title: Will Smith
text: Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, producer and rapper. He got his start as part of the rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. He became an actor when he starred on the television show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Will Smith, a teenager from Philadelphia sent to live with his rich relatives in Southern California. He has appeared in many movies including Independence Day, Men in Black, Ali, Wild Wild West, The Pursuit of Happyness, I Am Legend, and in Suicide Squad.
  
  In 2022, he won a Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and an Academy Award for his role as Richard Williams in the 2021 drama movie King Richard. He is the first rapper to win an acting Oscar.
  
  Personal life
  Smith married actress Jada Pinkett in 1997. They have three children, including Jaden and Willow.
  
  At the 94th Academy Awards in March 2022, Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock after he made a joke about his wife, Jada's, bald head. Smith was criticized for his violent reaction and on April 1, 2022 Smith resigned his membership from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and said he would support any punishment by the academy. Smith has been banned from going to the Oscar ceremonies for 10 years.
  
  Filmography
  
  Discography
  Studio albums
   Big Willie Style (1997)
   Willennium (1999)
   Born to Reign (2002)
   Lost and Found (2005)
  
  Notes
  
  References
  
  Other websites
  
   Official site
   
  
  1968 births
  Living people
  Actors from Philadelphia
  African American actors
  American movie actors
  American television actors
  American television producers
  American voice actors
  BAFTA Award winning actors
  Best Actor Academy Award winners
  Golden Globe Award winning actors
  Movie producers from Pennsylvania
  Musicians from Philadelphia
  Rappers from Pennsylvania
  Screen Actors Guild Award winners
  Singers from Philadelphia
  Interscope Records artists
  Pop rappers