Will Smith
Acting
Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor and rapper. Known for variety of roles, Smith has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award and four Grammy Awards. Smith began his acting career starring as a fictionalized version of himself on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996). He first gained recognition as part of a hip hop duo with DJ Jazzy Jeff, with whom he released five studio albums and the 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 1984 to 1994. He released the solo albums Big Willie Style (1997), Willennium (1999), Born to Reign (2002), and Lost and Found (2005), which contained the US number-one singles "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" and "Wild Wild West". He has received four Grammy Awards for his rap performances. Smith achieved wider fame as a leading man in films such as the action film Bad Boys (1995), its sequels Bad Boys II (2003) and Bad Boys for Life (2020), and the sci-fi comedies Men in Black (1997), Men in Black II (2002), and Men in Black 3 (2012). After starring in the thrillers Independence Day (1996) and Enemy of the State (1998), he received Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his portrayal as Muhammad Ali in Ali (2001), and as Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). He then starred in a range of commercially successful films, including 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, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor.
TV Shows(65)
Pole to Pole with Will Smith
Self - Host
2026
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
2025
This Joka
Self - Host
2022
Bel-Air
Will Smith
2022
Welcome to Earth
Self - Host
2021
Best Shape of My Life
Self
2021
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
2021
Amend: The Fight for America
Self - Host
2021
The Oprah Conversation
Self
2020
Will Smith's Bucket List
Self
2019
The Shop
Self
2018
Red Table Talk
Self
2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self
2018
One Strange Rock
Self - Host
2018
Late Night Berlin
Self
2018
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
Self
2018
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
The True Story of...
Self (archive footage)
2017
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009
Skavlan
Self - Guest
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
El hormiguero
Self
2006
The One Show
Self
2006
The Reichen Show
Self
2005
Sarah Kuttner – Die Show
Self - Segment
2004
All of Us
2003
American Chopper
2003
Top Gear
Self
2002
BET Awards
Self - Performer
2001
The Early Show
Self
1999
Rove
Self
1999
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999
TRL
1998
The Magic Hour
Self
1998
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
MADtv
Self
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Pinoak (voice)
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
GMTV
Self
1993
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Will Smith
1990
Blossom
Fresh Prince (uncredited)
1990
This Morning
Self
1988
Yo! MTV Raps
Self
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
Self
1988
Kids' Choice Awards
Host
1987
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
The BRIT Awards
1977
Domenica In
Self
1976
Rock Concert
Self
1973
ABC Afterschool Special
Hawker
1972
Great Performances
Self
1971
The Grammys
Self
1959
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1956
The Oscars
Self
1953
Today
Self
1952
Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944
Movies(103)
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025
Quincy Jones | Music Man
Self (archive footage)
2025
El cuarto round
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Mike Lowrey
2024
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Self
2023
Emancipation
Peter
2022
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
Self (archive footage)
2022
You're Watching Video Music Box
Self (archive footage)
2021
King Richard
Richard Williams
2021
Jackie Chan: Building an Icon
Self (archive footage)
2021
Lily Topples The World
Self
2021
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion
Self
2020
Bigflo & Oli: Hip Hop Frenzy
Self
2020
Will Smith: The Prince of Hollywood
Self
2020
Free Child
Self
2020
Hormigueddon
Will Smith
2020
David Blaine: Ascension
Self (archive footage)
2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Self
2020
Bad Boys for Life
Mike
2020
Spies in Disguise
Lance Sterling (voice)
2019
Gemini Man
Henry Brogen / Junior
2019
Dads
Self
2019
Jon Bellion | Behind the Scenes of 'Glory Sound Prep'
Self
2019
Aladdin
Genie / Mariner
2019
Student of the Year 2
Cameo
2019
Quincy
Self
2018
Howard
Genie / Mariner (archive footage)
2018
One Strange Rock
Self - Host (archive footage)
2018
Bright
Daryl Ward
2017
Collateral Beauty
Howard Inlet
2016
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
Self
2016
Suicide Squad
Deadshot
2016
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
Self
2016
Star Wars: Greatest Moments
Self
2015
Concussion
Dr. Bennet Omalu
2015
Focus
Nicky Spurgeon
2015
Winter's Tale
Judge
2014
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
ESPN Reporter
2013
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Self
2013
After Earth: A Father's Legacy
Self
2013
After Earth: 1,000 Years in 300 Seconds
Self
2013
Blind Ref
Blind Referee
2013
After Earth
Cypher Raige
2013
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self (archive footage)
2012
Men in Black 3
Agent J
2012
A Man's Story
Self
2011
Seven Pounds
Ben
2008
Hancock
John Hancock
2008
I Am Legend
Robert Neville
2007
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
Self
2007
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
Self
2007
The Pursuit of Happyness
Chris Gardner
2006
Live 8
Self - Philadelphia
2005
Will Smith: Live in Concert
Self
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005
Hitch
Hitch
2005
Club Oscar
Oscar (voice)
2005
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
2004
Shark Tale
Oscar (voice)
2004
I, Robot
Del Spooner
2004
Jersey Girl
Will Smith
2004
Bad Boys II
Detective Mike Lowrey
2003
Barry Sonnenfeld's Intergalactic Guide to Comedy
Self
2002
Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II'
Self
2002
MIB ADR
Self
2002
Men in Black II
Jay
2002
Ali
Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay
2001
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Self
2001
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Bagger Vance
2000
Welcome to Hollywood
Will Smith
2000
Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black'
Self
2000
Putting the Boom & Bang in 'Bad Boys'
Self
2000
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
Self
2000
Wild Wild West: Wardrobes of the West
Self
1999
Wild Wild West: Good Guys Gadgets
Self
1999
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
Self
1999
Wild Wild West
Capt. James West
1999
It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'
Self
1999
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Self
1999
Torrance Rises
Self
1999
Enemy of the State
Robert Clayton Dean
1998
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Self (archive footage)
1998
Inside the Golden Statue
Self
1998
Roswell Top Secret
Self
1998
The Making of Men in Black
Self
1997
Men in Black
Jay
1997
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
Self
1996
The Making of 'Independence Day'
Self
1996
Independence Day
Capt. Steven Hiller
1996
Bad Boys
Mike Lowrey
1995
Six Degrees of Separation
Paul
1993
Made in America
Tea Cake Walters
1993
Where the Day Takes You
Manny
1992
Chameleon Street: The Black Film They Could Not Sell
Self (archive footage)
1991
The Chipmunks Rockin' Through The Decades
Fresh Prince
1990
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
Self
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
The Earth Day Special
Fresh Prince
1990
I Am Legend 2
Robert Neville
Resistor
Jon Grady
Fast and Loose
Will Smith Budapest
Will Smith
Planes, Trains and Automobiles