Samuel L. Jackson

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

Birth Location Washington, D.C., USA
Born 1948-12-21

Movies

The Piano Lesson as Doaker Charles
2024
The Unholy Trinity as St. Christopher
2024
The Garfield Movie as Vic (voice)
2024
Damaged as Dan Lawson
2024
Argylle as Alfie
2024
The Marvels as Nick Fury
2023
The Kill Room as Gordon
2023
2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self (archive footage)
2022
2021
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special as Nick Fury (archive footage)
2021
The Protégé as Moody
2021
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard as Darius Kincaid
2021
2021
Death to 2020 as Dash Bracket
2020
#UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump as Self (archive footage)
2020
2020
The Banker as Joe Morris
2020
2020
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Mace Windu (voice)
2019
QT8: The First Eight as Self (uncredited)
2019
2019
Shaft as John Shaft
2019
Avengers: Endgame as Nick Fury
2019
Captain Marvel as Nick Fury
2019
Glass as Elijah Price / Mr. Glass
2019
Quincy as Self
2018
Life Itself as Self
2018
Incredibles 2 as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
2018
Avengers: Infinity War as Nick Fury (uncredited)
2018
2017
Unicorn Store as The Salesman
2017
The Hitman's Bodyguard as Darius Kincaid
2017
The Words That Built America as Self - Reader - Declaration of Independence
2017
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
Kong: Skull Island as Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard
2017
I Am Not Your Negro as Narrator (voice)
2017
xXx: Return of Xander Cage as Agent Augustus Gibbons
2017
2016
Cell as Thomas 'Tom' McCourt
2016
The Legend of Tarzan as George Washington Williams
2016
The Hateful Eight as Major Marquis Warren
2015
Chi-Raq as Dolmedes
2015
The Blackened Mantle as Mace Windu
2015
Barely Lethal as Hardman
2015
2015
Big Game as US President William Alan Moore
2015
2015
Kite as Lieutenant Karl Aker
2014
RoboCop as Pat Novak
2014
Reasonable Doubt as Clinton Davis
2014
Face of Unity as Self
2014
Oldboy as Chaney
2013
Turbo as Whiplash (voice)
2013
Django Unchained as Stephen
2012
Zambezia as Tendai (voice)
2012
The Avengers as Nick Fury
2012
The Samaritan as Foley
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2012
Meeting Evil as Richie
2012
Arena as Logan
2011
Go the F**k to Sleep as Narrator (voice)
2011
African Cats as Narrator (voice)
2011
Thor as Nick Fury (uncredited)
2011
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story as Elmo McElroy (archive footage)
2011
2011
The Other Guys as P.K. Highsmith
2010
Unthinkable as Henry Harold 'H' Humphries
2010
Iron Man 2 as Nick Fury
2010
2010
2010
2009
Afro Samurai: Resurrection as Afro / Ninja-Ninja (voice)
2009
Astro Boy as Zog (voice)
2009
Inglourious Basterds as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2009
2009
Uneven Fairways as Narrator
2009
The Spirit as Octopus
2008
Soul Men as Louis Hinds
2008
Lakeview Terrace as Abel Turner
2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Mace Windu (voice)
2008
Iron Man as Nick Fury (uncredited)
2008
Jumper as Roland
2008
Gospel Hill as Paul Malcolm
2008
Crítico as Self
2008
Cleaner as Tom Cutler
2007
1408 as Gerald Olin
2007
2007
Black Snake Moan as Lazarus
2006
Home of the Brave as William Marsh
2006
Farce of the Penguins as Narrator (voice)
2006
Snakes on a Plane as Neville Flynn
2006
Freedomland as Lorenzo Council
2006
Honor Deferred as Narrator
2006
The N Word as Self
2006
Tarantino's Mind as Jules Winnfield / Rufus (archive footage)
2006
The Man as Derrick Vann
2005
My Date with Drew as Self (uncredited)
2005
xXx: State of the Union as Agent Augustus Gibbons
2005
Mr. Incredible and Pals as Frozone (commentary voice)
2005
2005
Coach Carter as Ken Carter
2005
The Incredibles as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction as Officer Frank Tenpenny (voice) (uncredited)
2004
In My Country as Langston Whitfield
2004
2004
Twisted as John Mills
2004
2004
S.W.A.T. as Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
2003
Basic as West
2003
2002
xXx as Agent Augustus Gibbons
2002
No Good Deed as Jack Friar
2002
Changing Lanes as Doyle Gipson
2002
The 51st State as Elmo McElroy
2001
2001
2001
Unbreakable as Elijah Price
2000
Shaft as John Shaft
2000
Rules of Engagement as Col. Terry L. Childers
2000
Any Given Wednesday as Willie Nutter
2000
2000
Deep Blue Sea as Russell Franklin
1999
Our Friend, Martin as Turner (voice)
1999
1999
The Red Violin as Charles Morritz (Montréal)
1998
The Negotiator as Lt. Danny Roman
1998
Out of Sight as Hejira Henry (uncredited)
1998
Sphere as Dr. Harry Adams
1998
Jackie Brown as Ordell Robbie
1997
Eve's Bayou as Louis Batiste
1997
One Eight Seven as Trevor Garfield
1997
Hard Eight as Jimmy
1997
The Long Kiss Goodnight as Mitch Henessey
1996
A Time to Kill as Carl Lee Hailey
1996
1996
Trees Lounge as Wendell
1996
The Great White Hype as Rev. Fred Sultan
1996
Fluke as Rumbo (voice)
1995
1995
A Night to Die For as Self - Host
1995
Kiss of Death as Calvin Hart
1995
Losing Isaiah as Kadar Lewis
1995
1994
The New Age as Dale Deveaux
1994
Pulp Fiction as Jules Winnfield
1994
Fresh as Sam
1994
Hail Caesar as Mailman
1994
Against the Wall as Jamaal
1994
True Romance as Big Don
1993
Jurassic Park as Arnold
1993
Menace II Society as Tat Lawson
1993
Amos & Andrew as Andrew Sterling
1993
Patriot Games as Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson
1992
White Sands as Greg Meeker
1992
Juice as Trip
1992
Fathers and Sons as Marshall
1992
1991
Strictly Business as Monroe
1991
Jumpin' at the Boneyard as Mr. Simpson
1991
Johnny Suede as B-Bop
1991
Jungle Fever as Gator Purify
1991
The Return of Superfly as Nate Cabot
1990
GoodFellas as Stacks Edwards
1990
The Exorcist III as Dream Blind Man (uncredited)
1990
Mo' Better Blues as Madlock
1990
Betsy's Wedding as Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)
1990
Common Ground as Rev. Bob McClair
1990
1990
Def by Temptation as Minister Garth
1990
Sea of Love as Black Guy
1989
Do the Right Thing as Mister Señor Love Daddy
1989
Dead Man Out as Calvin Fredricks
1989
Coming to America as Hold-Up Man
1988
School Daze as Leeds
1988
Eddie Murphy Raw as Eddie's Uncle
1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin as George
1987
Magic Sticks as Bum
1987
Ragtime as Gang Member No. 2
1981
The Exterminator as Extra (uncredited)
1980
The Trial of the Moke as Johnson Whittaker
1978
1977
1972
Afterburn as Valentine
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The Beast as President
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Last Meals as Walter
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Movies

Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson Executive Producer
2020
The Banker Executive Producer
2020
The Samaritan Executive Producer
2012
Afro Samurai: Resurrection Executive Producer
2009
Cleaner Producer
2007
The 51st State Executive Producer
2001
The Caveman's Valentine Executive Producer
2001
Eve's Bayou Producer
1997