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Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Birthday: 1948-12-21 | Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
Argylle

as    Alfie

2024
Damaged

as    Dan Lawson

2024
The Pixar Metaverse Theory

as    Lucius Best (archive footage)

2024
The Garfield Movie

as    Vic (voice)

2023
The Kill Room

as    Gordon

2023
The Marvels

as    Nick Fury

2023
Secret Invasion

as    Nick Fury

2022
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

as    Jimbo (voice)

2022
The Fix

as    Narrator (voice)

2022
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

as    Ptolemy Grey

2022
JANET JACKSON.

as    Self

2021
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

as    Darius Kincaid

2021
Spiral: From the Book of Saw

as    Marcus Banks

2021
The Protégé

as    Moody

2021
What If...?

as    Nick Fury

2021
An Audience with Adele

as    Self

2020
The Match: Champions for Charity

as    Commentator

2020
Death to 2020

as    Dash Bracket

2020
The Banker

as    Joe Morris

2020
Enslaved

as    Self

2020
The Last Full Measure

as    Takoda

2019
Glass

as    Elijah Price / Mr. Glass

2019
Shaft

as    John Shaft

2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home

as    Nick Fury

2019
Captain Marvel

as    Nick Fury