Will Smith is a highly successful American actor, rapper, and film producer. He has won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and four Grammy Awards. As of 2025, his films have generated over $9.5 billion worldwide, establishing him as one of Hollywood's most financially successful actors.
On November 11, 1992, Will Smith's son Willard Carroll "Trey" Smith III was born.
After starring in his debut film Where the Day Takes You in 1992, Will Smith quickly became one of Hollywood's most successful and bankable stars.
In 1995, Will Smith and Sheree Zampino divorced.
In 1997, Will Smith released his debut solo album Big Willie Style which is among the best-selling rap albums of all time.
On December 31, 1997, Will Smith married actress Jada Koren Pinkett.
In 1998, Will Smith's son Trey appeared in his father's music video for the single "Just the Two of Us".
In 2000, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's daughter, Willow Smith, was born.
In 2005, Will Smith received the honorary César Award; that same year, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical for Fela!.
In 2006, Time magazine named Will Smith one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
In 2008, Esquire named Will Smith one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century.
In 2008, Will Smith donated $4,600 to Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
On December 11, 2009, Will Smith and his wife hosted the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, celebrating Barack Obama's winning of the prize.
In 2012, Will Smith publicly stated his support for legalizing same-sex marriage.
As of 2013, Will Smith's debut solo album Big Willie Style (1997) is among the best-selling rap albums of all time.
In 2013, Will Smith stated in an interview that he did not identify as religious.
On February 27, 2015, the romance drama Focus, starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie, was released. Smith played Nicky Spurgeon, a veteran con artist.
In 2015, Will Smith discussed how his Christian faith, instilled by his grandmother, helped him portray Bennet Omalu in the movie Concussion. Smith said his grandmother was his spiritual teacher and a very spiritually certain person who was excited about going to heaven when she was dying.
In 2016, Will Smith played Deadshot in Suicide Squad, a role he chose over Independence Day: Resurgence. Also in 2016, Smith starred in Collateral Beauty. In 2016, Smith's father was diagnosed with cancer and passed away. Collateral Beauty marked the lowest box office opening of Will Smith's career.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith had been separated since 2016, though they have no intention to divorce.
On December 22, 2017, Smith's film Bright was distributed via Netflix. It was the most expensive film for Netflix to date, but was met with critical disappointment.
In 2017, Will Smith released the song "Get Lit" with Jazzy Jeff and launched his own YouTube channel.
In 2017, Will Smith starred as Daryl Ward in the film Bright, which broke the record at the time for the most-viewed Netflix film ever for its first week, and became the first major Hollywood film to skip theatrical release over streaming platform for simultaneous viewing by more than 100 million people worldwide.
In 2018, Jada Pinkett Smith was diagnosed with alopecia areata, which led her to shave her head.
In 2018, Will Smith celebrated his 50th birthday by performing a bungee jump from a helicopter in the Grand Canyon, raising money for Global Citizen.
In 2018, Will Smith performed the Hindu rite of abhisheka of Shiva at Haridwar, India. He also performed an arti of the holy river Ganga and expressed a deep connection to Hindu spirituality and Indian astrology. Smith and his family also met with the Indian spiritual leader Sadhguru.
On May 24, 2019, the live-action adaptation of Disney's Aladdin, starring Will Smith as the Genie, was released. Aladdin grossed over $1 billion worldwide.
As of July 2019, Will Smith's YouTube channel had over 6 million subscribers and 294 million total views.
On October 11, 2019, Ang Lee's Gemini Man, starring Will Smith, was released. The film was a box office bomb and received negative reviews.
In 2019, Will Smith had a starring role in the animated film Spies in Disguise and led a $46 million investment round in esports organization Gen.G.
In June 2020, Will Smith's film Emancipation (2022) was sold to Apple Studios for $120 million, making it the largest film festival acquisition deal in film history.
In June 2020, it was announced that Will Smith would star in Emancipation, directed by Antoine Fuqua.
On November 9, 2021, Will Smith's memoir Will, co-written with Mark Manson, was published and promoted with a tour.
In 2021, Will Smith announced that production of his upcoming film, Emancipation, was being pulled from the U.S. state of Georgia in response to the Election Integrity Act of 2021. He and director Antoine Fuqua released a joint statement saying they could not provide economic support to a government enacting regressive voting laws.
In 2021, Will Smith portrayed Richard Williams in the film King Richard. For his performance, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.
In 2021, Will Smith won multiple awards including an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for his role as Richard Williams in King Richard. In 2021, he was also nominated as a producer of Cobra Kai for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series.
On February 7, 2022, National Geographic announced that Will Smith would star in a series titled Pole to Pole, which will stream on Disney+.
During the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock after Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head. Smith later won Best Actor for King Richard and apologized to the Academy. Smith was asked to leave but he refused.
Following public backlash for the slap at the Academy Awards, Will Smith resigned from the Academy on April 1, 2022.
On April 8, 2022, the Academy announced its decision to ban Will Smith from future Oscars galas and associated events for 10 years as a result of the slapping incident.
In December 2022, Emancipation was released to mixed reviews and was a commercial failure. Also in December 2022, Netflix cancelled production on Fast and Loose due to the Oscar incident.
In 2022, Will Smith became the fifth black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role as Richard Williams in King Richard, after Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, and Forest Whitaker.
In September 2023, it was reported that Joyner Lucas and Will Smith would be working together on a joint album.
In October 2023, Jada Pinkett Smith stated that she and Will Smith had been separated since 2016, though they have no intention to divorce.
In 2023, it was announced that Will Smith would co-star in Bad Boys: Ride or Die, the fourth installment in the Bad Boys film series. Also in 2023, Smith is set to co-star with Michael B. Jordan in a sequel to I Am Legend.
On June 27, 2024, Will Smith announced on his Instagram that his first solo single in nearly 20 years was coming out the following day, "You Can Make It".
On July 24, 2024, it was announced that Will Smith had signed a new distribution deal with SLANG, a newly formed independent label.
On July 26, 2024, Will Smith released another single "Work of Art", featuring his son Jaden and Russ.
In September 2024, it was announced that Will Smith exited crime thriller Sugar Bandits due to scheduling conflicts with another undisclosed project. He will remain involved as a producer.
In 2024, Will Smith confirmed new music coming and that it is the most personal music he had ever done.
On March 23, 2025, Will Smith performed at the 2025 CONCACAF Nations League final at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
On March 26, 2025, Will Smith attended a ceremony where his name was added to street signs along a block of 59th Street in west Philadelphia.
In 2025, Will Smith announced his fifth studio album, Based on a True Story, with reports indicating that it would be released on March 28, 2025. The album consists of 14 tracks, including five previously released singles and nine new songs.
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