
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

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Oscars

The Daily Show

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Graham Norton Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

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

What If...?

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

Finding Your Roots

The Boondocks

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

Avengers: Infinity War

Inglourious Basterds

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Avengers: Endgame

Thor

GoodFellas

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Out of Sight

The Exorcist III

WandaVision

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

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

The Infinity Saga

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

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special

Prohibition

Avengers: Secret Wars

Astro Boy

Coming to America

Return to Jurassic Park

Avengers: Doomsday

The Avengers

Do the Right Thing

Jurassic Park

Argylle

RoboCop

Captain America: The First Avenger

True Romance

Patriot Games

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

Losing Isaiah

The Other Guys

Iron Man 2

The Incredibles

Juice

Deep Blue Sea

Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie

The War

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

Strictly Business

Incredibles 2

Menace II Society

Chi-Raq

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Django Unchained

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Oldboy

xXx

Turbo

The Marvels

Hard Eight

A Time to Kill

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Sphere

Captain America: Brave New World

Jumper

Kingsman: The Secret Service

The Kill Room

The Legend of Tarzan

Glass

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

Twisted

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

1408

xXx: State of the Union

Unicorn Store

The Garfield Movie

Black Snake Moan

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Pulp Fiction

Jackie Brown

Mr. Incredible and Pals

Captain Marvel

Cell

Kong: Skull Island

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Against the Wall

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

The Banker

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Rules of Engagement

The Hitman's Bodyguard

Changing Lanes

The Protégé

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

Unbreakable

Secret Invasion

Damaged

S.W.A.T.

One Eight Seven

Afro Samurai

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion

Coach Carter

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

The Hateful Eight: Extended Version

Shaft

Cleaner

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

Big Game

The Hateful Eight

Unthinkable
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