Willard Christopher Smith II (innate September 25, 1968) is an African American actor and rapper. He is one of couple of population world health organization has enjoyed profits in the deuce-ace major amusement media in the United States: film, television, and a music industry.

Biography
Smith was born & raised in the Wynnefield section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the second of little joe tikes. He typically utilizes a line "West Philadelphia born and raised" to describe his roots. He occurs as graduate of Overbrook High School.

Might Smith began his career when A New Prince, a vocalizer of the hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, which included childhood friend Jeffrey "DJ Jazzy Jeff" Townes as turntablist and producer. A duo was known for performing humourous, radio-friendly songs, virtually all notably "Parents Just Don't Understand" and "Summertime".

Smith was the magnetic & up-&-coming performing artist, and inside 1990, the NBC television network signed him up & built the sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, around him. A indicate was successful & run sextuplet seasons.

Although he mass produced the notable spectacular film debut inside Six Degrees of Separation (in which he played totally against nature and severity as a gay confidence man) when however appearing in The Recently Prince of Bel-Air, Smith's film career took bump off by having his role inside Bad Boys (1995) along with co-star Martin Lawrence.

When A Freshly Prince of Bel-Air come to an prevent around 1996, Smith began the successful solo career inside music & at the same time starred inside a series of films. A 1st 2 films were staggeringly successful summertime blockbusters: Independence Day (1996), where he plays the unafraid & caring fighter pilot, & Men in Black (1997), where he plays a comedian & caring Professional J against Tommy Lee Jones's deadpan Professional K. Smith's acting within Men within Black won critical praise, & two films established Smith's commercial reputation as a "bankable" star world health organization got appeal through age, race, & gender, & may "open" a film at the pack professional.

Lead roles within Enemy of the State, Wild Wild West, Ali, Bad Boys II and I, Robot then followed. His virtually all recent film is 2005's Hitch. (Rather Smith, Hitch co-star Kevin James starred in the sitcom known as for royalty, The King of Queens.)

Smith was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the boxer Muhammad Ali in Ali.

Smith too freed a string of hit singles, typically associated by owning his virtually all recent film, throughout the late 1990s. A virtually all notable one were his #1 hit theme song "Men in Black", the #1 hit "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" (which made jiggy the catchphrase for a when within 1998), & "Just the Two of Us", an touching message to his immature boy. His number 1 2 solo albums went platinum, but his third, in Columbia Records, was the sales disappointment in comparison his retiring efforts, & when a quickly Greatest Hits release that was nigh non advertised the least bit, he was dropped per label. He signed the recording locate Interscope Records and released a and then far, moderately successful Misused & Noticed inside 2005.

In July 2, 2005, Smith served as hikers for the Live 8 concert in his native Philadelphithe before an tremendous crowd, & late performed a placed by using DJ Jazzy Jeff.

Smith married actress Sharee Zampino in 1992. It experienced the boy, Willard Christopher III, as well referred to as "Trey". It divorced inside 1995. Smith married actress Jada Pinkett in 1997. It will have ii tikes: Jaden Christopher Syre (1998) and Willow Camille Reign (2000). Along by using his brother Harry Smith, he owns [http://www.treyballdevelopment.com/ Treyball Development Inc.], a Beverly Hills-based company known as fallowing his 1st boy. Using tons his commerical profits, Might Smith is arguably a large star inside now's popular culture & his wealth hwhen continued to develop as his title has continued to come out around Forbes Richest Forty under a age of 40.

Discography
Albums
with DJ Jazzy Jeff (as The Fresh Prince)
Rock the House (1987) #83 US ''He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (1988) #4 US And in this Corner... (1989) #39 US Homebase (1991) #12 US Code Red (1993) #64 US Greatest Hits'' (1998) (including poop from either May Smith's solo career) #50 U.s.a., #20 U

Solo
Big Willie Style (1997) #8 US, #9 UK (U.S. Sales - 9 million) Willennium (1999) #5 US, #10 UK (U.S. Sales - Two million) Born to Reign (2002) #13 US, #24 UK (U.S. Sales - 500,000+) Greatest Hits (2002) Lost & Found (03/29/2005) #6 US, #15 UK [Certified Gold] Number album sales: 16 million

Hit singles
with DJ Jazzy Jeff (as The Fresh Prince)
"Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble" #21 UK (1986) "Parents Just Don't Understand" #12 United states (1988) "Nightmare on My Street" #15 America (1988) "Summertime" #4 America, #8 UK (1991) "Ring My Bell" #20 United states of america (1991) "How Much I Love You" #19 UK (1992) "Boom! Shake the Room" #13 US, #1 UK (1993) "I'm Lookin for the One (To Be with Me)" #24 UK (1993) "Can't Wait to Be with You" #29 UK (1994) "Summertime" (re-entry) #29 UK (1994) "Boom! Shake the Room" (remix) #40 UK (1995) "Lovely Daze" #37 UK (1998)

Solo
"Men in Black" #1 US, #1 UK, #1 Australia (1997) "Just Cruisin'" #23 UK (1997) "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" #1 US, #3 UK, #6 Australia (1998) "Just the Two of Us" #20 The states, #2 UK (1998) "Miami" #10 U.s.a., #3 UK (1998) "Boy You Knock Me Out" (Tatyana Ali feat. Might Smith) #3 UK (1999) "[Wild Wild Tra-Knox) #3 UK (2002) "Switch" #7 US, #4 UK, #1 Australia (2005) "Person Starter" (2005) Total singles sales: 5 million

Filmography
Where the Day Takes You (1992) Made in America (1993) Six Degrees of Separation (1993) Bad Boys (1995) Independence Day (1996) Men in Black (1997) Enemy of the State (1998) Torrance Rises (1999) (short subject) Wild Wild West (1999) Men in Black: Alien Attack (2000) (short subject) Welcome to Hollywood (2000) (documentary) The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) Ali (2001) Men in Black II (2002) Bad Boys II (2003) A Closer Walk (2004) (documentary) (narrator) Jersey Girl (2004) (cameo) I, Robot (2004) Shark Tale (2004) (voice) ''There's a God on the Mic (2005) (documentary) Hitch (2005) (also producer) Pursuit of Happyness (2006) (currently in pre-production) (also producer) Time Share (2006) (currently announced start of production) (also producer) Tonight, He Comes (2006) (currently announced start of production)

Salary History
I, Robot (2004) $28,000,000 Bad Boys II (2003) $20,000,000 + 20% of the gross Men in Black II (2002) $20,000,000 + 10% of the gross Ali (2001) $20,000,000 The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000) $10,000,000 Wild Wild West (1999) $7,000,000 Enemy of the State (1998) $14,000,000 Men in Black (1997) $5,000,000 Independence Day (1996) $5,000,000 Bad Boys (1995) $2,000,000 Six Degrees of Separation (1993) $500,000 Made in America (1993) $100,000 Where the Day Takes You'' (1992) $50,000 Total salary gross: $135,000,000