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Will Smith

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Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, rapper and film producer. He has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA Award, and four Grammy Awards. As of 2024, his films have grossed over $9.3 billion globally, making him one of Hollywood's most bankable stars.Smith began his acting career starring as a fictionalized version of himself on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1993 and 1994. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Will Smith has received more than 51,878,308 page views. His biography is available in 110 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 105 in 2019). Will Smith is the 60th most popular actor (up from 75th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from United States (up from 149th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Actor.

Smith is most famous for his work in the field of genetics. He was one of the first to propose a theory of inheritance that was based on the idea that traits are passed from parents to offspring through DNA.

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  • 52M

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  • 74.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 110

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Will Smiths by language

Over the past year Will Smith has had the most page views in the with 4,710,404 views, followed by Spanish (994,612), and Russian (675,743). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Sakha (1,764.00%), Kurdish (Kurmanji) (796.12%), and Dutch (493.66%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Will Smith ranks 60 out of 13,578. Before him are Elizabeth Taylor, Meryl Streep, Michael Douglas, Bruce Willis, Ingrid Bergman, and Michael Gambon. After him are Christopher Lee, Liam Neeson, Omar Sharif, Greta Garbo, Charles Bronson, and Tom Hanks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Will Smith ranks 1. After him are Celine Dion, Lisa Marie Presley, Paolo Maldini, Felipe VI of Spain, Daniel Craig, Didier Deschamps, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Hugh Jackman, Davor Šuker, Marine Le Pen, and Timothy McVeigh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Will Smith ranks 133 out of 20,380. Before him are Douglas MacArthur (1880), Richard Feynman (1918), Michael Douglas (1944), William Faulkner (1897), Milton Friedman (1912), and Patti Smith (1946). After him are Rosa Parks (1913), William James (1842), Bobby Fischer (1943), Edwin Hubble (1889), Phineas Gage (1823), and Charles Bronson (1921).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Will Smith ranks 25. Before him are James Dean (1931), Chuck Norris (1940), Katharine Hepburn (1907), Dustin Hoffman (1937), Meryl Streep (1949), and Michael Douglas (1944). After him are Charles Bronson (1921), Tom Hanks (1956), Brad Pitt (1963), Kirk Douglas (1916), Alan Alda (1936), and Henry Fonda (1905).

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Television and Movie Roles

I Am Legend
Robert Neville
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.
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I, Robot
Del Spooner
In 2035, where robots are commonplace and abide by the three laws of robotics, a technophobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.
Jul 15o 20046.939 / 10
Suicide Squad
Floyd Lawton / Deadshot
From DC Comics comes the Suicide Squad, an antihero team of incarcerated supervillains who act as deniable assets for the United States government, undertaking high-risk black ops missions in exchange for commuted prison sentences.
Aug 3o 20165.91 / 10