
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 Oscars

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Tony Awards

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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

Honest Trailers

Today

Raw

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

The Proud Family

HBO First Look

The Jonathan Ross Show

MTV Movie & TV Awards

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

FireAid Benefit Concert

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

WandaVision

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

The Exorcist III

Out of Sight

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

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Ragtime

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

Do the Right Thing

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

Avengers: Doomsday

Return to Jurassic Park

Coming to America

Astro Boy

The Avengers

Argylle

Jurassic Park

RoboCop

True Romance

Captain America: The First Avenger

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Patriot Games

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

Losing Isaiah

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome

The Other Guys

Iron Man 2

The Incredibles

Juice

Menace II Society

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

Django Unchained

Chi-Raq

Incredibles 2

The War

Strictly Business

Oldboy

Turbo

Hard Eight

The Marvels

xXx

Deep Blue Sea

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

The Legend of Tarzan

The Kill Room

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Glass

Sphere

Jumper

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Captain America: Brave New World

A Time to Kill

Unbreakable

The Unholy Trinity

The Banker

Unicorn Store

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

The Hitman's Bodyguard

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Rules of Engagement

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Jackie Brown

Changing Lanes

Black Snake Moan

Captain Marvel

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Kong: Skull Island

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Mr. Incredible and Pals

Twisted

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Cell

Pulp Fiction

1408

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

The Protégé

xXx: State of the Union

Against the Wall

The Garfield Movie

Coach Carter

One Eight Seven

Cleaner

S.W.A.T.

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

Damaged

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

Secret Invasion

Afro Samurai

Man of War

Unthinkable

The Hateful Eight

Shaft

Big Game

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
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