Three months after receiving an Oscar and beating Chris Rock during the ceremony, Will Smith received the BET Award for Best Actor for The Williams Method.
Will Smith was banned from the Academy of Oscars for beating Chris Rock shortly before receiving the best actor trophy for his performance in The Williams Method after the comedian made a bad joke on stage. Will Smith has been rewarded again thanks to sports drama from Reinaldo Marcus Green.
This Sunday, June 26th, Will Smith actually scooped the BET Award for Best Actor for playing the father of Serena and Venus Williams. Created by television network Black Entertainment, the awards have been presented since 2001 to primarily reward African Americans and other minorities in various fields of entertainment.
And the categories mix cinema and television, because in addition to Will Smith, who was absent from the ceremony, actors from both films (Denzel Washington for The Tragedy of Macbeth) and series (Anthony Anderson for Black-ish, Adrian Holmes and Jabari) were cast Banks) named for Prince of Bel-Air reboot). If they didn’t do both, like Forest Whitaker, nominated for Respect and Godfather of Harlem.
Will Smith, who has already won a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, a SAG Award, a Critics Choice Award and of course an Oscar, adds another award to the long list of those who bestowed his role on The Method Williams added .