Samuel L. Jackson
5.5Acting

Samuel L. Jackson

Dec 21, 1948 - Washington, D.C., USA

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).

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1997Jackie BrownOrdell Robbie
Movie1993True RomanceBig Don
Movie2006Snakes on a PlaneNeville Flynn
Movie2004Kill Bill: Vol. 2Rufus
Movie1989Do the Right ThingMister Señor Love Daddy
Movie2000ShaftJohn Shaft
Movie2010Iron Man 2Nick Fury
Movie1998SphereDr. Harry Adams
Movie2002Changing LanesDoyle Gipson
Movie1995Die Hard: With a VengeanceZeus Carver
Movie1994Pulp FictionJules Winnfield
Movie2001The 51st StateElmo McElroy
Movie2011ThorNick Fury (uncredited)
Movie1996A Time to KillCarl Lee Hailey
Movie1990GoodFellasStacks Edwards
Movie20071408Gerald Olin
Movie2008Iron ManNick Fury (uncredited)
Movie2011Captain America: The First AvengerNick Fury
Movie1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceMace Windu
Movie2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesMace Windu
Movie2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithMace Windu
Movie2002No Good DeedJack Friar
Movie2000Rules of EngagementCol. Terry L. Childers
Movie2003BasicDrill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
Movie2008Gospel HillPaul Malcolm
Movie1996The Great White HypeRev. Fred Sultan
Movie1993Amos & AndrewAndrew Sterling
Movie2005xXx: State of the UnionAgent Augustus Gibbons
Movie1996The Long Kiss GoodnightMitch Henessey
Movie1995Kiss of DeathCalvin Hart
Movie1997One Eight SevenTrevor Garfield
Movie2002xXxAgent Augustus Gibbons
Movie2006Black Snake MoanLazarus
Movie1996Hard EightJimmy
Movie1994Against the WallJamaal
Movie2005Coach CarterKen Carter
Movie2010Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space OdysseyFear (voice)
Movie2012The AvengersNick Fury
Movie2008JumperRoland
Movie2008The SpiritOctopus
Movie2004Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonJack Johnson (voice)
Movie2001The Caveman's ValentineRomulus
Movie1989Sea of LoveBlack Guy
Movie2008Star Wars: The Clone WarsMace Windu (voice)
Movie1981RagtimeGang Member No. 2
Movie2005The ManDerrick Vann
Movie2003S.W.A.T.Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
Movie1993Menace II SocietyTat Lawson
Movie2000UnbreakableElijah Price
Movie2006Farce of the PenguinsNarrator (voice)
Movie1988Coming to AmericaHold-Up Man
Movie2006FreedomlandLorenzo Council
Movie2007CleanerTom Cutler
Movie1998The NegotiatorLt. Danny Roman
Movie2008Lakeview TerraceAbel Turner
Movie1993National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1Wes Luger
Movie2007Resurrecting the ChampChamp
Movie2010The Other GuysP.K. Highsmith
Movie1992Patriot GamesLt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson
Movie2021Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day SpecialNick Fury (archive footage)
Movie2004Hollywood LegendenSelf
Movie2004TwistedJohn Mills
Movie1995Losing IsaiahKadar Lewis
Movie1994FreshSam
Movie2021An Audience with AdeleSelf
Movie2006Home of the BraveWilliam Marsh
Movie1994The New AgeDale Deveaux
Movie1990Mo' Better BluesMadlock
Movie1998The Red ViolinCharles Morritz (Montréal)
Movie2024DamagedDan Lawson
Movie2008Soul MenLouis Hinds
Movie1990The Return of SuperflyNate Cabot
Movie2009Afro Samurai: ResurrectionAfro / Ninja-Ninja (voice)
Movie2009Mother and ChildPaul
Movie200650 Films to See Before You DieSelf
Movie20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf
Movie2010UnthinkableHenry Harold 'H' Humphries
Movie1991Strictly BusinessMonroe
Movie1997Eve's BayouLouis Batiste
Movie1992JuiceTrip
Movie2009Uneven FairwaysNarrator
Movie2009Astro BoyZog (voice)
Movie2004In My CountryLangston Whitfield
Movie2009Inglourious BasterdsNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
Movie1998Out of SightHejira Henry (uncredited)
Movie2001The 100 Greatest FilmsSelf
Movie1987Eddie Murphy RawEddie's Uncle
Movie2017xXx: Return of Xander CageAgent Augustus Gibbons
Movie2002BaadAsssss CinemaSelf
Movie1994The Search for One-eye JimmyColonel Ron
Movie2012Django UnchainedStephen
Movie1992White SandsGreg Meeker
Movie2011ArenaLogan
Movie1990Def by TemptationMinister Garth
Movie2011The Sunset LimitedBlack
Movie2011African CatsNarrator (voice)
Movie2012Meeting EvilRichie
Movie2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)
Movie2010With Great Power: The Stan Lee StorySelf
Movie1992Fathers & SonsMarshall
Movie1972Together for DaysStan
Movie2013TurboWhiplash (voice)
Movie2013OldboyChaney
Movie2014RoboCopPat Novak
Movie2014Captain America: The Winter SoldierNick Fury
Movie2012I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie MacSelf
Movie2012The SamaritanFoley
Movie2011Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz AmbitionNarrator
Movie2015Avengers: Age of UltronNick Fury
Movie2005Coach Carter The Man Behind the MovieSelf
Movie2012Eddie Murphy: One Night OnlySelf
Movie2004John Travolta: The Inside StorySelf
Movie2020#UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald TrumpSelf (archive footage)
Movie2023The Kill RoomGordon
Movie2012ZambeziaTendai (voice)
Movie2005Mr. Incredible and PalsFrozone (commentary voice)
Movie2000Shaft: Still the ManSelf
Movie2014KiteLieutenant Karl Aker
Movie2009The Face is FamiliarHimself
Movie2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret InvasionSelf - 'Nick Fury'
Movie1994Hail CaesarMailman
Movie2015Big GameUS President William Alan Moore
Movie2024The Garfield MovieVic (voice)
Movie2022Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way HomeSelf (archive footage)
Movie2014Reasonable DoubtClinton Davis
Movie1987Uncle Tom's CabinGeorge
Movie2002Middle School ConfessionsHost
Movie2010Heavy RainHimself
Movie1995FlukeRumbo (voice)
MovieN/AThe Beast
Movie2015Barely LethalHardman
Movie2016CellThomas 'Tom' McCourt
Movie2015Kingsman: The Secret ServiceValentine
Movie2000Any Given WednesdayWillie Nutter
Movie1977The Displaced PersonSulk
Movie2005The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the WorldSelf
Movie2025The Unholy TrinitySt. Christopher
Movie1990A Shock to the SystemUlysses
Movie1999From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & MagicNarrator / Host
Movie1990The Exorcist IIIDream Blind Man
Movie1998Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen'sSelf
Movie1991Jumpin' at the BoneyardMr. Simpson
Movie2022Is That Black Enough for You?!?Self
Movie2016The Legend of TarzanGeorge Washington Williams
Movie1991Jungle FeverGator Purify
Movie1996Trees LoungeWendell
Movie1995A Night to Die ForSelf - Host
Movie1994Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson WhittakerRichard Greener
Movie1999Our Friend, MartinTurner (voice)
Movie1990Common GroundRev. Bob McClair
Movie1988School DazeLeeds
Movie2025AfterburnValentine
Movie2016Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenBarron
Movie2014Marvel Studios: Assembling a UniverseSelf
Movie2015Chi-RaqDolmedes
Movie2015The Hateful EightMajor Marquis Warren
Movie2006Mais Bastidores de HollywoodSelf
Movie2017Kong: Skull IslandLieutenant Colonel Preston Packard
Movie2010In the Land of the Free...Narrator
Movie2002The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the MoviesSelf - Narrator
Movie2005My Date with DrewSelf (uncredited)
Movie2006Tarantino's MindJules Winnfield / Rufus (archive footage)
Movie2011Go the F**k to SleepNarrator (voice)
Movie2004The IncrediblesLucius Best / Frozone (voice)
Movie1993Jurassic ParkArnold
Movie1999Deep Blue SeaRussell Franklin
Movie2022Paws of Fury: The Legend of HankJimbo (voice)
Movie2013Everything Is Samuel L. Jackson's FaultSelf
Movie2014Face of UnitySelf
Movie2015Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber DuelSelf
Movie2017The Hitman's BodyguardDarius Kincaid
Movie1991Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus FaraceEverett Hatcher
Movie2017Unicorn StoreThe Salesman
Movie1989Making 'Do the Right Thing'Self
Movie2018Incredibles 2Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
Movie2010Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly StoryElmo McElroy (archive footage)
Movie2017Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular SongHost
Movie2018Life ItselfSelf
Movie1991Johnny SuedeB-Bop
Movie2019GlassElijah Price / Mr. Glass
Movie2013Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of FilmmakingSelf
Movie1990Betsy's WeddingTaxi Dispatcher (Mickey)
Movie1987Magic SticksBum
Movie1980The ExterminatorExtra (uncredited)
Movie1989Dead Man OutCalvin Fredricks
Movie1978The Trial of the MokeJohnson Whittaker
Movie2017The Words That Built AmericaSelf - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Movie2019ShaftJohn Shaft
Movie2020The Last Full MeasureTakoda
Movie2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Movie2018Avengers: Infinity WarNick Fury (uncredited)
Movie2002Jackie Brown: How It Went DownSelf
Movie2019Spider-Man: Far From HomeNick Fury
Movie2012The Avengers: A Visual JourneySelf
Movie2021Hitman's Wife's BodyguardDarius Kincaid
Movie2019Captain MarvelNick Fury
Movie1996Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than LifeNarrator (voice)
Movie2017Creating a King: Summoning a GodSelf
Movie2018QuincySelf
Movie1999Forever HollywoodSelf
Movie2008CriticSelf
Movie2021Spiral: From the Book of SawMarcus Banks
Movie2020The BankerJoe Morris
Movie2016Eating You AliveSelf
Movie2021The ProtégéMoody
Movie2016BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama CelebrationSelf
Movie2019Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerMace Windu (voice)
Movie2006Honor DeferredNarrator
Movie2001Comic Books & SuperheroesSelf
Movie2019Avengers: EndgameNick Fury
Movie1990Spike & Co. Do It a-CappellaThe Janitor
Movie2011On the Shoulders of Giants
Movie2014Life's Essentials with Ruby DeeSelf
Movie2006Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody AffairRufus
Movie1996The Journey of the African-American AthleteNarrator
Movie2001R2-D2: Beneath the DomeSelf
Movie2020A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All VoteSelf
Movie2011Return to Jurassic ParkSelf
Movie2020Death to 2020Dash Bracket
Movie2017I Am Not Your NegroNarrator (voice)
Movie2006The N WordSelf
Movie2024The Piano LessonDoaker Charles
Movie2007Respect Yourself: The Stax Records StoryNarrator
Movie2005George Lucas: Creating an EmpirePresenter/Self
Movie2017John Travolta, le miraculé d'HollywoodSelf - Actor (archive footage)
Movie2019QT8: The First EightSelf (uncredited)
Movie2020One World: Together at HomeSelf
Movie2024ArgylleAlfie
Movie2023The MarvelsNick Fury
Movie2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendSelf (archive footage)
Movie2017Miracle on 42nd Streetself
Movie2023Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?self
MovieN/AThe Honest LiarNick DeFranco
Movie2024American Music Awards 50th Anniversary SpecialSelf
MovieN/AUntitled J.J. Abrams Film
Movie2024The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a VisionSelf
MovieN/AHead Games
Movie2025FireAid Benefit ConcertSelf
MovieN/AUntitled Hitman ThrillerMorris Stokes
MovieN/ASt. Vincent
Movie1998All Saints: The VideoHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie2002Pulp Fiction: The FactsSelf (archive footage)
MovieN/AMan of War
Movie2000Opening the Tombs of the Golden Mummies: Live
MovieN/AJust Play DeadJack Wolfe
Movie2004Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The IntroductionTenpenny (voice)
Movie2019The Saga: Star Wars with Tommy WiseauMace Windu
Movie2012Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic UniverseSelf
Movie2025Kendrick Lamar’s Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime ShowUncle Sam
TV Show1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf1
TV Show1990Law & OrderAttorney Louis Taggert1
TV Show2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf5
TV Show1985Spenser: For Hire1
TV Show1952TodaySelf1
TV Show1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark2
TV Show1997The ViewSelf7
TV Show2005ExtrasSamuel L. Jackson1
TV Show2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest1
TV Show1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno4
TV Show2005The Boondocks3
TV Show1992GhostwriterReggie Jenkins57
TV Show1999The Early ShowSelf1
TV Show2012Finding Your RootsSelf1
TV Show2005The Colbert Report1
TV Show1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest4
TV Show2006The Henry Rollins Show1
TV Show1995The Frank Skinner ShowSelf1
TV Show2005IconoclastsSelf1
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf2
TV Show2009Alan Carr: Chatty ManSelf1
TV Show2007Afro SamuraiAfro Samurai / Ninja Ninja (voice)5
TV Show2011The Jonathan Ross ShowSelf1
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf9
TV Show2005Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson2
TV Show1998TRL1
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host1
TV Show2021What If...?Nick Fury (voice)6
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)1
TV Show2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonAn Officer of the Law1
TV Show2013Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Nick Fury2
TV Show2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf2
TV Show1996The Daily ShowSelf8
TV Show1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter1
TV Show2021Marvel Studios LegendsNick Fury (archive footage) (uncredited)10
TV Show2013Circus Halligalli1
TV Show2023Secret InvasionNick Fury6
TV Show2022The Last Days of Ptolemy GreyPtolemy Grey6
TV Show1992MTV Movie & TV AwardsSelf - Presenter1
TV Show2022The FixNarrator (voice)8
TV Show1997The ViewSelf - Guest2
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf5
TV Show2008The WarNarrator (voice)7
TV Show2004America Beyond the Color LineSelf1
TV Show1997Leute heuteSelf1
TV Show2022The Jennifer Hudson Show1
TV Show2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf2
TV Show1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildThe Mayor (voice)1
TV Show2019The Movies That Made UsSelf (archive footage)1
TV Show2020Beyond the Spotlight1
TV Show2024Fight Night: The Million Dollar HeistFrank Moten8
TV Show2021What If...?Sir Fury (voice)1
TV Show2008Star Wars: The Clone WarsMace Windu (voice) (archive sound)1
TV Show2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self3
TV Show2012Honest TrailersMace Windu (archive footage)1
TV Show2012Honest TrailersNick Fury (archive footage)4
TV Show2001The Proud FamilyJoseph (voice)1
TV Show2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest3
TV Show1993Raw1
TV Show2011Dynamo: Magician ImpossibleSelf1
TV Show1948Bambi-VerleihungSelf1
TV Show2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert1
TV Show1987The Days and Nights of Molly DoddBrother Elvis1
TV Show2017Carpool Karaoke: The SeriesSelf1
TV Show2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf5
TV Show2021Amend: The Fight for AmericaSelf2
TV Show2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf1
TV Show2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf1
TV Show2011ProhibitionReader (voice)3
TV Show2020Some Good NewsVoice Over1
TV Show2020EnslavedSelf6
TV Show1992HBO First Look1
TV Show1971Great PerformancesSelf1
TV Show2020StagedSam1
TV Show1998ParkinsonSelf1
TV Show2022JANET JACKSON.Self3
TV Show2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurNick Fury (voice)1
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf - Presenter1
TV Show2003Working Shakespeare5
TV ShowN/ANOLA KingRussell Lee Washington Jr.1

Crew

Media
Movie2012The SamaritanExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2007CleanerProducerProduction
Movie2009Afro Samurai: ResurrectionExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2001The 51st StateExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2001The Caveman's ValentineExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1997Eve's BayouProducerProduction
Movie2020The BankerExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2007Afro Samurai PilotExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2022The Last Days of Ptolemy GreyExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2023Secret InvasionExecutive ProducerProduction
TV ShowN/ANOLA KingExecutive ProducerProduction