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Agent K (also known as Kay, or simply K) is a fictional MIB agent and one of the two protagonists of the films Men in Black, its sequel Men in Black II, Men in Black: The Series, and Men in Black 3. Agent K is portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones in the three films and voiced by Ed O'Ross (The Hidden) and later Gregg Berger in the animated series. Although formally known as Kevin Brown, the film's trading card series and Men in Black: The Game note Agent K's name to be Kevin Cunningham, a nod to Lowell Cunningham, creator of the comic.

Biography[link]

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In the first film, he is the agent who recruits Agent J after his first partner, Agent D, retires. He and Zed realize James Edwards' potential and they recruit him into the Men in Black. Kay noted that he admires Edwards' refusal to strictly follow authority as well the as the physical effort he exerted to catch an alien suspect. Kay exhibits a very serious demeanor, rarely joking or smiling and giving very matter-of-fact responses. His mission in the first film is to stop an alien cockroach (a "Bug" of an alien race known for their arrogant dismissal of other life-forms who feed on carnage caused by wars) from stealing a tiny galaxy before the Bug's enemies destroy Earth to prevent the bugs gaining access to the sub-atomic energy of the galaxy. During the final confrontation with the Bug, it swallows the agents' guns. Kay decides to let the Bug swallow him so he can get his gun back, while Jay distracts him from leaving Earth on a ship. Just as the Bug is about to eat Jay, Kay shoots it from the inside. After Dr Laurel Weaver (A morgue Worker who has runs in with the MIB and who the bug kidnapped) finishes it off, K requests that Agent Jay erase Kay's memories of his time with the MIB so that he can retire and reunite with a woman he had loved before joining up, J does so, after K revealed he had not been training J as his new partner, instead as his replacement.

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This section requires expansion.

In the MIB series Agent K remained a MIB Agent and was apparently not Neuralyzed, (although it is possible he retired and returned some time later). He is Agent J's partner while Dr Weaver has joined MIB as a Medical Doctor to work at the MIB Hospital. It is revealed early on in the series that, that a Man known as Alpha was the founding Chief of MIB and K's mentor teaching K everything he needed to know. However Alpha acquired a small device known as a Cosmic Integrator, went rogue hoping to bring down MIB. Alpha had offered K a chance to join him, refused and he left him for dead after shooting him, this incident deeply affected K and changed him as a person which possibly explains why K is a grouchy person.[1]

Due to the release of the 2002 film Men in Black II, all events that happened in the Animated series have clearly been established as non canon.

[edit] Men in Black II

Now working at a post office in Truro, Massachusetts, Kevin Brown believes that he spent 35 years in a coma and displays no immediate recognition when Jay shows up to bring him back in. Surprised at Jay's revelation that nearly every one of his coworkers is an alien, he agrees to go along. It was revealed Brown would look at the stars and wonders if he really knew something more, an attitude that caused his wife to leave him. Jay tries to bring Brown to MIB headquarters, where a de-neuralyzer can restore his memories, but the area is locked down after the hostile alien Serleena invades it. Instead, they stop at a pawn shop run by alien Jack Jeebs, who has a home-built de-neuralyzer in the basement. The machine apparently fails to work and Brown walks out, moments before several aliens break into the shop and attack Jay. However, Kay does get his memory back a few minutes later and returns to defeat the aliens with ease. Kay has information related to the "Light of Zartha," which Serleena is trying to find, dating back to an alien visit to Earth 25 years earlier. He and Jay follow a series of clues that he left for himself, eventually locating the Light and fending off Serleena so they can get it safely off the planet. During the fight, the two agents save each other from her attacks before destroying her.

[edit] Men in Black 3

In the third film, by this time, Kay has been back at MIB for ten years and has been revealed to have kept secrets of the universe from Jay. Later on, a time-traveling alien known as Boris travels back to 1969 and murders a young Kay (Josh Brolin), with other intentions leading to the end of the world. Jay learns of the plot and travels back to 1969 to teach Kay everything he himself has learned and save his mentor's life and prevent the oncoming alien invasion that happened, courtesy of Kay's death. When J arrives from the future to kill Boris at coney Island, K arrests J, takes J to MIB HQ, J reveals to K who he is, K teams up with him, they end up finding a alien known as Griffin who can see into the future after going to see Agent W (Andy Warhol). Griffin guides K and J to Cape Canaveral where K and J get assistance from a U.S. Colonel is told by Griffin to attach a small device known as a arcast to put up a shield around earth to prevent certain alien ships from arriving on earth. After K attaches the device onto Apollo 11 K fights Boris, while J fights Boris from the future. Both Borises end up being killed - however, younger Boris killed the Colonel before getting shot by K. K saw the Colonel's small son nearby with a watch looking for his dad, and it is revealed that the Colonel was James Edwards III's father. K tells the child his father was a hero.

Personal Life[link]

Little is told of Agent Kay's personal life other than what has been revealed during the course of the series both the live action films and the animated series. His favorite book is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; he also likes golf, The Twilight Zone, Elvis Presley and The Beatles. It is also seen that his wife left him prior to the events of the second film, and that at some point in time he came to be the bodyguard and lover of Zarthan Queen Laurana, with whom he may have a daughter, Laura. Kay's only notable relative, with the possible exception of Kay's daughter Laura, that has been shown in the series is his father, whom Kay claimed was deceased but was revealed to be alive. In the animated series, it is revealed that besides Queen Laurana, he also has a love interest in an alien MIB called Aileen, however their relationship eventually reached a stalemate due to their responsibilities to their work. These tidbits were revealed in the animated series and both films. The animated series also revealed that Kay had lived in the countryside prior to his own recruitment. The events of an episode titled The Neuralyzer Syndrome revealed more about Kay's early life and family, Jay accidentally uses the Neuralyzer on him resulting in his loss of every memory beyond the age of sixteen, as he just gotten his license and lived with his father (played by Edward Asner) who was a military drill Sarge, by the episode's end his memory is restored,. However whether this is canon for the film series saga remains unknown.

See also[link]

• Agent J
• Men in Black (franchise)

References[link]

Look up agent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

An Agent is one who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one entrusted with the business of another.

In philosophy[link]

• An entity which is capable of Action (philosophy)
• Agency (philosophy)

In sociology[link]

• A social 'agent'; See structure and agency

In law enforcement[link]

• Special agent, title for a detective or investigator for a state, county, municipal, federal or tribal government
• Secret agent, spy involved in espionage. See agents in espionage.

In law[link]

• Agent (law), in commercial law, is a person who is authorized to act on behalf of another (called the principal) to create a legal relationship with a third party
  • C & F Agent abbreviated from Clearing and Forwarding Agent (IN).
  • Election agent, person legally responsible for the conduct of a candidate's political campaign (UK)
  • Free agent, sports player whose contract with a team has expired
  • Literary agent, person who represents writers and their written works to publishers, theatrical producers and film producers
  • Press agent, professional publicist who acts on behalf of his or her client on all matters involving public relations
  • Sports agent, person who procures and negotiates employment and endorsement deals for a player
  • Talent agent or booking agent, person who finds jobs for actors, musicians and models, etc., in various entertainment businesses
  • Foreign agent, person representing the interests of foreign powers, mandated by the Foreign Agents Registration Act to be identified to the American public
  • Patent agent or patent attorney, person who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters and procedures relating to patent law and practice
  • Real estate agent or real estate broker, person who acts as an intermediary between sellers and buyers of real estate
  • Travel agent, person who works on behalf of a travel agency
  • Tuition agent, person who works on behalf of a tuition agency, specializing in introducing tutors to students requiring help in the academic area
  • Yacht agent or yacht broker, specialist who acts as a representative for the sale of a yacht or boat

In economics[link]

• Agent (economics), actor and decision maker in a model
  • Homo economicus, concept in some economic theories of humans as rational and broadly self-interested actors
  • As discussed by economists as the principal–agent problem, agent means anyone supposed to act in the interests of the principal, especially insofar as the actions of the agent cannot be completely monitored by the principal. In this sense agent includes such diverse and common roles as auto mechanic, a doctor, a lawyer, an investment advisor, any fiduciary, a contractor, any employee (from the point of view of the employer), and a political representative in a democracy.
• Agent-based computational economics, computational study of economic processes modeled as dynamic systems of interacting agents
• Rational agent, entity which has clear preferences, models uncertainty via expected values, and always chooses to perform the action that results in the optimal outcome for itself from among all feasible actions
• Representative agent, refers to the typical decision-maker of a certain type

In medicine[link]

• A pharmacological agent is a chemical substance with pharmacological or biological activity, i.e., a pharmaceutical drug

In chemistry and warfare[link]

• Agent Orange, code name for an herbicide and defoliant
• Biological agent, infectious disease or toxin that can be used in bioterrorism or biological warfare
• Chemical warfare, involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons to kill, injure, or incapacitate an enemy
  • Blister agent or vesicant, chemical compound that causes severe skin, eye and mucosal pain and irritation
  • Blood agent or cyanogen agent, chemical compound carried by the blood for distribution throughout the body
  • Incapacitating agent, agent that produces temporary physiological or mental effects, or both, which will render individuals incapable of concerted effort in the performance of their assigned duties
  • Nerve agent or nerve gases, class of phosphorus-containing organic chemicals (organophosphates) that disrupt the mechanism by which nerves transfer messages to organs
  • Pulmonary agent or choking agent, chemical weapon agent designed to impede a victim's ability to breathe
  • Riot control agent, less-lethal lachrymatory agents used for riot control

In linguistics[link]

• Agent (grammar), the participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation; also the name of the thematic role (also known as the thematic relation)
• Agent noun (or nomen agentis), word that is derived from another word denoting an action, and that identifies an entity that does that action

In computer science and artificial intelligence[link]

• Agent architecture, blueprint for software agents and intelligent control systems, depicting the arrangement of components
• Agent-based model, computational model for simulating the actions and interactions of autonomous individuals with a view to assessing their effects on the system as a whole
• Intelligent agent, autonomous entity which observes and acts upon an environment and directs its activity towards achieving goals
• Software agent, piece of software that acts for a user or other program in a relationship of agency
  • Forté Agent, email and Usenet news client used on the Windows operating system
  • User agent, the client application used with a particular network protocol

In culture and entertainment[link]

• James Bond, most famous secret agent, fictional character by Ian Fleming.
• Agent 47, fictional character and protagonist in the Hitman video-game series.
• Agent 212, name of a humorous Belgian comic about a large police officer
• Agent (The Matrix), group of characters in the series
• Agent (video game), currently in development by Rockstar North for the PlayStation 3
• The Agent (film), 1922 film featuring Oliver Hardy
• Secret Agent (1936 film), British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock
• Agent, version of The Mole (TV series) that aired in Poland on TVN
• The Agents, superhuman characters in Seven Samurai 20XX
• Agents (band), a Finnish schlager/rock'n'roll band
• The Agents, a British band

See also[link]

• Agency (disambiguation)
• Agent, a title or honorific, such as "Agent Smith"
• All pages with titles containing "Agent"
• Bot (disambiguation)
• Operative (disambiguation)
• Personoid
• Robot
• Agent P, A secret agent name for Perry the Platypus from Disney's Phineas & Ferb

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Josh Brolin
Brolin at Flaunt Magazine's 9th Anniversary Bash and Holiday Toy Drive, December 2007
Born	Josh James Brolin (1968-02-12) February 12, 1968 (age 44) California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, stock trader
Years active	1985–present
Spouse	Alice Adair (1988–1992; divorced) Diane Lane (2004–present)
Parents	James Brolin Jane Cameron Agee

Josh James Brolin (pronounced /ˈbroʊlɨn/; born February 12, 1968)^[1] is an American actor. He has acted in theater, film and television roles since 1985, and won acting awards for his roles in the films W., No Country for Old Men, Milk and True Grit.

Early life[link]

Brolin was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Jane Cameron Agee, a wildlife activist who was a native of Corpus Christi, Texas, and actor James Brolin.^[2][3] Brolin was raised on a California ranch with little exposure to his father's acting career.^[4] His parents divorced when he was 16 and his stepmother is singer/actress Barbra Streisand. He became interested in acting after taking an improv acting class in high school.^[4]

Acting career[link]

Brolin started his career in TV movies and guest spots on TV shows before getting a more notable role as Brand Walsh in the Richard Donner-directed movie The Goonies (1985).^[4] He was considered for the role of Tom Hanson in the series 21 Jump Street; he and Johnny Depp were the finalists for the role, and at that time the two became close and remained friends even after the role was ultimately awarded to Depp.^[5][6] Brolin guest-starred in an episode of the show in its first season.^[7]

Brolin implied that he turned away from film acting for years after the premiere of his second film, Thrashin', where he witnessed what he called "horrendous" acting on his part.^[8] For several years, he appeared in stage roles in Rochester, New York, often alongside mentor and friend Anthony Zerbe. One of Brolin's more prominent roles early in his career was that of James "Wild Bill" Hickok in the ABC western TV series The Young Riders, which lasted three seasons (1989–92).^[4] Two other TV series he was involved in include the Aaron Spelling production Winnetka Road (1994) and Mister Sterling (2003), both of which were cancelled after a few episodes.

Brolin's extensive film work consists of many villainous roles in recent films including Planet Terror (one of two feature-length segments of the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez collaboration Grindhouse), Gus van Sant's Milk, American Gangster, and Oliver Stone's Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.^[4] He also played the lead role in the Coen brothers' Academy Award-winning film No Country for Old Men.

Brolin also starred in another Oliver Stone film in 2008 called W., a biopic about key events in the life of President George W. Bush.^[4][9] Stone pursued an initially hesitant Brolin for the role. He said of his decision to cast Brolin in the leading role:^[10]

It always seemed to me that he was the right person. Although classically handsome, I think he would consider himself a character actor first and foremost, and it was in this context that I thought of him as W. Josh certainly has star appeal and could be a leading man, but I don’t think he necessarily wants to be that. I think he really enjoys disappearing into a character

Brolin at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival

Brolin received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Gus Van Sant's biopic Milk as city supervisor Dan White, who assassinated San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone.^[11] He made news by wearing a White Knot to the Academy Awards ceremony to demonstrate solidarity with the marriage equality movement.^[12] Brolin told an interviewer that costar Sean Penn, who portrayed Milk, decided to dispel any nerves the actors had about playing gay men by grabbing the bull by the horns. At the first cast dinner, which included castmates James Franco, Emile Hirsch and Diego Luna, Brolin said, "[Penn] walked right up and grabbed me and planted a huge one right on my lips."^[10] Brolin has received critical acclaim for his performance and, in addition to his Oscar nomination, received NYFCC and NBR Awards for Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. He portrayed Jonah Hex in the film of the same name.^[13]

Brolin played a younger Agent K in Men in Black 3 released in May 2012.^[14][15]

Writing and directing[link]

Brolin at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival (2011)

In 2009, Brolin executive produced and performed in The People Speak a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.^[16]

Brolin wrote and directed the short film X, as his directorial debut. The film, about an inmate who escapes prison to reunite with his daughter and search for her murdered mother, was the opening film at the first annual Union City International Film Festival in Union City, New Jersey in December 2010.^[17][18][19]

Other activities[link]

Brolin has hosted Saturday Night Live twice; once in October 2008, and again in April 2012.

Personal life[link]

Marriages and family[link]

Brolin was married to actress Alice Adair from 1988 to 1992;^[20] they have two children, Trevor Mansur (born June 1988) and Eden (born 1992). He was engaged to actress Minnie Driver for six months.^[20] He has been married to actress Diane Lane since August 15, 2004.^[21]

Legal issues[link]

On December 20, 2004, Brolin's wife, Diane Lane called the police after an altercation with Brolin and he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery. Lane declined to press charges and the couple's spokesperson characterized the incident as a misunderstanding.^[22]

On July 12, 2008, Brolin was arrested, along with actor Jeffrey Wright and five other crew members of W., after an altercation at the Stray Cat Bar in Shreveport, Louisiana. Brolin was released after posting a cash bond of US$334.^[23][24] When talking of his arrest, Brolin said to a reporter, "It was nice to be in jail knowing that I hadn’t done anything wrong. And it was maddening to be in jail knowing that I hadn’t done anything wrong."^[10] Charges against all seven men were later dropped by Shreveport prosecutors.^[25]

Business interests[link]

When he is not acting, Brolin is an active stock trader and is co-founder of the site MarketProbability.com.^[26]

The site has since shut down.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Josh Brolin at the Internet Movie Database
• Josh Brolin at AllRovi
• The People Speak at the Internet Movie Database
• 'The People Speak' Los Angeles Times, December 12, 2009

Will Smith
Smith in 2011
Born	Willard Christopher Smith, Jr. (1968-09-25) September 25, 1968 (age 43) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Other names	The Fresh Prince
Occupation	Actor, producer, rapper
Years active	1985–1993, 1997–2005 (rapping), 1990–present (acting)
Spouse	Sheree Zampino (m. 1992–1995) «start: (1992)–end+1: (1996)»"Marriage: Sheree Zampino to Will Smith" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Will_Smith) Jada Pinkett Smith (m. 1997) «start: (1997)»"Marriage: Jada Pinkett Smith to Will Smith" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Will_Smith)
Children	Trey Smith Jaden Smith Willow Smith
Website
www.willsmith.com

Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968),^[1] also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood.^[2] Smith has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won multiple Grammy Awards.

In the late 1980s, Smith achieved modest fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince. In 1990, his popularity increased dramatically when he starred in the popular television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The show ran for nearly six years (1990–1996) on NBC and has been syndicated consistently on various networks since then. In the mid-1990s, Smith moved from television to film, and ultimately starred in numerous blockbuster films. He is the only actor to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office and the only one to have eight consecutive films in which he starred open at #1 spot in the domestic box office tally.^[3]

Fourteen of the nineteen fiction films he has acted in have accumulated worldwide gross earnings of over $100 million, and four took in over $500 million in global box office receipts. As of 2011, his films have grossed $5.7 billion in global box office.^[4] His most financially successful films have been Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, Independence Day, Men in Black, Men in Black II, I, Robot, I Am Legend, Hancock, Wild Wild West, Enemy of the State, Shark Tale, Hitch and Seven Pounds. He also earned critical praise for his performances in Six Degrees of Separation, Ali and The Pursuit of Happyness, receiving Best Actor Oscar nominations for the latter two.

Family and early life[link]

Born and raised in the Wynnefield section of West Philadelphia, Smith also lived in Germantown in Northwest Philadelphia. His mother, Caroline (née Bright), was a school administrator who worked for the Philadelphia school board, and his father, Willard Christopher Smith, Sr., was a refrigeration engineer.^[5][6] He was raised Baptist.^[7] His parents separated when he was thirteen,^[8] and did not actually divorce until around 2000.^[9]

It is untrue, though widely reported, that Smith turned down a scholarship to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); he never applied to the school,^[10] although he was admitted to a "pre-engineering program" there.^[9] According to Smith, "My mother, who worked for the School Board of Philadelphia, had a friend who was the admissions officer at MIT. I had pretty high SAT scores and they needed black kids, so I probably could have gotten in. But I had no intention of going to college."^[11]

Recording and acting career[link]

Smith at the Emmy Awards in 1993

Early work (1985–1995)[link]

Smith started as the MC of the hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, with his childhood friend Jeffrey "DJ Jazzy Jeff" Townes as turntablist and producer,^[12] as well as Ready Rock C (Clarence Holmes) as the human beat box. The trio was known for performing humorous, radio-friendly songs, most notably "Parents Just Don't Understand" and "Summertime".^[12] They gained critical acclaim and won the first Grammy awarded in the Rap category (1988).^[12]

Smith had a line in "Voices That Care", a 1991 Persian Gulf War song by a celebrity group. Smith spent money freely during his early career and underpaid his income taxes.^[12] The Internal Revenue Service eventually assessed a $2.8 million tax debt against Smith, took many of his possessions, and garnished his income.^[13] Smith was nearly bankrupt in 1990, when the NBC television network signed him to a contract and built a sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, around him.^[12]

The show was successful and began his acting career. Smith set for himself the goal of becoming "the biggest movie star in the world," studying box office successes' common characteristics.^[8] His first major roles were in the drama Six Degrees of Separation (1993) and the action film Bad Boys (1995) which he starred opposite of Martin Lawrence.

Breakthrough (1996–2000)[link]

In 1996, Smith starred as part of an ensemble cast in Roland Emmerich's Independence Day. The film was a massive blockbuster, becoming the second highest grossing film in history at the time and establishing Smith as a prime box office draw.^[14] He later struck gold again in the summer of 1997 alongside Tommy Lee Jones in the summer hit Men in Black playing Agent J. In 1998, Smith starred with Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State.^[12]

He turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix in favor of Wild Wild West (1999). Despite the disappointment of Wild Wild West, Smith has said that he harbors no regrets about his decision, asserting that Keanu Reeves's performance as Neo was superior to what Smith himself would have achieved.^[15] Though in interviews subsequent to the release of Wild Wild West he stated that he "made a mistake on Wild Wild West. That could have been better."^[16]

2001–present[link]

Smith in September 2009

In 2005, Smith was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for attending a record breaking three premieres in a 24-hour time span.^[17]

He has planned to star in a feature film remake of the television series It Takes a Thief.^[18]

On December 10, 2007, Smith was recognized at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. Smith left an imprint of his hands and feet outside the world renowned theater in front of many fans.^[19] Later that month, Smith starred in the film I Am Legend, released December 14, 2007. Despite marginally positive reviews,^[20] its opening was the largest ever for a film released in the United States during December. Smith himself has said that he considers the film to be "aggressively unique".^[21] A reviewer said that the film's commercial success "cemented [Smith's] standing as the number one box office draw in Hollywood."^[22] On December 1, 2008, TV Guide reported that Smith has been selected as one of America’s top ten most fascinating people of 2008 for a Barbara Walters ABC special that aired on December 4, 2008.^[23]

Smith is currently developing a film entitled The Last Pharaoh, in which he will star as Taharqa.^[24]

President Barack Obama has stated that if a film were to ever be made about his life, he would have Smith play his part, because "he has the ears". Obama stated that the two have discussed a possibility of a film based on the 2008 election, but this may not happen until the end of the Obama presidency.^[25]

Men in Black III opened on May 25, 2012. In it, Smith will play Agent J for the third time, being one of his more popular earlier roles coincides with the fact that it will be his first major starring role in four years.

On August 19, 2011, it was announced^[26] that Smith had returned to the studio with producer La Mar Edwards to make a new album. Edwards has worked with artists such as T.I., Chris Brown, and Game.

Smith and his son, Jaden, are currently filming After Earth, which is set for a 2013 release.

Personal life[link]

Nobel Peace Prize Concert December 11, 2009, in Oslo, Norway: Smith with wife Jada and children Jaden and Willow

Smith was raised by his parents in West Philadelphia. Smith credits his father's dedication when discussing his involvement in the lives of his own children: "I look at my father and how he was able to keep four kids fed and clothed and still managed to find time to spend with us."^[27] Smith married Sheree Zampino in 1992. They had a son, Willard Christopher Smith III, also known as "Trey", but divorced in 1995. Trey appeared in his father's music video for the 1998 single "Just the Two of Us".

Smith married actress Jada Pinkett in 1997. Together they have had two children: Jaden Christopher Syre (born 1998), his co-star in The Pursuit of Happyness, and Willow Camille Reign (born 2000), who appeared as his daughter in I Am Legend. Along with his brother, Harry Smith, he owns Treyball Development Inc.,^[28] a Beverly Hills-based company named after his first son. Smith and his family reside on Star Island in Miami Beach, Florida and in Los Angeles, Stockholm, Sweden^[29] and Philadelphia.

Smith was consistently listed in Fortune Magazine's "Richest 40" list of the forty wealthiest Americans under the age of 40. He donated $4,600 to the presidential campaign of Democrat Barack Obama.^[30] On December 11, 2009, Smith and his wife hosted the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, when Obama had won the prize.^[31]

Smith has said he has studied multiple religions, including Scientology, and he has said many complimentary things about Scientology and other faiths. Despite his praise of Scientology, Smith said "I just think a lot of the ideas in Scientology are brilliant and revolutionary and non-religious"^[32][33] and "Ninety-eight percent of the principles in Scientology are identical to the principles of the Bible.... I don't think that because the word someone uses for spirit is 'thetan' that the definition becomes any different."^[34] He has denied having joined the Church of Scientology, saying "I am a Christian. I am a student of all religions, and I respect all people and all paths."^[35]

Smith gave $1.3 million to charities in 2007, of which $450,000 went to two Christian ministries, and $122,500 went to three Scientology organizations; the remaining beneficiaries included "a Los Angeles mosque, other Christian-based schools and churches, and [...] the Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Center in Israel".^[36] Smith and his wife have also founded a private elementary school in Calabasas, California, the New Village Leadership Academy, which uses Study Technology, a teaching methodology developed by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology.^[37] Federal tax filing showed that Will Smith donated $1.2 million to the school in 2010.^[38]

In 2012 he expressed support for the legalizing of same-sex marriage, in an endorsement of president Barack Obama's declaration to adopt this stance on the issue.^[39]

Discography[link]

With DJ Jazzy Jeff[link]

• Rock the House (1987)
• He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (1988)
• And in This Corner... (1989)
• Homebase (1991)
• Code Red (1993)

Solo[link]

• Big Willie Style (1997)
• Willennium (1999)
• Born to Reign (2002)
• Lost and Found (2005)

Filmography[link]

Television[link]

Film[link]

Box office grosses[link]

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Iannucci, Lisa (2009). Will Smith: A Biography. Greenwood. ISBN 0-313-37610-7. 

External links[link]

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• Will Smith at People.com
• Will Smith discography at MusicBrainz