Samuel L. Jackson
Acting
🎂 1948-12-21
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).
Cast credits(326)
An Officer of the Law
2005
Self
2005
Self
2015
2015
Self
1996
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2009
Attorney Louis Taggert
1990
Self
2007
2005
Self
1997
Self - Guest
1997
1988
Self - Guest
1993
Self
1971
Self
1995
1992
1993
Self - Guest
2019
Agent Augustus Gibbons
2002
Self
2017
Mace Windu (voice) (archive sound)
2008
1992
Self
2003
Self
2003
Self
1948
Nick Fury
2013
1998
2006
1985
Nick Fury (voice)
2021
Sir Fury (voice)
2021
Self
2015
Self
2014
Self
2011
Self
1998
Self - Presenter
1992
Samuel L. Jackson
2005
Nick Fury
2023
Self - Host
1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Self - Presenter
1956
Himself
2003
2005
Self
2012
Nick Fury (voice)
2023
Self (archive footage)
2019
Nick Fury
2012
Nick Fury (uncredited)
2018
Self
1953
Self - Presenter
1953
The Mayor (voice)
1995
Nick Fury (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
2022
Joseph (voice)
2001
Ptolemy Grey
2022
2013
Reggie Jenkins
1992
Mace Windu (archive footage)
2012
Nick Fury (archive footage)
2012
Self
1952
Self
2021
Sam
2020
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2009
Vic (voice)
2024
Jules Winnfield
1994
Arnold
1993
Nick Fury (uncredited)
2008
Reader (voice)
2011
Nick Fury
2010
Nick Fury
2019
Voice Over
2020
Frank Moten
2024
Self
1997
Narrator (voice)
2008
Self
2009
Self
2005
Self
2022
Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja (voice)
2007
Nick Fury
2019
Stacks Edwards
1990
Nick Fury
2015
Stephen
2012
Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
2004
Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard
2017
Nick Fury (uncredited)
2011
Self
1999
Self
2011
Agent Augustus Gibbons
2017
Mace Windu (voice)
2019
Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
2018
Darius Kincaid
2017
Valentine
2015
Nick Fury
2023
Mace Windu
2005
Moody
2021
Rufus
2004
Mace Windu
1999
Nick Fury
2011
Hold-Up Man
1988
Alfie
2024
Elijah Price
2000
Zeus Carver
1995
Major Marquis Warren
2015
Barron
2016
Brother Elvis
1987
Whiplash (voice)
2013
Nick Fury
2014
Elijah Price / Mr. Glass
2019
Nick Fury
2019
Mace Windu
2002
P.K. Highsmith
2010
Self
2020
Ordell Robbie
1997
Darius Kincaid
2021
2020
Pat Novak
2014
2005
Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
2003
Marcus Banks
2021
Joe Morris
2020
Ken Carter
2005
George Washington Williams
2016
Big Don
1993
Henry Harold 'H' Humphries
2010
Carl Lee Hailey
1996
Roland
2008
Self
1994
Russell Franklin
1999
John Shaft
2000
2003
Gerald Olin
2007
Mitch Henessey
1996
Zog (voice)
2009
Jimbo (voice)
2022
Agent Augustus Gibbons
2005
John Shaft
2019
Dan Lawson
2024
Narrator (voice)
2022
Mace Windu (voice)
2008
Hejira Henry (uncredited)
1998
Chaney
2013
Neville Flynn
2006
Tat Lawson
1993
Gordon
2023
self
2017
Mister Señor Love Daddy
1989
Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson
1992
Lt. Danny Roman
1998
Thomas 'Tom' McCourt
2016
Col. Terry L. Childers
2000
Tom Cutler
2007
Self
2018
Dream Blind Man
1990
Dr. Harry Adams
1998
Black Guy
1989
Abel Turner
2008
Rufus
2011
Doaker Charles
2024
Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
2003
Self
2011
Tendai (voice)
2012
Trip
1992
Hardman
2015
Sam
1994
Self
2018
Lazarus
2006
US President William Alan Moore
2015
St. Christopher
2025
Doyle Gipson
2002
Wes Luger
1993
Octopus
2008
Self (archive footage)
2022
Trevor Garfield
1997
Jack Friar
2002
Self
2004
Takoda
2020
Kadar Lewis
1995
Afro / Ninja-Ninja (voice)
2009
Dolmedes
2015
Derrick Vann
2005
Self (uncredited)
2019
Logan
2011
Gator Purify
1991
Elmo McElroy
2001
Lieutenant Karl Aker
2014
Calvin Hart
1995
Charles Morritz (Montréal)
1998
John Mills
2004
Self
2012
Rumbo (voice)
1995
Lorenzo Council
2006
Dash Bracket
2020
Rev. Fred Sultan
1996
Clinton Davis
2014
Louis Hinds
2008
Self
2014
Ulysses
1990
Self
2021
Madlock
1990
Self
2020
Gang Member No. 2
1981
Louis Batiste
1997
Eddie's Uncle
1987
Extra (uncredited)
1980
Self
2025
Jimmy
1996
Paul
2009
Narrator (voice)
2011
Self
2022
Black
2011
Wendell
1996
(archive footage)
2012
Foley
2012
Self
2024
Andrew Sterling
1993
Mailman
1994
Champ
2007
Valentine
2025
William Marsh
2006
The Salesman
2017
Fear (voice)
2010
Jamaal
1994
Nate Cabot
1990
Langston Whitfield
2004
Greg Meeker
1992
Leeds
1988
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017
2003
Self
2016
self
2023
Self - 'Nick Fury'
2023
Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)
1990
Nick Fury (archive footage)
2021
Narrator (voice)
2006
Self
2010
B-Bop
1991
Everett Hatcher
1991
Self
2015
Self
2001
Jack Johnson (voice)
2004
Self
1998
Self
2021
Dale Deveaux
1994
Minister Garth
1990
Self
2012
Romulus
2001
Turner (voice)
1999
Narrator (voice)
2017
Richie
2012
Frozone (commentary voice)
2005
Self
2006
Self (archive footage)
2021
Self (archive footage)
2020
Monroe
1991
Self
1989
Self
2008
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
Self
2013
Himself
2009
Jules Winnfield / Rufus (archive footage)
2006
Elmo McElroy (archive footage)
2010
Self - Narrator
2002
Tenpenny (voice)
2004
Self (uncredited)
2005
Colonel Ron
1994
Self
2014
Calvin Fredricks
1989
Bum
1987
Self
2016
Self
2002
Narrator
2006
Paul Malcolm
2008
Presenter/Self
2005
Marshall
1992
Self
2005
Self
2006
Self
2004
Self - Host
1995
Sulk
1977
Host
2017
Self
2005
Self
2017
Narrator / Host
1999
Self
1999
Mr. Simpson
1991
2011
Stan
1972
Jack Wolfe
Self
2012
Self
2020
Self
2002
George
1987
Self
2014
Narrator
2011
Self
2024
Himself
2010
Richard Greener
1994
Narrator
2010
Rev. Bob McClair
1990
Mace Windu
2019
Self (archive footage)
2002
Morris Stokes
Narrator
2007
The Janitor
1990
Self
2000
Self
2004
Johnson Whittaker
1978
Self
2006
Narrator
2009
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
Narrator (voice)
1996
Self
2013
Self
2001
Narrator
1996
Willie Nutter
2000
Self
2001
Nick DeFranco
Host
2002
2000
Narrator (voice)
2011
