Samuel L. Jackson
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
326
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-12-21 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., USA
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).
Known For
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Law & Order
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Avengers
The Graham Norton Show
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Great Performances
Leute heute
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The Colbert Report
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The View
The View
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Incredibles
Avengers: Infinity War
Tony Awards
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Iron Man 2
What If...?
What If...?
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Incredibles 2
Inglourious Basterds
The Boondocks
The Boondocks
Tamron Hall
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Bambi
Pulp Fiction
The Garfield Movie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Iron Man
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Avengers: Endgame
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Django Unchained
GoodFellas
Thor
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Parkinson
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Marvel Studios Legends
Afterburn
Captain America: The First Avenger
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
The Jonathan Ross Show
The Marvels
The Legend of Tarzan
The Other Guys
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Finding Your Roots
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Secret Invasion
The Oscars
The Oscars
Jurassic Park
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Captain Marvel
Today
Jackie Brown
The Proud Family
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Damaged
xXx: State of the Union
The Hateful Eight
Extras
Argylle
RoboCop
Astro Boy
The Long Kiss Goodnight
TRL
Unbreakable
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
1408
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Shaft
Spenser: For Hire
HBO First Look
The Hitman's Bodyguard
The Red Violin
Jumper
The Banker
The Protégé
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
S.W.A.T.
Oldboy
Turbo
Rules of Engagement
The Negotiator
Juice
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Coming to America
A Time to Kill
Reasonable Doubt
Shaft
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Cleaner
African Cats
Glass
Black Snake Moan
True Romance
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
Circus Halligalli
Staged
The Exorcist III
One Eight Seven
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Big Game
The Frank Skinner Show
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
The Movies That Made Us
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Coach Carter
Incredibles 3
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Unthinkable
School Daze
Some Good News
Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed
Basic
Untitled J.J. Abrams Film
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
Ghostwriter
Menace II Society
The Samaritan
Zambezia
Twisted
Home of the Brave
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
The Spirit
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
The Unholy Trinity
Hail Caesar
Snakes on a Plane
Sphere
The Kill Room
Soul Men
Chi-Raq
Deep Blue Sea
Sea of Love
Patriot Games
QT8: The First Eight
Death to 2020
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
Hard Eight
A Shock to the System
Amos & Andrew
Prohibition
An Audience with Adele
The Piano Lesson
The New Age
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Changing Lanes
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Amend: The Fight for America
The Great White Hype
No Good Deed
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Afro Samurai
Hollywood Legenden
Against the Wall
Lakeview Terrace
In My Country
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Miracle on 42nd Street
Fluke
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
BaadAsssss Cinema
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
I Am Not Your Negro
Out of Sight
On the Shoulders of Giants
Trees Lounge
The Return of Superfly
The Man
Arena
The 51st State
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
The Displaced Person
Critic
Honor Deferred
The Last Full Measure
Def by Temptation
Afro Samurai: Resurrection
Cell
The Early Show
Mr. Incredible and Pals
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Common Ground
Do the Right Thing
Return to Jurassic Park
Iconoclasts
Fresh
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Kiss of Death
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Magic Sticks
Mother and Child
The Beast
The Caveman's Valentine
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Farce of the Penguins
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
The War
Dead Man Out
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Mo' Better Blues
Freedomland
America Beyond the Color Line
The Henry Rollins Show
Johnny Suede
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Heavy Rain
Jungle Fever
The Exterminator
Kite
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
The Words That Built America
Ragtime
Barely Lethal
Losing Isaiah
Resurrecting the Champ
Our Friend, Martin
Meeting Evil
The Sunset Limited
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Working Shakespeare
Tarantino's Mind
John Travolta: The Inside Story
Quincy
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
Gospel Hill
A Night to Die For
Betsy's Wedding
Dynamo: Magician Impossible
Unicorn Store
Life Itself
The Face is Familiar
Beyond the Spotlight
JANET JACKSON.
Together for Days
The Fix
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
Everything Is Samuel L. Jackson's Fault
Head Games
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
The Avengers: A Visual Journey
My Date with Drew
One World: Together at Home
Just Play Dead
Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Enslaved
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
Eve's Bayou
Forever Hollywood
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
St. Vincent
NOLA King
The Honest Liar
Any Given Wednesday
The Trial of the Moke
Fathers & Sons
All Saints: The Video
Inside the Actors Studio
Strictly Business
50 Films to See Before You Die
Eddie Murphy Raw
Eating You Alive
White Sands
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Uneven Fairways
Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
Face of Unity
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
The N Word
Shaft: Still the Man
Man of War
FireAid Benefit Concert
Morris Stokes
The 100 Greatest Films
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life
In the Land of the Free...
Opening the Tombs of the Golden Mummies: Live
Go the F**k to Sleep
Creating a King: Summoning a God
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
Comic Books & Superheroes
Middle School Confessions
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