Will Smith was born to Willard Carroll Smith Sr. a refrigeration engineer and Caroline Bright a Philadelphia school board administrator in West Philadelphia.
Smith got a scholarship to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and was admitted to a pre- engineering program but he had no intention of going to college, so he never attend the college.
He has also got the status of being the most powerful Hollywood actor by Newsweek in April 2007.
As of 2013, he has won four Grammy awards.
He raps under the name “The Fresh Prince”.
Will Smith’s parents separated when he was thirteen (in 1981), but they did not take divorce until around 2000.
He was among the guests at Tom Cruise's and Katie Holmes's wedding ceremony in Italy.
Smith shares his birthday with Michael Madsen, Michael Douglas, Mark Hamill, and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
He is good friends with Ken Foree.
Will Smith together with his brother Harry Smith owns a Beverly Hills-based company called Treyball Development Inc.
As a solo artist, Will has sold over 20 million copies of his albums worldwide.
In 2012, he supported the need for legalizing the same- sex marriage.
He can speak fluent Spanish and enjoys playing chess.
He is a huge fan of Professional Wrestling.
Smith received Oscar nominations in Best Actor category for Ali and The Pursuit of Happyness.
He has also been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won four Grammy Awards.
Since he was 13 he was at his adult height of 6' 2", now he is about 60 pounds heavier than he first was when he reached this height.
His acting mentor was James Avery.
Before the age of 20 he was a multi- millionaire.
He is known for dropping the line “Aw, hell no!” in every film that he possibly can, It is his catchphrase.
He won the first Grammy awarded in the Rap category for their popular song "Summertime".
He was the first hip- hop artist who was nominated for an Academy Award.
He was selected by People Magazine for their “50 Most Beautiful People” list in 1998.
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