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:
- 282
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Piano Lesson
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Garfield Movie 2024-04-30
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Piano Lesson | Doaker Charles | 2025 |
| Movie | Inversion | 2025 | |
| Movie | The Blob | 2025 | |
| Movie | Argylle | Alfie | 2024-01-31 |
| Movie | Damaged | Dan Lawson | 2024-04-12 |
| Movie | The Garfield Movie | Vic (voice) | 2024-04-30 |
| Series | Secret Invasion | Nick Fury | 2023-06-21 |
| Movie | The Kill Room | Gordon | 2023-09-14 |
| Movie | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Nick Fury | 2023-02-15 |
| Movie | The Marvels | Nick Fury | 2023-11-08 |
| Series | JANET JACKSON. | Self | 2022-01-28 |
| Movie | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Jimbo (voice) | 2022-07-14 |
| Movie | Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | 2022-10-09 |
| Series | The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | Ptolemy Grey | 2022-03-11 |
| Movie | Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Self (archive footage) | 2022-05-03 |
| Series | Amend: The Fight for America | 2021-02-17 | |
| Movie | Spiral: From the Book of Saw | Marcus Banks | 2021-05-12 |
| Movie | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Darius Kincaid | 2021-06-14 |
| Movie | Parkinson at 50 | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-28 |
| Movie | Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special | Nick Fury (archive footage) | 2021-11-12 |
| Movie | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021-11-20 |
| Movie | An Audience with Adele | Self | 2021-11-21 |
| Movie | The Protégé | Moody | 2021-08-19 |
| Movie | The Banker | Joe Morris | 2020-03-06 |
| Movie | The Last Full Measure | Takoda | 2020-01-23 |
| Series | Some Good News | Voice Over | 2020-03-29 |
| Movie | One World: Together at Home | Self | 2020-04-18 |
| Movie | A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote | Self | 2020-10-15 |
| Movie | Death to 2020 | Dash Bracket | 2020-12-27 |
| Movie | #UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump | Self (archive footage) | 2020-10-01 |
| Series | Enslaved | Self | 2020-09-14 |
| Movie | The Match: Champions for Charity | Commentator | 2020-05-24 |
| Series | Staged | Sam | 2020-06-10 |
| Movie | Glass | Elijah Price / Mr. Glass | 2019-01-16 |
| Movie | Captain Marvel | Nick Fury | 2019-03-06 |
| Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Nick Fury | 2019-04-24 |
| Series | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | 2019-09-09 |
| Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Self (uncredited) | 2019-10-21 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 2018-04-25 |
| Movie | Life Itself | Self | 2018-09-21 |
| Movie | Quincy | Self | 2018-09-21 |
| Movie | Incredibles 2 | Lucius Best / Frozone (voice) | 2018-06-14 |
| Movie | I Am Not Your Negro | Narrator (voice) | 2017-02-03 |
| Movie | xXx: Return of Xander Cage | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 2017-01-13 |
| Movie | Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song | Host | 2017-02-10 |
| Movie | Creating a King: Summoning a God | Self | 2017-07-18 |
| Series | Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Himself | 2017-08-08 |
| Movie | The Hitman's Bodyguard | Darius Kincaid | 2017-08-16 |
| Movie | Kong: Skull Island | Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard | 2017-03-08 |
| Movie | The Words That Built America | Reader - Declaration of Independence | 2017-07-04 |
| Movie | John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2017-03-19 |
| Movie | Unicorn Store | The Salesman | 2017-09-11 |
| Movie | The Legend of Tarzan | George Washington Williams | 2016-06-29 |
| Movie | BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration | Self | 2016-11-15 |
| Movie | Cell | Thomas 'Tom' McCourt | 2016-07-06 |
| Movie | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Barron | 2016-09-27 |
| Movie | Eating You Alive | Self | 2016-12-02 |
| Movie | The Hateful Eight | Major Marquis Warren | 2015-12-25 |
| Movie | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Nick Fury | 2015-04-22 |
| Movie | Big Game | US President William Alan Moore | 2015-03-19 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel | Self | 2015-12-15 |
| Movie | Barely Lethal | Hardman | 2015-04-23 |
| 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 | RoboCop | Pat Novak | 2014-01-30 |
| Movie | Reasonable Doubt | Clinton Davis | 2014-01-17 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | Face of Unity | Self | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | 2014-06-22 |
| Movie | The Boomer List | Self | 2014-09-24 |
| Movie | Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Self | 2014-03-18 |
| Movie | Kingsman: The Secret Service | Valentine | 2014-12-13 |
| Movie | Kite | Lieutenant Karl Aker | 2014-06-13 |
| Movie | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Nick Fury | 2014-03-20 |
| Movie | On the Front Line | Self | 2014-09-09 |
| Series | Circus Halligalli | Unknown | 2013-02-25 |
| Movie | Oldboy | Chaney | 2013-11-14 |
| Movie | Everything Is Samuel L. Jackson's Fault | Self | 2013-09-17 |
| Series | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Nick Fury | 2013-09-24 |
| Movie | Turbo | Whiplash (voice) | 2013-07-11 |
| Movie | The Samaritan | Foley | 2012-03-02 |
| Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
| Movie | Meeting Evil | Richie | 2012-01-31 |
| Movie | The Avengers | Nick Fury | 2012-04-25 |
| Movie | I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac | Self | 2012-02-19 |
| Movie | Wake the Fuck Up | Himself | 2012-09-27 |
| Movie | Zambezia | Tendai (voice) | 2012-06-05 |
| Movie | Eddie Murphy: One Night Only | Self | 2012-11-14 |
| Movie | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking | Self | 2012-11-20 |
| Movie | Django Unchained | Stephen | 2012-12-25 |
| Movie | The Avengers: A Visual Journey | Self | 2012-09-25 |
| Movie | Building the Dream: Assembling the Avengers | Self | 2012-09-25 |
| Movie | On the Shoulders of Giants | 2011-02-11 | |
| Movie | Return to Jurassic Park | Self | 2011-02-05 |
| Movie | The Sunset Limited | Black | 2011-02-12 |
| Movie | African Cats | Narrator (voice) | 2011-04-21 |
| Movie | Arena | Logan | 2011-10-11 |
| Movie | Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition | Narrator | 2011-12-18 |
| Movie | Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair | Rufus | 2011-03-27 |
| Series | Prohibition | Reader (voice) | 2011-10-02 |
| Movie | Captain America: The First Avenger | Nick Fury | 2011-07-22 |
| Movie | Thor | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 2011-04-21 |
| Movie | In the Land of the Free... | Narrator | 2010-03-26 |
| Movie | Iron Man 2 | Nick Fury | 2010-04-28 |
| Movie | The Other Guys | P.K. Highsmith | 2010-08-06 |
| Movie | Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible | Self | 2010-11-12 |
| Movie | Unthinkable | Henry Harold 'H' Humphries | 2010-06-14 |
| Movie | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Fear (voice) | 2010-09-17 |
| Movie | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story | Self | 2010-07-24 |
| Movie | We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial | Self | 2009-01-18 |
| Movie | The Face Is Familiar | Himself | 2009-06-08 |
| Movie | Mother and Child | Paul | 2009-11-07 |
| Series | Alan Carr: Chatty Man | Unknown | 2009-06-14 |
| Movie | Afro Samurai: Resurrection | Afro / Ninja-Ninja (voice) | 2009-10-16 |
| Movie | Astro Boy | Zog (voice) | 2009-10-15 |
| Movie | Inglourious Basterds | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 2009-08-02 |
| Movie | Gospel Hill | Paul Malcolm | 2008-02-09 |
| Movie | Crítico | Self | 2008-01-28 |
| Movie | Jumper | Roland | 2008-02-13 |
| Movie | Lakeview Terrace | Abel Turner | 2008-09-19 |
| Series | The War | Narrator | 2008-03-05 |
| Movie | Soul Men | Louis Hinds | 2008-11-07 |
| Movie | The Spirit | Octopus | 2008-12-25 |
| Movie | Iron Man | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 2008-04-30 |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu (voice) | 2008-08-05 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Series | Afro Samurai | Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja (voice) | 2007-01-04 |
| Movie | Resurrecting the Champ | Champ | 2007-06-14 |
| Movie | Cleaner | Tom Cutler | 2007-09-11 |
| Movie | Farce of the Penguins | Narrator (voice) | 2007-07-14 |
| Movie | 1408 | Gerald Olin | 2007-06-22 |
| Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino | Himself | 2007-06-19 |
| Movie | Honor Deferred | Narrator | 2006-02-11 |
| Movie | Tarantino's Mind | Jules Winnfield / Rufus (archive footage) | 2006-01-04 |
| Movie | The N Word | Himself | 2006-01-16 |
| Movie | Home of the Brave | William Marsh | 2006-12-15 |
| Movie | Black Snake Moan | Lazarus | 2006-12-31 |
| Movie | Freedomland | Lorenzo Council | 2006-02-17 |
| Movie | Snakes on a Plane | Neville Flynn | 2006-08-17 |
| Movie | 50 Films to See Before You Die | Self | 2006-07-22 |
| Series | The Henry Rollins Show | Unknown | 2006-04-01 |
| Movie | The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World | Self | 2005-02-23 |
| Movie | George Lucas: Creating an Empire | Presenter/Self | 2005-01-27 |
| Movie | Coach Carter | Ken Carter | 2005-01-14 |
| Movie | Mr. Incredible and Pals | Frozone (commentary voice) | 2005-03-15 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Mace Windu | 2005-05-17 |
| Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
| Series | The Boondocks | Unknown | 2005-11-06 |
| Series | Iconoclasts | Unknown | 2005-11-17 |
| Movie | xXx: State of the Union | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 2005-04-27 |
| Movie | The Man | Derrick Vann | 2005-09-08 |
| Movie | My Date with Drew | Self (uncredited) | 2005-08-05 |
| Series | Extras | Unknown | 2005-07-21 |
| Movie | Hollywood Legenden | Self | 2004-01-01 |
| Series | America Beyond the Color Line | Himself | 2004-02-03 |
| Movie | In My Country | Langston Whitfield | 2004-05-04 |
| Movie | Twisted | John Mills | 2004-02-27 |
| Movie | John Travolta: The Inside Story | Self | 2004-04-22 |
| 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 | The Incredibles | Lucius Best / Frozone (voice) | 2004-10-27 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | Parts of the Family | Bank Robber (uncredited) | 2003-01-10 |
| Movie | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | 2003-02-10 | |
| Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Movie | S.W.A.T. | Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson | 2003-08-08 |
| Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Himself | 2003-02-21 |
| Movie | Basic | West | 2003-04-18 |
| 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 | Self - Narrator | 2002-06-01 |
| Movie | Pulp Fiction: The Facts | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-20 |
| Movie | BaadAsssss Cinema | Self | 2002-08-14 |
| Movie | Pulp Fiction: The Facts | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-20 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown: How It Went Down | Self | 2002-08-20 |
| Movie | No Good Deed | Jack Friar | 2002-06-28 |
| Movie | xXx | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 2002-08-09 |
| Movie | The Caveman's Valentine | Romulus | 2001-01-19 |
| Movie | Comic Books & Superheroes | Self | 2001-06-26 |
| Movie | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Unbreakable' | Self | 2001-06-19 |
| Movie | The 51st State | Elmo McElroy | 2001-12-07 |
| Movie | Shaft: Still the Man | Self | 2000-01-01 |
| 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 | Any Given Wednesday | Willie Nutter | 2000-02-02 |
| Movie | Forever Hollywood | Self | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Our Friend, Martin | Turner (voice) | 1999-01-12 |
| Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
| Movie | The Unauthorized 'Star Wars' Story | Self (archive footage) | 1999-10-01 |
| Movie | Deep Blue Sea | Russell Franklin | 1999-07-28 |
| 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 | Sphere | Dr. Harry Adams | 1998-02-13 |
| Movie | Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self | 1998-06-19 |
| 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 | Hard Eight | Jimmy | 1997-02-28 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown | Ordell Robbie | 1997-12-25 |
| Movie | One Eight Seven | Trevor Garfield | 1997-07-29 |
| Movie | Eve's Bayou | Louis Batiste | 1997-11-07 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | The Journey of the African-American Athlete | Narrator | 1996-02-12 |
| Movie | The Great White Hype | Rev. Fred Sultan | 1996-05-03 |
| Movie | Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life | Narrator (voice) | 1996-07-01 |
| Movie | The Long Kiss Goodnight | Mitch Henessey | 1996-10-11 |
| Movie | Trees Lounge | Wendell | 1996-05-11 |
| Movie | A Time to Kill | Carl Lee Hailey | 1996-07-24 |
| Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Colonel Ron | 1996-06-21 |
| Movie | Losing Isaiah | Kadar Lewis | 1995-03-17 |
| Movie | Kiss of Death | Calvin Hart | 1995-04-21 |
| Series | The Frank Skinner Show | Unknown | 1995-09-10 |
| Movie | Fluke | Rumbo (voice) | 1995-06-02 |
| Movie | Die Hard: With a Vengeance | Zeus Carver | 1995-05-19 |
| Movie | A Night to Die For | Himself/Host | 1995-05-18 |
| Movie | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Richard Greener | 1994-02-26 |
| Movie | Against the Wall | Jamaal | 1994-03-26 |
| Movie | Pulp Fiction | Jules Winnfield | 1994-09-10 |
| Movie | The New Age | Dale Deveaux | 1994-09-16 |
| Movie | Hail Caesar | Mailman | 1994-05-11 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
| Movie | Fresh | Sam | 1994-06-15 |
| Series | WWE Raw | Unknown | 1993-01-11 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 | Wes Luger | 1993-02-04 |
| Movie | Amos & Andrew | Andrew Sterling | 1993-03-05 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | True Romance | Big Don | 1993-09-09 |
| Movie | Jurassic Park | Ray Arnold | 1993-06-11 |
| Movie | Menace II Society | Tat Lawson | 1993-05-26 |
| Movie | Fathers and Sons | Marshall | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | Juice | Trip | 1992-01-17 |
| Movie | White Sands | Greg Meeker | 1992-04-24 |
| Series | Ghostwriter | Reggie Jenkins | 1992-10-03 |
| Series | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1992-06-12 |
| Movie | Patriot Games | Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson | 1992-06-04 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | Jungle Fever | Gator Purify | 1991-06-07 |
| Movie | Strictly Business | Monroe | 1991-11-08 |
| Movie | Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace | Everett Hatcher | 1991-11-24 |
| Movie | Johnny Suede | B-Bop | 1991-08-18 |
| Movie | Jumpin' at the Boneyard | Mr. Simpson | 1991-11-01 |
| Movie | Def by Temptation | Minister Garth | 1990-03-23 |
| Movie | A Shock to the System | Ulysses | 1990-03-23 |
| Movie | Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella | The Janitor | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | The Return of Superfly | Nate Cabot | 1990-11-09 |
| Movie | GoodFellas | Stacks Edwards | 1990-09-12 |
| Series | Law & Order | Attorney Louis Taggert | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | The Exorcist III | Dream Blind Man (uncredited) | 1990-08-17 |
| Movie | Mo' Better Blues | Madlock | 1990-08-03 |
| Movie | Betsy's Wedding | Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey) | 1990-06-22 |
| Movie | Common Ground | Rev. Bob McClair | 1990-03-25 |
| Movie | Dead Man Out | Calvin Fredricks | 1989-03-12 |
| Movie | Sea of Love | Black Guy | 1989-09-15 |
| Movie | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Self | 1989-11-03 |
| Movie | Do the Right Thing | Mister Señor Love Daddy | 1989-06-14 |
| Movie | School Daze | Leeds | 1988-02-12 |
| Movie | Coming to America | Hold-Up Man | 1988-06-29 |
| Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
| Series | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Brother Elvis | 1987-05-21 |
| 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 | 1978-05-03 |
| Movie | The Displaced Person | Sulk | 1977-04-12 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Together for Days | Stan | 1972-11-30 |
| Series | Great Performances | self | 1971-01-28 |
| Series | The Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |
| Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |
| Series | Bambi Awards | himself | 1948-01-01 |
