Will Smith filmography

Smith at the premiere of The Karate Kid in 2010

Will Smith is an American actor and producer. His breakthrough came when he played a fictionalized version of himself in the 1990s television sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.^[1][2] The role brought him international recognition and two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy.^[1][3] He also served as an executive producer on 24 episodes of the series.^[4] Two years later, Smith made his film debut in the drama Where the Day Takes You, where he appeared as a disabled homeless man.^[5] In 1995, he starred as a police officer with Martin Lawrence in Michael Bay's Bad Boys. The following year, Smith appeared as a Marine Corps pilot with Jeff Goldblum in Roland Emmerich's science fiction film Independence Day.^[6] The film grossed over $817 million at the worldwide box office and was the highest grossing of 1996.^[7] In 1997, he starred as Agent J in the science fiction film Men in Black, a role he reprised in its sequels Men in Black II (2002) and Men in Black 3 (2012).

Smith portrayed heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali in the 2001 biopic Ali. For his performance he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.^[3][8] In 2004, he appeared in the animated film Shark Tale, and science fiction film I, Robot. The following year he starred as a professional dating consultant in the romantic comedy Hitch.^[9] Smith's portrayal of entrepreneur and salesman Chris Gardner in the biopic The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor.^[3][10][11] In 2008, he played a vigilante superhero in Hancock. While the film received poor reviews, it became his eighth consecutive to gross over $100 million at the North American box office and grossed a worldwide total of over $624 million.^[a][13][14] In 2015, Smith portrayed Nigerian-American physician Bennet Omalu in the biopic Concussion for which he garnered a nomination for a Golden Globe Award.^[3] The following year, he appeared in the action film Suicide Squad, which grossed over $745 million at the worldwide box office.^[15][16] In 2019, Smith starred as the Genie in the live-action adaptation of the 1992 animation film of the same name, Aladdin. The film is his highest grossing, with a worldwide box office total of over $1 billion.^[17]

Film[]

Year	Title	Functioned as				Notes	Ref(s)
		Actor	Producer	Writer	Role(s)
1992	Where the Day Takes You	Yes	No	No	Manny		[18]
1993	Made in America	Yes	No	No	Tea Cake Walters		[19]
	Six Degrees of Separation	Yes	No	No	Paul		[20]
1995	Bad Boys	Yes	No	No	Mike Lowrey		[21]
1996	Independence Day	Yes	No	No	Capt. Steven Hiller		[6]
1997	Men in Black	Yes	No	No	James Darrell Edwards III Agent J[b]		[22]
1998	Enemy of the State	Yes	No	No	Robert Clayton Dean		[23]
1999	Wild Wild West	Yes	No	No	Captain James West		[24]
2000	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Yes	No	No	Bagger Vance		[25]
2001	Ali	Yes	No	No	Muhammad Ali		[26]
2002	Showtime	No	Yes	No	N/A	Executive producer	[4][27]
	Men in Black II	Yes	No	No	James Darrell Edwards III Agent J[b]		[28]
2003	Bad Boys II	Yes	No	No	Mike Lowrey		[29]
	Ride or Die	No	Yes	No	N/A	Executive producer	[4][30]
2004	Jersey Girl	Yes	No	No	Himself	Cameo	[31][32]
	I, Robot	Yes	Yes	No	Detective Del Spooner	Executive producer	[33]
	The Seat Filler	No	Yes	No	N/A	Executive producer	[4][34]
	Saving Face	No	Yes	No	N/A		[4][35]
	Shark Tale	Yes	No	No	Oscar (voice)		[36]
2005	Hitch	Yes	Yes	No	Alex "Hitch" Hitchens		[37]
2006	ATL	No	Yes	No	N/A		[4][38]
	The Pursuit of Happyness	Yes	Yes	No	Chris Gardner		[39]
2007	I Am Legend	Yes	No	No	Robert Neville		[40]
2008	Hancock	Yes	Yes	No	John Hancock		[41]
	The Human Contract	No	Yes	No	N/A	Executive producer	[4][42]
	The Secret Life of Bees	No	Yes	No	N/A		[4][43]
	Lakeview Terrace	No	Yes	No	N/A		[4][44]
	Seven Pounds	Yes	Yes	No	Tim Thomas		[45]
2010	The Karate Kid	No	Yes	No	N/A		[46]
2012	This Means War	No	Yes	No	N/A		[47]
	Men in Black 3	Yes	No	No	James Darrell Edwards III Agent J[b]		[48]
2013	After Earth	Yes	Yes	Yes	Cypher Raige	Story	[49]
	Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues	Yes	No	No	ESPN Reporter	Cameo	[50]
2014	Winter's Tale	Yes	No	No	Lucifer	Cameo	[51]
	Annie	No	Yes	No	N/A		[52]
2015	Focus	Yes	No	No	Nicky Spurgeon		[53]
	Concussion	Yes	No	No	Bennet Omalu		[54]
2016	Suicide Squad	Yes	No	No	Floyd Lawton / Deadshot[b]		[55][56]
	Collateral Beauty	Yes	No	No	Howard Inlet		[57][58]
2017	Bright	Yes	No	No	Daryl Ward		[59][60]
2019	Student of the Year 2	Yes	No	No	Himself	Cameo; Indian film	[61]
	Aladdin	Yes	No	No	Genie / Mariner		[62][63]
	Dads	Yes	No	No	Himself	Documentary	[64]
	Gemini Man	Yes	No	No	Henry Brogan / Junior		[65]
	Spies in Disguise	Yes	No	No	Lance Sterling (voice)		[66]
2020	Bad Boys for Life	Yes	Yes	No	Mike Lowrey		[67][68]
	Life in a Year	No	Yes	No	N/A	Executive producer	[69]
2021	King Richard	Yes	Yes	No	Richard Williams		[70]
TBA	Emancipation	Yes	No	No	Peter	Filming	[71]

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television[]

Smith at the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1993

See also[]

• List of awards and nominations received by Will Smith

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Will Smith filmography at IMDb