About Samuel L. Jackson
Meet the legendary Samuel L. Jackson, an American actor and producer who has made a significant impact in the film industry. With a career spanning over four decades, he has become one of the most recognizable faces on the big screen, and his movies have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, earning him the title of the second-highest-grossing actor of all time.
Samuel L. Jackson started his career on stage, making his professional theatre debut in Mother Courage and her Children in 1980 at The Public Theatre. He gained prominence in the early 1980s with his role in A Soldier's Play Off-Broadway and 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's 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).
However, it was his breakout role in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) that earned him a BAFTA Award win and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Jackson further collaborated with Tarantino, acting in Jackie Brown (1997), Django Unchained (2012), and The Hateful Eight (2015).
Samuel L. Jackson is also known for his work in 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).
Moreover, he 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 also 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).
In 2022, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him an Academy Honorary Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the film industry as a cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide.
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Movie Credits
Samuel L. Jackson has appeared in 234 movies.
Some of Samuel L. Jackson's most popular movies include:
TV Credits
Samuel L. Jackson has appeared in 65 TV Series.
Some of the most popular TV Shows include:
