• Will's favourite book is "The Alchimist" by Paulo Coelho.

• Will Smith's first day of acting was the first episode of Fresh Prince. 

• Will enjoys playing chess.

• Will was chosen as one of People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for 2007.

• Will has been at his adult height of 6' 2" since he was 13. However, he is now 60 pounds heavier than, when he first reached this height.

• While starring in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Will appeared in 3 public service announcements for NBC's The More You Know. His topics were violence prevention, stay in school, and substance abuse.

• After teenage rapper Bow Wow called Will Smith a "bubble-gum rapper" due to his softer, more gentle approach to hip hop, Will responded, "I don't have to respond to an immature, spoiled child. As of April 6, 2006, Bow Wow and Will Smith resolved their differences.

• Will appears in Angie Stone's music video for "Brotha".

• Will and wife Jada donated $1 million to to the Baltimore School for the Arts, asking that its new theater be dedicated to classmate Tupac Shakur, who was shot and killed in 1996.

• Will sang a small part on the song 'Voices That Care', a song about the soldiers involved in the Gulf War, in 1991. He also made a cameo apperance in the video.

• Will's song "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" caused a fad of saying the term "jiggy" that lasted for a while.

• Will performs in Tatyana Ali's music video "Boy, You Knock Me Out".

• In the movie Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Will's song 'Just The Two of Us' was used to make a parody version for Dr. Evil.

• Will had his credit identity stolen, and $32,897.34 amassed before the thief was apprehended. Carlos Lomax opened 14 accounts under Will's birth name of Willard C. Smith. Once caught, he was sentenced to three years in Federal Prison.

• Will appeared in B2K's music video "Girlfriend".

• Will had originally rejected the lead role in Men in Black, but wife Jada Pinkett Smith convinced him into accepting it.

• Will shares a birthday with: Heather Locklear, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, Michael Madsen, Barbara Walters, former NBA star Scottie Pippen and the late Christopher Reeve.

• Will incorporates the line "Aw, hell no!" into all his movies as a running catch phrase like Arnold Schwarzenegger's "I'll be back!".

• Will was dropped from Columbia Records as an artist after lackluster sales of his third solo album, which was self-titled, and greatest hits compilation.

• Will is bi-lingual, he speaks fluent Spanish.

• Will got his nickname “Prince” because he was able to charm his way out of anything.

• Will owns a mansion in Thousand Oaks, California.

• Will and Jazzy Jeff recorded their first album in London.