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Who is your favorite

actor?
Course: English
Level: Basic 1
Members:
1. Verónica Monzón Terrones
2. Nataly Policarpo Morales
3. María Esther Vargas Lloclla
WILL SMITH
Willard Carroll Smith, J. better
know as Will Smith was born
in Philadelphia, Pensylvania
on Setember 25,1968.
He is an American actor and
rapper, film producer,
television producer and
record producer who has
been nominated for four
Golden Globe Awards and
two Oscar Awards, and he has
won four Grammy Awards.
CHILDHOOD
He is the second of four children of the
refrigerator and refrigerator mechanic
Willard Carroll Smith, Sr., and the
school administrator Caroline Bright.
Will Smith was raised by his parents in
West Philadelphia until he saw them
divorce when he was 13 years old.
Despite this, Will has great respect for
his father:

"I see my father and I ask how he was


able to keep four children fed, dressed
and in shoes, and he managed to find
the time to be with us."
MARRIED LIFE
Married Sheree Zampino in 1992. They had a son,
Willard Christopher Smith III, also known as "Trey",
but they divorced in 1995.

He married actress Jada Pinkett in 1997.


Together they have had two children: Jaden
Christopher Syre (born 1998) and his
daughter Willow Reign Smith (born 2000).

They are considered one of the most stable marriages in


Hollywood.
It is not unknown to anyone that Will Smith has always made
his children participate in the different artistic activities in
which he participates, in addition to their own achievements,
so we have to:

Trey appeared in his father's music video for the


1998 single, "Just The Two Of Us"

Jaden is your co-star in the movies "In


Search of Happiness" and "After Earth"

Willow appeared in the music video "Black Suits


Comin "and played the role as his daughter, in the
movie "I am Legend"
BEGINNINGS OF YOUR
ARTISTIC CAREER
Being still very young Will Smith
joined his childhood friend
Jeffrey Townes known as "DJ
Jazzy Jeff" to form the rap group
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince.

The voice of Will Smith was one that was


heard in the song "Voices that care", about the
Gulf War (1991).
 Will Smith he has been nominated for four
Golden Globe Awards and two Oscar Awards,
and has won four Grammy Awards.

 In the late 1980s, he achieved modest fame as a


rapper, with the name of The Fresh Prince.

 In 1990, his fame increased dramatically, when


he starred in the television series The Fresh
Prince of Bel-Air, s 1990, he went from television
to cinema, and acted in numerous films that
achieved great box office success.
 He also received a special award for his contribution to music
within the cinema at the 2007 Principal Awards Gala.

 He has acted in eight films that have generated more than


100 million dollars and in turn, have reached number one in
its premiere.

 His most successful financial films have been:

- Two rebel police 1 and 2

- Independence Day
- Men in black 1,2 and 3 - Looking for happiness

- I'm legend - I robot

- Public Enemy - Wild wild west

- Hancock - The scarecrow

- Hitch - Seven Souls and After


Earth
 He also received critical acclaim for his performances in Ali and
in Six Degrees of Separation. In 2013, it acquired the rights for
the United States of the Spanish television program El
hormiguero.

 Forbes magazine considers it the most bankable star in the


world.

 Of the 20 fiction films in which he has performed worldwide,


sixteen have accumulated profits of more than $ 100 million
each.

 Five of them earned more than $ 500 million, from global box
office revenues. As of 2014, his films have raised $ 600 million
at the global box office.
Curiosities and more of Will
Smith
1. In 2008 (Two Thousand eight) Will
Smith made a donation of $ 4
millions dollars to the campaign of
candidate Barack Obama, ensuring
that it is the best choice without any
political interest on his part.

2. In 2004, the couple


donated $ 20,000 to the
Scientology literacy
campaign, called HELP, the
Hollywood of Literacy and
Education Program.
3. In 2009, the FORBES magazine
published that Will Smith received a
recognition for his humanitarian
work for the struggle for human
rights and education at the Simon
Wiesenthal Jewish center.

4. In 2011, the Smith family


donated $ 1.4 million dollars to
different groups of arts, civics and
Christian foundations, such as the
Yesha Ministries of Philadelphia.
5. Another interesting fact of Will
Smith, is that he suffers from ADHD,
this is a concentration disorder and
he suffers from childhood, which is
why he belongs and supports the
CADAH Foundation.

6. The Smiths established the Will


And Jada Smith Family Foundation
to help children solve various
problems, from education to
eating disorders.
7. A curiosity about Will Smith
is that he can build a rubik cube
in 40 seconds, as he showed in
his movie in Search of
Happiness

8. Will Smith's son, Jaden, wears extravagantly skirts and dresses on


fashion runways. His father supports his free lifestyle.

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