
Samuel L. Jackson
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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

Saturday Night Live

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Tony Awards

Real Time with Bill Maher

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Law & Order

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Colbert Report

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

The Movies That Made Us

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

The Early Show

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Today

Raw

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

The Proud Family

HBO First Look

The Jonathan Ross Show

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Honest Trailers

The Boondocks

Finding Your Roots

Amend: The Fight for America

Marvel Studios Legends

Extras

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Iron Man

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Inglourious Basterds

Avengers: Infinity War

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Avengers: Endgame

Thor

GoodFellas

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

WandaVision

The Exorcist III

Out of Sight

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

The Infinity Saga

The Oscars

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Ragtime

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

Quincy

What If...?

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Prohibition

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

Avengers: Secret Wars

Astro Boy

Avengers: Doomsday

Coming to America

Return to Jurassic Park

Do the Right Thing

The Avengers

RoboCop

Argylle

Jurassic Park

Captain America: The First Avenger

True Romance

Patriot Games

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

The Other Guys

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

Losing Isaiah

Iron Man 2

The Incredibles

Juice

The War

Deep Blue Sea

Django Unchained

Strictly Business

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

Menace II Society

Chi-Raq

Incredibles 2

Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Hard Eight

Oldboy

The Marvels

Turbo

xXx

Sphere

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

The Legend of Tarzan

Captain America: Brave New World

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Jumper

The Kill Room

Glass

A Time to Kill

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Pulp Fiction

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

The Protégé

The Hitman's Bodyguard

The Garfield Movie

Mr. Incredible and Pals

1408

Unbreakable

Black Snake Moan

Unicorn Store

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

The Long Kiss Goodnight

The Banker

Captain Marvel

Cell

Changing Lanes

Kong: Skull Island

xXx: State of the Union

Twisted

Jackie Brown

Rules of Engagement

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Against the Wall

Shaft

Afro Samurai

Coach Carter

Big Game

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

Cleaner

Unthinkable

The Hateful Eight

Damaged

The Hateful Eight: Extended Version

S.W.A.T.

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion

Secret Invasion

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