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