Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson (born December 21, 1948[1]) is an American movie actor and producer. He has starred in many movies. These include The Avengers, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Django Unchained and Pulp Fiction.
Jackson was born in Washington, D.C. on December 21, 1948.[1] He grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. During childhood, he had a stuttering problem, which he conquered. Jackson attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. After joining a local acting group to earn extra points in a class, Jackson found an interest in acting and switched his major.[2] Before graduating in 1972, he co-founded the "Just Us Theatre".[3] Jackson is a sports fan and supports basketball teams Toronto Raptors and the Harlem Globetrotters and soccer club Liverpool FC. In 1980, Jackson married LaTanya Richardson, with whom he has a daughter, Zoe.
Jackson is also a big fan of Star Wars and portrayed the character Mace Windu in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. He also reprised his role as Windu, in the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars (movie) but not for the series. He also portrayed 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 (movie) (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and in two episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D television series. In 2017, Jackson appeared as Colonel Preston Packard in Kong: Skull Island. In October 2011, Jackson surpassed Frank Welker as the highest grossing film actor of all-time.[4]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Together for Days | Stan | |
| 1980 | The Exterminator | Julian Fleck | |
| 1981 | Ragtime | Wesley Ferdinand | |
| 1987 | Magic Sticks | Bum | Credited as Sam Jackson |
| Eddie Murphy Raw | Jon Kelcourse | ||
| 1988 | Coming to America | Hold-Up Man | |
| School Daze | Leeds | ||
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing | Mister Señor Love Daddy | Credited as Sam Jackson |
| Sea of Love | Black Guy | ||
| 1990 | Def by Temptation | Minister Garth | |
| A Shock to the System | Ulysses | ||
| Betsy's Wedding | Taxi Dispatcher | ||
| Mo' Better Blues | Madlock | ||
| The Exorcist III | Blind Dream Man | ||
| Goodfellas | Parnell Steven "Stacks" Edwards | ||
| The Return of Superfly | Nate Cabot | ||
| 1991 | Strictly Business | Monroe | |
| Jungle Fever | Gator Purify | ||
| Jumpin' at the Boneyard | Mr. Simpson | ||
| Johnny Suede | B-Bop | ||
| 1992 | Juice | Trip | |
| Patriot Games | Robby Jackson | ||
| White Sands | Greg Meeker | ||
| Fathers & Sons | Marshall | ||
| 1993 | Menace II Society | Tat Lawson | |
| Loaded Weapon 1 | Sgt. Wes Luger | ||
| Amos & Andrew | Andrew Sterling | ||
| Jurassic Park | John Raymond Arnold | ||
| True Romance | Big Don | ||
| 1994 | Fresh | Sam | |
| Pulp Fiction | Jules Winnfield | ||
| The New Age | Dale | ||
| Hail Caesar | Mailman | ||
| Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Richard Theodore Greener | ||
| The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Colonel Ron | ||
| 1995 | Kiss of Death | Calvin Hart | |
| Die Hard with a Vengeance | Zeus Carver | ||
| Losing Isaiah | Kadar Lewis | ||
| Fluke | Rumbo (voice) | ||
| 1996 | The Great White Hype | Rev. Fred Sultan | |
| A Time to Kill | Carl Lee Hailey | ||
| The Long Kiss Goodnight | Mitch Henessey | ||
| Hard Eight | Jimmy | ||
| Trees Lounge | Wendell | ||
| Teens and Guns: Preventing Violence | Himself | Used in schools | |
| 1997 | One Eight Seven | Trevor Garfield | |
| Eve's Bayou | Louis Batiste | Also producer | |
| Jackie Brown | Ordell Robbie | ||
| 1998 | Sphere | Harry Adams | |
| The Negotiator | Lt. Danny Roman | ||
| The Red Violin | Charles Morritz | ||
| Out of Sight | Hejira Henry | Uncredited cameo | |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Mace Windu | |
| Deep Blue Sea | Russell Franklin | ||
| 2000 | Rules of Engagement | Col. Terry L. Childers | |
| Shaft | John Shaft II | ||
| Unbreakable | Elijah Price / Mr. Glass | ||
| 2001 | The Caveman's Valentine | Romulus Ledbetter | Also executive producer |
| The 51st State | Elmo McElroy | ||
| 2002 | Changing Lanes | Doyle Gipson | |
| Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | Mace Windu | ||
| XXX | Agent Augustus Gibbons | ||
| No Good Deed | Jack Friar | ||
| 2003 | Basic | Sergeant Nathan West | |
| S.W.A.T. | Sgt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson | ||
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | William Candy (voice) | Deleted scene | |
| 2004 | Twisted | John Mills | |
| Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Rufus | ||
| The Incredibles | Lucius Best / Frozone (voice) | ||
| In My Country | Langston Whitfield | ||
| Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Jack Johnson (voice) | Documentary film | |
| The N-Word | Himself | ||
| 2005 | Coach Carter | Ken Carter | |
| XXX: State of the Union | Agent Augustus Gibbons | ||
| Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Mace Windu | ||
| The Man | Derrick Vann | ||
| 2006 | Freedomland | Lorenzo Council | |
| Snakes on a Plane | Agent Neville Flynn | ||
| Home of the Brave | Dr. Will Marsh | ||
| Black Snake Moan | Lazarus Woods | ||
| 2007 | Farce of the Penguins | Narrator (voice) | |
| 1408 | Gerald Olin | ||
| Resurrecting the Champ | Bob Satterfield | ||
| Cleaner | Tom Cutler | ||
| 2008 | Jumper | Agent Roland Cox | |
| Iron Man | Nick Fury | Uncredited cameo | |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu (voice) | ||
| Lakeview Terrace | Abel Turner | ||
| Soul Men | Louis Hinds | ||
| The Spirit | The Octopus | ||
| Gospel Hill | Paul Malcolm | Uncredited | |
| 2009 | Astro Boy | ZOG (voice) |
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| Mother and Child | Paul | ||
| Inglourious Basterds | Narrator (voice) | Uncredited | |
| 2010 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Fear (voice) |
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| Unthinkable | Henry Harold Humphries | ||
| Iron Man 2 | Nick Fury | ||
| The Other Guys | Detective PK Highsmith | ||
| 2011 | African Cats | Narrator (voice) | Documentary film |
| Thor | Nick Fury | Uncredited cameo | |
| Captain America: The First Avenger | Cameo | ||
| Arena | Logan | ||
| 2012 | The Samaritan | Foley | |
| Meeting Evil | Richie | ||
| The Avengers | Nick Fury | ||
| Zambezia | Tendai (voice) | ||
| Django Unchained | Stephen | ||
| 2013 | Turbo | Whiplash (voice) | |
| Oldboy | Chaney | ||
| 2014 | Reasonable Doubt | Clinton Davis | |
| RoboCop | Patrick "Pat" Novak | ||
| Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Nick Fury | ||
| Kite | Karl Aker | ||
| Big Game | President William Alan Moore | ||
| Kingsman: The Secret Service | Richmond Valentine | ||
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Nick Fury | |
| Barely Lethal | Hardman | ||
| Chi-Raq | Dolmedes | ||
| The Hateful Eight | Major Marquis Warren | ||
| 2016 | Cell | Tom McCourt | |
| The Legend of Tarzan | George Washington Williams | ||
| I Am Not Your Negro | Narrator (voice) | Documentary film | |
| Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Mr. Barron | ||
| Eating You Alive | Himself | Documentary film | |
| 2017 | XXX: Return of Xander Cage | NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons | |
| Kong: Skull Island | Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard | ||
| The Hitman's Bodyguard | Darius Kincaid | ||
| Unicorn Store | The Salesman | ||
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Nick Fury | Uncredited cameo |
| Incredibles 2 | Lucius Best / Frozone (voice) | ||
| Life Itself | Himself | ||
| 2019 | Glass | Elijah Price / Mr. Glass | |
| Captain Marvel | Nick Fury | ||
| Avengers: Endgame | Cameo | ||
| Shaft | John Shaft II | ||
| Spider-Man: Far From Home | Nick Fury | ||
| The Banker | Joe Morris | Post-production | |
| 2020 | The Last Full Measure | Takoda | |
| The Organ Donor | Marcus | ||
| TBA | The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Darius Kincaid | |
| Blazing Samurai | Jimbo (voice) | ||
| Spinning Gold | George Clinton | Filming |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Samuel L. Jackson Biography". Biography.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ↑ Hudson 2004, p. 23
- ↑ Edelman, Rob. "Samuel L. Jackson". Film Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
- ↑ Powers, Lindsay (October 27, 2011). "Samuel L. Jackson Is Highest-Grossing Actor of All Time". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/samuel-l-jackson-highest-grossing-actor-guinness-book-world-records-254155/. Retrieved January 6, 2012.