Way way back on September 10, 1990, Will Smith began his ascent to stardom, clad in spectacularly '90s fluorescent fashions, on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Six years later, the doors of the Banks house closed for good.

But what do dorky Carlton, air-headed Hilary and Geoffrey the butler look like now? And what have the cast all been up to since Fresh Prince wrapped in May 1996?

First up, let's deal with the obvious...

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Will Smith

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Willard Smith – not 'William' as in the show – went on to become one of Hollywood's most bankable stars, fronting the movie blockbusters Independence Day (1997), Men in Black (1997), I, Robot (2004), this year's all-star DC Comics movie Suicide Squad and many more.

He's not just an action hero though. Will won acclaim (and two Oscar nominations) for his thoughtful, nuanced performances in Ali (2001) and The Pursuit of Happyness (2006).

His music career also continued apace post-Fresh Prince, with four solo albums between 1997 and 2005 earning him a total of four Grammy Awards.

Alfonso Ribeiro

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To a generation, Alfonso Ribeiro will always be Carlton – but in fact, he's got many more strings to his bow.

Post-Fresh Prince, he starred on the sitcom In the House as Dr. Maxwell Stanton between 1996 and 1999 – having previously guested on the show as Carlton in a Fresh Prince crossover.

Since then, he's fronted a couple of quiz shows and ate stomach-churning fare in the jungle for the 13th series of ITV's I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2013.

He also proved that there was more to his repertoire than just 'The Carlton' when he won Dancing with the Stars in 2014, though he'd previously busted out the old moves for a 2013 appearance opposite Smith on The Graham Norton Show.

James Avery

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The iconic Uncle Phil was the show's no-nonsense patriarch and remains one of television's all-time great father figures.

Avery later fronted legal sitcom Sparks – which ran for two seasons – and played recurring roles on Lifetime's crime drama The Division and TNT's The Closer.

He also worked consistently as a voice artist. His most notable voice role, as The Shredder on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, actually came before Fresh Prince, but is worth mentioning because it's an amazing fact.

Sadly, Avery passed away in December 2013, aged 65.

"Some of my greatest lessons in acting, living and being a respectable human being came through James Avery," Will Smith wrote in tribute. "Every young man needs an Uncle Phil. Rest in Peace."

Karyn Parsons

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After starring on Fresh Prince as spoiled brat Hilary Banks, Parsons played another (very similar) airhead – Margot Hines – on the sitcom Lush Life, but the Fox series was dropped after just four episodes.

She was also part of the supporting cast on ABC's Denis Leary cop show The Job from 2001-2002. More recently, Parsons founded the company Sweet Blackberry, which produces short films for kids celebrating unsung heroes of black history.

Janet Hubert

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The first Aunt Viv, Hubert ended her association with The Fresh Prince at the end of its third season. It's fair to say her relationship with the show these days isn't great.

She first spoke out against Will Smith in her 2009 memoirs and since then, she's branded her former co-star an "egomaniac" and an "asshole" and alleged that he and Alfonso Ribeiro did "heinous, horrible things" to her on set. Cripes.

Following her Fresh Prince exit, Hubert reunited with screen daughter Karyn Parsons on The Job and played Chandler's boss in a 2002 episode of Friends. She heads the meeting that Chandler sleeps through, landing him a job in Tulsa...

And in what may be a nod to her most famous role, Hubert voiced 'Aunt' Denise Clinton in Grand Theft Auto V, released 2013.

Daphne Maxwell Reid

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Reid was the second, decidedly less spiky Aunt Viv, who remained with the show until its finale in 1996.

Since then, she's mostly stuck with sitcoms, appearing in six episodes of UPN series Eve between 2003 and 2006, and three of BET's Let's Stay Together between 2011 and 2014.

She is also an accomplished photographer and has put out a collection of her best pics under the truly genius title 'Daphne Maxwell Reid's Fresh Prints'.

Tatyana Ali

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Ali launched a music career off the back of her role as Ashley Banks, with her first album (1999's Kiss The Sky) going Gold and hit single 'Daydreamin' peaking at no. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the UK Singles Chart.

Ali's acting career has also continued apace – she recurred on soap The Young and the Restless from 2007-13 and landed her own sitcom Love That Girl! in 2010. She left that show in 2013 ahead of its fourth and final season, and released a new EP called Hello in January 2014.

Joseph Marcell

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Suave British butler Geoffrey was The Fresh Prince's secret weapon with his stream of dry one-liners.

In the past two decades, Marcell has returned to the United Kingdom, winning rave reviews for his nationwide tour as King Lear and appearing on EastEnders in 2006 as Patrick Trueman's old foe Aubrey Valentine.

In 2014, he appeared on BBC One's frothy crime drama Death in Paradise, and told us here at Digital Spy that he finds the ongoing worldwide passion for The Fresh Prince "astonishing".

Ross Bagley

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Remember Nicky, the youngest Banks sibling who transformed from infant to pre-schooler off-screen? Bagley played the older version in the final two seasons of The Fresh Prince.

After he appeared opposite Will Smith once again in Independence Day – this time playing his surrogate son – Bagley's acting roles were a little thin on the ground.

In 2005, he enrolled in California State University at Northridge to study cinema and television arts, and in late 2014 he reunited with his co-stars from 1994 film The Little Rascals for its 20th anniversary.

Jeff Townes (aka DJ Jazzy Jeff)

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Will's pal Jazz would often incur Uncle Phil's wrath by flirting with Hilary, and a recurring gag saw him repeatedly tossed head-first from the Banks' residence onto their lawn.

Once The Fresh Prince wrapped, Townes went back to music full time, releasing several albums including 2007's The Return of the Magnificent, which went gold.

He was also part of Graham Norton's mini-Fresh Prince reunion in 2013, and that same year released web series Vinyl Destination, charting over 100 DJ shows he'd played across the world.

Townes continues to work as a producer and DJ – having teamed up with the likes of Eminem, The Roots and Jewel over the course of his career.

Nia Long

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Remember Lisa Wilkes? Will's most serious girlfriend on the show, he and Lisa almost made it down the aisle twice, but she vanished after they decided to call it quits the second time.

Happily, Long *didn't* vanish. She's remained a popular face on US television since her Fresh Prince exit, appearing on Third Watch from 2003 to 2005, and more recently recurring on the Emmy-winning House of Lies in 2012.

She was most recently seen in ABC's television revamp of the '80s movie classic Uncle Buck, which aired for just one season in summer 2016.

Tyra Banks

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After she appeared in 8 episodes of The Fresh Prince as Will's love interest Jackie Ames, nothing much ever became of Tyra Banks.

...Yeah, who are we kidding?

By the '00s Tyra was one of the top-earning models in *the entire world* – and in 2000, she featured in two of her finest screen outings, big-screen hit Coyote Ugly and the seminal TV movie Life-Size opposite Lindsay Lohan.

But her finest hour was yet to come. In 2003, Banks became a true screen icon and a hero to millions (no hyperbole) when she created and became the host of America's Next Top Model.

Vernee Watson-Johnson

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Watson-Johnson appeared in 15 episodes of The Fresh Prince as Will's mum, and remains a regular player on US television.

In the past two decades, she's appeared on everything from The West Wing to The Big Bang Theory – appearing in the latter as sperm bank receptionist Althea from 2006-2012.

She also recurred on two soaps – The Young in the Restless in 1999 and Days of Our Lives in 2007 – and continues to appear in some of the hottest US comedies, guesting on Comedy Central's Key and Peele and ABC's acclaimed Fresh Off the Boat.

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