
Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, rapper, and film producer. Known for his work in both the screen and music industries, his accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and four Grammy Awards. Films in which he has appeared have grossed over $10 billion worldwide, making him one of Hollywood's most bankable stars. Smith first gained recognition as part of a hip hop duo with DJ Jazzy Jeff, with whom he released five studio albums which contained five US Billboard Hot 100-top 20 singles—"Parents Just Don't Understand", "A Nightmare on My Street", "Summertime", "Ring My Bell", and "Boom! Shake the Room" —from 1985 to 1994. He released the solo albums Big Willie Style (1997), Willennium (1999), Born to Reign (2002), Lost and Found (2005), and Based on a True Story (2025). Two of his singles, "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" and "Wild Wild West", reached number one in the US. Smith began his acting career starring as a fictionalised version of himself on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1993 and 1994. He achieved wider fame as a leading manwith the film franchises Bad Boys (1995–2024) and Men in Black (1997–2012), where he respectively portrayed Mike Lowrey and Agent J. After starring in the thrillers Independence Day (1996) and Enemy of the State (1998), he received Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his portrayals of Muhammad Ali in Ali (2001) and Chris Gardnerin The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). He also starred in commercially successful films such as I, Robot (2004), Shark Tale (2004), Hitch (2005), I Am Legend (2007), Hancock (2008), Seven Pounds (2008), Suicide Squad (2016), and Aladdin (2019). At the 94th Academy Awards, Smith slapped and shouted at presenter Chris Rock after Rock made an unscripted joke referencing Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Soon after, Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Richard Williams in the biographical sports drama King Richard (2021). The incident earned substantial media coverage and criticism, with Smith ultimately resigning from the Academy and being banned from attending all its events for ten years. Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 25, 1968 (58)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Actor and producer, also writer
- 69 on MovieCove · 98 credits in all
What are Will Smith's films like?
Across their 60 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 4 · Earnest 48
A split, not a type: Light 28 · Serious 15 · Dark 11
A split, not a type: Grounded 25 · Stylized 17 · Heightened 12
Gentle 12 · Charged 25 · Intense 17
Steady 21 · Shifting 29 · Whiplash 4
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 19 · Funny 13
Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 25 · Relentless 10
A split, not a type: Casual 28 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 26 · Affecting 16 · Heavy 12
Resolved 45 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 4
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 28 of 36 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Will Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
- Allyas Tea Cake Walters in Made in America (1993)
- Shapeshifteras Paul in Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
- Heroas Mike Lowrey in Bad Boys (1995)
- Heroas Capt. Steven Hiller in Independence Day (1996)
- Heroas Jay in Men in Black (1997)
- Heroas Robert Clayton Dean in Enemy of the State (1998)
- Heroas Capt. James West in Wild Wild West (1999)
- Mentoras Bagger Vance in The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
- Heroas Cassius Clay / Muhammad Ali in Ali (2001)
- Heroas Jay in Men in Black II (2002)
- Heroas Detective Mike Lowrey in Bad Boys II (2003)
- Heroas Oscar in Shark Tale (2004)
- Heroas Del Spooner in I, Robot (2004)
- Heroas Hitch in Hitch (2005)
- Mentoras Hitch in Hitch (2005)
- Heroas Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
- Heroas Robert Neville in I Am Legend (2007)
- Heroas Ben in Seven Pounds (2008)
- Heroas John Hancock in Hancock (2008)
- Heroas Agent J in Men in Black 3 (2012)
- Threshold guardianas Cypher Raige in After Earth (2013)
- Mentoras Cypher Raige in After Earth (2013)
- Heroas Nicky in Focus (2015)
- Heroas Dr. Bennet Omalu in Concussion (2015)
- Heroas Deadshot in Suicide Squad (2016)
- Heroas Howard in Collateral Beauty (2016)
- Heroas Daryl Ward in Bright (2017)
- Heroas Lance Sterling in Spies in Disguise (2019)
- Shadowas Junior in Gemini Man (2019)
- Heroas Henry Brogan in Gemini Man (2019)
- Mentoras Genie in Aladdin (2019)
- Heroas Mike Lowrey in Bad Boys for Life (2020)
- Heroas Richard Williams in King Richard (2021)
- Heroas Peter in Emancipation (2022)
- Heroas Mike Lowrey in Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy28
- Bittersweet25
- Ambiguous6
- Other1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Will Smith's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 56 of their 69 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- I Am Legend (2007) · actor · free
- Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012) · producer · free
- Bad Boys (1995) · actor · free
- Six Degrees of Separation (1993) · actor · free
- Bad Boys II (2003) · actor · free
- Sprinter (2018) · producer · free
- Gemini Man (2019) · actor · free
- American Chopper: The Series (2002) · actor · free
- The Human Contract (2008) · producer · free
- After Earth (2013) · actor, writer, producer · free
- Seven Pounds (2008) · actor, producer
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990) · actor, writer, producer
- Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) · actor, producer
- Bad Boys for Life (2020) · actor, producer
- Pole to Pole with Will Smith (2026) · actor, producer
- Women of the Movement (2022) · producer
- Lakeview Terrace (2008) · producer
- Live with Kelly and Mark (1988) · actor
Subscription and free streaming for Will Smith's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
98 credits, 69 with a MovieCove page; 115 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Instadocs: AI Gone Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration:30th Anniversary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

The Artist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

Bad Boys: Ride or Die(2024)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
African Queens: Njinga(2023)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
Emancipation(2022)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Las Aventuras de Giga Doki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Off Thee Leash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Bel-Air(2022)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Women of the Movement(2022)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Welcome to Earth(2021)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
King Richard(2021)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Best Shape of My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Life in a Year(2020)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all filmsHormigueddon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

Charm City Kings(2020)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Bad Boys for Life(2020)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Spies in Disguise(2019)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Gemini Man(2019)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Aladdin(2019)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Sprinter(2018)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Will Smith's Bucket List (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

Cobra Kai(2018)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Howard(2018)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Bright(2017)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Collateral Beauty(2016)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Suicide Squad(2016)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Concussion(2015)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Focus(2015)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Annie(2014)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Winter's Tale(2014)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Blind Ref (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

After Earth(2013)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Men in Black 3(2012)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
This Means War(2012)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Karate Kid(2010)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Seven Pounds(2008)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Lakeview Terrace(2008)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Secret Life of Bees(2008)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
The Human Contract(2008)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Hancock(2008)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all filmsI Am Legend: Awakening - Story 2: Isolation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

I Am Legend(2007)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
The Pursuit of Happyness(2006)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
ATL(2006)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Hitch(2005)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Club Oscar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Shark Tale(2004)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Saving Face(2004)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Seat Filler(2004)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
I, Robot(2004)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Jersey Girl(2004)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
All of Us(2003)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Bad Boys II(2003)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Ride or Die(2003)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Men in Black II(2002)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Showtime(2002)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Ali(2001)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Welcome to Hollywood(1998)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Queen Latifah Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Wild Wild West(1999)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Enemy of the State(1998)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
TRL (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Men in Black(1997)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Independence Day(1996)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
TFI Friday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Bad Boys(1995)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Made in America(1993)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Where the Day Takes You(1992)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Blossom(1990)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
The Earth Day Special(1990)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Live with Kelly and Mark(1988)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows
Kids' Choice Awards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

ABC Afterschool Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Almost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Clean Air (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Fast and Loose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
I Am Legend 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Listen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Romeo and Juliet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Sugar Bandits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Supermax (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Mark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Untitled Queen Latifah Biopic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

Will Smith Budapest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 96 titles, 83 of them dated from 1972 to 2026; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office
Aladdin (2019)

Highest rated
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

Most popular right now
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Film career
Peak 2016 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 35 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1990Screen debut· The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- 1990Golden Globe nomination· The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- 1992First film· Where the Day Takes You
- 1995First top-billed film· Bad Boys
- 2001Oscar nomination· Ali
- 2006Career best· The Pursuit of Happyness
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- 2006Oscar nomination· The Pursuit of Happyness
- 2015Golden Globe nomination· Concussion
- 2021Oscar win· King Richard
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and 5 other major awards from 27 major nominations, 1988–2022.
- Oscar, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Oscar, nominated · Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Leading Actor
- Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
+2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Critics Choice Award, won · Best Actor
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor
- Oscar, nominated · Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Short Form Music Video
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Solo Performance
- Grammy Award, won · Best Rap Solo Performance
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- Grammy Award, won · Best Rap Solo Performance
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
- Grammy Award, won · Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Rap Performance
- Grammy Award, won · Best Rap Performance
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Will Smith's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 56; across their 54 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up18
- 50th to 74th25
- 25th to 49th14
- Below 25th12
Shape of the crowd
28 of their 69 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved6
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic11
- Crowd Pleaser28
- Broadly Agreed6
- Mixed16
Reviewers score the acting 69/100 in their films, across 47 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Will Smith's work okay for kids?
Across up to 44 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and profanity run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Will Smith work with?
People who share at least 2 of Will Smith's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Lassiter shares the most, 25.
Directors
- Barry SonnenfeldShared titles: Men in Black 3 (2012), Men in Black II (2002), Wild Wild West (1999), Men in Black (1997)See all 4 shared titles with Barry Sonnenfeld

- David AyerShared titles: Bright (2017), Dawn of the Justice League (2016), Suicide Squad (2016)See all 3 shared titles with David Ayer

- Shola LynchShared titles: Number One on the Call Sheet (2025), Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Shola Lynch

- Adil El ArbiShared titles: Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), Bad Boys for Life (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Adil El Arbi

Writers
- George GalloShared titles: Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), Bad Boys for Life (2020), Bad Boys II (2003), Bad Boys (1995)See all 4 shared titles with George Gallo

- Akiva GoldsmanShared titles: Winter's Tale (2014), Hancock (2008), I Am Legend (2007), I, Robot (2004)See all 4 shared titles with Akiva Goldsman

- Chris BremnerShared titles: Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), Bad Boys for Life (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Bremner

Actors
- Jaden SmithShared titles: Jackie Chan - Humour, gloire et kung-fu (2021), Life in a Year (2020), After Earth (2013), The Karate Kid (2010), The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)See all 5 shared titles with Jaden Smith

- Martin LawrenceShared titles: Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), Bad Boys for Life (2020), Bad Boys II (2003), Bad Boys (1995)See all 4 shared titles with Martin Lawrence

- Jamie FoxxShared titles: Number One on the Call Sheet (2025), Annie (2014), Ali (2001), The Making of 'Ali' (2001)See all 4 shared titles with Jamie Foxx

- Joe PantolianoShared titles: Bad Boys for Life (2020), Bad Boys II (2003), Bad Boys (1995)See all 3 shared titles with Joe Pantoliano

Composers and editors
- Lorne BalfeShared titles: Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), Bad Boys for Life (2020), Gemini Man (2019)See all 3 shared titles with Lorne Balfe

- James Newton HowardShared titles: Concussion (2015), After Earth (2013), I Am Legend (2007)See all 3 shared titles with James Newton Howard

- Danny ElfmanShared titles: Men in Black 3 (2012), Men in Black II (2002), Men in Black (1997)See all 3 shared titles with Danny Elfman

- Felix BlackShared titles: Pole to Pole with Will Smith (2026), Welcome to Earth (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Felix Black

Producers
- James LassiterShared titles: Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), King Richard (2021), Welcome to Earth (2021), Bad Boys for Life (2020), Charm City Kings (2020), Life in a Year (2020), Sprinter (2018), Annie (2014), After Earth (2013), Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (2012), This Means War (2012), The Karate Kid (2010) and 13 moreSee newest 12 of 25 shared titles with James Lassiter

- Jerry BruckheimerShared titles: Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), Bad Boys for Life (2020), Gemini Man (2019), Bad Boys II (2003), Enemy of the State (1998), Bad Boys (1995)See all 6 shared titles with Jerry Bruckheimer

- Miguel MelendezShared titles: Pole to Pole with Will Smith (2026), African Queens: Njinga (2023), Welcome to Earth (2021), The Human Contract (2008)See all 4 shared titles with Miguel Melendez
- Terence CarterShared titles: Pole to Pole with Will Smith (2026), African Queens: Njinga (2023), Amend: The Fight for America (2021), Welcome to Earth (2021)See all 4 shared titles with Terence Carter
Mixed roles
- Angela BassettShared titles: Number One on the Call Sheet (2025), This Means War (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Angela Bassett

- Whoopi GoldbergShared titles: Number One on the Call Sheet (2025), Made in America (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Whoopi Goldberg



