Samuel L. Jackson
An American film and television actor and film producer. After Jackson became involved with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then films. He had several small roles such as in the film Goodfellas, Def by Temptation, before meeting his mentor, Morgan Freeman, and the director Spike Lee. After gaining critical acclaim for his role in Jungle Fever in 1991, he appeared in films such as Patriot Games, Amos & Andrew, True Romance and Jurassic Park. In 1994 he was cast as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction, and his performance received several award nominations and critical acclaim. Jackson has since appeared in over 100 films including Die Hard with a Vengeance, The 51st State, Jackie Brown, Unbreakable, The Incredibles, Black Snake Moan, Shaft, Snakes on a Plane, as well as the Star Wars prequel trilogy and small roles in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 2 and Inglourious Basterds. He played Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Iron Man (2008) Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), The Avengers (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Captain Marvel (2019), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019). Jackson's many roles have made him one of the highest grossing actors at the box office. Jackson has won multiple awards throughout his career and has been portrayed in various forms of media including films, television series, and songs. In 1980, Jackson married LaTanya Richardson, with whom he has one daughter, Zoe. Description above from the Wikipedia article Samuel L. Jackson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Dec 21, 1948 In Washington, D.C., USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 278
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Piano Lesson
- Latest Project:
- Movie Young Avengers- the arrival of Kang 2023-05-26
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Young Avengers- the arrival of Kang | Nick Fury | 2023-05-26 |
| Movie | Untitled Grumpy Old Men Remake | Unknown | 2022 |
| Movie | Inversion | 2022 | |
| Movie | Blazing Samurai | Jimbo | 2022 |
| Movie | New Avengers | Nick Fury | 2022 |
| Movie | The Piano Lesson | Doaker Charles | 2022 |
| Movie | The Sinister Six | (rumored) | 2022 |
| Movie | The Blob | 2022 | |
| Series | Secret Invasion | Nick Fury | 2022 |
| Movie | The Protégé | Moody | 2021-09-10 |
| Movie | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Darius Kincaid | 2021-06-11 |
| Movie | Spiral: From the Book of Saw | Marcus | 2021-05-12 |
| Series | Amend: The Fight for America | Unknown | 2021-02-17 |
| Series | Marvel Studios: Legends | Nick Fury (archive footage) | 2021-01-08 |
| Movie | The Merchant of Venus: Part 1 - The Wrath of Shylock | VV | 2020 |
| Series | Staged | Unknown | 2020-06-10 |
| Movie | A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote | Self | 2020-10-15 |
| Movie | Death to 2020 | Dash Bracket | 2020-12-27 |
| Series | Enslaved | Self | 2020-09-14 |
| Series | Some Good News | Voice Over | 2020-03-29 |
| Movie | The Banker | Joe Morris | 2020-03-06 |
| Movie | The Last Full Measure | Takoda | 2020-01-23 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Mace Windu (voice) | 2019-12-18 |
| Series | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | 2019-09-09 |
| Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Himself - Actor | 2019-10-21 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Nick Fury | 2019-06-28 |
| Movie | Shaft | John Shaft | 2019-06-14 |
| Movie | Captain Marvel | Nick Fury | 2019-03-06 |
| Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Nick Fury | 2019-04-24 |
| Movie | Glass | Elijah Price / Mr. Glass | 2019-01-16 |
| Movie | Life Itself | Himself | 2018-09-21 |
| Movie | Incredibles 2 | Lucius Best / Frozone (voice) | 2018-06-14 |
| Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 2018-04-25 |
| Movie | Quincy | Self | 2018-09-21 |
| Movie | The Hitman's Bodyguard | Darius Kincaid | 2017-08-16 |
| Movie | Unicorn Store | The Salesman | 2017-09-11 |
| Movie | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Richmond Valentine (archive) | 2017-09-20 |
| Series | Carpool Karaoke | Himself | 2017-08-08 |
| Movie | Creating a King: Summoning a God | Himself | 2017-07-18 |
| Movie | Kong: Skull Island | Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard | 2017-03-08 |
| Movie | Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair | Rufus | 2017-03-27 |
| Movie | Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song | Host | 2017-02-10 |
| Movie | I Am Not Your Negro | Narration (voice) | 2017-02-03 |
| Movie | xXx: Return of Xander Cage | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | The Words That Built America | Reader - Declaration of Independence | 2017-07-04 |
| Movie | Cell | Thomas 'Tom' McCourt | 2016-07-06 |
| Movie | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Barron | 2016-09-27 |
| Movie | The Legend of Tarzan | George Washington Williams | 2016-06-29 |
| Movie | Eating You Alive | Himself | 2016-12-02 |
| Movie | BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration | Himself | 2016-11-15 |
| Movie | The Hateful Eight | Major Marquis Warren | 2015-12-25 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel | Himself | 2015-12-15 |
| Movie | Chi-Raq | Dolmedes | 2015-12-04 |
| Series | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2015-08-02 |
| Movie | Die Hardest | Zeus Carver (rumored) | 2015-12-31 |
| Movie | Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed | Himself | 2015-06-08 |
| Movie | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Nick Fury | 2015-05-01 |
| Movie | Barely Lethal | Hardman | 2015-04-30 |
| Movie | Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed | Self | 2015-06-08 |
| Movie | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Nick Fury | 2015-04-22 |
| Movie | Reasonable Doubt | Clinton Davis | 2014-01-17 |
| Movie | Face of Unity | Self | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 2014-06-22 |
| Movie | Kite | Lieutenant Karl Aker | 2014-06-13 |
| Movie | RoboCop | Pat Novak | 2014-01-30 |
| Movie | Big Game | President William Alan Moore | 2014-09-05 |
| Movie | On the Front Line | Self | 2014-09-09 |
| Movie | Kingsman: The Secret Service | Valentine | 2014-12-13 |
| Movie | The Boomer List | Self | 2014-09-24 |
| Movie | Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Self | 2014-03-18 |
| Movie | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Nick Fury | 2014-03-20 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
| Series | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Nick Fury | 2013-09-24 |
| Movie | Oldboy | Chaney | 2013-11-14 |
| Series | Circus Halligalli | Unknown | 2013-02-25 |
| Movie | The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D | Nick Fury | 2013-09-24 |
| Movie | Turbo | Whiplash (voice) | 2013-07-11 |
| Movie | Everything Is Samuel L. Jackson's Fault | Himself | 2013-09-17 |
| Movie | I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac | Himself | 2012-02-19 |
| Movie | The Samaritan | Foley | 2012-03-02 |
| Movie | Meeting Evil | Richie | 2012-01-31 |
| Movie | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking | Himself | 2012-11-20 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Editor Strikes Back | Mace Windu | 2012-03-07 |
| Movie | The Avengers: A Visual Journey | Himself | 2012-09-25 |
| Movie | Django Unchained | Stephen | 2012-12-25 |
| Movie | Zambezia | Tendai (voice) | 2012-06-05 |
| Movie | Marvel's Avengers: Building A Cinematic Universe | Himself | 2012-09-25 |
| Movie | The Avengers | Nick Fury | 2012-04-25 |
| Series | Finding Your Roots | Self | 2012-03-24 |
| Movie | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Fear (voice) | 2012-12-02 |
| Movie | Eddie Murphy: One Night Only | Himself | 2012-11-14 |
| Movie | Wake the Fuck Up | Himself | 2012-09-27 |
| Movie | Return to Jurassic Park | 2011-02-05 | |
| Movie | The Sunset Limited | Black | 2011-02-12 |
| Movie | Prohibition | Reader (voice) | 2011-10-02 |
| Movie | Arena | Logan | 2011-10-11 |
| Movie | Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition | Narrator | 2011-12-18 |
| Series | Prohibition | Voice (voice) | 2011-10-02 |
| Movie | Captain America: The First Avenger | Nick Fury | 2011-07-22 |
| Movie | Thor | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 2011-04-21 |
| Movie | African Cats | Narrator (voice) | 2011-04-22 |
| Movie | On the Shoulders of Giants | 2011-02-11 | |
| Movie | Iron Man 2 | Nick Fury | 2010-04-28 |
| Movie | Unthinkable | Henry Harold 'H' Humphries | 2010-06-14 |
| Movie | In the Land of the Free... | Narrator | 2010-03-26 |
| Movie | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story | Himself | 2010-07-24 |
| Movie | The Other Guys | P.K. Highsmith | 2010-08-06 |
| Movie | Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible | Himself | 2010-11-12 |
| Movie | Mother and Child | Paul | 2009-11-07 |
| Movie | Afro Samurai: Resurrection | Afro Samurai (voice) / Ninja Ninja (voice) | 2009-10-16 |
| Movie | The Face Is Familiar | Himself | 2009-06-08 |
| Series | Alan Carr: Chatty Man | Unknown | 2009-06-14 |
| Series | Cosmic Quantum Ray | Unknown | 2009-01-26 |
| Movie | We Are One With President-Elect Barack Obama | Self | 2009-01-18 |
| Movie | Astro Boy | Zog (voice) | 2009-10-15 |
| Movie | Inglourious Basterds | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 2009-08-18 |
| Series | The War | Narrator | 2008-03-05 |
| Movie | Soul Men | Louis Hinds | 2008-11-07 |
| Movie | The Spirit | Octopuss | 2008-12-25 |
| Movie | Gospel Hill | Paul Malcolm | 2008-02-09 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu (voice) | 2008-08-05 |
| Movie | Lakeview Terrace | Abel Turner | 2008-09-19 |
| Movie | Jumper | Roland | 2008-02-13 |
| Movie | Crítico | Himself | 2008-01-28 |
| Movie | Iron Man | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 2008-04-30 |
| Movie | Afro Samurai: Director's Cut | Afro Samurai | 2007-01-04 |
| Movie | Cannes: All Access | Himself | 2007-10-27 |
| Movie | Afro Samurai | Afro Samurai | 2007-01-04 |
| Series | Afro Samurai | Afro Samurai (voice) / Ninja Ninja (voice) | 2007-01-04 |
| Movie | Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story | Narrator | 2007-08-01 |
| Movie | Cleaner | Tom Cutler | 2007-09-11 |
| Movie | Afro Samurai: The Movie | Afro Samurai | 2007-10-27 |
| Movie | Farce of the Penguins | Narrator (voice) | 2007-07-14 |
| Movie | 1408 | Gerald Olin | 2007-06-22 |
| Series | アフロサムライ | Afro Samurai | 2007-05-03 |
| Movie | Resurrecting the Champ | Champ | 2007-06-14 |
| Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino | Himself | 2007-06-19 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | Home of the Brave | William Marsh | 2006-12-15 |
| Movie | Snakes on a Plane | Neville Flynn | 2006-08-06 |
| Movie | Black Snake Moan | Lazarus | 2006-12-31 |
| Movie | The N Word | Himself | 2006-01-16 |
| Series | The Henry Rollins Show | Unknown | 2006-04-01 |
| Movie | Honor Deferred | Narrator | 2006-02-11 |
| Movie | Freedomland | Lorenzo Council | 2006-02-17 |
| Movie | Coach Carter | Ken Carter | 2005-01-14 |
| Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
| Movie | The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World | Himself | 2005-02-23 |
| Movie | Mr. Incredible and Pals | 'Real' Frozone | 2005-03-15 |
| Movie | xXx: State of the Union | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 2005-04-27 |
| Movie | My Date with Drew | Himself | 2005-08-05 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Mace Windu | 2005-05-17 |
| Series | Extras | Samuel L. Jackson | 2005-07-21 |
| Movie | The Man | Derrick Vann | 2005-09-08 |
| Series | Iconoclasts | Unknown | 2005-11-17 |
| Movie | George Lucas: Creating an Empire | Himself | 2005-01-27 |
| Series | America Beyond the Color Line | Himself | 2004-02-03 |
| Movie | Twisted | John Mills | 2004-02-27 |
| Movie | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction | Officer Frank Tenpenny (voice) (uncredited) | 2004-10-26 |
| Movie | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction | Officer Frank Tenpenny (voice) | 2004-10-26 |
| Movie | The Incredibles | Lucius Best / Frozone (voice) | 2004-11-05 |
| Series | The Tony Danza Show | Big Don | 2004-09-13 |
| Movie | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Voice | 2004-09-04 |
| Movie | John Travolta: The Inside Story | Himself | 2004-04-22 |
| Movie | Country of My Skull | Langston Whitfield | 2004-05-04 |
| Movie | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Rufus | 2004-04-16 |
| Movie | S.W.A.T. | Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson | 2003-08-08 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
| Movie | Basic | West | 2003-04-18 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Himself | 2003-02-21 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | No Good Deed | Jack Friar | 2002-06-28 |
| Movie | xXx | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 2002-08-09 |
| Movie | BaadAsssss Cinema | Self | 2002-01-01 |
| Movie | Changing Lanes | Doyle Gipson | 2002-04-07 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Mace Windu | 2002-05-15 |
| Movie | The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies | Himself - Narrator | 2002-06-01 |
| Movie | Pulp Fiction: The Facts | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-20 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown: How It Went Down | Himself | 2002-08-20 |
| Movie | Comic Books & Superheroes | Self | 2001-06-26 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Unbreakable' | Himself | 2001-06-19 |
| Movie | The 51st State | Elmo McElroy | 2001-12-07 |
| Movie | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
| Movie | The Caveman's Valentine | Romulus | 2001-01-19 |
| Movie | Any Given Wednesday | Willie Nutter | 2000-02-02 |
| Movie | Unbreakable | Elijah Price | 2000-11-22 |
| Movie | Shaft | John Shaft | 2000-06-15 |
| Movie | Rules of Engagement | Col. Terry L. Childers | 2000-04-07 |
| Movie | From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic | Narrator, Host | 1999-06-15 |
| Movie | The Unauthorized 'Star Wars' Story | Himself | 1999-01-01 |
| Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
| Movie | Deep Blue Sea | Russell Franklin | 1999-07-28 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Mace Windu | 1999-05-19 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Turner (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
| Movie | Forever Hollywood | Himself | 1999-01-01 |
| Series | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | Self | 1998-06-23 |
| Movie | Out of Sight | Hejirah Henry (uncredited) | 1998-06-26 |
| Movie | Sphere | Dr. Harry Adams | 1998-02-13 |
| Movie | The Red Violin | Charles Morritz (Montréal) | 1998-09-10 |
| Series | TRL | Unknown | 1998-09-14 |
| Movie | The Negotiator | Lt. Danny Roman | 1998-07-29 |
| Movie | The Toilers and the Wayfarers | Unknown | 1997-03-14 |
| Movie | Eve's Bayou | Louis Batiste | 1997-11-07 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | One Eight Seven | Trevor Garfield | 1997-07-29 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown | Ordell Robbie | 1997-04-10 |
| Movie | The Great White Hype | Rev. Fred Sultan | 1996-05-03 |
| Movie | Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life | Narrator (voice) | 1996-07-01 |
| Movie | Trees Lounge | Wendell | 1996-05-11 |
| Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | A Time to Kill | Carl Lee Hailey | 1996-07-24 |
| Movie | The Long Kiss Goodnight | Mitch Henessey | 1996-10-11 |
| Movie | Hard Eight | Jimmy | 1996-02-28 |
| Movie | The Journey of the African-American Athlete | Narrator | 1996-02-12 |
| Movie | Die Hard: With a Vengeance | Zeus Carver | 1995-05-19 |
| Movie | Kiss of Death | Calvin Hart | 1995-04-21 |
| Movie | Losing Isaiah | Kadar Lewis | 1995-03-17 |
| Series | The Frank Skinner Show | Unknown | 1995-09-10 |
| Movie | Fluke | Rumbo (voice) | 1995-06-02 |
| Movie | The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Col. Ron | 1994-11-14 |
| Movie | Pulp Fiction | Jules Winnfield | 1994-09-10 |
| Movie | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Richard Greener | 1994-02-26 |
| Movie | Fresh | Sam | 1994-08-24 |
| Movie | The New Age | Dale Deveaux | 1994-09-16 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
| Movie | Against the Wall | Jamaal | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Hail Caesar | Mailman | 1994-05-11 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | Jurassic Park | Arnold | 1993-06-11 |
| Movie | Menace II Society | Tat Lawson | 1993-05-26 |
| Movie | Amos & Andrew | Andrew Sterling | 1993-03-05 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Sgt. Wes Luger | 1993-02-04 |
| Series | WWE Raw | Unknown | 1993-01-11 |
| Movie | White Sands | Greg Meeker | 1992-04-24 |
| Series | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1992-06-12 |
| Series | Ghostwriter | Reggie Jenkins | 1992-10-03 |
| Movie | Patriot Games | Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson | 1992-06-04 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | Juice | Trip | 1992-01-17 |
| Movie | Fathers & Sons | Marshall | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | Jungle Fever | Gator Purify | 1991-06-07 |
| Movie | Johnny Suede | B-Bop | 1991-08-18 |
| Movie | Jumpin' at the Boneyard | Mr. Simpson | 1991-11-01 |
| Movie | Strictly Business | Monroe | 1991-11-08 |
| Movie | Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace | Hatcher | 1991-11-24 |
| Movie | The Return of Superfly | Nate Cabot | 1990-11-09 |
| Series | Law & Order | Attorney Louis Taggert | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | GoodFellas | Stacks Edwards | 1990-09-12 |
| Movie | A Shock to the System | Ulysses | 1990-03-23 |
| Movie | Betsy's Wedding | Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey) | 1990-06-22 |
| Movie | Def by Temptation | Minister Garth | 1990-03-23 |
| Movie | Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella | The Janitor | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | The Exorcist III | Dream Blind Man | 1990-08-17 |
| Movie | Mo' Better Blues | Madlock | 1990-08-03 |
| Movie | Sea of Love | Black Guy | 1989-09-15 |
| Movie | Dead Man Out | Calvin Fredricks | 1989-03-12 |
| Movie | Born on the Fourth of July | Unknown | 1989-12-20 |
| Movie | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Himself | 1989-11-03 |
| Movie | Do the Right Thing | Mister Señor Love Daddy | 1989-06-14 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
| Movie | School Daze | Leeds | 1988-02-12 |
| Movie | Coming to America | Hold-Up Man | 1988-06-29 |
| Movie | Magic Sticks | Bum | 1987-06-05 |
| Movie | Eddie Murphy Raw | Eddie's Uncle | 1987-11-25 |
| Series | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Brother Elvis | 1987-05-21 |
| Movie | Uncle Tom's Cabin | George | 1987-06-14 |
| Series | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown | 1985-09-20 |
| Movie | Ragtime | Gang Member 2 | 1981-11-20 |
| Movie | The Exterminator | Extra (uncredited) | 1980-09-10 |
| Movie | The Trial of the Moke | Johnson Whittaker | 1978-05-02 |
| Movie | The Displaced Person | Sulk | 1977-04-12 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Together for Days | Stan | 1972-01-01 |
| Series | Great Performances | self | 1971-01-28 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
| Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |
| Series | Bambi-Verleihung | himself | 1948-01-01 |