
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 Oscars

The Daily Show

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Graham Norton Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Tony Awards

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Real Time with Bill Maher

Law & Order

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Colbert Report

What If...?

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

Honest Trailers

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Today

Raw

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

The Proud Family

HBO First Look

The Jonathan Ross Show

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Marvel Studios Legends

Finding Your Roots

The Boondocks

Amend: The Fight for America

Extras

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

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Iron Man

FireAid Benefit Concert

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Avengers: Infinity War

Inglourious Basterds

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Avengers: Endgame

Thor

GoodFellas

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Out of Sight

WandaVision

The Exorcist III

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

The Infinity Saga

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

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Prohibition

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

Avengers: Doomsday

Astro Boy

Coming to America

Return to Jurassic Park

Avengers: Secret Wars

The Avengers

Do the Right Thing

Argylle

Jurassic Park

RoboCop

True Romance

Captain America: The First Avenger

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

Patriot Games

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Iron Man 2

The Other Guys

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

Losing Isaiah

Juice

The Incredibles

The War

Chi-Raq

Django Unchained

Strictly Business

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Menace II Society

Incredibles 2

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Oldboy

Hard Eight

Turbo

xXx

The Marvels

Jumper

Captain America: Brave New World

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Spider-Man: Far From Home

A Time to Kill

Glass

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Sphere

Deep Blue Sea

The Kill Room

The Legend of Tarzan

1408

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

The Banker

The Long Kiss Goodnight

The Garfield Movie

Black Snake Moan

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Cell

Twisted

xXx: State of the Union

Captain Marvel

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

Rules of Engagement

Mr. Incredible and Pals

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Jackie Brown

Changing Lanes

Kong: Skull Island

Unicorn Store

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

Unbreakable

The Hitman's Bodyguard

The Protégé

Pulp Fiction

Against the Wall

Unthinkable

Secret Invasion

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

The Hateful Eight

One Eight Seven

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

The Hateful Eight: Extended Version

Shaft

Coach Carter

Man of War

Damaged

S.W.A.T.

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion

Afro Samurai

Big Game

Cleaner
Production Credits
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