Will Smith Biography
Will Smith is an actor, rapper, and film producer from the United States who is widely known for his great career which has made him be nominated for five Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards and has won four Grammy Awards.
How old is Will Smith? – Age
Will is 52 years old as of 25 September 2020. He was born in 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Will Smith Family – Parents
Smith is the son of Caroline (née Bright), a Philadelphia school board administrator, and Willard Carroll Smith Sr., a U.S. Air Force veteran and refrigeration engineer. He’s got an older sister named Pamela and two younger brothers, the twin’s Harry and Ellen. His parents were divorced when he was 13, but they didn’t formally it until about 2000. Smith and his brother Harry own Treyball Development Inc., a Beverly Hills-based company named after Trey.
Will Smith Wife – Children
Smith has been married twice. In 1997, Smith married actress Jada Koren Pinkett. They met when Pinkett played a part as Smith’s character’s girlfriend in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The two were married at a private ceremony on 31 December 1997 at a hotel in Baltimore. They have two children: Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, his co-star in The Search of Happiness and After Earth, born in 1998; and Willow Camille Reign Smith, born in 2000, who appeared in I Am Legend as his daughter. The pair produces films through their joint production venture, Overbrook Entertainment. In 1992, Smith married Sheree Zampino and divorced in 1995. On November 11, 1992, their son, Willard Carroll ‘Trey’ Smith III, was born.
How much is Will Smith Worth? – Net Worth
Will has an estimated net worth of $350 million.
Will Smith House
Back in 1998, he together with his wife bought up a palatial 8,000-square-foot home in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, for $937,500 (£780k), their luxurious property quest started all the way back. The series of Will and Jada expanded in 2003 when a family trust overseen by the Smiths bought for $3.4 million (£2.8 million) a five-bedroom, six-bathroom house in the exclusive Hidden Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. The plush property has been home to the son of the pair, Jaden, since 2017. The trust purchased a further residence in LA’s Forest Hills back in 2011 for a comparatively small $910,000 (£757m), sparking speculation that the property was acquired for relatives or employees.
Will Smith Religious
Smith was brought up in the Baptist household and attended Catholic school. In a 2013 interview, Smith did not describe himself as religious. In a 2015 interview with The Christian Post, Smith said that his Christian faith, instilled in him by his grandma, helped him to correctly depict his role as Bennet Omalu in the Concussion. In 2018, Smith conducted the Hindu rite of Abhisheka of Lord Shiva in Haridwar, India. He also performed the Aarti of the Holy Ganga River. He said he had a strong link with Hindu spirituality and Indian astrology.
Will Smith Education
Smith attended Our Lady of Lourdes, a private Catholic primary school in Philadelphia. His parents were divorced when he was 13 but did not formally split until about 2000. Smith was in Overbrook High School. Although Smith has widely reportedly refused a scholarship to go to the Massachusetts Technology Institute (MIT), he never applied to the university because he ‘wanted to rap.’
Will Smith Cobra Kai
He is among the producers of the American martial arts comedy-drama streaming television series Cobra Kai.
Storyline
Thirty-four years on from his defeat at the 1984 Karate Competition All Valley, Johnny Lawrence is working as a part-time practitioner in his 1950’s and lives in a Reseda, Los Angeles flat. After having lost her job, Johnny uses karate to battle off a mob of bubbles against his young neighbor Miguel Diaz. The Cobra Kai karate dojo will be revived as an opportunity to recover his history. This reawakens the competition with Daniel LaRusso, who now runs a very profitable automobile distribution chain and has married Amanda’s co-owner. Daniel’s battle to communicate meaningfully with his kids has upset his life equilibrium. The unforeseen reappearance of John Kreese, who aims to put his dojo back to its initial brutal form, threatens Johnny’s efforts in the reform of Kai Cobra. These key relationships are the subject of the plot.
Will Smith Big Willie Style
His solo album Big Willie Style was released by Columbia Records on November 25, 1997. This album was produced mainly by Poke & Tone and by other contributors including L.E.S. and DJ Jazzy Jeff from Smith. Smith has won Big Willie Style honors at various ceremonies in the music industry. In 2000 the VH1 music network compiled the 100 most popular dance tracks, with Smith’s “Gettin’ Jiggy wit It” single number 100.
For his work on Big Willie Style, Smith received three NAACP and four Grammy Awards. At the 1999 Kids’ Choice Awards and the NAACP Image Awards, he was named Favorite Singer. At the 40th Grammy Awards in February 1998 “Men in Black” won the Grammy Award for best rap solo performance. In the next year, Smith got the trophy for ” Gettin’t Jigged wit It” at the 41st Grammy Awards.
Will Smith Movies
♦ 2005 – Lost and Found
♦ 2002 – Born to Reign
♦ 1999 – Willennium
♦ 1997 – Big Willie Style