Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr.

Brief Description
Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. was born September 25, 1968 and was raised in West Philadelphia. He was raised as a Baptist Christian, but his parents shook his faith after they had divorced when he was thirteen years old. He was apparently rumored that Smith was given a scholarship to attend M.I.T. However, he said that he turned down the offer because he knew that he did not want to pursue a career as an engineer, but rather was looking for something else. Smith later decided that acting was something that he was into and was willing to take the time and energy to work on it. He was much featured in a T.V show that many people enjoyed called "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air". He also starred in various movies such as "I Am Legend", "i-Robot", etc. Smith also declined many other famous role parts such as the role for playing Neo in the famous world-wide known movie, Matrix. Instead, he chose to act in a drama/play called West Wide Story. As an avid movie critic and viewer, he made decisions in his career that some people thought of as very derogatory, or unwise, but nevertheless, he is who he is today.



Music and Acting and His Life
     Will Smith Jr. first took his career in to music before coming into the acting business. He was known to be known as the "Fresh Prince" which was the nickname given when he was a childhood, and which started the idea of the famous T.V series, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Smith was originally known as the MC of the hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince throughout his musical career, with his childhood friend Jeffrey "Jazzy Jeff" Townes as turntablist and producer as well as Ready Rock C (Clarence Holmes) as the human beat box. The three young men were very entertaining to the crowd, and were often known not for their fantastic musical ability, but because of their humorous acts that made many people laugh during their shows. He later on gave up his rapping career for acting. Smith was known mostly because of his humorous figure that was shown because of his outgoing personality. Smith currently has three children, Trey Smith, Jaden Smith, and Willow Smith, who have much talent inherited through their parents. Smith married another woman before having Jaden and Willow Smith, which was how he had Trey. He then divorced with Trey's mother and married Jada Smith.


Smith's Beliefs and Faithful Duties
     Smith was born and raised as a Baptist Christian from when he was a young child until today. He has mentioned in the past that his faith shaken when his parents were separated when he was a child. However, he has confirmed that he has full faith in God as he had studied many different religions including Scientology. He says that as a true Christian, he/she must be able to have knowledge in the many different fields of beliefs and faith. Smith knows that 98 percent of what he had studied in Scientology was actually based on the Christianity beliefs and were basically referencing the Bible most of the time. Throughout his life, he has earned so much money through his career that he has been ranked as one of the forty richest people on Earth. He has given away millions and millions of dollars in charity to many different mission charities. He also donated millions of dollars to many Christian schools, and Christian missionary trips in which he has attended to two of them.