Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. is an actor and rapper. He first became famous in the late 1980s as the rap artist Fresh Prince. He made a very successful move into movies. He is the only actor in Hollywood history to make eight consecutive films that earned $100 million in the USA. ‘Newsweek’ magazine called him the most powerful actor on the planet.
威爾·史密斯是一名美國演員、說唱歌手。20世紀80年代末,這名說唱歌手因“新鮮王子”這一角色而被人們所熟知。因此,他也成功進入電影行業。在好萊塢歷史上,他是唯一一位連續出演8部電影,并收獲1億美元的演員。《新聞周刊》雜志將他稱之為這個星球上最具實力的男演員。
Smith was born in 1968 and raised in Philadelphia. His mother was a school administrator and his father was a refrigeration engineer. He began rapping as a teenager. His friends nicknamed him The Prince. He met D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the duo became hip-hop stars in the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1988, they won the first ever Grammy in the Rap category.
史密斯出生于1968年,在賓夕法尼亞長大。母親是學校行政官員,父親是冷藏設計師。他從十幾歲時就開始嘗試說唱音樂。他的朋友管他叫作“王子”。之后,他結識了DJ爵士·杰夫,在80年代和90年代初,兩人成為了著名的嘻哈明星。1988年,兩人獲得了他們的首座說唱格萊美大獎。
In 1990, the NBC television network signed Smith to star in the sitcom ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’, which launched his acting career. Smith decided he would become “the biggest movie star in the world” and began studying box office successes. His studying paid off. His movies ‘Independence Day’ (1996) and ‘Men In Black’(1997) were both box office hits.
1990年,美國NBC廣播公司簽下了史密斯,并讓他在喜劇電視劇《新鮮王子妙事多》中出演主角,這開啟了他的演藝生涯。史密斯覺得,他將成為全球最著名的電影明星,并開始對票房進行研究。他的研究終于收到了回報。他的電影《獨立日》(1996)以及《黑衣人》(1997)都獲得了票房成功。
Smith is now one of Hollywood’s hottest actors. His movies make huge amounts of money and appeal across age, race, and gender. He has been nominated for a Golden Globe, two Academy Awards, and has won many Grammys. He has also appeared in movies with his son Jaden, in ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’, and his daughter Willow, in ‘I Am Legend’.
如今,他成為了好萊塢最火熱的男演員。他的電影帶來了巨大的經濟效益,對于他的喜愛超越了年齡、種族以及性別的限制。他獲得了一次金球獎提名,兩次奧斯卡提名,并獲得了多項格萊美大獎。在電影《當幸福來敲門》中,他首次與兒子賈登同臺,并與女兒在《我是傳奇》中一同出演。
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