American actor, rapper, and producer known for Men in Black, the Bad Boys series, Independence Day, and Academy Award winner for King Richard.
Background
Born Willard Carroll Smith II in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he formed the hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince and won the first Grammy ever awarded in rap before being cast on NBC’s “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
Career
He led “Independence Day” and “Men in Black” through the late 1990s, then earned Best Actor Oscar nominations for “Ali” and “The Pursuit of Happyness.” He won Best Actor for Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “King Richard” as Richard Williams, father of Venus and Serena Williams.
Style
Smith blends rapid comic energy with sincere dramatic leads and has produced through Westbrook Inc., his media company co-founded with wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
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