Samuel L. Jackson
Biography
Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the second highest-grossing actor of all time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him an Academy Honorary Award in 2022 as "A cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide".
Jackson started his career on stage making his professional theatre debut in Mother Courage and her Children in 1980 at The Public Theatre. From 1981 to 1983 he originated the role of Private Louis Henderson in A Soldier's Play Off-Broadway. He also originated the role of Boy Willie in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson in 1987 at the Yale Repertory Theatre. He returned to the play in the 2022 Broadway revival playing Doaker Charles. Jackson early film roles include Coming to America (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Patriot Games (1992), Juice (1992), True Romance (1993), and Jurassic Park (1993), Menace II Society (1993), and Fresh (1994). His collaborations with Spike Lee led to greater prominence with films such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Oldboy (2013), and Chi-Raq (2015).
Jackson's breakout role was in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) which earned him a BAFTA Award win and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He further collaborated with Tarantino, acting in Jackie Brown (1997), Django Unchained (2012), and The Hateful Eight (2015). He's known for having appeared in a number of big-budget films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), A Time to Kill (1996), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), The Negotiator (1997), Deep Blue Sea (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000) and its reboot (2019), XXX (2002), S.W.A.T. (2003), Coach Carter (2005), Snakes on a Plane (2006), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), and Glass (2019).
He also gained widespread recognition as the Jedi Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005), later voicing the role in the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) and the video game Lego Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011). With his permission, his likeness was used for the Ultimate version of the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury; he subsequently played Fury in 11 Marvel Cinematic Universe films, beginning with a cameo appearance in Iron Man (2008), as well as guest-starring in the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He will reprise this role in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion, which is set to premiere on June 21, 2023. Jackson has provided his voice for several animated films, documentaries, television series, and video games, including Lucius Best / Frozone in the Pixar films The Incredibles (2004) and Incredibles 2 (2018).
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-12-21
Place of birth
Washington, D.C., USA
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Cast
Jackie Brown
1997
7.36
True Romance
1993
7.54
Snakes on a Plane
2006
5.46
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
7.87
Do the Right Thing
1989
7.80
Shaft
2000
6.02
Iron Man 2
2010
6.80
Sphere
1998
6.10
Changing Lanes
2002
6.27
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
7.27
Pulp Fiction
1994
8.49
The 51st State
2001
6.10
Thor
2011
6.80
A Time to Kill
1996
7.38
GoodFellas
1990
8.46
1408
2007
6.70
Iron Man
2008
7.70
No Good Deed
2002
5.34
Rules of Engagement
2000
6.25
Basic
2003
6.49
Gospel Hill
2008
4.88
The Great White Hype
1996
5.23
Amos & Andrew
1993
5.40
xXx: State of the Union
2005
5.05
The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996
6.59
Kiss of Death
1995
5.66
One Eight Seven
1997
6.65
xXx
2002
5.94
Black Snake Moan
2006
6.84
Hard Eight
1996
6.87
Against the Wall
1994
6.11
Coach Carter
2005
7.58
The Avengers
2012
7.80
Jumper
2008
6.16
The Spirit
2008
4.77
The Caveman's Valentine
2001
5.76
Sea of Love
1989
6.60
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
6.14
Ragtime
1981
7.02
The Man
2005
5.77
S.W.A.T.
2003
6.16
Menace II Society
1993
7.51
Unbreakable
2000
7.14
Farce of the Penguins
2006
4.05
Coming to America
1988
6.88
Freedomland
2006
5.20
Cleaner
2007
6.08
The Negotiator
1998
7.10
Lakeview Terrace
2008
5.96
Resurrecting the Champ
2007
6.33
The Other Guys
2010
6.31
Patriot Games
1992
6.70
Hollywood Legenden
2004
2.00
Twisted
2004
5.60
Losing Isaiah
1995
6.42
Fresh
1994
7.17
An Audience with Adele
2021
8.30
Home of the Brave
2006
5.40
The New Age
1994
5.43
Mo' Better Blues
1990
6.48
The Red Violin
1998
7.35
Damaged
2024
5.69
Soul Men
2008
6.13
The Return of Superfly
1990
5.54
Afro Samurai: Resurrection
2009
6.83
Mother and Child
2009
6.60
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
8.50
Unthinkable
2010
6.78
Strictly Business
1991
5.49
Eve's Bayou
1997
6.34
Juice
1992
7.18
Uneven Fairways
2009
0.00
Astro Boy
2009
6.32
In My Country
2004
6.06
Inglourious Basterds
2009
8.21
Out of Sight
1998
6.70
The 100 Greatest Films
2001
5.50
Eddie Murphy Raw
1987
7.26
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
2017
6.13
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
6.10
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
1994
5.56
Django Unchained
2012
8.18
White Sands
1992
5.91
Arena
2011
5.24
Def by Temptation
1990
4.74
The Sunset Limited
2011
7.19
African Cats
2011
7.34
Meeting Evil
2012
5.30
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
7.54
Fathers & Sons
1992
5.08
Together for Days
1972
8.00
Turbo
2013
6.20
Oldboy
2013
5.92
RoboCop
2014
5.90
The Samaritan
2012
5.47
Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition
2011
5.20
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
7.30
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012
6.10
John Travolta: The Inside Story
2004
8.00
The Kill Room
2023
6.00
Zambezia
2012
6.20
Mr. Incredible and Pals
2005
5.83
Shaft: Still the Man
2000
6.00
Kite
2014
4.29
The Face is Familiar
2009
0.00
Hail Caesar
1994
3.38
Big Game
2015
5.49
The Garfield Movie
2024
7.06
Reasonable Doubt
2014
5.82
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987
6.96
Middle School Confessions
2002
0.00
Heavy Rain
2010
2.00
Fluke
1995
7.10
The Beast
0.00
Barely Lethal
2015
5.74
Cell
2016
4.70
Kingsman: The Secret Service
2015
7.63
Any Given Wednesday
2000
5.80
The Displaced Person
1977
7.00
The Unholy Trinity
2025
0.00
A Shock to the System
1990
6.42
The Exorcist III
1990
6.25
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
1991
6.27
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
7.40
The Legend of Tarzan
2016
5.90
Jungle Fever
1991
6.37
Trees Lounge
1996
6.89
A Night to Die For
1995
0.00
Our Friend, Martin
1999
6.88
Common Ground
1990
10.00
School Daze
1988
5.71
Afterburn
2025
0.00
Chi-Raq
2015
5.78
The Hateful Eight
2015
7.75
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
2006
0.00
Kong: Skull Island
2017
6.54
In the Land of the Free...
2010
0.00
My Date with Drew
2005
5.90
Tarantino's Mind
2006
7.00
Go the F**k to Sleep
2011
8.00
The Incredibles
2004
7.70
Jurassic Park
1993
7.95
Deep Blue Sea
1999
6.00
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
6.70
Face of Unity
2014
0.00
The Hitman's Bodyguard
2017
6.89
Unicorn Store
2017
5.91
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
1989
6.71
Incredibles 2
2018
7.46
Life Itself
2018
7.22
Johnny Suede
1991
5.11
Glass
2019
6.66
Betsy's Wedding
1990
5.70
Magic Sticks
1987
5.50
The Exterminator
1980
5.60
Dead Man Out
1989
6.33
The Trial of the Moke
1978
5.50
The Words That Built America
2017
6.00
Shaft
2019
6.50
The Last Full Measure
2020
7.32
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
8.20
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
2002
7.70
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019
7.40
The Avengers: A Visual Journey
2012
7.90
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021
6.70
Captain Marvel
2019
6.80
Creating a King: Summoning a God
2017
7.30
Quincy
2018
7.36
Forever Hollywood
1999
8.00
Critic
2008
7.90
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
2021
5.93
The Banker
2020
7.60
Eating You Alive
2016
7.10
The Protégé
2021
6.56
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
6.30
Honor Deferred
2006
0.00
Comic Books & Superheroes
2001
7.00
Avengers: Endgame
2019
8.20
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
6.30
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014
1.50
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
2001
6.50
Return to Jurassic Park
2011
6.60
Death to 2020
2020
6.50
I Am Not Your Negro
2017
7.73
The N Word
2006
6.60
The Piano Lesson
2024
6.10
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005
0.00
QT8: The First Eight
2019
7.20
One World: Together at Home
2020
7.00
Argylle
2024
6.00
The Marvels
2023
6.00
Miracle on 42nd Street
2017
0.00
The Honest Liar
0.00
Acorns
0.00
Head Games
0.00
FireAid Benefit Concert
2025
9.00
St. Vincent
0.00
All Saints: The Video
1998
0.00
Man of War
0.00
Just Play Dead
0.00