
Samuel L. Jackson
Acting
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).

The Great Beyond

Afterburn
Valentine

The Unholy Trinity
St. Christopher

NFL Explained: Super Bowl LIX Apple Music Halftime Show
Uncle Sam

FireAid Benefit Concert
Self

The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
Self

The Piano Lesson
Doaker Charles
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
Self

The Garfield Movie
Vic (voice)

Damaged
Dan Lawson

Argylle
Alfie

The Marvels
Nick Fury

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
Self - 'Nick Fury'

The Kill Room
Gordon

Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
self

Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Jimbo (voice)

An Audience with Adele
Self

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self

Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Nick Fury (archive footage)

The Protégé
Moody

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Darius Kincaid

Spiral: From the Book of Saw
Marcus Banks
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)

Death to 2020
Dash Bracket

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Self

One World: Together at Home
Self

The Banker
Joe Morris

The Last Full Measure
Takoda

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Mace Windu (voice)

QT8: The First Eight
Self (uncredited)

Spider-Man: Far From Home
Nick Fury

Shaft
John Shaft

Avengers: Endgame
Nick Fury

Captain Marvel
Nick Fury

Glass
Elijah Price / Mr. Glass

Life Itself
Self

Quincy
Self

Incredibles 2
Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)

Avengers: Infinity War
Nick Fury (uncredited)

Miracle on 42nd Street
Self

Unicorn Store
The Salesman

The Hitman's Bodyguard
Darius Kincaid

Creating a King: Summoning a God
Self

The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Self - Actor (archive footage)

Kong: Skull Island
Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard

Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Host

I Am Not Your Negro
Narrator (voice)

xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Agent Augustus Gibbons

Eating You Alive
Self

BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Self

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Barron

Cell
Thomas 'Tom' McCourt

The Legend of Tarzan
George Washington Williams

The Hateful Eight
Major Marquis Warren

Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Self

Chi-Raq
Dolmedes

Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed
Self

Barely Lethal
Hardman

Avengers: Age of Ultron
Nick Fury

Kingsman: The Secret Service
Valentine

Big Game
US President William Alan Moore

Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self

Kite
Lieutenant Karl Aker

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Nick Fury

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Self

RoboCop
Pat Novak

Reasonable Doubt
Clinton Davis

Face of Unity
Self

Oldboy
Chaney

Everything Is Samuel L. Jackson's Fault
Self

Turbo
Whiplash (voice)

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
Self

Django Unchained
Stephen

Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
Self

Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
Self

The Avengers: A Visual Journey
Self

Zambezia
Tendai (voice)

The Avengers
Nick Fury

The Samaritan
Foley

I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
Self

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)

Meeting Evil
Richie

Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition
Narrator

Arena
Logan

Captain America: The First Avenger
Nick Fury

Go the F**k to Sleep
Narrator (voice)

African Cats
Narrator (voice)

Thor
Nick Fury (uncredited)

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Rufus

The Sunset Limited
Black

On the Shoulders of Giants

Return to Jurassic Park
Self

Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
Elmo McElroy (archive footage)

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Fear (voice)

The Other Guys
P.K. Highsmith

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Self

Unthinkable
Henry Harold 'H' Humphries

Iron Man 2
Nick Fury

In the Land of the Free...
Narrator

Heavy Rain
Himself

Mother and Child
Paul

Afro Samurai: Resurrection
Afro / Ninja-Ninja (voice)

Astro Boy
Zog (voice)

Inglourious Basterds
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

The Face is Familiar
Himself

Uneven Fairways
Narrator

The Spirit
Octopus

Soul Men
Louis Hinds

Lakeview Terrace
Abel Turner

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Mace Windu (voice)

Iron Man
Nick Fury (uncredited)

Jumper
Roland

Gospel Hill
Paul Malcolm

Critic
Self

Afro Samurai the Movie

Cleaner
Tom Cutler

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
Narrator

1408
Gerald Olin

Resurrecting the Champ
Champ

Black Snake Moan
Lazarus

Home of the Brave
William Marsh

Farce of the Penguins
Narrador (voz)

Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
Self

Snakes on a Plane
Neville Flynn

50 Films to See Before You Die
Self

Freedomland
Lorenzo Council

Honor Deferred
Narrator

The N Word
Self

The Man
Derrick Vann

My Date with Drew
Self (uncredited)

Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie
Self

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Mace Windu

xXx: State of the Union
Agent Augustus Gibbons

Mr. Incredible and Pals
Frozone (commentary voice)

The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
Self

George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Presenter/Self

Coach Carter
Ken Carter

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
Tenpenny (voice)

The Incredibles
Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson (voice)

In My Country
Langston Whitfield

John Travolta: The Inside Story
Self

Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Rufus

Twisted
John Mills
Hollywood Legenden
Self

S.W.A.T.
Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson

Basic
Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages

Pulp Fiction: The Facts
Self (archive footage)

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
Self

BaadAsssss Cinema
Self

xXx
Agent Augustus Gibbons

No Good Deed
Jack Friar

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Self - Narrator

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Mace Windu

Changing Lanes
Doyle Gipson

Middle School Confessions
Host

The 51st State
Elmo McElroy

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Self

The 100 Greatest Films
Self

Comic Books & Superheroes
Self

The Caveman's Valentine
Romulus

Unbreakable
Elijah Price

Shaft
John Shaft
Opening the Tombs of the Golden Mummies: Live

Rules of Engagement
Col. Terry L. Childers
Any Given Wednesday
Willie Nutter
Shaft: Still the Man
Self

Deep Blue Sea
Russell Franklin

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Narrator / Host

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Mace Windu

Our Friend, Martin
Turner (voice)

Forever Hollywood
Self

The Red Violin
Charles Morritz (Montréal)

All Saints: The Video
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Negotiator
Lt. Danny Roman

Out of Sight
Hejira Henry (uncredited)

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
Self

Sphere
Dr. Harry Adams

Jackie Brown
Ordell Robbie

Eve's Bayou
Louis Batiste

One Eight Seven
Trevor Garfield

Hard Eight
Jimmy

The Long Kiss Goodnight
Mitch Henessey

A Time to Kill
Carl Lee Hailey

Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life
Narrator (voice)

Trees Lounge
Wendell

The Great White Hype
Rev. Fred Sultan

The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Narrator

Fluke
Rumbo (voice)

Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Zeus Carver

A Night to Die For
Self - Host

Kiss of Death
Calvin Hart

Losing Isaiah
Kadar Lewis

The Search for One-eye Jimmy
Colonel Ron

The New Age
Dale Deveaux

Pulp Fiction
Jules Winnfield

Fresh
Sam

Hail Caesar
Mailman

Against the Wall
Jamaal

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Richard Greener

True Romance
Big Don

Jurassic Park
Arnold

Menace II Society
Tat Lawson

Amos & Andrew
Andrew Sterling

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Wes Luger

Fathers & Sons
Marshall

Patriot Games
Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson

White Sands
Greg Meeker

Juice
Trip

Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
Everett Hatcher

Strictly Business
Monroe

Jumpin' at the Boneyard
Mr. Simpson

Johnny Suede
B-Bop

Jungle Fever
Gator Purify

The Return of Superfly
Nate Cabot

GoodFellas
Stacks Edwards

The Exorcist III
Dream Blind Man

Mo' Better Blues
Madlock

Betsy's Wedding
Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)

Common Ground
Rev. Bob McClair

A Shock to the System
Ulysses

Def by Temptation
Minister Garth

Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
The Janitor
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Self

Sea of Love
Black Guy

Do the Right Thing
Mister Señor Love Daddy

Dead Man Out
Calvin Fredricks

Coming to America
Hold-Up Man

School Daze
Leeds

Eddie Murphy Raw
Eddie's Uncle

Uncle Tom's Cabin
George

Magic Sticks
Bum

Ragtime
Gang Member No. 2

The Exterminator
Extra (uncredited)

The Trial of the Moke
Johnson Whittaker

The Displaced Person
Sulk

Together for Days
Stan







