Movie Star

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Movie Star — page 1 — XXX BREAKING INTO MOVIES Smith played an accident-prone superhero in the movie Hancock WILL SMITH In my mind I’ve always been an A-list Hollywood superstar Y’all just didn’t know yet Smith is the only actor ever to star in eight movies in a row that have gone straight to Number One in the U S box ofﬁce charts FACT

Movie Star — page 2 — Smith made his acting name in the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air Check out Will Smith’s ofﬁcial web site www willsmith com 5 Since the days of the very ﬁrst silent movies audiences have adored movie stars Today big-name actors like Will Smith have millions of fans Stars of the so-called silver screen are the ultimate celebrities The Movie Industry Movies are made everywhere but Hollywood California is the movie capital of the world This was where the first talkies movies with sound were made in the 1920s Thousands of young hopefuls arrive in Hollywood every year The Fresh Prince Very few movie actors just come out of nowhere African-American actor Will Smith was a rapper after leaving high school From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s he performed as a vocalist alongside DJ Jazzy Jeff under the name the Fresh Prince The duo’s Parents Just Don’t Understand won the first Grammy for a hip-hop record ever From Music to TV Inspired by the Parents Just Don’t Understand video U S TV channel NBC offered Smith the lead in a sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel Air The show ran from 1990 to 1996 and earned Smith two Golden Globe nominations Making Movies Like many stars Smith was offered movie work because he was a success on TV He appeared in a couple of movies before his breakthrough role in Independence Day 1996 Since then he has won two Oscar nominations for Ali and The Pursuit of Happyness He’s built a career as a leading man and has also made music as a solo artist Date of birth September 25 1968 Place of birth West Philadelphia Pennsylvania Key movies Independence Day 1996 Men in Black 1997 Ali 2001 I Robot 2004 The Pursuit of Happyness 2006 Hancock 2008 Achievements Multiple Grammy Awards nominations for four Golden Globes and two Academy Awards Oscars CELEB BIO

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