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Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, born September 25, 1968 is an American actor, film producer and rapper. He has enjoyed success in music, television and film.

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Smith married Sheree Zampino in 1992. They had a son, Willard Christopher Smith III, also known as "Trey", but divorced in 1995. After that Smith married actress Jada Pinkett in 1997. Together they have had two children.

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He attended Overbrook High School in West Philadelphia. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince was born with Smith handling the rhymes and Townes overseeing the mastery of mixing and scratching — the combination was a pop and hip-hop hit during the 1980s and early 1990s.

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The first two films were hugely successful summer blockbusters: Independence Day (1996), Men in Black (1997), The two films established Smith's commercial reputation as a bankable star whose appeal across age and race.

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Smith then went on to gain leading roles in several box office successes including Men in Black II, Bad Boys II, Hitch, and I, Robot.

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The most notable of these were his #1 hit theme song "Men in Black", the #1 hit "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" (which made jiggy a catch phrase for a while in 1998), and a cover of "Just the Two of Us", an affectionate message to his young son. His first two solo albums, Big Willie Style (1997) and Willennium (1999), went multi-platinum.

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Smith was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, for the film Ali, 2001.He was again nominated for Best Actor Oscar for his role in another true-life movie, The Pursuit of Happyness.

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In 2005, Smith was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for attending a record breaking three premieres in a 24-hour time span. Smith also made a special appearance in the reality talent contest show "Indian Idol", when he visited India.

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They gained critical acclaim for winning the first ever Grammy in the Rap category (1988). He had a line in "Voices That Care", a 1991 Gulf War song by a celebrity group.

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In 2008, Smith has been selected as one of America’s Top 10 Most Fascinating People.

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Smith has been consistently listed in fortune magazine’s “Richest 40” list of the forty wealthiest Americans under the age of 40.

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