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Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor and rapper. Known for variety of roles, Smith has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award and four Grammy Awards. Smith began his acting career starring as a fictionalized version of himself on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996). He first gained recognition as part of a hip hop duo with DJ Jazzy Jeff, with whom he released five studio albums and the US Billboard Hot 100 top 20 singles "Parents Just Don't Understand", "A Nightmare on My Street", "Summertime", "Ring My Bell", and "Boom! Shake the Room" from 1984 to 1994. He released the solo albums Big Willie Style (1997), Willennium (1999), Born to Reign (2002), and Lost and Found (2005), which contained the US number-one singles "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" and "Wild Wild West". He has received four Grammy Awards for his rap performances. Smith achieved wider fame as a leading man in films such as the action film Bad Boys (1995), its sequels Bad Boys II (2003) and Bad Boys for Life (2020), and the sci-fi comedies Men in Black (1997), Men in Black II (2002), and Men in Black 3 (2012). After starring in the thrillers Independence Day (1996) and Enemy of the State (1998), he received Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his portrayal as Muhammad Ali in Ali (2001), and as Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). He then starred in a range of commercially successful films, including I, Robot (2004), Shark Tale (2004), Hitch (2005), I Am Legend (2007), Hancock (2008), Seven Pounds (2008), Suicide Squad (2016) and Aladdin (2019). For his portrayal of Richard Williams in the biographical sports drama King Richard (2021), Smith won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor.
The movie opens with Fred Lesley and Jacob Carter setting up the new base for the Crystal Legion called the Gemstone Cave. Meanwhile we see a scientist investigating the Crystal Legion trying to find the stones and what they do. Eventually during his search, the scientist named Jake Finnigan finds Pele's fire stone which is one of the few stones to remain unbroken after giving powers to someone. While trying to find out where it came from it catches Jake's house on fire and eventually him. Luckily the stone stops Jake from dying but now Jake is a fire monster. When Fred and Jacob see Jake rampaging through the streets of the city, they try to stop him but he's too strong. They call Amber Renee who tries to help but no matter what they do he won't stop. Eventually Fred tries to call Neptune, but he doesn't pick up the phone because of something that he's doing on his own. Fred then realizes that if he runs fast enough in a spiral, he can put out fires. Later that day he tries it on Jake and gets close to beating him but fails again. Jacob shows Fred a treadmill he invented to help Fred go faster and after training Fred is able to beat Jake. After putting out Jake's fire they send Jake to the city prison the Confined. The movie ends with the Writer finally escaping the underworld and vowing vengeance on Samuel Cyrus.
