Samuel L. Jackson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-12-21 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., USA
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
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
as Self (archive footage)
The Garfield Movie 2
as Vic (voice)
Last Meals
as Walter
Untitled Hitman Thriller
as Morris Stokes
All Saints: The Video
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Honest Liar
as Nick DeFranco
(2025)
The Unholy Trinity
as St. Christopher
(2025)
FireAid Benefit Concert
as Self
(2025)
Afterburn
as Valentine
(2024)
The Garfield Movie
as Vic (voice)
(2024)
Argylle
as Alfie
(2024)
Damaged
as Dan Lawson
(2024)
The Piano Lesson
as Doaker Charles
(2024)
(2024)
(2023)
The Marvels
as Nick Fury
(2023)
The Kill Room
as Gordon
(2023)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
as Self - 'Nick Fury'
(2023)
(2022)
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
as Jimbo (voice)
(2022)
(2021)
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
as Darius Kincaid
(2021)
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
as Marcus Banks
(2021)
The Protégé
as Moody
(2021)
(2021)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Nick Fury (archive footage)
(2021)
An Audience with Adele
as Self
(2021)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
The Banker
as Joe Morris
(2020)
The Last Full Measure
as Takoda
(2020)
Death to 2020
as Dash Bracket
(2020)
One World: Together at Home
as Self
(2020)
#UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
(2019)
Captain Marvel
as Nick Fury
(2019)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Mace Windu (voice)
(2019)
Spider-Man: Far From Home
as Nick Fury
(2019)
Avengers: Endgame
as Nick Fury
(2019)
Glass
as Elijah Price / Mr. Glass
(2019)
Shaft
as John Shaft
(2019)
QT8: The First Eight
as Self (uncredited)
(2018)
Avengers: Infinity War
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
(2018)
Life Itself
as Self
(2018)
Incredibles 2
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
(2018)
Quincy
as Self
(2017)
The Hitman's Bodyguard
as Darius Kincaid
(2017)
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
(2017)
Kong: Skull Island
as Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard
(2017)
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
(2017)
Unicorn Store
as The Salesman
(2017)
I Am Not Your Negro
as Narrator (voice)
(2017)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2017)
Miracle on 42nd Street
as self
(2017)
(2017)
(2016)
(2016)
The Legend of Tarzan
as George Washington Williams
(2016)
Cell
as Thomas 'Tom' McCourt
(2016)
Eating You Alive
as Self
(2016)
(2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Nick Fury
(2015)
Kingsman: The Secret Service
as Valentine
(2015)
The Hateful Eight
as Major Marquis Warren
(2015)
Barely Lethal
as Hardman
(2015)
Big Game
as US President William Alan Moore
(2015)
Chi-Raq
as Dolmedes
(2015)
(2014)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
as Nick Fury
(2014)
RoboCop
as Pat Novak
(2014)
(2014)
Kite
as Lieutenant Karl Aker
(2014)
Reasonable Doubt
as Clinton Davis
(2014)
(2014)
Face of Unity
as Self
(2013)
Turbo
as Whiplash (voice)
(2013)
Oldboy
as Chaney
(2013)
(2013)
(2012)
The Avengers
as Nick Fury
(2012)
Django Unchained
as Stephen
(2012)
(2012)
Zambezia
as Tendai (voice)
(2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
(2012)
Meeting Evil
as Richie
(2012)
(2012)
The Samaritan
as Foley
(2012)
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
as Self
(2011)
Thor
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
(2011)
Captain America: The First Avenger
as Nick Fury
(2011)
(2011)
The Sunset Limited
as Black
(2011)
Return to Jurassic Park
as Self
(2011)
Arena
as Logan
(2011)
African Cats
as Narrator (voice)
(2011)
(2011)
Go the F**k to Sleep
as Narrator (voice)
(2011)
Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition
as Narrator
(2010)
Iron Man 2
as Nick Fury
(2010)
The Other Guys
as P.K. Highsmith
(2010)
Unthinkable
as Henry Harold 'H' Humphries
(2010)
(2010)
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Fear (voice)
(2010)
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
as Elmo McElroy (archive footage)
(2010)
(2010)
In the Land of the Free...
as Narrator
(2009)
Inglourious Basterds
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(2009)
Astro Boy
as Zog (voice)
(2009)
Mother and Child
as Paul
(2009)
Afro Samurai: Resurrection
as Afro / Ninja-Ninja (voice)
(2009)
The Face is Familiar
as Himself
(2009)
Uneven Fairways
as Narrator
(2008)
Iron Man
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
(2008)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Mace Windu (voice)
(2008)
Jumper
as Roland
(2008)
The Spirit
as Octopus
(2008)
Lakeview Terrace
as Abel Turner
(2008)
Soul Men
as Louis Hinds
(2008)
Critic
as Self
(2008)
Gospel Hill
as Paul Malcolm
(2007)
1408
as Gerald Olin
(2007)
Cleaner
as Tom Cutler
(2007)
Resurrecting the Champ
as Champ
(2007)
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
as Narrator
(2006)
Snakes on a Plane
as Neville Flynn
(2006)
Black Snake Moan
as Lazarus
(2006)
Freedomland
as Lorenzo Council
(2006)
Home of the Brave
as William Marsh
(2006)
Farce of the Penguins
as Narrator (voice)
(2006)
The N Word
as Self
(2006)
Tarantino's Mind
as Jules Winnfield / Rufus (archive footage)
(2006)
(2006)
Honor Deferred
as Narrator
(2006)
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
(2005)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Mace Windu
(2005)
Coach Carter
as Ken Carter
(2005)
xXx: State of the Union
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
(2005)
The Man
as Derrick Vann
(2005)
My Date with Drew
as Self (uncredited)
(2005)
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
as Presenter/Self
(2005)
Mr. Incredible and Pals
as Frozone (commentary voice)
(2005)
(2005)
(2004)
The Incredibles
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
(2004)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
as Rufus
(2004)
Twisted
as John Mills
(2004)
In My Country
as Langston Whitfield
(2004)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Jack Johnson (voice)
(2004)
(2004)
Hollywood Legenden
as Self
(2003)
S.W.A.T.
as Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
(2003)
Basic
as Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
(2003)
(2002)
xXx
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
(2002)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Mace Windu
(2002)
Changing Lanes
as Doyle Gipson
(2002)
No Good Deed
as Jack Friar
(2002)
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
as Self - Narrator
(2002)
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
(2002)
(2002)
Middle School Confessions
as Host
(2001)
The 51st State
as Elmo McElroy
(2001)
The Caveman's Valentine
as Romulus
(2001)
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self
(2001)
The 100 Greatest Films
as Self
(2001)
Comic Books & Superheroes
as Self
(2000)
Unbreakable
as Elijah Price
(2000)
Shaft
as John Shaft
(2000)
Rules of Engagement
as Col. Terry L. Childers
(2000)
Shaft: Still the Man
as Self
(2000)
Any Given Wednesday
as Willie Nutter
(2000)
(1999)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Mace Windu
(1999)
Deep Blue Sea
as Russell Franklin
(1999)
Our Friend, Martin
as Turner (voice)
(1999)
Forever Hollywood
as Self
(1999)
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
as Narrator / Host
(1998)
The Negotiator
as Lt. Danny Roman
(1998)
Out of Sight
as Hejira Henry (uncredited)
(1998)
Sphere
as Dr. Harry Adams
(1998)
The Red Violin
as Charles Morritz (Montréal)
(1998)
(1997)
Jackie Brown
as Ordell Robbie
(1997)
One Eight Seven
as Trevor Garfield
(1997)
Eve's Bayou
as Louis Batiste
(1996)
A Time to Kill
as Carl Lee Hailey
(1996)
The Long Kiss Goodnight
as Mitch Henessey
(1996)
The Great White Hype
as Rev. Fred Sultan
(1996)
Trees Lounge
as Wendell
(1996)
Hard Eight
as Jimmy
(1996)
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
as Narrator
(1996)
Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life
as Narrator (voice)
(1995)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
as Zeus Carver
(1995)
Fluke
as Rumbo (voice)
(1995)
Kiss of Death
as Calvin Hart
(1995)
Losing Isaiah
as Kadar Lewis
(1995)
A Night to Die For
as Self - Host
(1994)
Pulp Fiction
as Jules Winnfield
(1994)
Fresh
as Sam
(1994)
Against the Wall
as Jamaal
(1994)
The New Age
as Dale Deveaux
(1994)
Hail Caesar
as Mailman
(1994)
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Richard Greener
(1994)
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
as Colonel Ron
(1993)
True Romance
as Big Don
(1993)
Jurassic Park
as Arnold
(1993)
Menace II Society
as Tat Lawson
(1993)
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Wes Luger
(1993)
Amos & Andrew
as Andrew Sterling
(1992)
Patriot Games
as Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson
(1992)
Juice
as Trip
(1992)
White Sands
as Greg Meeker
(1992)
Fathers & Sons
as Marshall
(1991)
Jungle Fever
as Gator Purify
(1991)
Strictly Business
as Monroe
(1991)
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
as Everett Hatcher
(1991)
Johnny Suede
as B-Bop
(1991)
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
as Mr. Simpson
(1990)
GoodFellas
as Stacks Edwards
(1990)
The Exorcist III
as Dream Blind Man
(1990)
Mo' Better Blues
as Madlock
(1990)
A Shock to the System
as Ulysses
(1990)
Betsy's Wedding
as Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)
(1990)
Common Ground
as Rev. Bob McClair
(1990)
Def by Temptation
as Minister Garth
(1990)
The Return of Superfly
as Nate Cabot
(1990)
Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella
as The Janitor
(1989)
Do the Right Thing
as Mister Señor Love Daddy
(1989)
Sea of Love
as Black Guy
(1989)
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
as Self
(1989)
Dead Man Out
as Calvin Fredricks
(1988)
Coming to America
as Hold-Up Man
(1988)
School Daze
as Leeds
(1987)
Eddie Murphy Raw
as Eddie's Uncle
(1987)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as George
(1987)
Magic Sticks
as Bum
(1981)
Ragtime
as Gang Member No. 2
(1980)
The Exterminator
as Extra (uncredited)
(1978)
The Trial of the Moke
as Johnson Whittaker
(1977)
The Displaced Person
as Sulk
(1972)
Together for Days
as Stan
Crew
(2020)
The Banker
Executive Producer
(2012)
The Samaritan
Executive Producer
(2009)
Afro Samurai: Resurrection
Executive Producer
(2007)
Cleaner
Producer
(2007)
Afro Samurai Pilot
Executive Producer
(2001)
The Caveman's Valentine
Executive Producer
(2001)
The 51st State
Executive Producer
(1997)
Eve's Bayou
Producer