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
Ordell Robbie
Jackie Brown
Neville Flynn
Snakes on a Plane
Big Don
True Romance
Rufus
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Mister Señor Love Daddy
Do the Right Thing
John Shaft
Shaft
Nick Fury
Iron Man 2
Doyle Gipson
Changing Lanes
Dr. Harry Adams
Sphere
Zeus Carver
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Jules Winnfield
Pulp Fiction
Elmo McElroy
The 51st State
Nick Fury (uncredited)
Thor
Carl Lee Hailey
A Time to Kill
Stacks Edwards
GoodFellas
Gerald Olin
1408
Nick Fury (uncredited)
Iron Man
Nick Fury
Captain America: The First Avenger
Mace Windu
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Mace Windu
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Mace Windu
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Jack Friar
No Good Deed
Col. Terry L. Childers
Rules of Engagement
Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
Basic
Paul Malcolm
Gospel Hill
Rev. Fred Sultan
The Great White Hype
Andrew Sterling
Amos & Andrew
Agent Augustus Gibbons
xXx: State of the Union
Mitch Henessey
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Calvin Hart
Kiss of Death
Trevor Garfield
One Eight Seven
Agent Augustus Gibbons
xXx
Lazarus
Black Snake Moan
Jimmy
Hard Eight
Jamaal
Against the Wall
Ken Carter
Coach Carter
Fear (voice)
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Nick Fury
The Avengers
Roland
Jumper
Octopus
The Spirit
Jack Johnson (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Romulus
The Caveman's Valentine
Black Guy
Sea of Love
Mace Windu (voice)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Gang Member No. 2
Ragtime
Derrick Vann
The Man
Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
S.W.A.T.
Tat Lawson
Menace II Society
Elijah Price
Unbreakable
Narrator (voice)
Farce of the Penguins
Hold-Up Man
Coming to America
Lorenzo Council
Freedomland
Tom Cutler
Cleaner
Lt. Danny Roman
The Negotiator
Abel Turner
Lakeview Terrace
Wes Luger
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Champ
Resurrecting the Champ
P.K. Highsmith
The Other Guys
Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson
Patriot Games
Nick Fury (archive footage)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Self
Hollywood Legenden
John Mills
Twisted
Kadar Lewis
Losing Isaiah
Sam
Fresh
Self
An Audience with Adele
William Marsh
Home of the Brave
Dale Deveaux
The New Age
Madlock
Mo' Better Blues
Charles Morritz (Montréal)
Le Violon rouge
Dan Lawson
Damaged
Louis Hinds
Soul Men
Afro / Ninja-Ninja (voice)
Afro Samurai: Resurrection
Nate Cabot
The Return of Superfly
Paul
Mother and Child
Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Henry Harold 'H' Humphries
Unthinkable
Monroe
Strictly Business
Louis Batiste
Eve's Bayou
Trip
Juice
Narrator
Uneven Fairways
Zog (voice)
Astro Boy
Langston Whitfield
In My Country
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Inglourious Basterds
Hejira Henry (uncredited)
Out of Sight
Self
The 100 Greatest Films
Eddie's Uncle
Eddie Murphy Raw
Agent Augustus Gibbons
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Self
BaadAsssss Cinema
Colonel Ron
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
Stephen
Django Unchained
Greg Meeker
White Sands
Logan
Arena
Minister Garth
Def by Temptation
Black
The Sunset Limited
Narrator (voice)
African Cats
Richie
Meeting Evil
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
Self
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Marshall
Fathers & Sons
Stan
Together for Days
Whiplash (voice)
Turbo
Chaney
Oldboy
Pat Novak
RoboCop
Nick Fury
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Self
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
Foley
The Samaritan
Narrator
Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition
Nick Fury
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Self
Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie
Self
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
Self
John Travolta: The Inside Story
Self (archive footage)
#UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump
Gordon
The Kill Room
Tendai (voice)
Zambezia
Frozone (commentary voice)
Mr. Incredible and Pals
Self
Shaft: Still the Man
Lieutenant Karl Aker
Kite
Himself
The Face is Familiar
Self - 'Nick Fury'
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
Mailman
Hail Caesar
US President William Alan Moore
Big Game
Vic (voice)
The Garfield Movie
Self (archive footage)
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Clinton Davis
Reasonable Doubt
George
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Host
Middle School Confessions
Himself
Heavy Rain
Rumbo (voice)
Fluke
The Beast
Hardman
Barely Lethal
Thomas 'Tom' McCourt
Cell
Valentine
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Willie Nutter
Any Given Wednesday
Sulk
The Displaced Person
Self
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
St. Christopher
The Unholy Trinity
Ulysses
A Shock to the System
Narrator / Host
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Dream Blind Man
The Exorcist III
Self
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
Mr. Simpson
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
Self
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
George Washington Williams
The Legend of Tarzan
Gator Purify
Jungle Fever
Wendell
Trees Lounge
Self - Host
A Night to Die For
Richard Greener
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Turner (voice)
Our Friend, Martin
Rev. Bob McClair
Common Ground
Leeds
School Daze
Valentine
Afterburn
Barron
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Self
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Dolmedes
Chi-Raq
Major Marquis Warren
The Hateful Eight
Self
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard
Kong: Skull Island
Narrator
In the Land of the Free...
Self - Narrator
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Self (uncredited)
My Date with Drew
Jules Winnfield / Rufus (archive footage)
O Código Tarantino
Narrator (voice)
Go the F**k to Sleep
Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
The Incredibles
Arnold
Jurassic Park
Russell Franklin
Deep Blue Sea
Jimbo (voice)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Self
Everything Is Samuel L. Jackson's Fault
Self
Face of Unity
Self
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Darius Kincaid
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Everett Hatcher
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
The Salesman
Unicorn Store
Self
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
Incredibles 2
Elmo McElroy (archive footage)
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
Host
Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Self
Life Itself
B-Bop
Johnny Suede
Elijah Price / Mr. Glass
Glass
Self
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
Calvin Fredricks
Dead Man Out
Extra (uncredited)
The Exterminator
Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)
Betsy's Wedding
Bum
Magic Sticks
Johnson Whittaker
The Trial of the Moke
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
The Words That Built America
John Shaft
Shaft
Takoda
The Last Full Measure
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Nick Fury (uncredited)
Avengers: Infinity War
Self
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
Nick Fury
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Self
The Avengers: A Visual Journey
Darius Kincaid
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Nick Fury
Captain Marvel
Narrator (voice)
Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life
Self
Creating a King: Summoning a God
Self
Quincy
Self
Forever Hollywood
Self
Crítico
Marcus Banks
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
Joe Morris
The Banker
Self
Eating You Alive
Moody
The Protégé
Self
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Mace Windu (voice)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Narrator
Honor Deferred
Self
Comic Books & Superheroes
Nick Fury
Avengers: Endgame
The Janitor
Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella
On the Shoulders of Giants
Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Rufus
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Narrator
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Self
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Self
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Self
Return to Jurassic Park
Dash Bracket
Death to 2020
Narrator (voice)
I Am Not Your Negro
Self
The N Word
Doaker Charles
The Piano Lesson
Narrator
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
Presenter/Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Self - Actor (archive footage)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
QT8: The First Eight
Self
One World: Together at Home
Alfie
Argylle
Nick Fury
The Marvels
Self (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
self
Miracle on 42nd Street
self
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
Nick DeFranco
The Honest Liar
Self
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
Acorns
Self
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
Head Games
Self
FireAid Benefit Concert
Morris Stokes
Untitled Hitman Thriller
St. Vincent
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
All Saints: The Video
Self (archive footage)
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
Man of War
Opening the Tombs of the Golden Mummies: Live
Jack Wolfe
Just Play Dead
Tenpenny (voice)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
Mace Windu
The Saga: Star Wars with Tommy Wiseau
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
247
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-12-21
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., USA
Also Known As
Sam Jackson