Will Smith: His Road to 'Seven Pounds'
See how the star built his powerhouse career, from his ''Fresh Prince'' days to ''Ali'' to soaring, superhero-style, over L.A., in ''Hancock''
By Gretchen Hansen Updated July 01, 2008 at 09:00 PM EDT
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Will Smith, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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Ted Danson, Will Smith, ...
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Will Smith, Stockard Channing, ...
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Will Smith, Bad Boys II
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Men in Black, Tommy Lee Jones, ... | The genius twist in Barry Sonnenfeld's dark comic blockbuster: The aliens aren't invading — they're already here, most of them living peacefully as our friends,
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Enemy of the State (1998)
Will Smith, Enemy of the State | Will Smith unwittingly comes across evidence of a covered-up murder by the NSA, prompting the spy agency to do everything in its power to hunt
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Will Smith unwittingly comes across evidence of a covered-up murder by the NSA, prompting the spy agency to do everything in its power to hunt him down and destroy his life. C'mon, guys, he's Will Smith. Don't you know he always wins in the end?
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Will Smith, Salma Hayek, ...
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Will Smith, Ali
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Will Smith, Kevin James, ...
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Will Smith, Jaden Smith, ...
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Will Smith, I Am Legend
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Will Smith, Hancock
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Seven Pounds, Will Smith
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