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:
- 280
- 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 | New Avengers | Nick Fury | 2022 |
| Movie | The Piano Lesson | Doaker Charles | 2022 |
| Movie | The Sinister Six | (rumored) | 2022 |
| Movie | Untitled Grumpy Old Men Remake | Unknown | 2022 |
| Movie | The Blob | 2022 | |
| Movie | The Marvels | Nick Fury | 2022-11-09 |
| Movie | Inversion | 2022 | |
| Series | Secret Invasion | Nick Fury | 2022 |
| Movie | Blazing Samurai | Jimbo | 2022 |
| Series | Marvel Studios: Legends | Nick Fury (archive footage) | 2021-01-08 |
| Movie | The Protégé | Moody | 2021-08-19 |
| Movie | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Darius Kincaid | 2021-06-14 |
| 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 | Avengers: Endgame | Nick Fury | 2019-04-24 |
| 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 | Glass | Elijah Price / Mr. Glass | 2019-01-16 |
| Series | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | 2019-09-09 |
| Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Self | 2019-10-21 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Mace Windu (voice) | 2019-12-18 |
| Movie | Quincy | Self | 2018-09-21 |
| 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 | xXx: Return of Xander Cage | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | Kong: Skull Island | Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard | 2017-03-08 |
| 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 | Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song | Host | 2017-02-10 |
| Movie | The Words That Built America | Reader - Declaration of Independence | 2017-07-04 |
| Movie | I Am Not Your Negro | Narration (voice) | 2017-02-03 |
| Movie | Eating You Alive | Himself | 2016-12-02 |
| Movie | Cell | Thomas 'Tom' McCourt | 2016-07-06 |
| Movie | The Legend of Tarzan | George Washington Williams | 2016-06-29 |
| Movie | BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration | Self | 2016-11-15 |
| Movie | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Barron | 2016-09-27 |
| Movie | Die Hardest | Zeus Carver (rumored) | 2015-12-31 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed | Self | 2015-06-08 |
| Movie | RoboCop | Pat Novak | 2014-01-30 |
| Movie | Face of Unity | Self | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | Reasonable Doubt | Clinton Davis | 2014-01-17 |
| Movie | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 2014-06-22 |
| Movie | Kite | Lieutenant Karl Aker | 2014-06-13 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Nick Fury | 2014-03-20 |
| Movie | Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Self | 2014-03-18 |
| 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 | 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 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Fear (voice) | 2012-12-02 |
| Movie | Building the Dream: Assembling the Avengers | Himself | 2012-09-25 |
| Movie | The Avengers: A Visual Journey | Himself | 2012-09-25 |
| Movie | Zambezia | Tendai (voice) | 2012-06-05 |
| Movie | Django Unchained | Stephen | 2012-12-25 |
| Movie | Wake the Fuck Up | Himself | 2012-09-27 |
| 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 | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking | Himself | 2012-11-20 |
| Movie | Eddie Murphy: One Night Only | Himself | 2012-11-14 |
| Movie | Return to Jurassic Park | 2011-02-05 | |
| Movie | On the Shoulders of Giants | 2011-02-11 | |
| Movie | Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair | Rufus | 2011-03-27 |
| 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 | The Sunset Limited | Black | 2011-02-12 |
| Movie | Unthinkable | Henry Harold 'H' Humphries | 2010-06-14 |
| Movie | Iron Man 2 | Nick Fury | 2010-04-28 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Astro Boy | Zog (voice) | 2009-10-15 |
| Series | Cosmic Quantum Ray | Unknown | 2009-01-26 |
| Movie | We Are One With President-Elect Barack Obama | Self | 2009-01-18 |
| Movie | Inglourious Basterds | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 2009-08-19 |
| Movie | Crítico | Himself | 2008-01-28 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu (voice) | 2008-08-05 |
| Movie | The Spirit | Octopuss | 2008-12-25 |
| Movie | Jumper | Roland | 2008-02-13 |
| Movie | Soul Men | Louis Hinds | 2008-11-07 |
| Movie | Lakeview Terrace | Abel Turner | 2008-09-19 |
| Series | The War | Narrator | 2008-03-05 |
| Movie | Gospel Hill | Paul Malcolm | 2008-02-09 |
| 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 | 1408 | Gerald Olin | 2007-06-22 |
| 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 | Resurrecting the Champ | Champ | 2007-06-14 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | Home of the Brave | William Marsh | 2006-12-15 |
| 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 |
| Movie | George Lucas: Creating an Empire | Himself | 2005-01-27 |
| Series | The Boondocks | Unknown | 2005-11-06 |
| Movie | The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World | Himself | 2005-02-23 |
| Series | Extras | Samuel L. Jackson | 2005-07-21 |
| Series | Iconoclasts | Unknown | 2005-11-17 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Mace Windu | 2005-05-17 |
| Movie | xXx: State of the Union | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 2005-04-27 |
| Movie | My Date with Drew | Himself | 2005-08-05 |
| Movie | Mr. Incredible and Pals | 'Real' Frozone | 2005-03-15 |
| Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
| Movie | The Man | Derrick Vann | 2005-09-08 |
| Movie | Twisted | John Mills | 2004-02-27 |
| Movie | John Travolta: The Inside Story | Himself | 2004-04-22 |
| 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 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Rufus | 2004-04-16 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
| Movie | S.W.A.T. | Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson | 2003-08-08 |
| 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 | 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 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Mace Windu | 2002-05-15 |
| 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 | Changing Lanes | Doyle Gipson | 2002-04-07 |
| Movie | BaadAsssss Cinema | Self | 2002-01-01 |
| 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 | Shaft | John Shaft | 2000-06-15 |
| Movie | Rules of Engagement | Col. Terry L. Childers | 2000-04-07 |
| Movie | Unbreakable | Elijah Price | 2000-11-22 |
| Movie | Deep Blue Sea | Russell Franklin | 1999-07-28 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Mace Windu | 1999-05-19 |
| Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
| 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 | From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic | Narrator, Host | 1999-06-15 |
| Series | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | Self | 1998-06-23 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Out of Sight | Hejirah Henry (uncredited) | 1998-06-26 |
| Movie | Sphere | Dr. Harry Adams | 1998-02-13 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Eve's Bayou | Louis Batiste | 1997-11-07 |
| Movie | The Toilers and the Wayfarers | Unknown | 1997-03-14 |
| Movie | One Eight Seven | Trevor Garfield | 1997-07-29 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown | Ordell Robbie | 1997-04-10 |
| Series | Papa | Narrator (voice) | 1996-01-13 |
| Movie | The Long Kiss Goodnight | Mitch Henessey | 1996-10-11 |
| Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | A Time to Kill | Carl Lee Hailey | 1996-07-24 |
| Movie | Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life | Narrator (voice) | 1996-07-01 |
| Movie | Trees Lounge | Wendell | 1996-05-11 |
| Movie | Hard Eight | Jimmy | 1996-02-28 |
| Movie | The Great White Hype | Rev. Fred Sultan | 1996-05-03 |
| Movie | The Journey of the African-American Athlete | Narrator | 1996-02-12 |
| Movie | Kiss of Death | Calvin Hart | 1995-04-21 |
| Movie | Die Hard: With a Vengeance | Zeus Carver | 1995-05-19 |
| Movie | Casino | Brother Elvis | 1995-11-22 |
| Movie | Losing Isaiah | Kadar Lewis | 1995-03-17 |
| Movie | Fluke | Rumbo (voice) | 1995-06-02 |
| Series | The Frank Skinner Show | Unknown | 1995-09-10 |
| Movie | Fresh | Sam | 1994-06-15 |
| Movie | The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Col. Ron | 1994-11-14 |
| Movie | Pulp Fiction | Jules Winnfield | 1994-09-10 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
| Movie | Hail Caesar | Mailman | 1994-05-11 |
| Movie | The New Age | Dale Deveaux | 1994-09-16 |
| Movie | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Richard Greener | 1994-02-26 |
| Movie | Against the Wall | Jamaal | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Amos & Andrew | Andrew Sterling | 1993-03-05 |
| 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 | 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 | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1992-06-12 |
| Series | Ghostwriter | Reggie Jenkins | 1992-10-03 |
| Movie | Juice | Trip | 1992-01-17 |
| Movie | Fathers & Sons | Marshall | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | Johnny Suede | B-Bop | 1991-08-18 |
| Movie | Jungle Fever | Gator Purify | 1991-06-07 |
| Movie | Strictly Business | Monroe | 1991-11-08 |
| Movie | Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace | Hatcher | 1991-11-24 |
| Movie | Jumpin' at the Boneyard | Mr. Simpson | 1991-11-01 |
| Movie | Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella | The Janitor | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Def by Temptation | Minister Garth | 1990-03-23 |
| Series | Law & Order | Attorney Louis Taggert | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | GoodFellas | Stacks Edwards | 1990-09-12 |
| Movie | The Return of Superfly | Nate Cabot | 1990-11-09 |
| Movie | Betsy's Wedding | Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey) | 1990-06-22 |
| Movie | Mo' Better Blues | Madlock | 1990-08-03 |
| Movie | A Shock to the System | Ulysses | 1990-03-23 |
| Movie | The Exorcist III | Dream Blind Man | 1990-08-17 |
| Movie | Sea of Love | Black Guy | 1989-09-15 |
| Movie | Dead Man Out | Calvin Fredricks | 1989-03-12 |
| Movie | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Himself | 1989-11-03 |
| Movie | School Daze | Leeds | 1988-02-12 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
| Movie | Coming to America | Hold-Up Man | 1988-06-29 |
| Series | Red Dwarf | Neville Flynn | 1988-02-15 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Movie | Double Indemnity | Unknown | 1944-06-14 |