Birth Name: Willard Christopher Smith Jr.
Nickname: Fresh Prince,Mr. July.
Date of Birth: 25 September 1968, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m).
Smith is of both African American and Native American heritage. He grew up in middle class area in West Philadelphia called Wynnefield. Will attended the Overbrook High School located in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He got the nickname "Prince" because of the way he could charm his way out of trouble. Bright student Will also signed up with the high-status Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School in Philadelphia.
With the success that came with the action picture Bad Boys (1995), Will's movie career was set. He had a huge Blockbuster hit with Independence Day (1996), where he plays the alien-battling Marine Corps Captain Steven Hiller.
(July 2009) Living in Beijing, China for the next three months with his family while his son, Jaden Smith, films The Karate Kid (2010).
Ranked #30 on VH1's 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists along with DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince.
Ranked #29 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
2007 - Ranked #5 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood.
December 2007 - According to Forbes, for each dollar he got paid, Smith's movies averaged $10 of gross income.
Was a millionaire before the age of 20.
In 2004, his net worth was estimated to be $188 million.
In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings for the year at $31 million.
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