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).
Filmography
all 323
Movies 245
self 100
TV Shows 78
Voice 16
Narrator 10
Producer 2
Creator 1
The Garfield Movie (2024)
Damaged (2024)
Argylle (2024)
The Marvels (2023)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion (2023)
The Kill Room (2023)
Secret Invasion (2023)
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter? (2023)
Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home (2022)
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (2022)
JANET JACKSON. (2022)
The Fix (2022)
An Audience with Adele (2021)
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2021)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special (2021)
The Protégé (2021)
What If...? (2021)
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
Amend: The Fight for America (2021)
How It Feels to Be Free (2021)
Marvel Studios Legends (2021)
Death to 2020 (2020)
Beyond the Spotlight (2020)
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (2020)
#UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump (2020)
Enslaved (2020)
Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson (2020)
Staged (2020)
The Match: Champions for Charity (2020)
One World: Together at Home (2020)
Shaq Life (2020)
Some Good News (2020)
The Banker (2020)
The Last Full Measure (2020)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
The Movies That Made Us (2019)
QT8: The First Eight (2019)
Tamron Hall (2019)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Shaft (2019)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Captain Marvel (2019)
Glass (2019)
The Match: Tiger vs. Phil (2018)
Life Itself (2018)
Quincy (2018)
Incredibles 2 (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Miracle on 42nd Street (2017)
Unicorn Store (2017)
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
Carpool Karaoke: The Series (2017)
Creating a King: Summoning a God (2017)
The Words That Built America (2017)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood (2017)
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2017)
I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
Eating You Alive (2016)
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration (2016)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Cell (2016)
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
VICE Guide to Film (2016)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel (2015)
Chi-Raq (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed (2015)
Barely Lethal (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Big Game (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014)
Kite (2014)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
RoboCop (2014)
Reasonable Doubt (2014)
Face of Unity (2014)
Oldboy (2013)
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
Everything Is Samuel L. Jackson's Fault (2013)
Turbo (2013)
Circus Halligalli (2013)
Django Unchained (2012)
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking (2012)
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only (2012)
The Avengers: A Visual Journey (2012)
The Avengers: Assembling the Ultimate Team (2012)
Zambezia (2012)
The Avengers (2012)
Finding Your Roots (2012)
The Samaritan (2012)
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac (2012)
Honest Trailers (2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
Meeting Evil (2012)
Bizarre Foods America (2012)
Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition (2011)
Arena (2011)
Prohibition (2011)
The Jonathan Ross Show (2011)
In the Flow with Affion Crockett (2011)
Curiosity (2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Dynamo: Magician Impossible (2011)
Go the F**k to Sleep (2011)
African Cats (2011)
Thor (2011)
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)
The Sunset Limited (2011)
On the Shoulders of Giants (2011)
Return to Jurassic Park (2011)
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible (2010)
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010)
The Other Guys (2010)
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010)
Unthinkable (2010)
Iron Man 2 (2010)
In the Land of the Free... (2010)
The RRF in New Recruit (2010)
Heavy Rain (2010)
Mother and Child (2009)
Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009)
Astro Boy (2009)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009)
The Face Is Familiar (2009)
Uneven Fairways (2009)
The Spirit (2008)
Soul Men (2008)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
Lakeview Terrace (2008)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
Iron Man (2008)
The War (2008)
Jumper (2008)
Gospel Hill (2008)
Crítico (2008)
Cleaner (2007)
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (2007)
Farce of the Penguins (2007)
1408 (2007)
Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Afro Samurai (2007)
Black Snake Moan (2006)
Home of the Brave (2006)
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood (2006)
Snakes on a Plane (2006)
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006)
The Henry Rollins Show (2006)
Freedomland (2006)
Honor Deferred (2006)
The N Word (2006)
Iconoclasts (2005)
The Boondocks (2005)
The Colbert Report (2005)
The Work of Director Jonathan Glazer (2005)
The Man (2005)
Extras (2005)
Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie (2005)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Science of Star Wars (2005)
xXx: State of the Union (2005)
Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005)
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World (2005)
George Lucas: Creating an Empire (2005)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005)
Coach Carter (2005)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
The Incredibles (2004)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction (2004)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
In My Country (2004)
John Travolta: The Inside Story (2004)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Twisted (2004)
America Beyond the Color Line (2004)
Hollywood Legenden (2004)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
S.W.A.T. (2003)
Basic (2003)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
Doggy Fizzle Televizzle (2002)
Pulp Fiction: The Facts (2002)
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002)
BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
xXx (2002)
No Good Deed (2002)
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies (2002)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Changing Lanes (2002)
Middle School Confessions (2002)
The 51st State (2001)
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001)
The 100 Greatest Films (2001)
The Proud Family (2001)
Comic Books & Superheroes (2001)
The Making of 'Unbreakable' (2001)
The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
Jazz (2001)
Unbreakable (2000)
Shaft (2000)
Rules of Engagement (2000)
Any Given Wednesday (2000)
Shaft: Still the Man (2000)
The Early Show (1999)
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (1999)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Our Friend, Martin (1999)
Forever Hollywood (1999)
TRL (1998)
The Red Violin (1998)
The Negotiator (1998)
Out of Sight (1998)
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1998)
Sphere (1998)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Eve's Bayou (1997)
The View (1997)
One Eight Seven (1997)
Leute heute (1997)
Hard Eight (1997)
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
A Time to Kill (1996)
The Daily Show (1996)
Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life (1996)
The Search for One-eye Jimmy (1996)
Trees Lounge (1996)
The Great White Hype (1996)
The Journey of the African-American Athlete (1996)
The Frank Skinner Show (1995)
Fluke (1995)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
A Night to Die For (1995)
Kiss of Death (1995)
Losing Isaiah (1995)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
The New Age (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
Fresh (1994)
Hail Caesar (1994)
Against the Wall (1994)
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
True Romance (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Menace II Society (1993)
Amos & Andrew (1993)
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
WWE Raw (1993)
Ghostwriter (1992)
HBO First Look (1992)
MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992)
Patriot Games (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
White Sands (1992)
Juice (1992)
Fathers and Sons (1992)
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace (1991)
Strictly Business (1991)
Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1991)
Johnny Suede (1991)
Jungle Fever (1991)
The Return of Superfly (1990)
Law & Order (1990)
GoodFellas (1990)
The Exorcist III (1990)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Betsy's Wedding (1990)
Common Ground (1990)
Def by Temptation (1990)
A Shock to the System (1990)
Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella (1990)
Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989)
Sea of Love (1989)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Dead Man Out (1989)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Coming to America (1988)
School Daze (1988)
Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987)
Magic Sticks (1987)
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)
Spenser: For Hire (1985)
Ragtime (1981)
The Exterminator (1980)
The Trial of the Moke (1978)
The Displaced Person (1977)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Together for Days (1972)
Great Performances (1971)
Tony Awards (1956)
The Oscars (1953)
Today (1952)
Bambi Awards (1948)
Untitled Grumpy Old Men Remake
The Blob
Afterburn
The Beast
Unholy Trinity
Last Meals
The Piano Lesson
Star War The Third Gathers: The Backstroke of the West
Cordell And Coneil
Running Wild
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1948-12-21 (75 years old)
Birth NameSamuel Leroy Jackson
Birth PlaceWashington, D.C., United States of America
Religionlapsed Catholic
Net Worth$150 Million
SpouseLaTanya Richardson
CitizenshipsGabon, United States of America
Also Known AsSam Jackson, Samuel Jackson, 森姆·積遜, サミュエル・L・ジャクソン, 새뮤얼 L. 잭슨, 사무엘 L. 잭슨, ซามูเอล แอล. แจ็กสัน, صامويل جاكسون, Сэмюэл Л. Джексон, Σάμιουελ Λ. Τζάκσον, סמואל ל. ג'קסון, Семюел Л. Джексон
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Silver Bear for Best Actor, Academy Honorary Award, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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