 spot in the domestic box office tally. Fourteen of the 19 fiction films he has acted in have accumulated worldwide gross earnings of over $100 million, and 4 of them took in over $500 million in global box office receipts. His most financially successful films have been Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, Independence Day, Men in Black, Men in Black II, I, Robot, The Pursuit of Happyness, I Am Legend, Hancock, Wild Wild West, Enemy of the State, Shark Tale, Hitch, and Seven Pounds. He also earned critical praise for his performances in Six Degrees of Separation, Ali, and The Pursuit of Happyness, receiving Best Actor Oscar nominations for the latter two. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Show less...
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Suicide Squad 2 (2021)
As: Floyd Lawton / Deadshot
A relaunch of Suicide Squad (2016). Plot unknown.
Directed by: Gavin O'Connor
Stars: Jared Leto | Viola Davis | Will Smith | Margot Robbie | Jai Courtney
King Richard (2020)
As: Richard Williams
A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.
Directed by: Reinaldo Marcus Green
Stars: Will Smith
Bad Boys for Life (2020)
As: Detective Mike Lowrey
Marcus Burnett is now a police inspector and Mike Lowery is in a midlife crisis. They unite again when an Albanian mercenary, whose brother they killed, promises them an important bonus.
Directed by: Adil El Arbi | Bilall Fallah
Stars: Vanessa Hudgens | Will Smith | Alexander Ludwig | Martin Lawrence | Derrick Gilbert
Gemini Man (2019)
As: Henry
Henry Brogen, an aging assassin tries to get out of the business but finds himself in the ultimate battle: fighting his own clone who is 25 years younger than him and at the peak of his abilities.
Directed by: Ang Lee
Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead | Benedict Wong | Clive Owen | Will Smith
Aladdin (2019)
As: Genie
A live-action retelling of the 1992 Disney film of the same name.
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Stars: Marwan Kenzari | Will Smith | Nasim Pedrad | Naomi Scott | Mena Massoud
Student of the Year 2 (2019)
As: Special Appearance in "The Jawaani Song" Song
A student must overcome bullies and hardships, both academic and romantic, in order to win his college's coveted Student of the Year trophy.
Runtime: 146 min.
Directed by: Punit Malhotra
Stars: Samir Soni | Tiger Shroff | Aditya Seal | Ananya Pandey | Tara Sutaria
Spies in Disguise (2019)
As: Lance Sterling (voice)
Lance and Walter. One is a super cool and charming spy, and the other invents the super cool gadgets Lance uses. When an event happens, they must learn to rely on each other like never before in order to save the world.
Directed by: Nick Bruno | Troy Quane
Stars: Tom Holland | Will Smith
The American Can (2017)
As: John Keller
Based on actual events, John, a New Orleans native and combat Marine, risks his life in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina for the safety and rescue of 244 people trapped in his apartment building.
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Stars: Will Smith
Bright (2017)
As: Daryl Ward
In an alternate present-day where magical creatures live among us, two L.A. cops become embroiled in a prophesied turf battle.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: David Ayer
Stars: Will Smith | Joel Edgerton | Noomi Rapace | Edgar Ramírez | Lucy Fry
Collateral Beauty (2016)
As: Howard Inlet
Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: David Frankel
Stars: Edward Norton | Kate Winslet | Helen Mirren | Michael Peña | Will Smith
Suicide Squad (2016)
As: Floyd Lawton / Deadshot
From DC Comics comes the Suicide Squad, an antihero team of incarcerated supervillains who act as deniable assets for the United States government, undertaking high-risk black ops missions in exchange for commuted prison sentences.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: David Ayer
Stars: Jared Leto | Viola Davis | Will Smith | Margot Robbie | Joel Kinnaman
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League (2016)
As: Himself
A documentary special taking a look at the upcoming films making up the DC Universe. Kevin Smith hosts with Geoff Johns, as they take a look at Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, the upcoming Wonder Woman and Justice League movies.
Runtime: 22 min.
Directed by: Eric Matthies
Stars: Ben Affleck | Amy Adams | Kevin Smith | Geoff Johns | David Ayer
Concussion (2015)
As: Dr. Bennet Omalu
A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Peter Landesman
Stars: David Morse | Albert Brooks | Alec Baldwin | Will Smith | Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Focus (2015)
As: Nicky
Nicky, a veteran con artist, takes a novice named Jess under his wing. While Nicky teaches Jess the tricks of the trade, the pair become romantically involved; but, when Jess gets uncomfortably close, Nicky ends their relationship. Three years later, Nicky is in Buenos Aires working a very dangerous scheme when Jess -- now an accomplished femme fatale -- unexpectedly shows up. Her appearance throws Nicky ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: John Requa | Glenn Ficarra
Stars: Robert Taylor | Gerald McRaney | Will Smith | Rodrigo Santoro | Margot Robbie
Winter's Tale (2014)
As: Judge
A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Akiva Goldsman
Stars: Russell Crowe | Colin Farrell | William Hurt | Jennifer Connelly | Jessica Brown Findlay
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
As: ESPN Reporter
With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Adam McKay
Stars: Will Ferrell | Christina Applegate | David Koechner | Paul Rudd | Steve Carell
David Blaine: Real or Magic (2013)
As: Himself
David Blaine's signature brand of street magic mystifies the most recognisable celebrities in the world, such as Jamie Foxx, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Ricky Gervais, Katy Perry, Woody Allen, and Robert DeNiro, to name a few. He goes to the homes of Kanye West and Harrison Ford, Will Smith and Olivia Wilde. He pays a visit to Stephen Hawking at his office in Cambridge University. Blaine also travels the ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Matthew Akers
Stars: Will Arnett | Woody Allen | Bryan Callen | David Blaine | George W. Bush
After Earth (2013)
As: Cypher Raige
One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Glenn Morshower | Jaden Smith | Zoë Kravitz | Will Smith | Sophie Okonedo
Partners in Time: The Making of MIB 3 (2012)
As: Himself / Agent J
Go behind the scenes and on the set of Men In Black 3.
Runtime: 27 min.
Stars: Jemaine Clement | Alice Eve | Rick Baker | Josh Brolin | Barry Sonnenfeld
A Man's Story (2012)
As: Himself
Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Varon Bonicos
Stars: Michael Bay | Paul Bettany | Richard Branson | Giorgio Armani | Ozwald Boateng
Men in Black 3 (2012)
As: Agent J
Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K ...
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Stars: Emma Thompson | Tommy Lee Jones | Josh Brolin | Michael Stuhlbarg | Will Smith
Rapture Adrenaline (2009)
James Ferraro's sci-fi/crime/action story made up from a hodgepodge of old miscellaneous video footage strung together.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: James Ferraro
Stars: Eddie Murphy | Linden Ashby | Christopher Lambert | Robin Shou | Willow Smith
Seven Pounds (2008)
As: Ben
An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Gabriele Muccino
Stars: Rosario Dawson | Michael Ealy | Woody Harrelson | Will Smith | Sarah Jane Morris
Hancock (2008)
As: John Hancock
Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Peter Berg
Stars: Eddie Marsan | Jason Bateman | Charlize Theron | Will Smith | Jae Head
I Am Legend (2007)
As: Robert Neville
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Stars: Charlie Tahan | Alice Braga | Salli Richardson-Whitfield | Will Smith | Willow Smith
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
As: Chris Gardner
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Gabriele Muccino
Stars: James Karen | Jaden Smith | Thandie Newton | Will Smith | Brian Howe
Live 8 (2005)
On 2 July 2005 an estimated 3 billion people came together in the fight against extreme poverty. LIVE 8 - 10 concerts featuring over 1000 musicians from across the globe - asked people not for their money, but for their voice.
Runtime: 540 min.
Stars: Elton John | Paul McCartney | Pete Doherty | Dido | Richard Ashcroft
Hitch (2005)
As: Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens
Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas, a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitch's connection to Albert – now Allegra's boyfriend – it threatens to ...
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Andy Tennant
Stars: Eva Mendes | Amber Valletta | Will Smith | Kevin James | Julie Ann Emery
Club Oscar (2005)
As: Oscar (voice)
Picking up where Shark Tale ends, all the characters of the film dance at the whale wash in a spoof of Saturday Night Fever.
Runtime: 4 min.
Directed by: Eric Bergeron | Bibo Bergeron | Vicky Jenson | Rob Letterman
Stars: Robert De Niro | Renée Zellweger | Martin Scorsese | Will Smith
Shark Tale (2004)
As: Oscar (voice)
Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: He's a vegetarian. When a lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and Lenny becomes an outcast, the two form an unlikely friendship.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Rob Letterman | Vicky Jenson | Bibo Bergeron
Stars: Robert De Niro | Renée Zellweger | Angelina Jolie | Jack Black | Will Smith
I, Robot (2004)
As: Del Spooner
In 2035, where robots are common-place and abide by the three laws of robotics, a techno-phobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Alex Proyas
Stars: Bruce Greenwood | Bridget Moynahan | James Cromwell | Alan Tudyk | Will Smith
Jersey Girl (2004)
As: Himself
Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his father. To bounce back, it takes a new love and the courage instilled in him by his daughter.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Kevin Smith
Stars: Liv Tyler | Jennifer Lopez | Ben Affleck | Raquel Castro | George Carlin
Bad Boys II (2003)
As: Detective Mike Lowrey
Out-of-control, trash-talking buddy cops Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force reunite, and bullets fly, cars crash and laughs explode as they pursue a whacked-out drug lord from the streets of Miami to the barrios of Cuba. But the real fireworks result when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sexy sister.
Runtime: 147 min.
Directed by: Michael Bay
Stars: Peter Stormare | Jordi Mollà | Will Smith | Martin Lawrence | Gabrielle Union
Men in Black II (2002)
As: Agent Jay
Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay – who ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Stars: Tommy Lee Jones | Rip Torn | Lara Flynn Boyle | Will Smith | Johnny Knoxville
Ali (2001)
As: Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
Runtime: 157 min.
Directed by: Michael Mann
Stars: Mario Van Peebles | Jamie Foxx | Ron Silver | Will Smith | Jon Voight
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
As: Bagger Vance
World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tournament to save the financially ravaged golf course of a long-ago sweetheart. Help arrives in the form of mysterious caddy Bagger Vance.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Robert Redford
Stars: Matt Damon | Charlize Theron | Bruce McGill | Will Smith | Joel Gretsch
Wild Wild West (1999)
As: Capt. James West
Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President U.S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Stars: Kevin Kline | Salma Hayek | Kenneth Branagh | M. Emmet Walsh | Will Smith
Enemy of the State (1998)
As: Robert Clayton Dean
Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: Tony Scott
Stars: Regina King | Lisa Bonet | Gene Hackman | Will Smith | Jon Voight
Welcome to Hollywood (1998)
As: Will Smith
A film director (Adam Rifkin) decides to chart the course of a young actor (Tony Markes) as he tries to make it in Hollywood...
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Tony Markes | Adam Rifkin
Stars: Peter Facinelli | Scott Wolf | Adam Rifkin | Jane Jenkins | Jou Jou Papailler
Roswell Top Secret (1998)
As: Himself
Something happened near the town of Rosewell. This event came to be known as the Rosewell incident. The town has since become synonymous with flying saucers crashes, alien visitation, government cover up, or what many say, a jump to conclusions and a gross distortion of facts.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Dan Goldman
Stars: Jeff Goldblum | Dan Aykroyd | Nicholas Lea | Will Smith | Patrick Macnee
Men in Black (1997)
As: James Edwards / Agent J
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent Kay and new recruit Agent Jay find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Stars: Tommy Lee Jones | Rip Torn | Vincent D'Onofrio | Linda Fiorentino | Will Smith
Independence Day (1996)
As: Captain Steven Hiller
On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated counterattack that fails. On July 4, a plan is devised to gain access to the interior of the alien mothership in space, in order to plant a nuclear missile.
Runtime: 145 min.
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Stars: Jeff Goldblum | Bill Pullman | Mary McDonnell | Will Smith | Judd Hirsch
Bad Boys (1995)
As: Detective Mike Lowrey
Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Michael Bay
Stars: Joe Pantoliano | Tchéky Karyo | Téa Leoni | Will Smith | Martin Lawrence
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
As: Paul
The story of a young, gay black con artist who, posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, cunningly maneuvers his way into the lives of a white, upper-class New York family.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Stars: Ian McKellen | Stockard Channing | Donald Sutherland | Will Smith | Mary Beth Hurt
Made in America (1993)
As: Tea Cake
A young black woman discovers that her father was a sperm donor, and if that weren't bad enough, he's white.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Stars: Ted Danson | Jennifer Tilly | Nia Long | Whoopi Goldberg | Will Smith
Where The Day Takes You (1992)
As: Manny
A group of teen-age runaways try to survive in the streets of Los Angeles. Drugs, prostitution, violence and bureaucratic indifference all pose threats to the kids, who nevertheless prefer this harsh life to going back to their families. King, somewhat older, provides some leadership the kids.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Marc Rocco
Stars: Sean Astin | Peter Dobson | Lara Flynn Boyle | Laura San Giacomo | Will Smith