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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 21, 1948
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., USA
Also Known As
- Samuel Leroy Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson
9.7 Popularity
Biography
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).
Known For
5.2
Caesar Sarter (voice) / Lemuel Haynes (voice) / Boston King (voice)
The American Revolution
2025
5.2
voice
The American Revolution
2025
6.7
Valentine
Afterburn
2025
6.3
St. Christopher
The Unholy Trinity
2025
9.0
Self
FireAid Benefit Concert
2025
0.0
Self
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
2024
6.0
Doaker Charles
The Piano Lesson
2024
🎬
0.0
Self
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
2024
7.0
Frank Moten
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
2024
7.0
Vic (voice)
The Garfield Movie
2024
Credits
The American Revolution
as Caesar Sarter (voice) / Lemuel Haynes (voice) / Boston King (voice)
2025
5.2
The American Revolution
as voice
2025
5.2
Afterburn
as Valentine
2025
6.7
The Unholy Trinity
as St. Christopher
2025
6.3
FireAid Benefit Concert
as Self
2025
9.0
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
as Self
2024
0.0
The Piano Lesson
as Doaker Charles
2024
6.0
🎬
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
as Self
2024
0.0
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
as Frank Moten
2024
7.0
The Garfield Movie
as Vic (voice)
2024
7.0
Damaged
as Dan Lawson
2024
5.7
Argylle
as Alfie
2024
6.0
The Marvels
as Nick Fury
2023
6.0
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
as Self - 'Nick Fury'
2023
5.0
The Kill Room
as Gordon
2023
6.0
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
as self
2023
9.0
Secret Invasion
as Nick Fury
2023
6.5
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Nick Fury (voice)
2023
7.7
Tulsa King
as Russell Lee Washington Jr.
2022
8.3
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
2022
6.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
5.6
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
as Jimbo (voice)
2022
6.7
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
as Ptolemy Grey
2022
7.4
JANET JACKSON.
as Self
2022
7.8
The Fix
as Narrator (voice)
2022
0.0
An Audience with Adele
as Self
2021
8.4
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
2021
7.0
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Nick Fury (archive footage)
2021
6.9
The Protégé
as Moody
2021
6.6
What If...?
as Nick Fury (voice)
2021
8.1
What If...?
as Sir Fury (voice)
2021
8.1
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
as Darius Kincaid
2021
6.7
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
as Marcus Banks
2021
5.9
Amend: The Fight for America
as Self
2021
7.1
Marvel Studios Legends
as Nick Fury (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
7.4
🎬
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2021
5.0
Death to 2020
as Dash Bracket
2020
6.5
Beyond the Spotlight
2020
0.0
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
as Self
2020
8.0
Enslaved
as Self
2020
6.7
Staged
as Sam
2020
7.9
One World: Together at Home
as Self
2020
7.0
Some Good News
as Voice Over
2020
6.4
The Banker
as Joe Morris
2020
7.6
The Last Full Measure
as Takoda
2020
7.3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Mace Windu (voice)
2019
6.3
The Movies That Made Us
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.2
QT8: The First Eight
as Self (uncredited)
2019
7.2
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
4.9
Spider-Man: Far From Home
as Nick Fury
2019
7.4
Shaft
as John Shaft
2019
6.5
Avengers: Endgame
as Nick Fury
2019
8.2
Captain Marvel
as Nick Fury
2019
6.8
Glass
as Elijah Price / Mr. Glass
2019
6.7
Life Itself
as Self
2018
7.2
Quincy
as Self
2018
7.3
Incredibles 2
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
2018
7.5
Avengers: Infinity War
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
2018
8.2
Miracle on 42nd Street
as self
2017
0.0
Unicorn Store
as The Salesman
2017
5.9
The Hitman's Bodyguard
as Darius Kincaid
2017
6.9
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
2017
6.1
Creating a King: Summoning a God
as Self
2017
7.3
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017
6.0
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2017
7.3
Kong: Skull Island
as Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard
2017
6.6
Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
as Host
2017
0.0
I Am Not Your Negro
as Narrator (voice)
2017
7.7
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
2017
6.1
Eating You Alive
as Self
2016
7.1
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
as Self
2016
9.0
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Barron
2016
6.8
Cell
as Thomas 'Tom' McCourt
2016
4.7
The Legend of Tarzan
as George Washington Williams
2016
5.9
The Hateful Eight
as Major Marquis Warren
2015
7.8
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
as Self
2015
6.3
Chi-Raq
as Dolmedes
2015
5.7
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
6.2
Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed
as Self
2015
3.0
Barely Lethal
as Hardman
2015
5.7
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Nick Fury
2015
7.3
Big Game
as US President William Alan Moore
2015
5.5
Kingsman: The Secret Service
as Valentine
2015
7.6
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
2014
1.5
Kite
as Lieutenant Karl Aker
2014
4.3
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
as Nick Fury
2014
7.7
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
as Self
2014
6.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
RoboCop
as Pat Novak
2014
5.9
Reasonable Doubt
as Clinton Davis
2014
5.8
Face of Unity
as Self
2014
0.0
Oldboy
as Chaney
2013
5.9
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Nick Fury
2013
7.5
Everything Is Samuel L. Jackson's Fault
as Self
2013
8.0
Talking Bad
as Self
2013
5.7
Turbo
as Whiplash (voice)
2013
6.3
Circus Halligalli
2013
5.4
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
as Self
2013
6.7
Django Unchained
as Stephen
2012
8.2
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
as Self
2012
6.0
The Avengers: A Visual Journey
as Self
2012
8.0
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
as Self
2012
0.0
Zambezia
as Tendai (voice)
2012
6.2
The Avengers
as Nick Fury
2012
7.9
Finding Your Roots
as Self
2012
6.4
The Samaritan
as Foley
2012
5.5
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
as Self
2012
8.1
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
7.6
Meeting Evil
as Richie
2012
5.3
Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition
as Narrator
2011
5.2
Arena
as Logan
2011
5.2
Prohibition
as Reader (voice)
2011
7.9
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self
2011
5.3
Captain America: The First Avenger
as Nick Fury
2011
7.0
Dynamo: Magician Impossible
as Self
2011
6.9
Go the F**k to Sleep
as Narrator (voice)
2011
8.0
Thor
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
2011
6.8
African Cats
as Narrator (voice)
2011
7.4
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
as Rufus
2011
8.0
The Sunset Limited
as Black
2011
7.2
On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
6.3
Return to Jurassic Park
as Self
2011
6.6
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
as Elmo McElroy (archive footage)
2010
6.2
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Fear (voice)
2010
6.3
The Other Guys
as P.K. Highsmith
2010
6.3
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
as Self
2010
6.8
Unthinkable
as Henry Harold 'H' Humphries
2010
6.8
Iron Man 2
as Nick Fury
2010
6.8
In the Land of the Free...
as Narrator
2010
0.0
Heavy Rain
as Himself
2010
2.0
Mother and Child
as Paul
2009
6.6
Afro Samurai: Resurrection
as Afro / Ninja-Ninja (voice)
2009
6.8
Astro Boy
as Zog (voice)
2009
6.3
Inglourious Basterds
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2009
8.2
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
as Self
2009
4.9
The Face is Familiar
as Himself
2009
2.0
Uneven Fairways
as Narrator
2009
0.0
The Spirit
as Octopus
2008
4.8
Soul Men
as Louis Hinds
2008
6.1
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Mace Windu (voice) (archive sound)
2008
8.5
Lakeview Terrace
as Abel Turner
2008
6.0
Death2kuffar
as Abu musab zarqawi
2008
0.0
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Mace Windu (voice)
2008
6.1
Iron Man
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
2008
7.7
Jumper
as Roland
2008
6.2
Gospel Hill
as Paul Malcolm
2008
4.7
Critic
as Self
2008
7.9
The War
as Narrator (voice)
2007
8.0
Cleaner
as Tom Cutler
2007
6.1
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
as Narrator
2007
8.5
1408
as Gerald Olin
2007
6.7
Resurrecting the Champ
as Champ
2007
6.3
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Afro Samurai
as Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja (voice)
2007
7.3
Black Snake Moan
as Lazarus
2006
6.8
Home of the Brave
as William Marsh
2006
5.4
Farce of the Penguins
as Narrador (voz)
2006
4.1
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
2006
0.0
Snakes on a Plane
as Neville Flynn
2006
5.5
50 Films to See Before You Die
as Self
2006
8.5
The Henry Rollins Show
2006
6.0
Freedomland
as Lorenzo Council
2006
5.2
Honor Deferred
as Narrator
2006
0.0
The N Word
as Self
2006
6.6
Iconoclasts
as Self
2005
6.0
The Boondocks
2005
8.2
The Boondocks
as Rummy (voice)
2005
8.2
The Colbert Report
2005
6.9
The Man
as Derrick Vann
2005
5.8
My Date with Drew
as Self (uncredited)
2005
5.9
Extras
as Samuel L. Jackson
2005
7.8
Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie
as Self
2005
8.0
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Mace Windu
2005
7.5
xXx: State of the Union
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
2005
5.1
Mr. Incredible and Pals
as Frozone (commentary voice)
2005
5.9
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
as Self
2005
8.0
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
as Presenter/Self
2005
5.0
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Narrator (voice)
2005
0.0
Coach Carter
as Ken Carter
2005
7.6
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as An Officer of the Law
2005
6.7
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
6.7
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
as Tenpenny (voice)
2004
9.7
The Incredibles
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
2004
7.7
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Jack Johnson (voice)
2004
7.1
In My Country
as Langston Whitfield
2004
5.9
John Travolta: The Inside Story
as Self
2004
8.0
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
as Rufus
2004
7.9
Twisted
as John Mills
2004
5.6
America Beyond the Color Line
as Self
2004
6.0
🎬
Hollywood Legenden
as Self
2004
2.0
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
S.W.A.T.
as Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
2003
6.2
Working Shakespeare
2003
0.0
Basic
as Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
2003
6.5
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2003
6.0
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
4.8
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
5.5
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
as Self (archive footage)
2002
2.0
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
as Self
2002
7.7
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
2002
5.9
xXx
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
2002
6.0
No Good Deed
as Jack Friar
2002
5.4
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
as Self - Narrator
2002
5.7
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Mace Windu
2002
6.6
Changing Lanes
as Doyle Gipson
2002
6.3
Middle School Confessions
as Host
2002
0.0
The 51st State
as Elmo McElroy
2001
6.1
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self
2001
6.5
The 100 Greatest Films
as Self
2001
5.5
The Proud Family
as Joseph (voice)
2001
7.7
🎬
Comic Books & Superheroes
as Self
2001
7.0
The Caveman's Valentine
as Romulus
2001
5.8
Unbreakable
as Elijah Price
2000
7.1
Shaft
as John Shaft
2000
6.0
🎬
Opening the Tombs of the Golden Mummies: Live
2000
0.0
Rules of Engagement
as Col. Terry L. Childers
2000
6.3
🎬
Any Given Wednesday
as Willie Nutter
2000
5.8
🎬
Shaft: Still the Man
as Self
2000
6.0
The Early Show
as Self
1999
6.2
Deep Blue Sea
as Russell Franklin
1999
6.0
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
as Narrator / Host
1999
7.9
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Mace Windu
1999
6.6
Our Friend, Martin
as Turner (voice)
1999
6.9
Forever Hollywood
as Self
1999
8.0
The Red Violin
as Charles Morritz (Montréal)
1998
7.4
All Saints: The Video
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
0.0
TRL
1998
5.1
The Negotiator
as Lt. Danny Roman
1998
7.1
Out of Sight
as Hejira Henry (uncredited)
1998
6.7
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
as Self
1998
7.3
Sphere
as Dr. Harry Adams
1998
6.1
Parkinson
as Self
1998
0.0
Jackie Brown
as Ordell Robbie
1997
7.4
Eve's Bayou
as Louis Batiste
1997
6.4
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
4.3
One Eight Seven
as Trevor Garfield
1997
6.6
🎬
Leute heute
as Self
1997
4.8
Hard Eight
as Jimmy
1997
6.8
The Long Kiss Goodnight
as Mitch Henessey
1996
6.6
A Time to Kill
as Carl Lee Hailey
1996
7.4
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life
as Narrator (voice)
1996
6.0
Trees Lounge
as Wendell
1996
6.9
The Great White Hype
as Rev. Fred Sultan
1996
5.3
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
as Narrator
1996
10.0
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self
1995
7.5
Fluke
as Rumbo (voice)
1995
7.1
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
as Zeus Carver
1995
7.3
A Night to Die For
as Self - Host
1995
0.0
Kiss of Death
as Calvin Hart
1995
5.7
Losing Isaiah
as Kadar Lewis
1995
6.5
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as The Mayor (voice)
1995
6.0
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
as Colonel Ron
1994
5.5
The New Age
as Dale Deveaux
1994
5.4
Pulp Fiction
as Jules Winnfield
1994
8.5
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
Fresh
as Sam
1994
7.2
Hail Caesar
as Mailman
1994
3.3
Against the Wall
as Jamaal
1994
6.1
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Richard Greener
1994
6.2
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
True Romance
as Big Don
1993
7.5
Jurassic Park
as Arnold
1993
8.0
Menace II Society
as Tat Lawson
1993
7.5
Amos & Andrew
as Andrew Sterling
1993
5.4
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Wes Luger
1993
6.0
Fathers & Sons
as Marshall
1992
5.1
Ghostwriter
as Reggie Jenkins
1992
7.0
HBO First Look
1992
4.9
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self - Presenter
1992
8.1
Patriot Games
as Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson
1992
6.7
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
White Sands
as Greg Meeker
1992
5.9
Juice
as Trip
1992
7.2
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
as Everett Hatcher
1991
5.5
Strictly Business
as Monroe
1991
5.3
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
as Mr. Simpson
1991
6.3
Johnny Suede
as B-Bop
1991
5.1
Jungle Fever
as Gator Purify
1991
6.4
The Return of Superfly
as Nate Cabot
1990
5.4
Law & Order
as Attorney Louis Taggert
1990
7.4
GoodFellas
as Stacks Edwards
1990
8.5
The Exorcist III
as Dream Blind Man
1990
6.3
Mo' Better Blues
as Madlock
1990
6.5
Betsy's Wedding
as Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)
1990
5.7
Common Ground
as Rev. Bob McClair
1990
10.0
A Shock to the System
as Ulysses
1990
6.4
Def by Temptation
as Minister Garth
1990
4.7
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
as The Janitor
1990
10.0
🎬
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
as Self
1989
6.7
Sea of Love
as Black Guy
1989
6.6
Do the Right Thing
as Mister Señor Love Daddy
1989
7.8
Dead Man Out
as Calvin Fredricks
1989
6.3
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.4
Coming to America
as Hold-Up Man
1988
6.9
School Daze
as Leeds
1988
5.7
Eddie Murphy Raw
as Eddie's Uncle
1987
7.3
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as George
1987
7.0
Magic Sticks
as Bum
1987
5.5
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
as Brother Elvis
1987
6.0
Spenser: For Hire
1985
6.7
Ragtime
as Gang Member No. 2
1981
7.0
The Exterminator
as Extra (uncredited)
1980
5.6
The Trial of the Moke
as Johnson Whittaker
1978
5.5
The Displaced Person
as Sulk
1977
6.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Together for Days
as Stan
1972
8.0
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
1953
7.0
Today
as Self
1952
5.6
Bambi
as Self
1948
9.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
🎬
The Honest Liar
as Nick DeFranco
N/A
0.0
🎬
Man of War
N/A
0.0
🎬
Incredibles 3
as Lucius Best / Frozone (Voice)
N/A
0.0
🎬
Morris Stokes
as Morris Stokes
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Beast
N/A
0.0
🎬
Untitled J.J. Abrams Film
N/A
0.0
🎬
Head Games
N/A
0.0
🎬
Just Play Dead
as Jack Wolfe
N/A
0.0
🎬
NOLA King
as Russell Lee Washington Jr.
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St. Vincent
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