Will Smith

Willard Christopher Smith Jr. was born on September 25th, 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Well known as Will Smith. He is a famous African-American actor and rapper.

He was considered the most powerful actor of the world in 2007 by Newsweek magazine. Will has been nominated to four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards and has won a lot of Grammy Awards.

In the late 1980s Smith got a modest fame as a rapper called The Fresh Prince. However, in 1990 that fame started to increase with the popular TV programme "The Fresh Prince of Bel- Air". This programme continued  until 1996.

Then, he moved from television to film, starring a lot of movies. He is the only actor who has acted in eight consecutive films that have accumulated over 100 millions dollars in the domestic box office tally. 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 Happiness, I am Leyend, Hancock, Wild Wild West, Enemy of the State, Shark Tale, Hitch and Seven pounds.