Willard Carroll Smith Jr.

As soon as he arrived in Hollywood, Will Smith, without false modesty, told the manager that he wanted to become a movie star that the world would worship. The actor made his dream come true. Now the name of Smith is indicated in the credits of 9 films, each of which grossed over $ 100 million at the box office. Moreover, the pictures were released one after another.

Will sees the secret of success in the fact that he did not look for short cuts and followed his father's advice - not to admit that you cannot do something. Talent is inherent in a person from the very beginning, only you should devote time to its development. The artist himself did not consider himself so gifted, rather, to abnormally hardworking.

Famous rapper and actor Will Smith (Willard Christopher Smith Jr.) was born on September 25, 1968 in Philadelphia. Will's mom, Caroline, worked as a schoolteacher, and Willard's father Christopher Smith was the owner of a small refrigerator company. Parents divorced when their son was 13 years old. Will is the second of four children in the family.

As a child, Will Smith earned himself the nickname Prince. The guy had an amazing quality: he masterly got out of any troubles with the help of a well "hanging" tongue and innate charm.

Even from school, Will became seriously interested in rap and hip-hop. Nothing could take away from the young rapper's favorite pastime, even considerable academic success and a tempting offer for a scholarship from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The guy was right. The hobby was the first step in Will Smith's career in show business. Will, along with his friend, DJ Jeff Townes, organized a duo in which the rapper performed under the pseudonym Cool Prince. The duo's songs were a great success. Two albums have been certified platinum, and works "He's the DJ" and "I'm the Rapper" even won a Grammy.

Soon the popularity of the group began to decline, and Smith decided to try himself in other business projects. He invested in cars and jewelry, but was not successful. Moreover, he got into large debts.

In 2018, Will remembered his musical youth by recording the anthem of the World Cup held in Russia with Era Istrefi and Nicky Jem. The composition was produced by composer and DJ Thomas Wesley Pentz, performing under the pseudonym Diplo.

Will Smith's career continued in the cinema. The rapper drew his lucky ticket when he received an offer from Warner Brothers to play the lead role in the television series The Prince of Beverly Hills. Will didn't even have to strain: he was just playing himself. The main character of the plot is a black guy, by the will of fate, abandoned in Beverly Hills. The series was released in 1990 and became very popular. The aspiring actor got the opportunity not only to cover debts from unsuccessful business investments, but also to make friends in professional Hollywood circles.

After a successful debut, Smith seriously thought about the career of a film actor. He starred in several films. One of them - "Six Degrees of Alienation" (1993) - was well received by critics, and the artist himself was noticed by directors.

The next notable success in the film career of a man who had a commercial success was the action movie Bad Boys. In this tape, Smith and Martin Lawrence played cool and charming cops. It seems that the action genre came up to the image and character of Will the most.

In the mid-90s, a whole series of successful films of this genre was released with the participation of Smith. It all started with the action movie Independence Day, in which he played the brave pilot Stephen Hillier.

Popular love Smith brought a role in the comedy action movie Men in Black. Will's duet with Tommy Lee Jones has become one of the best acting tandems in cinema. Will Smith wrote his own soundtrack for Men in Black. The composition became a hit on the British charts and topped the most prestigious hit parade in the world - the Billboard Hot 100, restoring its lost rapper fame.

The actor's next victory was his role in the film "Enemy of the State". In 1999, Will Smith, as they say, missed by refusing to star in The Matrix. Smith chose to play a cowboy in the western "Wild, Wild West." The picture failed miserably, not even recouping the budget. In addition, she won the Golden Raspberry anti-award as the worst film of the year. Only the music helped out again: the soundtrack, written by Smith for the film, took the top lines of the American charts.

"Wild, Wild West" taught the actor a lot, "grounded" him a little after a series of successes. Will Smith became more serious about his casting and acting. And the success returned again. In 2001, the film "Ali" was released, in which the man played the great boxer Muhammad Ali.

For this role, he was twice nominated for an Oscar. According to the actor, this work has greatly changed him, his physical and spiritual capabilities. To get into the role of the legendary boxer, Smith trained 6 hours a day, sitting on a boxing diet. As a result, he gained a half dozen kilograms of muscle mass. For the sake of reliability, the actor, like his hero, even temporarily refused to have sex.

After that, Smith strove to play characteristic, interesting and unusual characters. One of these was his pimp-character Hitch from The Rules of Removal: The Hitch Method, as well as the charismatic single father from The Pursuit of Happyness, in which Will starred with his son Jaden.

In the middle of the 2000s, Will Smith's creative biography is replenished with new victories, which include the continuation of the Men in Black 2 franchise, Bad Boys 2, the All About Us series and A Close Walk. 2004 made viewers and fans of the artist happy with the film "I Am Robot", where he played the main role and earned $ 28 million.

In 2008, Will Smith was in the first place on the Forbes list of the highest paid actors in Hollywood. The star's annual income does not fall below $ 35 million. For "Hancock" and "The Pursuit of Happyness," Smith received a "twenty". The sequels "Men in Black" and "Bad Boys", in addition to the fee, added a percentage of the box office.

Following the impressive track record was replenished with the paintings "Seven Lives" and "Hancock". In 2012, another, already the third part of "Men in Black" was released. Unlike the second part, the third was positively received by critics. With the presentation of this tape, Smith visited Russia, which made Russian fans of his talent very happy. During his stay in Moscow, he became a guest of the ProjectorParisHilton TV show, and also starred in the Evening Urgant show with his son.

But for the next work in the film "After our era" Smith was awarded the "Golden Raspberry" for the worst supporting actor. The film also expected a box office failure, after which Will experienced shock and was in a depressed mood. This was a lesson and a step towards liberation from worries about tomorrow. In the future, the actor considered projects not through the prism of earning millions, but as a way to once again communicate with the world around him, friends.

By the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century, Will Smith remained one of the most sought-after Hollywood actors. And he is also the author of witty statements that have become almost aphorisms, for example: “Money and success do not spoil a person, they just emphasize his innate properties,” or “We are all monstrous ignoramuses. Only in different areas. "

In 2016, the film "Phantom Beauty" was released. Will Smith, Keira Knightley, Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren and other star actors played the main roles in the film. Smith played the head of a successful advertising agency and the father of his deceased daughter in the film.

His hero has lost the meaning of life, and his friends are trying to help him. A real loss happened in the Smith family in 2016: the actor's father passed away. As for the film, despite the stellar scattering of actors and a deep philosophical meaning, film critics did not evaluate this picture in the most enthusiastic tones.

Will Smith has appeared in films twice in the last few years with the young Australian actress Margot Robbie. At first it was the film "Focus", after which the star couple was invited to shoot the hit program about Top Gear cars. And in 2016 the painting "Suicide Squad" was released. The film was shot in Toronto on a grand scale.

In the story, the government sends a group of villains on a mission from which it is simply impossible to return alive. Smith played the role of a hitman in the film, and won the casting from many famous colleagues - Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp. To get used to the role, the actor was forced to shave his head and learn to shoot at a military base. Smith's partners in the film were Margot Robbie and acclaimed rock singer Jared Leto, and the film received a People's Choice nomination.

Of course, after such a frequent on-screen collaboration, the tabloids could not help savoring the possible love affair of Smith and the young actress. He was immediately credited with an affair with Margot Robbie and once again predicted a quick divorce from his current wife. However, Jada, according to her, is used to numerous rumors about her husband and takes it calmly. And Will Smith, despite the assurances of the tabloids, is still married.

The celebrity is considered one of the most successful representatives of the film industry, who was not noticed by the Oscar film academy. However, Smith did not seek the ceremony. For several years in a row, the actor and his wife ignored the event, believing that racism is rampant at the Film Academy. According to the man and his family, it looks strange that in 2015 and 2016 all twenty nominated actors were white. In 2017, the academy corrected this "misunderstanding".

Will Smith's personal life is always on the forefront of fans' attention. But the actor doesn't give many reasons to talk about himself. He lived with his first wife Shiri Zampino for 3 years and divorced in 1995. Smith's son, Willard II, was born in 1992 and lives with his mother after a divorce.

2 years after the divorce, in December 1997, Smith married his longtime girlfriend Jada Pinkett. She gave birth to Will two children: son Jaden Christopher Syrah and daughter Willow Camilla Rain Smith. The actor appeared with his daughter in the film "I Am Legend", and with his son - in the films "The Pursuit of Happiness" and "After our era".

Jaden Smith followed in his father's footsteps, becoming a rapper, actor, and dancer, one might say - a copy of his father in his youth. The only difference is that young Smith loves to dress up in women's clothing. And in 2018, the American press circulated Jaden's scandalous words that his relationship with rapper Tyler The Creator was by no means friendly:

The public did not believe in the celebrity's son coming out, considering the statement a joke. The musician laughed in response, but did not deny anything, only adding ambiguity.

Jaden's craving for music, and in 2017, the young man released his first album, his father encourages. Sometimes in an unexpected way. When 100 thousand people watched his son's video on Spotify, Will recorded a parody of Icon's video and appeared in front of fans in a torn jacket, shorts and chains.

The daughter of a movie star acted in films and recorded a dozen singles. Both Will Smith's offspring are social media stars. The actor himself does not shy away from Facebook and Instagram. In the latter, in addition to the photo, Smith posted a video of a helicopter jump over the Grand Canyon - this is how he celebrated his 50th anniversary. Will is famous for his love of extreme sports: a man danced on a bridge in Budapest, jumped from the top of Victoria Falls in Africa, conquered a volcano in Italy.

The actor participates in the action that Hollywood stars regularly hold before the New Year especially for the Russian newspaper Kopeyskiy Rabochy. Since 2008, Richard Gere, Bruce Willis, Angelina Jolie and other celebrities have congratulated the readers of the publication. And the fact is that the wife of the famous Hollywood producer Jack Tewkesbury - Margarita Sushkevich - is a former resident of the city of Kopeysk.

The actor continues to act in films. In 2017, the drama "Brightness" was added to Smith's filmography. In the film, Will appeared in the form of an alternate reality police officer, who was given a fantastic creature - an orc as a partner. Joel Edgerton starred in this role. In early 2018, Smith confirmed his consent to participate in the filming of the sequel.

In the film "Gemini" the actor's character is a special agent hunting for his own clone. The film was directed by 3 Oscar winner, director of Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi, Ang Lee. The final script was written by David Banioff, who has a hand in Game of Thrones. The cast includes Benedict Wong, Clive Owen and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

A sequel to the Hancock drama about a man who cannot be taken by a bullet and who can fly is scheduled for 2020. The first part of the film was released back in 2008. Will's protagonist saves the world while simultaneously causing damage and alcohol abuse. The plot of the sequel is still kept secret, it is only known that the script is written by the authors of the blockbusters "Dexter" and "24 hours".

With no less trepidation, fans await the release of the sequels to the films "Bad Boys" and "Suicide Squad". Guy Ritchie offered the musically gifted actor the role of genie in the film adaptation of the cartoon "Aladdin". According to a number of sites, the second, after "Gigolo", directorial project of Nicolas Cage - "Timeshare" has been reanimated. The hope remains that viewers will still see Cage and Smith as heads of families who, by mistake, travel agencies find themselves on the same island and “fight” for a place to stay.

1995 - "Bad Boys" 1996 - "Independence Day" 1997 - "Men in Black" 1998 - "Enemy of the State" 2001 - "Ali" 2004 - "I, Robot" 2005 - "Rule of Removal: The Hitch Method" 2006 - "B The Pursuit of Happiness "2007 -" I Am Legend "2008 -" Seven Lives "2013 -" After Our Era "2014 -" Focus "2015 -" Defender "2016 -" Suicide Squad "2017 -" Brightness "

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