BIOGRAPHY
Full Name: Willard C. Smith II
Date of Birth:September 25th, 1968
Place of Birth:Philadelphia, P.A.
Father:Willard C. Smith Sr. Mother:Caroline
Parents Divorsed:1981 or 82
Siblings:Pam (sister born 1964), Ellen, Harry (younger brother
and sister who are twins, born 1971)
1st Wife:Sheree Zampino(Born 1969)
Married:May 9,1992
Filed for Divorse:Feb. 15th, 1995
Divorse granted:Dec. 1995
Their Child:Willard C. Smith III, (nicknamed Trey) born December
1992
Current love interest:Talented Actress Miss Jada Pinkett
Graduated:Our Lady of Lourdes School(8th grade) 1982, Phila., P.A.
Graduated:Overbrook High School 1986, Winfield P.A.
Released first recording:(with DJ Jazzy Jeff) 1986
Released first Album:1987
Will Smith was the second of four children of Caroline and Willard
Smith Sr., owner of a refrigeration company. He grew up in middle
class West Philadelphia and got the nickname 'Prince' because of the way
he could charm is way out of trouble. 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. But
Smith was looking for something new when, 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'.
The plot was simple - Will basically played himself; a street-smart
West Phily 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. His latest movie is the Blockbuster Independence Day (1996) where
he plays the alien battling Marine Corps Captain Steven Hiller. Quote:
"Black audiences respond to their film heroes differently than white audiences
respond. Denzel Washington was telling me that he feels a little more cramped.
In the cinema, blacks haven't had as many heroes as the white community
has had in films; so what happens is everybody who makes it through is
carrying the torch for the black community."
BIOGRAPHY
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