The famous Hollywood actor Will Smith quickly built a career, reaching the heights of glory and recognition. Although one cannot say that it was easy for him – the path was long, but he coped with the task set for himself and achieved success. Currently, he is a recognized star with a whole bunch of various awards, and, of course, the idol of millions of viewers.
Will is the abbreviation for Willard. In school times, he was nicknamed “The Prince” for his brilliant ability to get off the water and successfully get out of a variety of situations. The actor has three brothers and sisters. Rap music was carried away at the age of twelve.
At the age of 18, he won his first lead role in the TV series The Cool Prince from Bel-Air. He began to study music before films. Back in the 1980s, hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, in which he participated, became quite famous, and even won the Grammy Award. He became a millionaire at the age of 20 years. In the 90s, the actor abandoned his musical career for many years, but then came back to it. Will Smith was offered the role of the Favorite in The Matrix, but he refused it, considering the draft of this film a failure. He is the master of the Rubik’s cube assembly. His personal best is 55 seconds. In 2008, Will Smith made more money than any other Hollywood actor. He is also the only actor, 9 films in a row with the participation of which collected at least 100 million dollars each. Barack Obama, when he was president, once declared that if he ever had a film about his life, he would like Will Smith to play it. On average, an actor earns about 30 million dollars a year. Smith’s favorite book is The Alchemist, authored by Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho. To travel around the country, Will Smith purchased a two-story truck with a trailer, which is a luxury mobile home, which even has a bathtub and a gym. One of the actor’s hobbies is playing chess. They say he plays really well. In addition to English, Smith is fluent in Spanish. Together with his son, he starred in the film “After our era”, which, however, received as many as six anti-awards “Golden Raspberry”. One of them was received personally by Will Smith – for the worst male role. Despite the nomination for an Oscar, at the time of 2018, he never received the coveted statuette. Will Smith himself believes that the appraisal commission, in principle, does not issue an Oscars to blacks – not a single African-American has received it for two decades. In protest, the actor even stopped attending the awards ceremony.
