# List of awards and nominations received by Will Smith
**Will Smith** (born 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor, producer, and rapper whose awards record spans music, film, and television. He has won four [Grammy Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/grammy-awards) from seven nominations for his recordings with D.J. Jazzy Jeff and as a solo artist, one Golden Globe Award from six nominations, and the [Academy Award for Best Actor](https://www.edgepedia.org/academy-award-for-best-actor) for *King Richard* (2021).[1](https://www.grammy.com/artists/will-smith/7175/) • [2](https://goldenglobes.com/person/will-smith/) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000226/awards/) IMDb aggregates his career total at 97 wins and 189 nominations across all award bodies.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000226/awards/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Grammy Awards | 4 wins from 7 nominations, the wins all in rap categories, 1989 through 2001[1](https://www.grammy.com/artists/will-smith/7175/) |
| Academy Awards | Won Best Actor for *King Richard* (2022 ceremony); nominated for *Ali* (2002) and *The Pursuit of Happyness* (2007)[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000226/awards/) |
| Golden Globe Awards | 6 nominations, 1 win: Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, for *King Richard* (2022)[2](https://goldenglobes.com/person/will-smith/) |
| Emmy Awards | 1 nomination, Outstanding Comedy Series (2021), as executive producer of *Cobra Kai*[4](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/will-smith-actor) |
| Career aggregate | 97 wins and 189 nominations listed by IMDb[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000226/awards/) |
| Academy discipline | Banned from all Academy-organized events, including Oscar ceremonies, for a decade after the 2022 ceremony[5](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/will-smith-grammys-awards-oscars-slap-b2691023.html) |
## Grammy Awards
Smith's recording career with D.J. Jazzy Jeff produced his first two Grammys; his third came from his solo recording, "Men in Black."[1](https://www.grammy.com/artists/will-smith/7175/) The duo won Best Rap Performance at the [31st Annual Grammy Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/31st-annual-grammy-awards) (1989) for "Parents Just Don't Understand" and Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group at the 34th ceremony (1992) for "Summertime".[1](https://www.grammy.com/artists/will-smith/7175/) As a solo artist he won Best Rap Solo Performance twice in succession, for "Men In Black" at the 40th ceremony (1998) and "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" at the 41st (1999).[1](https://www.grammy.com/artists/will-smith/7175/)
His three nominations without a win came in 1991, when *And In This Corner...* was up for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group, in 2000 for "Wild Wild West" in Best Rap Solo Performance, and in 2001 for the "Will 2K" video in Best Short Form Music Video.[1](https://www.grammy.com/artists/will-smith/7175/)
## Academy Awards
Smith received his first Oscar nomination, for Best Actor, for playing [Muhammad Ali](https://www.edgepedia.org/muhammad-ali) in [Michael Mann](https://www.edgepedia.org/michael-mann)'s *Ali* (2001), and his second for *The Pursuit of Happyness* (2006), in which he played a homeless salesman with a young son.[6](https://www.the-independent.com/independentpremium/culture/will-smith-oscars-awards-win-b2044191.html) He won the award at the 94th Academy Awards in 2022 for playing Richard Williams, father of Venus and [Serena Williams](https://www.edgepedia.org/serena-williams), in *King Richard*.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000226/awards/) • [7](https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/94_oscars_noms_announcement.pdf) *King Richard* was also nominated for Best Motion Picture of the Year, a nomination Smith shared with producers Tim White and Trevor White.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000226/awards/)
The 2022 ceremony is also the source of the main interruption to his awards career. During the live telecast, Smith slapped presenter [Chris Rock](https://www.edgepedia.org/chris-rock) onstage; he won Best Actor later that night for *King Richard*, and was subsequently banned from all Academy-organized events, including Oscar ceremonies, for a decade.[5](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/will-smith-grammys-awards-oscars-slap-b2691023.html) His first awards show appearance after the incident came at the 2025 Grammy Awards, where the response from the audience was mixed.[5](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/will-smith-grammys-awards-oscars-slap-b2691023.html)
## Golden Globe Awards
The [Hollywood Foreign Press Association](https://www.edgepedia.org/hollywood-foreign-press-association)'s Golden Globes database records six nominations and one win for Smith.[2](https://goldenglobes.com/person/will-smith/) His two early nominations came in television, for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy, for *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* in 1993 and 1994.[2](https://goldenglobes.com/person/will-smith/) The four film nominations followed his dramatic turns: *Ali* (2002), *The Pursuit of Happyness* (2007), *[Concussion](https://www.edgepedia.org/concussion-2015-film)* (2016), and the winning turn in *King Richard* (2022), all in the Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama category.[2](https://goldenglobes.com/person/will-smith/)
## Television and other recognition
The Television Academy's page for the actor lists one prime-time Emmy nomination: Outstanding Comedy Series at the 2021 ceremony, with Smith nominated as an executive producer of *Cobra Kai* (Netflix, [Sony Pictures Television](https://www.edgepedia.org/sony-pictures-television)).[4](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/will-smith-actor) Readers searching Emmy records should note that a separate Television Academy entry belongs to William (Will) Smith, the English writer and producer of *Veep* and *Slow Horses*, who holds three Emmys from six nominations; those honors belong to a different person.[8](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/william-will-smith)
Beyond the major bodies, Smith's aggregated record includes industry honors such as the ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards and a 1999 MTV Europe Music Award nomination, contributing to the IMDb total of 97 wins and 189 nominations.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000226/awards/)
## References
1. [Will Smith: All Grammy Awards and Nominations, Recording Academy (GRAMMY.com)](https://www.grammy.com/artists/will-smith/7175/)
2. [Will Smith, Golden Globes Awards Database](https://goldenglobes.com/person/will-smith/)
3. [Will Smith – Awards, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000226/awards/)
4. [Will Smith (actor), Emmy Awards and Nominations, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/will-smith-actor)
5. [Will Smith draws mixed response at first awards show appearance since Oscars slap at Grammys 2025, The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/will-smith-grammys-awards-oscars-slap-b2691023.html)
6. [Will Smith: The Hollywood star yet to receive the plaudits he deserves, The Independent](https://www.the-independent.com/independentpremium/culture/will-smith-oscars-awards-win-b2044191.html)
7. [Nominations by Category – 94th Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences](https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/94_oscars_noms_announcement.pdf)
8. [William (Will) Smith, Emmy Awards and Nominations, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/william-will-smith)
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