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:
- 260
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Sinister Six
- 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 | Inversion | 2022 | |
| Movie | Untitled Grumpy Old Men Remake | Unknown | 2022 |
| Movie | New Avengers | Nick Fury | 2022 |
| Movie | The Sinister Six | (rumored) | 2022 |
| Movie | The Blob | 2022 | |
| Movie | The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Darius Kincaid | 2021-08-18 |
| Movie | The Asset | Moody | 2021-04-23 |
| Movie | Blazing Samurai | Jimbo | 2021-06-10 |
| Movie | Spiral: From the Book of Saw | Marcus | 2021-05-19 |
| Movie | The Merchant of Venus: Part 1 - The Wrath of Shylock | VV | 2020 |
| Movie | The Banker | Joe Morris | 2020-03-06 |
| Movie | A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote | Self | 2020-10-15 |
| Series | Enslaved | Self | 2020-09-14 |
| Series | Some Good News | Voice Over | 2020-03-29 |
| Movie | The Last Full Measure | Takoda | 2020-01-23 |
| Movie | Glass | Elijah Price / Mr. Glass | 2019-01-16 |
| Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Himself - Actor | 2019-10-21 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: Far from Home | Nick Fury | 2019-06-28 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Mace Windu (voice) | 2019-12-18 |
| Movie | Shaft | John Shaft | 2019-06-14 |
| Series | Свадьбы и разводы | 2019-06-03 | |
| Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Nick Fury | 2019-04-24 |
| Movie | Captain Marvel | Nick Fury | 2019-03-06 |
| Movie | Life Itself | Himself | 2018-09-21 |
| Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 2018-04-25 |
| Movie | Incredibles 2 | Lucius Best / Frozone (voice) | 2018-06-14 |
| Movie | Quincy | Self | 2018-09-21 |
| Movie | Unicorn Store | The Salesman | 2017-09-11 |
| Movie | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Richmond Valentine (archive) | 2017-09-20 |
| Movie | The Hitman's Bodyguard | Darius Kincaid | 2017-08-16 |
| 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 | Kong: Skull Island | Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard | 2017-03-08 |
| 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 | Creating a King: Summoning a God | Himself | 2017-07-18 |
| 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 | BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration | Himself | 2016-11-15 |
| Movie | Eating You Alive | Himself | 2016-12-02 |
| Movie | Chi-Raq | Dolmedes | 2015-12-04 |
| Movie | Die Hardest | Zeus Carver (rumored) | 2015-12-31 |
| Movie | The Hateful Eight | Major Marquis Warren | 2015-12-25 |
| Movie | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Nick Fury | 2015-05-01 |
| Series | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2015-08-02 |
| Movie | Barely Lethal | Hardman | 2015-04-30 |
| Movie | Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed | Himself | 2015-06-08 |
| Movie | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Nick Fury | 2015-04-22 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel | Himself | 2015-12-15 |
| Movie | Reasonable Doubt | Clinton Davis | 2014-01-17 |
| Movie | Face of Unity | Self | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | RoboCop | Pat Novak | 2014-01-30 |
| Movie | Big Game | President William Alan Moore | 2014-09-05 |
| Movie | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 2014-06-22 |
| Movie | On the Front Line | Himself | 2014-09-09 |
| Movie | The Boomer List | Himself | 2014-09-24 |
| Movie | Kingsman: The Secret Service | Valentine | 2014-12-13 |
| Movie | Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Himself | 2014-03-18 |
| Movie | Kite | Lieutenant Karl Aker | 2014-06-13 |
| Movie | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Nick Fury | 2014-03-20 |
| Movie | Oldboy | Chaney | 2013-11-14 |
| Series | Circus Halligalli | Unknown | 2013-02-25 |
| Series | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Nick Fury | 2013-09-24 |
| Movie | Everything Is Samuel L. Jackson's Fault | Himself | 2013-09-17 |
| Movie | Turbo | Whiplash (voice) | 2013-07-11 |
| Movie | I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac | Himself | 2012-02-19 |
| Movie | Meeting Evil | Richie | 2012-01-31 |
| Movie | The Samaritan | Foley | 2012-03-02 |
| Movie | Wake the Fuck Up | Himself | 2012-09-27 |
| Movie | Building the Dream: Assembling the Avengers | Himself | 2012-09-25 |
| Movie | The Avengers: A Visual Journey | Himself | 2012-09-25 |
| Movie | Django Unchained | Stephen | 2012-12-25 |
| Movie | The Avengers | Nick Fury | 2012-04-25 |
| Movie | Eddie Murphy: One Night Only | Himself | 2012-11-14 |
| Movie | Zambezia | Tendai (voice) | 2012-06-05 |
| Movie | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Fear (voice) | 2012-12-02 |
| Movie | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking | Himself | 2012-11-20 |
| Movie | Return to Jurassic Park | 2011-02-05 | |
| Movie | The Sunset Limited | Black | 2011-02-12 |
| Movie | Thor | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 2011-04-21 |
| Movie | Arena | Logan | 2011-10-11 |
| Movie | Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition | Narrator | 2011-12-18 |
| Movie | Prohibition | Reader (voice) | 2011-10-02 |
| Series | Prohibition | Voice (voice) | 2011-10-02 |
| Movie | African Cats | Narrator (voice) | 2011-04-22 |
| Movie | Captain America: The First Avenger | Nick Fury | 2011-07-22 |
| Movie | Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair | Rufus | 2011-03-28 |
| 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 | We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial | Self | 2009-01-18 |
| Series | Alan Carr: Chatty Man | Unknown | 2009-06-14 |
| Movie | Inglourious Basterds | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 2009-08-18 |
| Movie | The Face Is Familiar | Himself | 2009-06-08 |
| Series | Cosmic Quantum Ray | Unknown | 2009-01-26 |
| Movie | Astro Boy | Zog (voice) | 2009-10-15 |
| Movie | Afro Samurai: Resurrection | Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja | 2009-01-25 |
| Movie | Crítico | Himself | 2008-01-28 |
| Movie | Iron Man | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 2008-04-30 |
| Movie | Gospel Hill | Paul Malcolm | 2008-02-09 |
| Movie | Jumper | Roland | 2008-02-13 |
| Movie | The Spirit | Octopuss | 2008-12-25 |
| Movie | Soul Men | Louis Hinds | 2008-11-07 |
| Series | The War | Narrator | 2008-03-05 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu (voice) | 2008-08-05 |
| Movie | Lakeview Terrace | Abel Turner | 2008-09-19 |
| Movie | Afro Samurai | Afro Samurai | 2007-01-04 |
| Movie | Afro Samurai: Director's Cut | Afro Samurai | 2007-01-04 |
| Series | Afro Samurai | Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja (voice) | 2007-01-04 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | Cleaner | Tom Cutler | 2007-09-11 |
| Movie | Afro Samurai: The Movie | Afro Samurai | 2007-10-27 |
| Movie | Cannes: All Access | Himself | 2007-10-27 |
| Movie | Farce of the Penguins | Narrator (voice) | 2007-07-14 |
| Movie | 1408 | Gerald Olin | 2007-06-22 |
| Movie | Resurrecting the Champ | Champ | 2007-06-14 |
| Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino | Himself | 2007-06-19 |
| Series | アフロサムライ | Afro Samurai | 2007-05-03 |
| Movie | Black Snake Moan | Lazarus | 2006-12-31 |
| Movie | Snakes on a Plane | Neville Flynn | 2006-08-06 |
| Movie | Home of the Brave | William Marsh | 2006-12-15 |
| Movie | Honor Deferred | Narrator | 2006-02-11 |
| Series | The Henry Rollins Show | Unknown | 2006-04-01 |
| Movie | Freedomland | Lorenzo Council | 2006-02-17 |
| Movie | Coach Carter | Ken Carter | 2005-01-14 |
| Movie | The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World | Himself | 2005-02-23 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Mace Windu | 2005-05-17 |
| Movie | My Date with Drew | Himself | 2005-08-05 |
| Series | Extras | Unknown | 2005-07-21 |
| Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
| Movie | Mr. Incredible and Pals | 'Real' Frozone | 2005-03-15 |
| Movie | xXx: State of the Union | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 2005-04-27 |
| Series | The Boondocks | Unknown | 2005-11-06 |
| Movie | The Man | Derrick Vann | 2005-09-08 |
| Movie | Twisted | John Mills | 2004-02-27 |
| Movie | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Rufus | 2004-04-16 |
| 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 | Country of My Skull | Langston Whitfield | 2004-05-04 |
| Movie | John Travolta: The Inside Story | Himself | 2004-04-22 |
| Movie | Basic | West | 2003-04-18 |
| Movie | S.W.A.T. | Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson | 2003-08-08 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | Bon Voyage | Unknown | 2003-04-16 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Himself | 2003-02-21 |
| Movie | BaadAsssss Cinema | Self | 2002-01-01 |
| Movie | Pulp Fiction: The Facts | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-20 |
| Movie | The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies | Himself - Narrator | 2002-06-01 |
| Movie | No Good Deed | Jack Friar | 2002-06-28 |
| Movie | xXx | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 2002-08-09 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown: How It Went Down | Himself | 2002-08-20 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Mace Windu | 2002-05-15 |
| Movie | Changing Lanes | Doyle Gipson | 2002-04-07 |
| Movie | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
| Movie | Comic Books & Superheroes | Self | 2001-06-26 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Unbreakable' | Himself | 2001-06-19 |
| Movie | The Caveman's Valentine | Romulus | 2001-01-19 |
| Movie | The 51st State | Elmo McElroy | 2001-12-07 |
| Movie | Any Given Wednesday | Willie Nutter | 2000-02-02 |
| Movie | Unbreakable | Elijah Price | 2000-11-22 |
| Movie | Rules of Engagement | Col. Terry L. Childers | 2000-04-07 |
| Movie | Shaft | John Shaft | 2000-06-15 |
| Movie | Freak Talk About Sex | Himself | 1999-06-03 |
| Movie | From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic | Narrator, Host | 1999-06-15 |
| 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 | The Unauthorized 'Star Wars' Story | Himself | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Forever Hollywood | Himself | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Out of Sight | Hejirah Henry (uncredited) | 1998-06-26 |
| Series | TRL | Unknown | 1998-09-14 |
| Movie | The Red Violin | Charles Morritz (Montréal) | 1998-09-10 |
| Movie | The Negotiator | Lt. Danny Roman | 1998-07-29 |
| Series | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | Himself | 1998-06-23 |
| Movie | Sphere | Dr. Harry Adams | 1998-02-13 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown | Ordell Robbie | 1997-04-10 |
| Movie | The Toilers and the Wayfarers | Unknown | 1997-03-14 |
| Movie | One Eight Seven | Trevor Garfield | 1997-07-29 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Eve's Bayou | Louis Batiste | 1997-11-07 |
| Movie | The Long Kiss Goodnight | Mitch Henessey | 1996-10-11 |
| Movie | A Time to Kill | Carl Lee Hailey | 1996-07-24 |
| Movie | The Journey of the African-American Athlete | Narrator | 1996-02-12 |
| Movie | Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life | Narrator (voice) | 1996-07-01 |
| Movie | Trees Lounge | Wendell | 1996-05-11 |
| Movie | The Great White Hype | Rev. Fred Sultan | 1996-05-03 |
| Movie | Hard Eight | Jimmy | 1996-02-28 |
| Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | Kiss of Death | Calvin Hart | 1995-04-21 |
| Movie | Losing Isaiah | Kadar Lewis | 1995-03-17 |
| Movie | Fluke | Rumbo (voice) | 1995-06-02 |
| Movie | Die Hard: With a Vengeance | Zeus Carver | 1995-05-19 |
| Series | The Frank Skinner Show | Unknown | 1995-09-10 |
| Movie | The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Col. Ron | 1994-11-14 |
| Movie | The New Age | Dale Deveaux | 1994-09-16 |
| Movie | Against the Wall | Jamaal | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Fresh | Sam | 1994-08-24 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
| Movie | Hail Caesar | Mailman | 1994-05-11 |
| Movie | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Richard Greener | 1994-02-26 |
| Movie | Pulp Fiction | Jules Winnfield | 1994-09-10 |
| Movie | Menace II Society | Tat Lawson | 1993-05-26 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | Jurassic Park | Arnold | 1993-06-11 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | White Sands | Greg Meeker | 1992-04-24 |
| Movie | Patriot Games | Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson | 1992-06-04 |
| Series | Ghostwriter | Reggie Jenkins | 1992-10-03 |
| Movie | Juice | Trip | 1992-01-17 |
| Movie | Fathers & Sons | Marshall | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | Jumpin' at the Boneyard | Mr. Simpson | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | Strictly Business | Monroe | 1991-11-08 |
| Movie | Johnny Suede | B-Bop | 1991-08-18 |
| Movie | Jungle Fever | Gator Purify | 1991-06-07 |
| Movie | Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace | Hatcher | 1991-11-24 |
| Movie | Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella | The Janitor | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | A Shock to the System | Ulysses | 1990-03-23 |
| Movie | Mo' Better Blues | Madlock | 1990-08-03 |
| Movie | The Exorcist III | Dream Blind Man (uncredited) | 1990-08-17 |
| Movie | GoodFellas | Stacks Edwards | 1990-09-12 |
| Movie | Betsy's Wedding | Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey) | 1990-06-22 |
| Movie | Def by Temptation | Minister Garth | 1990-03-23 |
| Movie | The Return of Superfly | Nate Cabot | 1990-11-09 |
| Series | Law & Order | Attorney Louis Taggert | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Himself | 1989-11-03 |
| Movie | Dead Man Out | Calvin Fredricks | 1989-03-12 |
| Movie | Sea of Love | Black Guy | 1989-09-15 |
| Movie | School Daze | Leeds | 1988-02-12 |
| Movie | Coming to America | Robber (uncredited) | 1988-06-29 |
| Series | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Brother Elvis | 1987-05-21 |
| Movie | Uncle Tom's Cabin | George | 1987-06-14 |
| Movie | Eddie Murphy Raw | Eddie's Uncle | 1987-11-25 |
| Movie | Magic Sticks | Bum | 1987-06-05 |
| Series | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown | 1985-09-20 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan | Unknown | 1983-04-04 |
| 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 | Adventure in Denmark | Himself | 1973-06-28 |
| Movie | Together for Days | Stan | 1972-01-01 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Mister Señor Love Daddy | 1958-10-10 |
| Series | The Academy Awards | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
| Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |
| Series | Bambi-Verleihung | himself | 1948-01-01 |