Samuel L. Jackson
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
Actor
as Walter
as Valentine
as Nick DeFranco
as Doaker Charles
as St. Christopher
as Vic (voice)
as Dan Lawson
as Alfie
as Frank Moten
as Nick Fury
as Self - 'Nick Fury'
as Gordon
as Nick Fury
as Self
as Jimbo (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Ptolemy Grey
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Nick Fury (archive footage)
as Moody
as Darius Kincaid
as Marcus Banks
as Self (archive footage)
as Nick Fury (voice)
as Sir Fury (voice)
as Self
as Nick Fury (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Dash Bracket
as Self (archive footage)
as Presenter
as Self
as Joe Morris
as Takoda
as Self
as Sam
as Voice Over
as Mace Windu (voice)
as Self (uncredited)
as Nick Fury
as John Shaft
as Nick Fury
as Nick Fury
as Elijah Price / Mr. Glass
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
as self
as The Salesman
as Darius Kincaid
as Self
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
as Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard
as Narrator (voice)
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
as Self
as Self
as Thomas 'Tom' McCourt
as George Washington Williams
as Major Marquis Warren
as Dolmedes
as Hardman
as Nick Fury
as US President William Alan Moore
as Valentine
as Self
as Lieutenant Karl Aker
as Nick Fury
as Pat Novak
as Clinton Davis
as Self
as Self
as Chaney
as Whiplash (voice)
as Nick Fury
as Stephen
as Self
as Self
as Tendai (voice)
as Nick Fury
as Foley
as (archive footage)
as Richie
as Self
as Mace Windu (archive footage)
as Nick Fury (archive footage)
as Narrator
as Logan
as Nick Fury
as Narrator (voice)
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
as Narrator (voice)
as Rufus
as Black
as Self
as Reader (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Elmo McElroy (archive footage)
as Fear (voice)
as P.K. Highsmith
as Henry Harold 'H' Humphries
as Nick Fury
as Narrator
as Paul
as Afro / Ninja-Ninja (voice)
as Zog (voice)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Himself
as Narrator
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Octopus
as Louis Hinds
as Abel Turner
as Mace Windu (voice)
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
as Roland
as Paul Malcolm
as Self
as Mace Windu (voice) (archive sound)
as Narrator
as Tom Cutler
as Narrator
as Gerald Olin
as Champ
as Self
as Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja (voice)
as Lazarus
as William Marsh
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Neville Flynn
as Self
as Lorenzo Council
as Narrator
as Self
as Jules Winnfield / Rufus (archive footage)
as Derrick Vann
as Self (uncredited)
as Mace Windu
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
as Frozone (commentary voice)
as Presenter/Self
as Ken Carter
as Self
as Samuel L. Jackson
as An Officer of the Law
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
as Officer Frank Tenpenny (voice) (uncredited)
as Jack Johnson (voice)
as Langston Whitfield
as Self
as Rufus
as John Mills
as Self
as Self
as Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
as West
as Self
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
as Jack Friar
as Self - Narrator
as Mace Windu
as Doyle Gipson
as Host
as Elmo McElroy
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Romulus
as Joseph (voice)
as Elijah Price
as John Shaft
as Col. Terry L. Childers
as Willie Nutter
as Self
as Russell Franklin
as Narrator / Host
as Mace Windu
as Turner (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Charles Morritz (Montréal)
as Lt. Danny Roman
as Hejira Henry (uncredited)
as Dr. Harry Adams
as Self
as Self
as Ordell Robbie
as Louis Batiste
as Trevor Garfield
as Jimmy
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Mitch Henessey
as Carl Lee Hailey
as Narrator (voice)
as Wendell
as Rev. Fred Sultan
as Narrator
as Self
as Rumbo (voice)
as Zeus Carver
as Self - Host
as Calvin Hart
as Kadar Lewis
as Self
as The Mayor (voice)
as Colonel Ron
as Dale Deveaux
as Jules Winnfield
as Sam
as Mailman
as Jamaal
as Richard Greener
as Self
as Big Don
as Arnold
as Tat Lawson
as Andrew Sterling
as Wes Luger
as Self - Guest
as Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson
as Greg Meeker
as Trip
as Marshall
as Reggie Jenkins
as Self - Presenter
as Everett Hatcher
as Monroe
as Mr. Simpson
as B-Bop
as Gator Purify
as Nate Cabot
as Stacks Edwards
as Dream Blind Man
as Madlock
as Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)
as Rev. Bob McClair
as Minister Garth
as Ulysses
as The Janitor
as Attorney Louis Taggert
as Self
as Black Guy
as Mister Señor Love Daddy
as Calvin Fredricks
as Hold-Up Man
as Leeds
as Eddie's Uncle
as George
as Bum
as Brother Elvis
as Gang Member No. 2
as Extra (uncredited)
as Johnson Whittaker
as Sulk
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Stan
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Self
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
Creator
as Creator