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
Acting

1997
asOrdell Robbie

1993
asBig Don

2006
asNeville Flynn

2004
asRufus

1989
asMister Señor Love Daddy

2000
asJohn Shaft

2010
asNick Fury

1998
asDr. Harry Adams

2002
asDoyle Gipson

1995
asZeus Carver

1994
asJules Winnfield

2001
asElmo McElroy

2011
asNick Fury (uncredited)

1996
asCarl Lee Hailey

1990
asStacks Edwards

2007
asGerald Olin

2008
asNick Fury (uncredited)

2011
asNick Fury

1999
asMace Windu

2002
asMace Windu

2005
asMace Windu

2002
asJack Friar

2000
asCol. Terry L. Childers

2003
asDrill Sgt. SFC Nathan West

2008
asPaul Malcolm

1996
asRev. Fred Sultan

1993
asAndrew Sterling

2005
asAgent Augustus Gibbons

1996
asMitch Henessey

1995
asCalvin Hart

1997
asTrevor Garfield

2002
asAgent Augustus Gibbons

2006
asLazarus

1996
asJimmy

1994
asJamaal

2005
asKen Carter

2010
asFear (voice)

2012
asNick Fury

2008
asRoland

2008
asOctopus

2004
asJack Johnson (voice)

2001
asRomulus

1989
asBlack Guy

2008
asMace Windu (voice)

1981
asGang Member No. 2

2005
asDerrick Vann

2003
asSgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson

1993
asTat Lawson

2000
asElijah Price

2006
asNarrator (voice)

1988
asHold-Up Man

2006
asLorenzo Council

2007
asTom Cutler

1998
asLt. Danny Roman

2008
asAbel Turner

1993
asWes Luger

2007
asChamp

2010
asP.K. Highsmith

1992
asLt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson

2021
asNick Fury (archive footage)

2004
asSelf

2004
asJohn Mills

1995
asKadar Lewis

1994
asSam

2021
asSelf

2006
asWilliam Marsh

1994
asDale Deveaux

1990
asMadlock

1998
asCharles Morritz (Montréal)

2024
asDan Lawson

2008
asLouis Hinds

1990
asNate Cabot

2009
asAfro / Ninja-Ninja (voice)

2009
asPaul

2006
asSelf

2021
asSelf

2010
asHenry Harold 'H' Humphries

1991
asMonroe

1997
asLouis Batiste

1992
asTrip

2009
asNarrator

2009
asZog (voice)

2004
asLangston Whitfield

2009
asNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1998
asHejira Henry (uncredited)

2001
asSelf

1987
asEddie's Uncle

2017
asAgent Augustus Gibbons

2002
asSelf

1994
asColonel Ron

2012
asStephen

1992
asGreg Meeker

2011
asLogan

1990
asMinister Garth

2011
asBlack

2011
asNarrator (voice)

2012
asRichie

2012
as(archive footage)

2010
asSelf

1992
asMarshall

1972
asStan

2013
asWhiplash (voice)

2013
asChaney

2014
asPat Novak

2014
asNick Fury

2012
asSelf

2012
asFoley

2011
asNarrator

2015
asNick Fury

2005
asSelf

2012
asSelf

2004
asSelf

2020
asSelf (archive footage)

2023
asGordon

2012
asTendai (voice)

2005
asFrozone (commentary voice)

2000
asSelf

2014
asLieutenant Karl Aker

2009
asHimself

2023
asSelf - 'Nick Fury'

1994
asMailman

2015
asUS President William Alan Moore

2024
asVic (voice)

2022
asSelf (archive footage)

2014
asClinton Davis

1987
asGeorge

2002
asHost

2010
asHimself

1995
asRumbo (voice)
as
2015
asHardman

2016
asThomas 'Tom' McCourt

2015
asValentine

2000
asWillie Nutter

1977
asSulk

2005
asSelf

2025
asSt. Christopher

1990
asUlysses

1999
asNarrator / Host

1990
asDream Blind Man

1998
asSelf

1991
asMr. Simpson

2022
asSelf

2016
asGeorge Washington Williams

1991
asGator Purify

1996
asWendell

1995
asSelf - Host

1994
asRichard Greener

1999
asTurner (voice)

1990
asRev. Bob McClair

1988
asLeeds

2025
asValentine

2016
asBarron

2014
asSelf

2015
asDolmedes

2015
asMajor Marquis Warren

2006
asSelf

2017
asLieutenant Colonel Preston Packard

2010
asNarrator

2002
asSelf - Narrator

2005
asSelf (uncredited)

2006
asJules Winnfield / Rufus (archive footage)

2011
asNarrator (voice)

2004
asLucius Best / Frozone (voice)

1993
asArnold

1999
asRussell Franklin

2022
asJimbo (voice)

2013
asSelf

2014
asSelf

2015
asSelf

2017
asDarius Kincaid

1991
asEverett Hatcher

2017
asThe Salesman

1989
asSelf

2018
asLucius Best / Frozone (voice)

2010
asElmo McElroy (archive footage)

2017
asHost

2018
asSelf

1991
asB-Bop

2019
asElijah Price / Mr. Glass

2013
asSelf

1990
asTaxi Dispatcher (Mickey)

1987
asBum

1980
asExtra (uncredited)

1989
asCalvin Fredricks

1978
asJohnson Whittaker

2017
asSelf - Reader: Declaration of Independence

2019
asJohn Shaft

2020
asTakoda

2003
as
2018
asNick Fury (uncredited)

2002
asSelf

2019
asNick Fury

2012
asSelf

2021
asDarius Kincaid

2019
asNick Fury

1996
asNarrator (voice)

2017
asSelf

2018
asSelf

1999
asSelf

2008
asSelf

2021
asMarcus Banks

2020
asJoe Morris

2016
asSelf

2021
asMoody

2016
asSelf

2019
asMace Windu (voice)

2006
asNarrator

2001
asSelf

2019
asNick Fury

1990
asThe Janitor

2011
as
2014
asSelf

2011
asRufus

1996
asNarrator

2001
asSelf

2020
asSelf

2011
asSelf

2020
asDash Bracket

2017
asNarrator (voice)

2006
asSelf

2024
asDoaker Charles

2007
asNarrator

2005
asPresenter/Self

2017
asSelf - Actor (archive footage)

2019
asSelf (uncredited)

2020
asSelf

2024
asAlfie

2023
asNick Fury

2021
asSelf (archive footage)

2017
asself

2023
asself
asNick DeFranco

2024
asSelf
as
2024
asSelf
as
2025
asSelf
asMorris Stokes
as
1998
asHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)

2002
asSelf (archive footage)
as
2000
as
asJack Wolfe

2004
asTenpenny (voice)

2019
asMace Windu
asSelf
asAttorney Louis Taggert
asSelf
as
asSelf
as
asSelf
asSamuel L. Jackson
asSelf - Guest
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asReggie Jenkins
asSelf
asSelf
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asSelf - Guest
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asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asAfro Samurai / Ninja Ninja (voice)
asSelf
asSelf
as
as
asSelf - Host
asNick Fury (voice)
asSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
asAn Officer of the Law
asNick Fury
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf - Presenter
asNick Fury (archive footage) (uncredited)
as
asNick Fury
asPtolemy Grey
asSelf - Presenter
asNarrator (voice)
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
asNarrator (voice)
asSelf
asSelf
as
asSelf
asThe Mayor (voice)
asSelf (archive footage)
as
asFrank Moten
asSir Fury (voice)
asMace Windu (voice) (archive sound)
asSelf
asMace Windu (archive footage)
asNick Fury (archive footage)
asJoseph (voice)
asSelf - Guest
as
asSelf
asSelf
as
asBrother Elvis
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asHimself
asReader (voice)
asVoice Over
asSelf
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asSelf
asSam
asSelf
asSelf
asNick Fury (voice)
asSelf - Presenter
asProduction

2012
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2007
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2009
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2001
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2001
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1997
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2020
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2007
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