Samuel L. Jackson
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).
Born: 21 December 1948
Played In
Incredibles 3
Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
The Great Beyond
The American Revolution
Caesar Sarter / Lemuel Haynes / Boston King (voice)
Afterburn
Valentine
The Unholy Trinity
St. Christopher
Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show
Uncle Sam
FireAid Benefit Concert
Self
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
Self
The Piano Lesson
Doaker Charles
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
Self
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Frank Moten
The Garfield Movie
Vic (voice)
Damaged
Dan Lawson
Argylle
Alfie
The Marvels
Nick Fury
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
Self - 'Nick Fury'
The Kill Room
Gordon
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
self
Secret Invasion
Nick Fury
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Nick Fury (voice)
Tulsa King
Russell Lee Washington Jr.
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Jimbo (voice)
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Ptolemy Grey
JANET JACKSON.
Self
The Fix
Narrator (voice)
An Audience with Adele
Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Nick Fury (archive footage)
The Protégé
Moody
What If...?
Nick Fury (voice)
What If...?
Sir Fury (voice)
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Darius Kincaid
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
Marcus Banks
Amend: The Fight for America
Self
Marvel Studios Legends
Nick Fury (archive footage) (uncredited)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
Death to 2020
Dash Bracket
Beyond the Spotlight
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Self
Enslaved
Self
Staged
Sam
One World: Together at Home
Self
Some Good News
Voice Over
The Banker
Joe Morris
The Last Full Measure
Takoda
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Mace Windu (voice)
The Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage)
QT8: The First Eight
Self (uncredited)
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
The Boys
Xander the Shark (voice)
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Nick Fury
Shaft
John Shaft
The Hateful Eight
Major Marquis Warren
Avengers: Endgame
Nick Fury
Captain Marvel
Nick Fury
Glass
Elijah Price / Mr. Glass
Life Itself
Self
Quincy
Self
Incredibles 2
Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
Avengers: Infinity War
Nick Fury (uncredited)
Miracle on 42nd Street
Self
Unicorn Store
The Salesman
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Darius Kincaid
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
Creating a King: Summoning a God
Self
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Kong: Skull Island
Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard
Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Host
I Am Not Your Negro
Narrator (voice)
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Agent Augustus Gibbons
Eating You Alive
Self
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Self
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Barron
Cell
Thomas 'Tom' McCourt
The Legend of Tarzan
George Washington Williams
The Hateful Eight
Major Marquis Warren
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Self
Chi-Raq
Dolmedes
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed
Self
Barely Lethal
Hardman
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Nick Fury
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Valentine
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Big Game
US President William Alan Moore
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
Kite
Lieutenant Karl Aker
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Nick Fury
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
RoboCop
Pat Novak
Reasonable Doubt
Clinton Davis
Face of Unity
Self
Oldboy
Chaney
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Nick Fury
Everything Is Samuel L. Jackson's Fault
Self
Talking Bad
Self
Turbo
Whiplash (voice)
Circus Halligalli
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
Self
Django Unchained
Stephen
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
Self
The Avengers: A Visual Journey
Self
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
Self
Zambezia
Tendai (voice)
The Avengers
Nick Fury
Finding Your Roots
Self
The Samaritan
Foley
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
Self
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Meeting Evil
Richie
Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition
Narrator
Arena
Logan
Prohibition
Reader (voice)
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
Captain America: The First Avenger
Nick Fury
Dynamo: Magician Impossible
Self
Go the F**k to Sleep
Narrator (voice)
Thor
Nick Fury (uncredited)
African Cats
Narrator (voice)
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Rufus
The Sunset Limited
Black
On the Shoulders of Giants
Return to Jurassic Park
Self
Conan
Self - Guest
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
Elmo McElroy (archive footage)
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Fear (voice)
The Other Guys
P.K. Highsmith
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Self
Unthinkable
Henry Harold 'H' Humphries
Iron Man 2
Nick Fury
In the Land of the Free...
Narrator
Heavy Rain
Himself
Mother and Child
Paul
Astro Boy
Zog (voice)
Inglourious Basterds
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Self
The Face is Familiar
Himself
Afro Samurai: Resurrection
Afro / Ninja-Ninja (voice)
Uneven Fairways
Narrator
Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes
Self
The Spirit
Octopus
Soul Men
Louis Hinds
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Mace Windu (voice) (archive sound)
Lakeview Terrace
Abel Turner
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Mace Windu (voice)
Iron Man
Nick Fury (uncredited)
Jumper
Roland
Gospel Hill
Paul Malcolm
Critic
Self
Afro Samurai the Movie
The War
Narrator (voice)
Cleaner
Tom Cutler
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
Narrator
1408
Gerald Olin
Resurrecting the Champ
Champ
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Snakes on a Blog
Self
Afro Samurai
Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja (voice)
Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles
Self
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes
Self
Black Snake Moan
Lazarus
Home of the Brave
William Marsh
Farce of the Penguins
Narrador (voz)
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
Self
Snakes on a Plane
Neville Flynn
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
The Henry Rollins Show
Freedomland
Lorenzo Council
Honor Deferred
Narrator
The N Word
Self
Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane
Self
Iconoclasts
Self
The Boondocks
The Boondocks
Rummy (voice)
The Colbert Report
The Man
Derrick Vann
My Date with Drew
Self (uncredited)
Extras
Samuel L. Jackson
Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie
Self
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Mace Windu
xXx: State of the Union
Agent Augustus Gibbons
Mr. Incredible and Pals
Frozone (commentary voice)
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Presenter/Self
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Narrator (voice)
Coach Carter
Ken Carter
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
An Officer of the Law
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
Tenpenny (voice)
The Incredibles
Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson (voice)
In My Country
Langston Whitfield
John Travolta: The Inside Story
Self
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Rufus
Twisted
John Mills
America Beyond the Color Line
Self
Hollywood Legenden
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
S.W.A.T.
Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
Working Shakespeare
Basic
Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
Self
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
Self (archive footage)
Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
xXx
Agent Augustus Gibbons
No Good Deed
Jack Friar
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Self - Narrator
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Mace Windu
Changing Lanes
Doyle Gipson
Middle School Confessions
Host
The 51st State
Elmo McElroy
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Self
The 100 Greatest Films
Self
The Proud Family
Joseph (voice)
Comic Books & Superheroes
Self
The Caveman's Valentine
Romulus
Unbreakable
Elijah Price
Shaft
John Shaft
Opening the Tombs of the Golden Mummies: Live
Rules of Engagement
Col. Terry L. Childers
Any Given Wednesday
Willie Nutter
Shaft: Still the Man
Self
The Early Show
Self
Deep Blue Sea
Russell Franklin
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Narrator / Host
The Unauthorized Star Wars Story
Self
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Mace Windu
Our Friend, Martin
Turner (voice)
Forever Hollywood
Self
The Red Violin
Charles Morritz (Montréal)
All Saints: The Video
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
TRL
The Negotiator
Lt. Danny Roman
Out of Sight
Hejira Henry (uncredited)
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
Self
Sphere
Dr. Harry Adams
Parkinson
Self
Jackie Brown
Ordell Robbie
Eve's Bayou
Louis Batiste
The View
Self
The View
Self - Guest
One Eight Seven
Trevor
Leute heute
Self
Hard Eight
Jimmy
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Mitch Henessey
A Time to Kill
Carl Lee Hailey
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life
Narrator (voice)
Trees Lounge
Wendell
The Great White Hype
Rev. Fred Sultan
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Narrator
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
Fluke
Rumbo (voice)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Zeus Carver
A Night to Die For
Self - Host
Kiss of Death
Calvin Hart
Losing Isaiah
Kadar Lewis
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The Mayor (voice)
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
Colonel Ron
The New Age
Dale Deveaux
Pulp Fiction
Jules Winnfield
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Fresh
Sam
Hail Caesar
Mailman
Against the Wall
Jamaal
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Richard Greener
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
True Romance
Big Don
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
Jurassic Park
Arnold
Menace II Society
Tat Lawson
Amos & Andrew
Andrew Sterling
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Wes Luger
Fathers & Sons
Marshall
Ghostwriter
Reggie Jenkins
HBO First Look
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
Patriot Games
Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
White Sands
Greg Meeker
Juice
Trip
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
Everett Hatcher
Strictly Business
Monroe
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
Mr. Simpson
Johnny Suede
B-Bop
Jungle Fever
Gator Purify
The Return of Superfly
Nate Cabot
Law & Order
Attorney Louis Taggert
GoodFellas
Stacks Edwards
The Exorcist III
Dream Blind Man
Mo' Better Blues
Madlock
Betsy's Wedding
Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
Common Ground
Rev. Bob McClair
Def by Temptation
Minister Garth
A Shock to the System
Ulysses
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
The Janitor
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Self
Sea of Love
Black Guy
Do the Right Thing
Mister Señor Love Daddy
Dead Man Out
Calvin Fredricks
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Coming to America
Hold-Up Man
School Daze
Leeds
Eddie Murphy Raw
Eddie's Uncle
Uncle Tom's Cabin
George
Magic Sticks
Bum
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Brother Elvis
Spenser: For Hire
Ragtime
Gang Member No. 2
The Exterminator
Extra (uncredited)
The Trial of the Moke
Johnson Whittaker
The Displaced Person
Sulk
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Together for Days
Stan
Great Performances
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
The Oscars
Self
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
Today
Self
Bambi
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
The Beast
The Honest Liar
Nick DeFranco
Head Games
Morris Stokes
Morris Stokes
St. Vincent
Man of War
Just Play Dead
Jack Wolfe
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
Self
Frisco King
Russell Lee Washington Jr.