英語名人堂：威爾史密斯

　　威爾·史密斯(Will Smith)，美國演員、歌手，1968年9月25日出生于美國賓夕法尼亞州費(fèi)城。他12歲時以說唱歌手的身份踏入演藝圈，并于1985年與杰夫·湯恩斯組成組合DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince，隨后兩度獲得格萊美獎[1] 。

　　1993年，威爾·史密斯開始登上大熒幕，主演影片《六度分離》[2] 。隨后《絕地戰(zhàn)警》《獨(dú)立日》等作品使他逐步確立了影壇的地位。1997年推出的《黑衣人》系列則可以認(rèn)為是威爾·史密斯在商業(yè)電影上最成功的作品之一。同時，他還因主演《拳王阿里》和《當(dāng)幸福來敲門》兩度獲得奧斯卡最佳男主角獎提名。[3]

　　2015年，威爾·史密斯收入2600萬美元，居福布斯全球演員富豪榜并列第18位。[4]

　　2015年11月1日，在洛杉磯舉行的第19屆好萊塢電影獎上，獲得《腦震蕩》最佳男演員。[5]

　　Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. is an actor and rapper. He first became famous in the late 1980s as the rap artist Fresh Prince. He made a very successful move into movies. He is the only actor in Hollywood history to make eight consecutive films that earned $100 million in the USA. ‘Newsweek’ magazine called him the most powerful actor on the planet.

　　Smith was born in 1968 and raised in Philadelphia. His mother was a school administrator and his father was a refrigeration engineer. He began rapping as a teenager. His friends nicknamed him The Prince. He met D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the duo became hip-hop stars in the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1988, they won the first ever Grammy in the Rap category.

　　In 1990, the NBC television network signed Smith to star in the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’, which launched his acting career. Smith decided he would become “the biggest movie star in the world” and began studying box office successes. His studying paid off. His movies ‘Independence Day’ (1996) and ‘Men In Black’(1997) were both box office hits.

　　Smith is now one of Hollywood’s hottest actors. His movies make huge amounts of money and appeal across age, race, and gender. He has been nominated for a Golden Globe, two Academy Awards, and has won many Grammys. He has also appeared in movies with his son Jaden, in ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’, and his daughter Willow, in ‘I Am Legend’.