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:
- 284
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Piano Lesson
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Marvels 2023-07-26
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Blob | 2023 | |
| Movie | New Avengers | Nick Fury | 2023 |
| Movie | Untitled Grumpy Old Men Remake | Unknown | 2023 |
| Movie | The Piano Lesson | Doaker Charles | 2023 |
| Movie | Inversion | 2023 | |
| Movie | Young Avengers- the arrival of Kang | Nick Fury | 2023-05-26 |
| Movie | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Nick Fury | 2023-02-15 |
| Movie | The Marvels | Nick Fury | 2023-07-26 |
| Movie | The Sinister Six | (rumored) | 2022 |
| Movie | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Jimbo (voice) | 2022-07-14 |
| Series | Secret Invasion | Nick Fury | 2022 |
| Movie | Spiral: From the Book of Saw | Marcus Banks | 2021-05-12 |
| Movie | Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special | Nick Fury | 2021-11-12 |
| Movie | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021-11-20 |
| Series | Marvel Studios: Legends | Nick Fury (archive footage) | 2021-01-08 |
| Movie | The Protégé | Moody | 2021-08-19 |
| Series | Amend: The Fight for America | Unknown | 2021-02-17 |
| Movie | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Darius Kincaid | 2021-06-14 |
| Movie | The Merchant of Venus: Part 1 - The Wrath of Shylock | VV | 2020 |
| Movie | The Last Full Measure | Takoda | 2020-01-23 |
| Series | Enslaved | Self | 2020-09-14 |
| Movie | A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote | Self | 2020-10-15 |
| Movie | One World: Together at Home | Self | 2020-04-18 |
| Series | Staged | Unknown | 2020-06-10 |
| Series | Do You Know Hip Hop | Nick Fury | 2020-02-28 |
| Series | Some Good News | Voice Over | 2020-03-29 |
| Movie | The Banker | Joe Morris | 2020-03-06 |
| Movie | Death to 2020 | Dash Bracket | 2020-12-27 |
| Movie | Captain Marvel | Nick Fury | 2019-03-06 |
| Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Self (uncredited) | 2019-10-21 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Mace Windu (voice) | 2019-12-18 |
| Series | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | 2019-09-09 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Nick Fury | 2019-06-28 |
| Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Nick Fury | 2019-04-24 |
| Movie | Shaft | John Shaft | 2019-06-14 |
| Movie | Glass | Elijah Price / Mr. Glass | 2019-01-16 |
| 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 | I Am Not Your Negro | Narration (voice) | 2017-02-03 |
| Movie | The Words That Built America | Reader - Declaration of Independence | 2017-07-04 |
| Series | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Himself | 2017-08-08 |
| Movie | Creating a King: Summoning a God | Himself | 2017-07-18 |
| Movie | The Hitman's Bodyguard | Darius Kincaid | 2017-08-16 |
| Movie | Unicorn Store | The Salesman | 2017-09-11 |
| Movie | Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song | Host | 2017-02-10 |
| Movie | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Richmond Valentine (archive) | 2017-09-20 |
| Movie | John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2017-03-19 |
| Movie | Kong: Skull Island | Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard | 2017-03-08 |
| 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 |
| Series | Brad Neely's Harg Nallin Sclopio Peepio | Self | 2016-07-10 |
| Movie | The Legend of Tarzan | George Washington Williams | 2016-06-29 |
| Movie | Cell | Thomas 'Tom' McCourt | 2016-07-06 |
| Movie | Kingsman: The Secret Service | Valentine | 2015-01-24 |
| 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 | Chi-Raq | Dolmedes | 2015-12-04 |
| Series | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2015-08-02 |
| Movie | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Nick Fury | 2015-05-01 |
| Movie | Barely Lethal | Hardman | 2015-04-30 |
| Movie | Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed | Self | 2015-06-08 |
| 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 | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 2014-06-22 |
| Movie | Big Game | President William Alan Moore | 2014-09-05 |
| Movie | On the Front Line | Self | 2014-09-09 |
| Movie | Kite | Lieutenant Karl Aker | 2014-06-13 |
| Movie | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Nick Fury | 2014-03-20 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Self | 2014-03-18 |
| Movie | RoboCop | Pat Novak | 2014-01-30 |
| Movie | Everything Is Samuel L. Jackson's Fault | Himself | 2013-09-17 |
| Movie | Turbo | Whiplash (voice) | 2013-07-11 |
| Series | Circus Halligalli | Unknown | 2013-02-25 |
| Series | 忽必烈传奇（建元风云） | Tendai (voice) | 2013-07-21 |
| 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 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Fear (voice) | 2012-12-02 |
| Movie | Django Unchained | Stephen | 2012-12-25 |
| 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 | Thor | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 2011-04-21 |
| 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 | African Cats | Narrator (voice) | 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 | We Are One With President-Elect Barack Obama | Self | 2009-01-18 |
| 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 | The Face Is Familiar | Himself | 2009-06-08 |
| Movie | Mother and Child | Paul | 2009-11-07 |
| Movie | Afro Samurai: Resurrection | Afro Samurai (voice) / Ninja Ninja (voice) | 2009-10-16 |
| Movie | Lakeview Terrace | Abel Turner | 2008-09-19 |
| Movie | The Spirit | Octopuss | 2008-12-25 |
| Movie | Soul Men | Louis Hinds | 2008-11-07 |
| Movie | Crítico | Self | 2008-01-28 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu (voice) | 2008-08-05 |
| Movie | Gospel Hill | Paul Malcolm | 2008-02-09 |
| Series | The War | Narrator | 2008-03-05 |
| Movie | Jumper | Roland | 2008-02-13 |
| Movie | Afro Samurai | Afro Samurai | 2007-01-04 |
| Series | Afro Samurai | Afro Samurai (voice) / Ninja Ninja (voice) | 2007-01-04 |
| Movie | Afro Samurai: Director's Cut | Afro Samurai | 2007-01-04 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | Farce of the Penguins | Narrator (voice) | 2007-07-14 |
| Movie | 1408 | Gerald Olin | 2007-06-22 |
| 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 | アフロサムライ | Afro Samurai | 2007-05-03 |
| Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino | Himself | 2007-06-19 |
| Movie | Resurrecting the Champ | Champ | 2007-06-14 |
| Movie | Black Snake Moan | Lazarus | 2006-12-31 |
| Movie | Home of the Brave | William Marsh | 2006-12-15 |
| Movie | The N Word | Himself | 2006-01-16 |
| Movie | Honor Deferred | Narrator | 2006-02-11 |
| Series | The Henry Rollins Show | Unknown | 2006-04-01 |
| Movie | Coach Carter | Ken Carter | 2005-01-14 |
| Movie | George Lucas: Creating an Empire | Himself | 2005-01-27 |
| Series | Iconoclasts | Unknown | 2005-11-17 |
| Movie | My Date with Drew | Himself | 2005-08-05 |
| Movie | xXx: State of the Union | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 2005-04-27 |
| Movie | The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World | Self | 2005-02-23 |
| Movie | The Man | Derrick Vann | 2005-09-08 |
| Series | The Boondocks | Unknown | 2005-11-06 |
| Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
| Movie | Mr. Incredible and Pals | Frozone (commentary voice) | 2005-03-15 |
| Series | Extras | Samuel L. Jackson | 2005-07-21 |
| 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 | Jack Johnson (voice) | 2004-09-04 |
| Movie | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Rufus | 2004-04-16 |
| Movie | S.W.A.T. | Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson | 2003-08-08 |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
| Movie | Basic | Sgt. Nathan 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 | Changing Lanes | Doyle Gipson | 2002-04-07 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Mace Windu | 2002-05-15 |
| Movie | The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies | Himself - Narrator | 2002-06-01 |
| Movie | Pulp Fiction: The Facts | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-20 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown: How It Went Down | Self | 2002-08-20 |
| Movie | Comic Books & Superheroes | Self | 2001-06-26 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Unbreakable' | Self | 2001-06-19 |
| Movie | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
| 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 | Shaft | John Shaft | 2000-06-15 |
| Movie | Rules of Engagement | Col. Terry L. Childers | 2000-04-07 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Turner (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
| Movie | The Unauthorized 'Star Wars' Story | Himself | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | Mace Windu | 1999-05-19 |
| Movie | From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic | Narrator, Host | 1999-06-15 |
| Movie | Deep Blue Sea | Russell Franklin | 1999-07-28 |
| Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
| Movie | Forever Hollywood | Himself | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Out of Sight | Hejirah Henry (uncredited) | 1998-06-26 |
| Movie | The Negotiator | Lt. Danny Roman | 1998-07-29 |
| Series | TRL | Unknown | 1998-09-14 |
| Movie | The Red Violin | Charles Morritz (Montréal) | 1998-09-10 |
| Series | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | Self | 1998-06-23 |
| Movie | Sphere | Dr. Harry Adams | 1998-02-13 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown | Ordell Robbie | 1997-04-10 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Eve's Bayou | Louis Batiste | 1997-11-07 |
| Movie | One Eight Seven | Trevor Garfield | 1997-07-29 |
| Series | Jonathan Creek | Mace Windu | 1997-05-09 |
| Movie | The Toilers and the Wayfarers | Unknown | 1997-03-14 |
| Movie | Hard Eight | Jimmy | 1997-02-28 |
| 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 |
| 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 | The Journey of the African-American Athlete | Narrator | 1996-02-12 |
| Movie | Casino | Brother Elvis | 1995-11-22 |
| Movie | Fluke | Rumbo (voice) | 1995-06-02 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Frank Skinner Show | Unknown | 1995-09-10 |
| 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 | The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Col. Ron | 1994-11-14 |
| Movie | Against the Wall | Jamaal | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Pulp Fiction | Jules Winnfield | 1994-09-10 |
| Movie | Hail Caesar | Mailman | 1994-05-11 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
| Series | SMart | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 1994-10-05 |
| Movie | Murder at the Savoy | Unknown | 1993-10-06 |
| Series | WWE Raw | Unknown | 1993-01-11 |
| 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 | Amos & Andrew | Andrew Sterling | 1993-03-05 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Sgt. Wes Luger | 1993-02-04 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Johnny Suede | B-Bop | 1991-08-18 |
| Movie | Jungle Fever | Gator Purify | 1991-06-07 |
| Series | The Real McCoy | John Mills | 1991-05-10 |
| Series | Drexell's Class | Lorenzo Council | 1991-09-19 |
| 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 |
| Series | Autovaras | Minister Garth | 1991-02-27 |
| Movie | Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella | The Janitor | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | GoodFellas | Stacks Edwards | 1990-09-12 |
| Series | Law & Order | Attorney Louis Taggert | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | The Exorcist III | Dream Blind Man | 1990-08-17 |
| Movie | Mo' Better Blues | Madlock | 1990-08-03 |
| Movie | A Shock to the System | Ulysses | 1990-03-23 |
| Movie | Betsy's Wedding | Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey) | 1990-06-22 |
| Movie | The Return of Superfly | Nate Cabot | 1990-11-09 |
| Movie | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Self | 1989-11-03 |
| Movie | Dead Man Out | Calvin Fredricks | 1989-03-12 |
| Movie | Sea of Love | Black Guy | 1989-09-15 |
| Movie | Coming to America | Hold-Up Man | 1988-06-29 |
| Movie | School Daze | Leeds | 1988-02-12 |
| 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 Awards | himself | 1948-01-01 |