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 (1999β2005), 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).
as Nick DeFranco
as Morris Stokes
as Devaraj (Old)
as Gerald Olin
as Black
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
as Russell Lee Washington Jr.(8 eps)
as President of the United States
as Jack Wolfe
as Voiceover (voice)(5 eps)
as Caesar Sarter / Lemuel Haynes / Boston King (voice)(4 eps)
as Valentine
as St. Christopher
as Uncle Sam
as Self
as Doaker Charles
as Frank Moten(8 eps)
as Self (archive footage)
as Vic (voice)
as Dan Lawson
as Alfie
as Nick Fury
as Self - 'Nick Fury'
as Gordon
as Nick Fury(6 eps)
as Nick Fury (voice)(1 ep)
as Russell Lee Washington Jr.(2 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Jimbo (voice)
as Ptolemy Grey(6 eps)
as Self(3 eps)
as Narrator (voice)(8 eps)
as Self
as Nick Fury (archive footage)
as Moody
as Nick Fury (voice)(6 eps)
as Sir Fury (voice)(1 ep)
as Darius Kincaid
as Marcus Banks
as Self(2 eps)
as Nick Fury (archive footage) (uncredited)(10 eps)
as Self (archive footage)
as Dash Bracket
as Self(6 eps)
as Sam(1 ep)
as Self
as Voice Over(1 ep)
as Joe Morris
as Takoda
as Mace Windu (voice)
as Self (archive footage)(1 ep)
as Self (uncredited)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Xander the Shark (voice)(1 ep)
as Nick Fury
as John Shaft
as Major Marquis Warren(4 eps)
as Nick Fury
as Nick Fury
as Elijah Price / Mr. Glass
as Self
as Self
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
as Self
as The Salesman
as Darius Kincaid
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
as Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard
as Narrator (voice)
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
as Self
as Thomas 'Tom' McCourt
as George Washington Williams
as Major Marquis Warren
as Dolmedes
as Self - Guest(3 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Hardman
as Nick Fury
as Valentine
as Self(2 eps)
as US President William Alan Moore
as Lieutenant Karl Aker
as Nick Fury
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self(5 eps)
as Pat Novak
as Clinton Davis
as Self
as Chaney
as Nick Fury(2 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Whiplash (voice)
as Stephen
as Self
as Tendai (voice)
as Nick Fury
as Self(1 ep)
as Foley
as (archive footage)
as Richie
as Narrator
as Logan
as Reader (voice)(3 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Nick Fury
as Self(1 ep)
as Narrator (voice)
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
as Narrator (voice)
as Black
as Self
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Elmo McElroy (archive footage)
as P.K. Highsmith
as Henry Harold 'H' Humphries
as Nick Fury
as Narrator
as Himself
as Paul
as Zog (voice)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Self - Guest(3 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Himself
as Afro / Ninja-Ninja (voice)
as Narrator
as Octopus
as Louis Hinds
as Mace Windu (voice) (archive sound)(1 ep)
as Abel Turner
as Mace Windu (voice)
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
as Roland
as Paul Malcolm
as Self
as Narrator (voice)(7 eps)
as Tom Cutler
as Narrator
as Gerald Olin
as Champ
as Self(5 eps)
as Self
as Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja (voice)(5 eps)
as Lazarus
as William Marsh
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Neville Flynn
as Lorenzo Council
as Narrator
as Self
as Self(1 ep)
as Gin Rummy (voice)(4 eps)
as Rummy (voice)(1 ep)
as Derrick Vann
as Self (uncredited)
as Samuel L. Jackson(1 ep)
as Mace Windu
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
as Frozone (commentary voice)
as Narrator (voice)(2 eps)
as Ken Carter
as An Officer of the Law(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Tenpenny (voice)
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
as Jack Johnson (voice)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Langston Whitfield
as Rufus
as John Mills
as Self(1 ep)
as Self
as Self(5 eps)
as Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
as Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(6 eps)
as Self - Guest Host(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
as Jack Friar
as Self - Narrator
as Mace Windu
as Doyle Gipson
as Presenter/Self
as Host
as Elmo McElroy
as Self
as Self
as Joseph (voice)(1 ep)
as Self
as Romulus
as Elijah Price
as John Shaft
as Col. Terry L. Childers
as Willie Nutter
as Self
as Self(1 ep)
as Russell Franklin
as Narrator / Host
as Mace Windu
as Turner (voice)
as Self
as Charles Morritz (MontrΓ©al)
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Lt. Danny Roman
as Hejira Henry (uncredited)
as Dr. Harry Adams
as Self(1 ep)
as Ordell Robbie
as Louis Batiste
as Self(7 eps)
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Trevor
as Self(1 ep)
as Jimmy
as Mitch Henessey
as Carl Lee Hailey
as Self - Guest(8 eps)
as Narrator (voice)
as Wendell
as Rev. Fred Sultan
as Narrator
as Self(1 ep)
as Rumbo (voice)
as Zeus Carver
as Self - Host
as Calvin Hart
as Kadar Lewis
as The Mayor (voice)(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Colonel Ron
as Dale Deveaux
as Jules Winnfield
as Self(1 ep)
as Sam
as Mailman
as Jamaal
as Richard Greener
as Self - Guest(4 eps)
as Big Don
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Arnold
as Tat Lawson
as Andrew Sterling
as Wes Luger
as Marshall
as Reggie Jenkins(56 eps)
as Self - Presenter(1 ep)
as Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson
as Greg Meeker
as Trip
as Everett Hatcher
as Monroe
as Mr. Simpson
as B-Bop
as Gator Purify
as Nate Cabot
as Attorney Louis Taggert(1 ep)
as Stacks Edwards
as Dream Blind Man
as Madlock
as Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)
as Rev. Bob McClair
as Minister Garth
as Ulysses
as The Janitor
as Self
as Black Guy
as Mister SeΓ±or Love Daddy
as Calvin Fredricks
as Hold-Up Man
as Leeds
as Eddie's Uncle
as George
as Bum
as Brother Elvis(1 ep)
as Gang Member No. 2
as Extra (uncredited)
as Johnson Whittaker
as Sulk
as Self - Host(1 ep)
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self (uncredited)(1 ep)
as Stan
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)
as Self - Presenter(1 ep)
as Self(9 eps)
as Self - Presenter(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self - Nominee(1 ep)
