Will Smith
Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, rapper, and film producer. He has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and four Grammy Awards. As of 2025, his films have grossed over $9.5 billion globally, 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 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), and Lost and Found (2005), which spawned the U.S. number-one singles "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" and "Wild Wild West". He has won four Grammy Awards for his recording career.
Smith began his acting career starring as a fictionalized 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 man with 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 Gardner in 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).
For his portrayal of Richard Williams in the biographical sports drama King Richard (2021), Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actor. At the 2022 ceremony, shortly before winning, Smith slapped and shouted at presenter Chris Rock after Rock made an unscripted joke referencing Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. The event earned substantial media coverage and criticism, with Smith ultimately resigning from the Academy along with being banned from attending all their events for ten years.
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Beautiful Day - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Vertigo - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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One - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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In My Place - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Bittersweet Symphony - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Fix You - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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The Bitch Is Back - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Children of the Revolution - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Speech - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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7 Seconds - Live at Live 8, Palais de Versailles, Paris, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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The Bartender and the Thief - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Everybody Hurts - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Man on the Moon - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Dy-Na-Mi-Tee - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Somewhere Only We Know - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Where Is the Love - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Let's Get It Started - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Get Up, Stand Up - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Wild Boys - Live at Live 8, Circus Maximus, Rome, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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I Don't Like Mondays - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Time Is Running Out - Live at Live 8, Palais de Versailles, Paris, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Sing - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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I Predict a Riot - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Everyday I Love You Less and Less - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Reasons & Red Red Wine - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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American Idiot - Live at Live 8, Siegessäule, Berlin, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Signs - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Who Am I (What's My Name?) - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Livin' on a Prayer - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Speech - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Why - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Sweet Dreams - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Survivor - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Girl - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Somewhere Else - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Golden Touch - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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All for Love - Live at Live 8, Molson Park, Barrie, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Diamonds from Sierra Leone - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Like a Prayer - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Ray of Light - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Music - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Introduction - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Gettin' Jiggy Wit It & Switch - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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The Fresh Prince of Bel Air - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Good Vibrations - Live at Live 8, Siegessäule, Berlin, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Run - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Stays In Mexico - Live at Live 8, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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All the Things That I've Done - Live at Live 8, Hyde Park, London, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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Black Hole Sun / Like a Stone - Live at Live 8, Siegessäule, Berlin, 2nd July 2005 - Live 8 (Live, July 2005) -
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