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Will Smith
Age: 41
Height: 6' 2"
Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Born: Sep. 25th, 1968
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BIOGRAPHY: Will Smith was the second of four children of Caroline (school board employee) and Willard C Smith Sr. (owner of a refrigeration company). Smith is of both African American and Native American heritage. He grew up in middle class area in West Philadelphia called Wynnefield. Will attended the Overbrook High School located in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He got the nickname 'Prince' because of the way he could charm his way out of trouble. Bright student Will also signed up with the high-status Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Philadelphia.
Pursuing music, he met Jeff Townes at a party and they soon began performing together as DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. When the duo took off in popularity, Smith made and spent a lot of money on a house, cars and jewelry; leading to his near bankruptcy in his early twenties.
Luckily, in 1989, he met Benny Medina, who had an idea for a sitcom based on his life in Beverly Hills. Smith loved the idea as did NBC which put on the "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990). The plot was simple -Will basically played himself; a street-smart West Philly kid transplanted to Beverly Hills. The series lasted 6 years. During that time, he ventured into movies where the critics took note of him in Six Degrees of Separation (1993). With the success that came with the action picture Bad Boys (1995), Will's movie career was set. He had a huge Blockbuster hit with Independence Day (1996) where he plays the alien-battling Marine Corps Captain Steven Hiller.
TRIVIA:
- He has been at his adult height of 6' 2" since he was 13, although he is now about 60 pounds heavier than he first was when he reached this height.
- Turned down the role of Neo in _The Matrix (1999)_ (qv).
- (January 1993) As a public role model, hosted the Presidential Inaugural Celebration for Youth, as part of the Gala for President 'Bill Clinton (I)' (qv).
- (1992) Son Willard Smith III (aka 'Trey Smith (II)' (qv)) born in December, with 'Sheree Smith (I)' (qv).
- (October 2005) He and 'Jada Pinkett Smith' (qv) were forced to leave their home in California because a bush fire threatened to destroy it and several other houses in the same area.
- He sang a few lines "Wild Wild West" to his on screen cousin Carleton, a movie in which he starred 6 years later.
- Enjoys playing chess.
- December 2007 - According to Forbes, for each dollar he got paid, Smith's movies averaged $10 of gross income.
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