Acting
Samuel L. Jackson
EN, DE, FR, HU cinema · 263 credits
Born
21 December 1948 (age 77)
Birthplace
Washington, D.C., USA
Also known as Samuel Leroy Jackson
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).
Known for
Filmography
The Honest Liar
The Honest Liar
as Nick DeFranco
Morris Stokes
Morris Stokes
as Morris Stokes
Dr. Kaartic K. Kumar
as Devaraj (Old)
Incredibles 3
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
The Beast
as President of the United States
Just Play Dead
as Jack Wolfe
Judge Judy: Unfiltered, Unforgettable
2026
Judge Judy: Unfiltered, Unforgettable
as Self
The Unholy Trinity
as St. Christopher
Afterburn
as Valentine
Damaged
as Dan Lawson
The Garfield Movie
as Vic (voice)
The Piano Lesson
as Doaker Charles
Argylle
as Alfie
Frank Miller: American Genius
as Self (archive footage)
The Kill Room
as Gordon
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
as Self - 'Nick Fury'
The Marvels
as Nick Fury
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
as Jimbo (voice)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Nick Fury (archive footage)
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
as Darius Kincaid
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
as Marcus Banks
The Protégé
as Moody
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Full Measure
as Takoda
The Banker
as Joe Morris, Executive Producer
Death to 2020
as Dash Bracket
Glass
as Elijah Price / Mr. Glass
Shaft
as John Shaft
Spider-Man: Far From Home
as Nick Fury
Captain Marvel
as Nick Fury
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Mace Windu (voice)
Avengers: Endgame
as Nick Fury
QT8: The First Eight
as Self (uncredited)
Incredibles 2
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
Life Itself
as Self
Avengers: Infinity War
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
Quincy
as Self
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
Kong: Skull Island
as Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard
The Hitman's Bodyguard
as Darius Kincaid
Unicorn Store
as The Salesman
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
I Am Not Your Negro
as Narrator (voice)
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Cell
as Thomas 'Tom' McCourt
The Legend of Tarzan
as George Washington Williams
Eating You Alive
as Self
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Nick Fury
Barely Lethal
as Hardman
Kingsman: The Secret Service
as Valentine
Chi-Raq
as Dolmedes
The Hateful Eight
as Major Marquis Warren
RoboCop
as Pat Novak
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
as Nick Fury
Kite
as Lieutenant Karl Aker
Big Game
as US President William Alan Moore
Reasonable Doubt
as Clinton Davis
Turbo
as Whiplash (voice)
Oldboy
as Chaney
The Avengers
as Nick Fury
Django Unchained
as Stephen
Meeting Evil
as Richie
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
The Samaritan
as Foley, Executive Producer
Zambezia
as Tendai (voice)
Thor
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
Captain America: The First Avenger
as Nick Fury
Arena
as Logan
The Sunset Limited
as Black
African Cats
as Narrator (voice)
Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition
as Narrator
Go the F**k to Sleep
as Narrator (voice)
Iron Man 2
as Nick Fury
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Fear (voice)
The Other Guys
as P.K. Highsmith
Unthinkable
as Henry Harold 'H' Humphries
Heavy Rain
as Himself
In the Land of the Free...
as Narrator
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
as Elmo McElroy (archive footage)
Afro Samurai: Resurrection
as Afro / Ninja-Ninja (voice), Executive Producer
Mother and Child
as Paul
Uneven Fairways
as Narrator
Astro Boy
as Zog (voice)
Inglourious Basterds
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Face is Familiar
as Himself
Iron Man
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
Gospel Hill
as Paul Malcolm
Jumper
as Roland
The Spirit
as Octopus
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Mace Windu (voice)
Lakeview Terrace
as Abel Turner
Soul Men
as Louis Hinds
Critic
as Self
1408
as Gerald Olin
Cleaner
as Tom Cutler, Producer
Afro Samurai Pilot
Executive Producer
Snakes on a Plane
as Neville Flynn
Black Snake Moan
as Lazarus
Farce of the Penguins
as Narrator (voice)
Freedomland
as Lorenzo Council
Home of the Brave
as William Marsh
Honor Deferred
as Narrator
The N Word
as Self
xXx: State of the Union
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
Coach Carter
as Ken Carter
The Man
as Derrick Vann
Mr. Incredible and Pals
as Frozone (commentary voice)
My Date with Drew
as Self (uncredited)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
as Rufus
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Jack Johnson (voice)
Twisted
as John Mills
In My Country
as Langston Whitfield
The Incredibles
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
as Tenpenny (voice)
Basic
as Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
S.W.A.T.
as Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
Changing Lanes
as Doyle Gipson
No Good Deed
as Jack Friar
xXx
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
as Self - Narrator
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
as Presenter/Self
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
as Self (archive footage)
The 51st State
as Elmo McElroy, Executive Producer
The Caveman's Valentine
as Romulus, Executive Producer
Shaft
as John Shaft
Rules of Engagement
as Col. Terry L. Childers
Unbreakable
as Elijah Price
Any Given Wednesday
2000
Any Given Wednesday
as Willie Nutter
Our Friend, Martin
as Turner (voice)
Deep Blue Sea
as Russell Franklin
Sphere
as Dr. Harry Adams
The Negotiator
as Lt. Danny Roman
The Red Violin
as Charles Morritz (Montréal)
Out of Sight
as Hejira Henry (uncredited)
All Saints: The Video
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jackie Brown
as Ordell Robbie
One Eight Seven
as Trevor
Hard Eight
as Jimmy
Eve's Bayou
as Louis Batiste, Producer
A Time to Kill
as Carl Lee Hailey
The Great White Hype
as Rev. Fred Sultan
The Long Kiss Goodnight
as Mitch Henessey
Trees Lounge
as Wendell
Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life
as Narrator (voice)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
as Zeus Carver
Kiss of Death
as Calvin Hart
Losing Isaiah
as Kadar Lewis
Fluke
as Rumbo (voice)
A Night to Die For
as Self - Host
Pulp Fiction
as Jules Winnfield
Against the Wall
as Jamaal
Fresh
as Sam
The New Age
as Dale Deveaux
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
as Colonel Ron
Hail Caesar
as Mailman
True Romance
as Big Don
Amos & Andrew
as Andrew Sterling
Menace II Society
as Tat Lawson
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Wes Luger
Jurassic Park
as Arnold
Patriot Games
as Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson
Juice
as Trip
White Sands
as Greg Meeker
Fathers & Sons
as Marshall
Strictly Business
as Monroe
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
as Mr. Simpson
Jungle Fever
as Gator Purify
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
as Everett Hatcher
Johnny Suede
as B-Bop
GoodFellas
as Stacks Edwards
Mo' Better Blues
as Madlock
The Return of Superfly
as Nate Cabot
Def by Temptation
as Minister Garth
A Shock to the System
as Ulysses
The Exorcist III
as Dream Blind Man
Common Ground
as Rev. Bob McClair
Betsy's Wedding
as Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
as The Janitor
Do the Right Thing
as Mister Señor Love Daddy
Sea of Love
as Black Guy
Dead Man Out
as Calvin Fredricks
Coming to America
as Hold-Up Man
School Daze
as Leeds
Eddie Murphy Raw
as Eddie's Uncle
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as George
Magic Sticks
as Bum
Ragtime
as Gang Member No. 2
The Exterminator
as Extra (uncredited)
The Trial of the Moke
as Johnson Whittaker
