
Samuel L. Jackson
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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

Saturday Night Live

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Tony Awards

Real Time with Bill Maher

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Law & Order

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Colbert Report

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

The Movies That Made Us

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

The Early Show

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Today

Raw

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

The Proud Family

HBO First Look

The Jonathan Ross Show

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Honest Trailers

The Boondocks

Finding Your Roots

Amend: The Fight for America

Marvel Studios Legends

Extras

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

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Iron Man

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Inglourious Basterds

Avengers: Infinity War

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Avengers: Endgame

Thor

GoodFellas

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

WandaVision

The Exorcist III

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Out of Sight

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

The Infinity Saga

The Oscars

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Ragtime

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

Quincy

What If...?

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

Prohibition

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Return to Jurassic Park

Avengers: Secret Wars

Avengers: Doomsday

Coming to America

Astro Boy

Do the Right Thing

The Avengers

Jurassic Park

RoboCop

Argylle

True Romance

Captain America: The First Avenger

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Patriot Games

Iron Man 2

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

The Other Guys

Losing Isaiah

The Incredibles

Juice

Menace II Society

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Incredibles 2

Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie

Deep Blue Sea

Strictly Business

Chi-Raq

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

The War

Django Unchained

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

Hard Eight

Turbo

xXx

Oldboy

The Marvels

Glass

The Legend of Tarzan

Spider-Man: Far From Home

A Time to Kill

The Kill Room

Jumper

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Captain America: Brave New World

Sphere

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

The Hitman's Bodyguard

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Cell

Unbreakable

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Jackie Brown

The Protégé

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Twisted

Captain Marvel

Pulp Fiction

Changing Lanes

Kong: Skull Island

Unicorn Store

Black Snake Moan

1408

Mr. Incredible and Pals

xXx: State of the Union

The Garfield Movie

Rules of Engagement

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

Against the Wall

The Banker

Big Game

Afro Samurai

Damaged

The Hateful Eight: Extended Version

Unthinkable

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion

Secret Invasion

The Hateful Eight

Cleaner

Shaft

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

One Eight Seven

S.W.A.T.

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

Coach Carter
Production Credits
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