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:
- 281
- 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 | The Marvels | Nick Fury | 2023-02-16 |
| Movie | The Sinister Six | (rumored) | 2022 |
| Movie | New Avengers | Nick Fury | 2022 |
| Movie | Inversion | 2022 | |
| Movie | The Blob | 2022 | |
| Movie | Blazing Samurai | Jimbo | 2022 |
| Series | Secret Invasion | Nick Fury | 2022 |
| Movie | Untitled Grumpy Old Men Remake | Unknown | 2022 |
| Movie | The Piano Lesson | Doaker Charles | 2022 |
| Series | Marvel Studios: Legends | Nick Fury (archive footage) | 2021-01-08 |
| Movie | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Darius Kincaid | 2021-06-14 |
| Movie | The Protégé | Moody | 2021-08-19 |
| Movie | Spiral: From the Book of Saw | Marcus Banks | 2021-05-12 |
| Series | Amend: The Fight for America | Unknown | 2021-02-17 |
| Movie | The Last Full Measure | Takoda | 2020-01-23 |
| 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 |
| Movie | One World: Together at Home | Self | 2020-04-18 |
| Movie | The Banker | Joe Morris | 2020-03-06 |
| Series | Some Good News | Voice Over | 2020-03-29 |
| Series | Do You Know Hip Hop | Nick Fury | 2020-02-28 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Mace Windu (voice) | 2019-12-18 |
| Movie | Shaft | John Shaft | 2019-06-14 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Nick Fury | 2019-06-28 |
| Series | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | 2019-09-09 |
| Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Self | 2019-10-21 |
| Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Nick Fury | 2019-04-24 |
| Movie | Captain Marvel | Nick Fury | 2019-03-06 |
| Movie | Glass | Elijah Price / Mr. Glass | 2019-01-16 |
| Movie | Quincy | Self | 2018-09-21 |
| Movie | Incredibles 2 | Lucius Best / Frozone (voice) | 2018-06-14 |
| Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 2018-04-25 |
| Movie | Life Itself | Himself | 2018-09-21 |
| Movie | xXx: Return of Xander Cage | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | Kong: Skull Island | Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard | 2017-03-08 |
| Movie | Creating a King: Summoning a God | Himself | 2017-07-18 |
| Movie | The Words That Built America | Reader - Declaration of Independence | 2017-07-04 |
| 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 |
| Movie | I Am Not Your Negro | Narration (voice) | 2017-02-03 |
| Movie | John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2017-03-19 |
| Movie | Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song | Host | 2017-02-10 |
| Movie | BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration | Self | 2016-11-15 |
| Movie | Eating You Alive | Himself | 2016-12-02 |
| Movie | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Barron | 2016-09-27 |
| Movie | Cell | Thomas 'Tom' McCourt | 2016-07-06 |
| Movie | The Legend of Tarzan | George Washington Williams | 2016-06-29 |
| Movie | Barely Lethal | Hardman | 2015-04-30 |
| Movie | Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed | Himself | 2015-06-08 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel | Himself | 2015-12-15 |
| Movie | The Hateful Eight | Major Marquis Warren | 2015-12-25 |
| Movie | Die Hardest | Zeus Carver (rumored) | 2015-12-31 |
| Movie | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Nick Fury | 2015-05-01 |
| Movie | Chi-Raq | Dolmedes | 2015-12-04 |
| Movie | Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed | Self | 2015-06-08 |
| Series | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2015-08-02 |
| Movie | Face of Unity | Self | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | Reasonable Doubt | Clinton Davis | 2014-01-17 |
| Movie | The Boomer List | Self | 2014-09-24 |
| 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 | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 2014-06-22 |
| Movie | Kite | Lieutenant Karl Aker | 2014-06-13 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Self | 2014-03-18 |
| Movie | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Nick Fury | 2014-03-20 |
| Movie | RoboCop | Pat Novak | 2014-01-30 |
| Movie | Turbo | Whiplash (voice) | 2013-07-11 |
| Series | 忽必烈传奇（建元风云） | Tendai (voice) | 2013-07-21 |
| Series | Circus Halligalli | Unknown | 2013-02-25 |
| Movie | Everything Is Samuel L. Jackson's Fault | Himself | 2013-09-17 |
| Movie | The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D | Nick Fury | 2013-09-24 |
| Movie | Oldboy | Chaney | 2013-11-14 |
| Series | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Nick Fury | 2013-09-24 |
| Movie | Django Unchained | Stephen | 2012-12-25 |
| Movie | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Fear (voice) | 2012-12-02 |
| Movie | Meeting Evil | Richie | 2012-01-31 |
| Movie | I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac | Himself | 2012-02-19 |
| Movie | Wake the Fuck Up | Himself | 2012-09-27 |
| Movie | Eddie Murphy: One Night Only | Himself | 2012-11-14 |
| Movie | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking | Himself | 2012-11-20 |
| Movie | Building the Dream: Assembling the Avengers | Himself | 2012-09-25 |
| Movie | The Avengers: A Visual Journey | Himself | 2012-09-25 |
| Movie | The Samaritan | Foley | 2012-03-02 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Editor Strikes Back | Mace Windu | 2012-03-07 |
| Series | Finding Your Roots | Self | 2012-03-24 |
| Movie | The Avengers | Nick Fury | 2012-04-25 |
| Movie | Return to Jurassic Park | 2011-02-05 | |
| Movie | On the Shoulders of Giants | 2011-02-11 | |
| Movie | African Cats | Narrator (voice) | 2011-04-22 |
| Movie | Captain America: The First Avenger | Nick Fury | 2011-07-22 |
| Movie | The Sunset Limited | Black | 2011-02-12 |
| Movie | Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair | Rufus | 2011-03-27 |
| Series | Prohibition | Voice (voice) | 2011-10-02 |
| Movie | Prohibition | Reader (voice) | 2011-10-02 |
| Movie | Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition | Narrator | 2011-12-18 |
| Movie | Arena | Logan | 2011-10-11 |
| Movie | Thor | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 2011-04-21 |
| Movie | In the Land of the Free... | Narrator | 2010-03-26 |
| Movie | Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible | Himself | 2010-11-12 |
| Movie | The Other Guys | P.K. Highsmith | 2010-08-06 |
| Movie | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story | Himself | 2010-07-24 |
| Movie | Unthinkable | Henry Harold 'H' Humphries | 2010-06-14 |
| Movie | Iron Man 2 | Nick Fury | 2010-04-28 |
| Movie | The Face Is Familiar | Himself | 2009-06-08 |
| Movie | Astro Boy | Zog (voice) | 2009-10-15 |
| Movie | Inglourious Basterds | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 2009-08-19 |
| Series | Alan Carr: Chatty Man | Unknown | 2009-06-14 |
| Movie | We Are One With President-Elect Barack Obama | Self | 2009-01-18 |
| Movie | Afro Samurai: Resurrection | Afro Samurai (voice) / Ninja Ninja (voice) | 2009-10-16 |
| Movie | Mother and Child | Paul | 2009-11-07 |
| Movie | Lakeview Terrace | Abel Turner | 2008-09-19 |
| Movie | The Spirit | Octopuss | 2008-12-25 |
| Movie | Soul Men | Louis Hinds | 2008-11-07 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu (voice) | 2008-08-05 |
| Series | The War | Narrator | 2008-03-05 |
| Movie | Crítico | Himself | 2008-01-28 |
| Movie | Gospel Hill | Paul Malcolm | 2008-02-09 |
| Movie | Jumper | Roland | 2008-02-13 |
| Movie | Afro Samurai | Afro Samurai | 2007-01-04 |
| Movie | Afro Samurai: Director's Cut | Afro Samurai | 2007-01-04 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | 1408 | Gerald Olin | 2007-06-22 |
| Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino | Himself | 2007-06-19 |
| Movie | Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story | Narrator | 2007-08-01 |
| Movie | Cleaner | Tom Cutler | 2007-09-11 |
| Movie | Cannes: All Access | Himself | 2007-10-27 |
| Movie | Afro Samurai: The Movie | Afro Samurai | 2007-10-27 |
| Series | Afro Samurai | Afro Samurai (voice) / Ninja Ninja (voice) | 2007-01-04 |
| Movie | Resurrecting the Champ | Champ | 2007-06-14 |
| Series | アフロサムライ | Afro Samurai | 2007-05-03 |
| Movie | Black Snake Moan | Lazarus | 2006-12-31 |
| Movie | Home of the Brave | William Marsh | 2006-12-15 |
| Series | The Henry Rollins Show | Unknown | 2006-04-01 |
| Movie | The N Word | Himself | 2006-01-16 |
| Movie | Honor Deferred | Narrator | 2006-02-11 |
| Movie | Coach Carter | Ken Carter | 2005-01-14 |
| Movie | xXx: State of the Union | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 2005-04-27 |
| Movie | Mr. Incredible and Pals | 'Real' Frozone | 2005-03-15 |
| Series | Extras | Samuel L. Jackson | 2005-07-21 |
| Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
| Movie | My Date with Drew | Himself | 2005-08-05 |
| Movie | The Man | Derrick Vann | 2005-09-08 |
| Series | Iconoclasts | Unknown | 2005-11-17 |
| Movie | The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World | Self | 2005-02-23 |
| Movie | George Lucas: Creating an Empire | Himself | 2005-01-27 |
| 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) | 2004-10-27 |
| Movie | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction | Officer Frank Tenpenny (voice) (uncredited) | 2004-10-26 |
| Series | The Tony Danza Show | Big Don | 2004-09-13 |
| Movie | In My Country | Langston Whitfield | 2004-05-04 |
| 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 | 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 | Pulp Fiction: The Facts | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-20 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown: How It Went Down | Himself | 2002-08-20 |
| Movie | The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies | Himself - Narrator | 2002-06-01 |
| Movie | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
| Movie | Comic Books & Superheroes | Self | 2001-06-26 |
| Movie | The Caveman's Valentine | Romulus | 2001-01-19 |
| Movie | The 51st State | Elmo McElroy | 2001-12-07 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Unbreakable' | Himself | 2001-06-19 |
| Movie | Rules of Engagement | Col. Terry L. Childers | 2000-04-07 |
| Movie | Unbreakable | Elijah Price | 2000-11-22 |
| Movie | Shaft | John Shaft | 2000-06-15 |
| Movie | Any Given Wednesday | Willie Nutter | 2000-02-02 |
| 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 | 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 | Forever Hollywood | Himself | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | The Negotiator | Lt. Danny Roman | 1998-07-29 |
| Movie | The Red Violin | Charles Morritz (Montréal) | 1998-09-10 |
| Movie | Out of Sight | Hejirah Henry (uncredited) | 1998-06-26 |
| Series | TRL | Unknown | 1998-09-14 |
| Series | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | Self | 1998-06-23 |
| Movie | Sphere | Dr. Harry Adams | 1998-02-13 |
| Series | Jonathan Creek | Mace Windu | 1997-05-09 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | One Eight Seven | Trevor Garfield | 1997-07-29 |
| Movie | The Toilers and the Wayfarers | Unknown | 1997-03-14 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown | Ordell Robbie | 1997-04-10 |
| Movie | Eve's Bayou | Louis Batiste | 1997-11-07 |
| Series | Papa | Narrator (voice) | 1996-01-13 |
| Movie | Trees Lounge | Wendell | 1996-05-11 |
| Movie | Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life | Narrator (voice) | 1996-07-01 |
| Movie | The Great White Hype | Rev. Fred Sultan | 1996-05-03 |
| 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 | Fluke | Rumbo (voice) | 1995-06-02 |
| Series | The Frank Skinner Show | Unknown | 1995-09-10 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Casino | Brother Elvis | 1995-11-22 |
| 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 |
| Series | SMart | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 1994-10-05 |
| Movie | Against the Wall | Jamaal | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Hail Caesar | Mailman | 1994-05-11 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
| Movie | The New Age | Dale Deveaux | 1994-09-16 |
| Series | WWE Raw | Unknown | 1993-01-11 |
| Movie | Jurassic Park | Arnold | 1993-06-11 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Murder at the Savoy | Unknown | 1993-10-06 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| 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 |
| Movie | White Sands | Greg Meeker | 1992-04-24 |
| Movie | Juice | Trip | 1992-01-17 |
| Movie | Fathers & Sons | Marshall | 1992-01-01 |
| Series | Drexell's Class | Lorenzo Council | 1991-09-19 |
| Movie | Jungle Fever | Gator Purify | 1991-06-07 |
| Series | Autovaras | Minister Garth | 1991-02-27 |
| Movie | Johnny Suede | B-Bop | 1991-08-18 |
| Movie | Jumpin' at the Boneyard | Mr. Simpson | 1991-11-01 |
| Movie | Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace | Hatcher | 1991-11-24 |
| Movie | Strictly Business | Monroe | 1991-11-08 |
| Movie | The Return of Superfly | Nate Cabot | 1990-11-09 |
| Movie | Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella | The Janitor | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | The Exorcist III | Dream Blind Man | 1990-08-17 |
| Movie | GoodFellas | Stacks Edwards | 1990-09-12 |
| Movie | Mo' Better Blues | Madlock | 1990-08-03 |
| Movie | Betsy's Wedding | Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey) | 1990-06-22 |
| Movie | A Shock to the System | Ulysses | 1990-03-23 |
| Series | Law & Order | Attorney Louis Taggert | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Himself | 1989-11-03 |
| Movie | Born on the Fourth of July | Unknown | 1989-12-20 |
| Movie | Sea of Love | Black Guy | 1989-09-15 |
| Movie | Dead Man Out | Calvin Fredricks | 1989-03-12 |
| Movie | School Daze | Leeds | 1988-02-12 |
| Movie | Coming to America | Hold-Up Man | 1988-06-29 |
| Series | Red Dwarf | Neville Flynn | 1988-02-15 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
| Movie | Uncle Tom's Cabin | George | 1987-06-14 |
| Movie | Magic Sticks | Bum | 1987-06-05 |
| Movie | Eddie Murphy Raw | Eddie's Uncle | 1987-11-25 |
| Series | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown | 1985-09-20 |
| Movie | Ragtime | Gang Member No. 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 | Great Performances | self | 1971-01-28 |
| Series | Black Saddle | Sam | 1959-01-10 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Mister Señor Love Daddy | 1958-10-10 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-18 |
| Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |
| Series | Bambi-Verleihung | himself | 1948-01-01 |