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Samuel L. Jackson

Born · December 21, 1948 (76 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., USA

Bio

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).

Known for

Damaged

Dan Lawson

5.8

2024

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion

Self - 'Nick Fury'

5.0

2023

The Kill Room

Gordon

6.0

2023

An Audience with Adele

Self

8.3

2021

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Self

7.0

2021

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

Nick Fury (archive footage)

7.0

2021

#UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump

Self (archive footage)

6.6

2020

Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson

Presenter

0.0

2020

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

Agent Augustus Gibbons

6.1

2017

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Nick Fury

7.3

2015

Kite

Lieutenant Karl Aker

4.3

2014

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Nick Fury

7.7

2014

RoboCop

Pat Novak

5.9

2014

Oldboy

Chaney

5.9

2013

Turbo

Whiplash (voice)

6.2

2013

Django Unchained

Stephen

8.2

2012

Eddie Murphy: One Night Only

Self

6.1

2012

Zambezia

Tendai (voice)

6.2

2012

The Samaritan

Foley

5.4

2012

I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

Self

8.0

2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

(archive footage)

7.5

2012

Meeting Evil

Richie

5.3

2012

Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition

Narrator

5.2

2011

Arena

Logan

5.2

2011

African Cats

Narrator (voice)

7.4

2011

The Sunset Limited

Black

7.2

2011

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

Self

6.8

2010

Astro Boy

Zog (voice)

6.3

2009

Inglourious Basterds

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

8.2

2009

The Face is Familiar

Himself

0.0

2009

Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie

Self

8.0

2005

Mr. Incredible and Pals

Frozone (commentary voice)

5.8

2005

In My Country

Langston Whitfield

6.2

2004

John Travolta: The Inside Story

Self

8.0

2004

BaadAsssss Cinema

Self

6.0

2002

The 100 Greatest Films

Self

6.0

2001

Out of Sight

Hejira Henry (uncredited)

6.7

1998

The Search for One-eye Jimmy

Colonel Ron

5.6

1994

White Sands

Greg Meeker

5.9

1992

Eddie Murphy Raw

Eddie's Uncle

7.3

1987

Last Meals

Walter

0.0

The Unholy Trinity

St. Christopher

0.0

2024

The Garfield Movie

Vic (voice)

7.1

2024

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Self

7.4

2022

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

Self (archive footage)

6.7

2022

Kong: Skull Island

Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard

6.5

2017

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Barron

6.8

2016

Cell

Thomas 'Tom' McCourt

4.7

2016

The Legend of Tarzan

George Washington Williams

5.9

2016

The Hateful Eight

Major Marquis Warren

7.8

2015

Chi-Raq

Dolmedes

5.8

2015

Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed

Self

7.5

2015

Barely Lethal

Hardman

5.7

2015

Big Game

US President William Alan Moore

5.5

2015

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Valentine

7.6

2015

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

Self

6.9

2014

Reasonable Doubt

0.0

2010

Abel Turner

6.0

2008

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Mace Windu (voice)

6.1

2008

Iron Man

Nick Fury (uncredited)

7.6

2008

Jumper

Roland

6.2

2008

Gospel Hill

Paul Malcolm

4.7

2008

Cleaner

Tom Cutler

6.1

2007

1408

Gerald Olin

6.7

2007

Resurrecting the Champ

Champ

6.3

2007

Black Snake Moan

Lazarus

6.9

2006

Home of the Brave

William Marsh

5.4

2006

Farce of the Penguins

Narrator (voice)

4.0

2006

Mais Bastidores de Hollywood

Self

0.0

2006

Snakes on a Plane

7.9

2004

Twisted

John Mills

5.6

2004

Hollywood Legenden

Self

2.0

2004

S.W.A.T.

Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson

6.2

2003

Basic

West

6.5

2003

xXx

Agent Augustus Gibbons

5.9

2002

No Good Deed

Jack Friar

5.3

2002

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies

Self - Narrator

5.7

2002

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Mace Windu

6.6

2002

Changing Lanes

Doyle Gipson

6.3

2002

Middle School Confessions

Host

0.0

2002

The 51st State

Elmo McElroy

6.1

2001

The Caveman's Valentine

Romulus

5.7

2001

Unbreakable

Elijah Price

7.1

2000

Shaft

John Shaft

6.0

2000

Rules of Engagement

Col. Terry L. Childers

6.2

2000

Any Given Wednesday

Willie Nutter

5.8

2000

Shaft: Still the Man

Self

6.0

2000

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

Narrator / Host

8.1

1999

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Mace Windu

6.6

1999

Our Friend, Martin

Turner (voice)

7.4

1999

The Red Violin

Charles Morritz (Montréal)

7.4

1998

The Negotiator

Lt. Danny Roman

7.1

1998

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

Self

7.3

1998

Sphere

Dr. Harry Adams

6.1

1998

Jackie Brown

Ordell Robbie

7.4

1997

Eve's Bayou

Louis Batiste

6.3

1997

One Eight Seven

Trevor Garfield

6.6

1997

Hard Eight

Jimmy

6.9

1997

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Mitch Henessey

6.6

1996

A Time to Kill

Carl Lee Hailey

7.4

1996

Trees Lounge

Wendell

6.9

1996

The Great White Hype

Rev. Fred Sultan

5.2

1996

Fluke

Rumbo (voice)

7.1

1995

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Zeus Carver

7.3

1995

A Night to Die For

Self - Host

0.0

1995

Kiss of Death

Calvin Hart

5.6

1995

Losing Isaiah

Kadar Lewis

6.4

1995

The New Age

Dale Deveaux

5.5

1994

Pulp Fiction

Jules Winnfield

8.5

1994

Fresh

Sam

7.2

1994

Hail Caesar

Mailman

3.5

1994

Against the Wall

Jamaal

6.1

1994

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

Richard Greener

6.3

1994

True Romance

Big Don

7.5

1993

Menace II Society

Tat Lawson

7.5

1993

Amos & Andrew

Andrew Sterling

5.4

1993

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

Wes Luger

6.0

1993

Patriot Games

Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson

6.7

1992

Juice

Trip

7.2

1992

Fathers and Sons

Marshall

5.1

1992

Strictly Business

Monroe

5.4

1991

Jumpin' at the Boneyard

Mr. Simpson

6.4

1991

The Exorcist III

Dream Blind Man

6.2

1990

Uncle Tom's Cabin

George

7.8

1987

The Beast

0.0

Jungle Fever

Gator Purify

6.4

1991

The Return of Superfly

Nate Cabot

5.8

1990

GoodFellas

Stacks Edwards

8.5

1990

Mo' Better Blues

Madlock

6.5

1990

Common Ground

Rev. Bob McClair

10.0

1990

Def by Temptation

Minister Garth

4.8

1990

A Shock to the System

Ulysses

6.4

1990

Sea of Love

Black Guy

6.6

1989

Do the Right Thing

Mister Señor Love Daddy

7.8

1989

Coming to America

Hold-Up Man

6.9

1988

School Daze

Leeds

5.9

1988

Ragtime

Gang Member No. 2

7.0

1981

The Displaced Person

Sulk

7.0

1977

Together for Days

Stan

8.0

1972

Afterburn

Valentine

0.0

The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision

Self

0.0

2024

The Piano Lesson

Doaker Charles

6.0

2024

Argylle

Alfie

6.1

2024

The Marvels

Nick Fury

6.1

2023

Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?

self

9.0

2023

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Jimbo (voice)

6.7

2022

The Protégé

Moody

6.6

2021

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Darius Kincaid

6.7

2021

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

Marcus Banks

6.0

2021

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Self (archive footage)

8.0

2021

Death to 2020

Dash Bracket

6.5

2020

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

Self

8.2

2020

One World: Together at Home

Self

7.0

2020

The Banker

Joe Morris

7.6

2020

The Last Full Measure

Takoda

7.3

2020

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Mace Windu (voice)

6.3

2019

QT8: The First Eight

Self (uncredited)

7.2

2019

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Nick Fury

7.4

2019

Shaft

John Shaft

6.5

2019

Avengers: Endgame

Nick Fury

8.2

2019

Captain Marvel

Nick Fury

6.8

2019

Glass

Elijah Price / Mr. Glass

6.7

2019

Life Itself

Self

7.2

2018

Quincy

Self

7.3

2018

Incredibles 2

8.0

2011

On the Shoulders of Giants

6.3

2011

Return to Jurassic Park

Self

6.6

2011

Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story

Elmo McElroy (archive footage)

6.2

2010

Crítico

Self

7.9

2008

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story

Narrator

8.5

2007

Honor Deferred

Narrator

0.0

2006

The N Word

Self

6.6

2006

Tarantino's Mind

Jules Winnfield / Rufus (archive footage)

7.0

2006

My Date with Drew

Self (uncredited)

5.9

2005

George Lucas: Creating an Empire

Presenter/Self

0.0

2005

The Incredibles

Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)

Russell Franklin

6.0

1999

Forever Hollywood

Self

8.0

1999

Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life

Narrator (voice)

6.0

1996

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

Narrator

10.0

1996

Jurassic Park

Arnold

8.0

1993

Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace

Everett Hatcher

5.5

1991

Johnny Suede

B-Bop

5.2

1991

Betsy's Wedding

Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)

5.7

1990

Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella

The Janitor

10.0

1990

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

Self

6.7

1989

Dead Man Out

Calvin Fredricks

7.2

1989

Magic Sticks

Bum

10.0

1987

The Exterminator

Extra (uncredited)

5.6

1980

The Honest Liar

Nick DeFranco

0.0

American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special

Himself

0.0

The Fix

Narrator (voice) · (8 episodes)

0.0

2022

What If...?

5.9

2017

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self · (2 episodes)

6.6

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

(1 episode)

6.6

2015

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Self · (1 episode)

5.7

2015

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Self · (2 episodes)

4.4

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self · (3 episodes)

5.8

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

(1 episode)

5.8

2014

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Nick Fury · (2 episodes)

7.5

2013

Circus Halligalli

(1 episode)

5.4

2013

Finding Your Roots

Self · (1 episode)

6.2

2012

Honest Trailers

Mace Windu (archive footage) · (1 episode)

6.4

2012

Honest Trailers

Nick Fury (archive footage) · (2 episodes)

6.4

2012

Prohibition

Reader (voice) · (3 episodes)

7.9

2011

The Jonathan Ross Show

Self · (1 episode)

4.8

2011

Dynamo: Magician Impossible

Self · (1 episode)

6.7

2011

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest · (3 episodes)

5.0

2009

Alan Carr: Chatty Man

Self · (1 episode)

4.9

2009

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Mace Windu (voice) (archive sound) · (1 episode)

8.5

2008

The War

Narrator · (7 episodes)

8.1

2008

The Graham Norton Show

Self · (5 episodes)

7.2

2007

Afro Samurai

Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja (voice) · (5 episodes)

7.2

2007

The Henry Rollins Show

(1 episode)

5.5

2006

Iconoclasts

Self · (1 episode)

6.0

2005

The Boondocks

(3 episodes)

8.1

2005

The Colbert Report

(1 episode)

6.8

2005

Extras

Samuel L. Jackson · (1 episode)

7.8

2005

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

(2 episodes)

0.0

2005

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

An Officer of the Law · (1 episode)

6.8

2005

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Self · (2 episodes)

6.8

2005

America Beyond the Color Line

Self · (1 episode)

6.0

2004

Real Time with Bill Maher

Himself · (1 episode)

6.0

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

0.0

1998

The View

Self · (7 episodes)

4.4

1997

The View

Self - Guest · (2 episodes)

4.4

1997

Leute heute

Self · (1 episode)

3.0

1997

The Daily Show

Self · (8 episodes)

6.4

1996

The Frank Skinner Show

Self · (1 episode)

7.5

1995

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

The Mayor (voice) · (1 episode)

6.0

1995

Inside the Actors Studio

Self · (1 episode)

7.4

1994

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest · (4 episodes)

7.1

1993

WWE Raw

(1 episode)

6.7

1993

Ghostwriter

Reggie Jenkins · (58 episodes)

6.8

1992

HBO First Look

(1 episode)

4.9

1992

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Self - Presenter · (1 episode)

7.7

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

(4 episodes)

5.4

1992

Law & Order

Attorney Louis Taggert · (1 episode)

7.4

1990

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

(2 episodes)

5.2

1988

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

Brother Elvis · (1 episode)

5.0

1987

Spenser: For Hire

(1 episode)

6.6

1985

The Trial of the Moke

Johnson Whittaker

10.0

1978

Saturday Night Live

9.0

1948