Interesting Facts About Will Smith

The real name of Will Smith is Willard Christopher.

Will Smith is one of the few people able to achieve success in three of the largest and most difficult American industries - music, television and film.

Will Smith has four Grammy Awards.


The role of Neo from the Matrix was offered to Will Smith, but he refused.

He was a millionaire before the age of 20 years.

Play chess in his spare time.

Will Smith participated in the ranking of the most intelligent people in Hollywood and takes 5th place in it.

Collects a fee of 20 million dollars for the movie Ali.

Will Smith has appeared in over 20 films.

Smith was nearly bankrupt in 1990 when NBC-TV signed a contract with him.

Son of Will Smith Willard Christopher Smith lll and is known as "Trey".

Smith hit the charts 40 richest Americans under 40 years of age.

Donated to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama's 4.600 dollars.

Will Smith is planning to issue a hip hop album

While the world expects from Justin Timberlake when it will finally stop playing and return to the music, Will Smith does the opposite. Negotiate with Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, and the Game, on whose new album was co-produced. As we all remember, Smith actually began his career as a rap star.

Daughter of Will Smith - Willow Smith was named fashion icon in America. Little singer entered the pages of "Vogue" at the request of the designer Derek Lam.

Will Smith is the most precious of Hollywood actor. The hero of "Hancock" took first place in the traditional ranking of Forbes "Star Currency" ("Starry currency"), which assesses the value of the actors from the perspective of the film industry. Smith came in first with a perfect set of 10 points.

Will Smith ranks first in vain. His films have achieved revenues of over 5.2 billion U.S. dollars at the box office charts in the world according to Exhibitor Relations Co. 2.3 billion was revenue from theaters in North America, 2.9 billion - the rest of the world. Seven of the last films with his participation are always entered at the box office charts in the U.S. - from Men in Black II (2002), Hancock (2008). Only three of its most profitable movies have brought more than $ 3 billion - Independence Day (Independence Day, 1996) - 817 million; Hancock (Hancock, 2008) - 623 million and Men in Black (Men in Black, 1997 ) - 589 million addition, Will Smith was nominated twice for an Oscar in the category best Actor for his participation in the film Ali (Ali, 2001) and The Pursuit of Happyness (The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006). Thus, it seems, getting his first, it is not undeserved.

Will Smith was sued by four composer / Guy Todd Williams, Nathaniel Glover, Melvin Glover and Eddie Morris / with the accusation that the main motive of stealing their song. Writers argue that the excerpts from their "Superappin '" can be heard in the song from the last album of rapper-actor "Will2K". On the album cover says that the song was composed by Will Smith and Bobby Robinson. Indignant composers decided to seek monetary damages for lost profits and breach of copyright.

There are rumors that Will Smith will play a major role in the new project of Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained. The film has been approved by Tarantino and a story about a slave who had been released and is teaming with German bounty hunter to rescue his wife from an evil plantation owner.

We know that the star of seven (2008) will surely be among the cast of Men in Black 3. But topical question is whether it will really look at Django Unchained, whose pictures are starting this year?