Cast
Samuel L. Jackson
Acting
Cast
Samuel L. Jackson
Known for
Acting
Born
1948-12-21
From
Washington, D.C., USA
Also known as Samuel Leroy Jackson
Biography
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).
★8.1
MOVIE2012
The Avengers
as Nick Fury
★8.2
MOVIE2018
Avengers: Infinity War
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Nick Fury
★7.4
MOVIE2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home
as Nick Fury
★8.5
MOVIE1994
Pulp Fiction
as Jules Winnfield
★8.2
MOVIE2012
Django Unchained
as Stephen
★8.5
MOVIE1990
GoodFellas
as Stacks Edwards
★8.2
MOVIE2019
Avengers: Endgame
as Nick Fury
★8.1
MOVIE2011
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
as Rufus
★7.5
MOVIE2018
Incredibles 2
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
★8.2
MOVIE2009
Inglourious Basterds
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE2008
Iron Man
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
★7.6
MOVIE2015
Kingsman: The Secret Service
as Valentine
★6.0
MOVIE2002
xXx
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
★6.9
MOVIE2010
Iron Man 2
as Nick Fury
★6.1
MOVIE2017
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
★6.3
MOVIE2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
as Mace Windu (voice)
★7.8
MOVIE2015
The Hateful Eight
as Major Marquis Warren
★8.0
MOVIE1993
Jurassic Park
as Arnold
★7.7
MOVIE2014
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
as Nick Fury
★7.7
MOVIE2004
The Incredibles
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE2023
The Marvels
as Nick Fury
★6.3
MOVIE2013
Turbo
as Whiplash (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2011
Thor
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Barron
★5.9
MOVIE2016
The Legend of Tarzan
as George Washington Williams
★6.7
MOVIE2019
Glass
as Elijah Price / Mr. Glass
★6.8
MOVIE2019
Captain Marvel
as Nick Fury
★6.6
MOVIE2017
Kong: Skull Island
as Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard
★7.9
MOVIE2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
as Rufus
★7.0
MOVIE2024
The Garfield Movie
as Vic (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE2025
Afterburn
as Valentine
★7.5
MOVIE2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Mace Windu
★5.5
MOVIE2006
Snakes on a Plane
as Neville Flynn
★6.6
MOVIE1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Mace Windu
★5.9
MOVIE2014
RoboCop
as Pat Novak
★7.0
MOVIE2011
Captain America: The First Avenger
as Nick Fury
★7.2
MOVIE2018
Life Itself
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
as Mace Windu
★7.3
MOVIE1995
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
as Zeus Carver
★5.9
MOVIE2013
Oldboy
as Chaney
★6.9
MOVIE1988
Coming to America
as Hold-Up Man
★6.9
MOVIE2017
The Hitman's Bodyguard
as Darius Kincaid
★6.6
MOVIE2021
The Protégé
as Moody
★7.1
MOVIE2000
Unbreakable
as Elijah Price
★6.2
MOVIE2008
Jumper
as Roland
★5.9
MOVIE2021
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
as Marcus Banks
★6.7
MOVIE2007
1408
as Gerald Olin
★6.6
MOVIE2021
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
as Darius Kincaid
★5.1
MOVIE2005
xXx: State of the Union
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
★7.5
MOVIE1993
True Romance
as Big Don
★6.0
MOVIE2024
Argylle
as Alfie
★6.5
MOVIE2019
Shaft
as John Shaft
★7.8
MOVIE1989
Do the Right Thing
as Mister Señor Love Daddy
★6.3
MOVIE2010
The Other Guys
as P.K. Highsmith
★6.0
MOVIE1999
Deep Blue Sea
as Russell Franklin
★7.4
MOVIE1996
A Time to Kill
as Carl Lee Hailey
★6.2
MOVIE2003
S.W.A.T.
as Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
★7.2
MOVIE2011
The Sunset Limited
as Black
★7.3
MOVIE2020
The Last Full Measure
as Takoda
★6.2
MOVIE2012
Zambezia
as Tendai (voice)
★7.4
MOVIE1997
Jackie Brown
as Ordell Robbie
★5.5
MOVIE2014
Big Game
as US President William Alan Moore
★7.6
MOVIE2005
Coach Carter
as Ken Carter
MOVIE2006
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE2012
Meeting Evil
as Richie
★5.7
MOVIE2015
Barely Lethal
as Hardman
★6.1
MOVIE2007
Cleaner
as Tom Cutler
★7.1
MOVIE1998
The Negotiator
as Lt. Danny Roman
★6.3
MOVIE2025
The Unholy Trinity
as St. Christopher
★6.8
MOVIE2010
Unthinkable
as Henry Harold 'H' Humphries
★8.0
MOVIE2001
Comic Books & Superheroes
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Mace Windu (voice)
★4.7
MOVIE2016
Cell
as Thomas 'Tom' McCourt
MOVIE2027
The Great Beyond
★6.1
MOVIE1998
Sphere
as Dr. Harry Adams
★6.8
MOVIE2006
Black Snake Moan
as Lazarus
★6.6
MOVIE1996
The Long Kiss Goodnight
as Mitch Henessey
★7.7
MOVIE2017
I Am Not Your Negro
as Narrator (voice)
★8.3
MOVIE1999
Forever Hollywood
as Self
★7.6
MOVIE2020
The Banker
as Joe Morris
★7.5
MOVIE1993
Menace II Society
as Tat Lawson
★6.6
MOVIE2011
Return to Jurassic Park
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE2001
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
as Self
★5.9
MOVIE2017
Unicorn Store
as The Salesman
★6.3
MOVIE2009
Astro Boy
as Zog (voice)
★6.7
MOVIE1992
Patriot Games
as Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson
★6.3
MOVIE1990
The Exorcist III
as Dream Blind Man
★6.6
MOVIE2022
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
as Jimbo (voice)
★6.7
MOVIE1998
Out of Sight
as Hejira Henry (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1989
Sea of Love
as Black Guy
★7.1
MOVIE2020
One World: Together at Home
as Self
★5.8
MOVIE2024
The Piano Lesson
as Doaker Charles
★6.0
MOVIE2000
Shaft
as John Shaft
★5.8
MOVIE2014
Reasonable Doubt
as Clinton Davis
★5.2
MOVIE2011
Arena
as Logan
★7.3
MOVIE2011
African Cats
as Narrator (voice)
★7.6
MOVIE2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
★6.1
MOVIE1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
as Wes Luger
★6.5
MOVIE2003
Basic
as Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
★5.9
MOVIE2023
The Kill Room
as Gordon
★5.7
MOVIE1995
Kiss of Death
as Calvin Hart
★6.7
MOVIE1997
One Eight Seven
as Trevor
★6.5
MOVIE2020
Death to 2020
as Dash Bracket
★6.3
MOVIE2000
Rules of Engagement
as Col. Terry L. Childers
★6.3
MOVIE2002
Changing Lanes
as Doyle Gipson
★6.0
MOVIE2017
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
★5.8
MOVIE2005
The Man
as Derrick Vann
★6.9
MOVIE2014
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE1999
Our Friend, Martin
as Turner (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE1994
Fresh
as Sam
★7.4
MOVIE1998
The Red Violin
as Charles Morritz (Montréal)
★6.0
MOVIE2008
Lakeview Terrace
as Abel Turner
MOVIE2026
Just Play Dead
as Jack Wolfe
★10.0
MOVIE1990
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
as The Janitor
★6.8
MOVIE1997
Hard Eight
as Jimmy
★4.8
MOVIE1990
Def by Temptation
as Minister Garth
★5.5
MOVIE2012
The Samaritan
as Foley
MOVIE2010
In the Land of the Free...
as Narrator
★4.8
MOVIE2008
The Spirit
as Octopus
★4.3
MOVIE2014
Kite
as Lieutenant Karl Aker
★7.2
MOVIE1992
Juice
as Trip
★6.6
MOVIE2009
Mother and Child
as Paul
★7.3
MOVIE2016
Eating You Alive
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE2006
Freedomland
as Lorenzo Council
★2.0
MOVIE2007
Afro Samurai the Movie
★6.5
MOVIE1990
A Shock to the System
as Ulysses
★5.6
MOVIE2004
Twisted
as John Mills
★5.4
MOVIE2002
No Good Deed
as Jack Friar
MOVIE2009
Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes
as Self
★1.0
MOVIE2025
Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show
as Uncle Sam
★7.2
MOVIE2019
QT8: The First Eight
as Self (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE2001
The 51st State
as Elmo McElroy
★5.4
MOVIE1991
Strictly Business
as Monroe
★2.0
MOVIE2009
The Face is Familiar
as Himself
★6.5
MOVIE1990
Mo' Better Blues
as Madlock
★6.8
MOVIE2010
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
as Self
★5.9
MOVIE2005
Mr. Incredible and Pals
as Frozone (commentary voice)
★3.4
MOVIE1994
Hail Caesar
as Mailman
★8.1
MOVIE2012
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE1995
Fluke
as Rumbo (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE1991
Jungle Fever
as Gator Purify
MOVIE1990
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
★8.4
MOVIE2021
An Audience with Adele
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1977
The Displaced Person
as Sulk
★5.9
MOVIE2004
In My Country
as Langston Whitfield
★6.9
MOVIE2009
Afro Samurai: Resurrection
as Afro / Ninja-Ninja (voice)
★5.2
MOVIE1996
The Great White Hype
as Rev. Fred Sultan
★6.5
MOVIE1995
Losing Isaiah
as Kadar Lewis
★6.3
MOVIE1991
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
as Mr. Simpson
★7.2
MOVIE2006
The N Word
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2002
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE2006
Home of the Brave
as William Marsh
★7.0
MOVIE1995
A Night to Die For
as Self - Host
★5.7
MOVIE1990
Betsy's Wedding
as Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)
★5.4
MOVIE1992
Fathers & Sons
as Marshall
★5.6
MOVIE2024
Damaged
as Dan Lawson
★5.5
MOVIE1980
The Exterminator
as Extra (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1997
Eve's Bayou
as Louis Batiste
★6.0
MOVIE2007
Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE2013
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
as Self
MOVIETBA
St. Vincent
★5.0
MOVIE2005
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
as Presenter/Self
★5.9
MOVIE2002
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
as Self - Narrator
MOVIETBA
RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2007
Resurrecting the Champ
as Champ
★6.9
MOVIE1989
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE2010
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
as Elmo McElroy (archive footage)
★6.1
MOVIE2008
Soul Men
as Louis Hinds
★7.3
MOVIE1987
Eddie Murphy Raw
as Eddie's Uncle
★6.6
MOVIE1989
Dead Man Out
as Calvin Fredricks
★7.3
MOVIE2018
Quincy
as Self
★5.6
MOVIE1994
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
as Colonel Ron
★6.9
MOVIE1996
Trees Lounge
as Wendell
★6.3
MOVIE1994
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Richard Greener
★6.3
MOVIE2015
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
as Self
MOVIE1999
The Unauthorized Star Wars Story
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE1993
Amos & Andrew
as Andrew Sterling
★5.8
MOVIE2001
The Caveman's Valentine
as Romulus
★4.2
MOVIE2006
Farce of the Penguins
as Narrator (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE1987
Magic Sticks
as Bum
MOVIE2017
Miracle on 42nd Street
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1981
Ragtime
as Gang Member No. 2
★6.3
MOVIE2011
On the Shoulders of Giants
★8.3
MOVIE1972
Together for Days
as Stan
MOVIE2024
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
as Self
★5.9
MOVIE2005
My Date with Drew
as Self (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1991
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
as Everett Hatcher
★5.7
MOVIE2015
Chi-Raq
as Dolmedes
MOVIE2002
Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages
★5.9
MOVIE1992
White Sands
as Greg Meeker
MOVIETBA
Morris Stokes
as Morris Stokes
★7.5
MOVIE1998
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1978
The Trial of the Moke
as Johnson Whittaker
★5.7
MOVIE1988
School Daze
as Leeds
★6.0
MOVIE2012
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
as Self
★6.2
MOVIE2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
MOVIE2007
Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes
as Self
MOVIE2014
Face of Unity
as Self
★7.8
MOVIE1999
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
as Narrator / Host
★5.2
MOVIE2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
as Self - 'Nick Fury'
★5.2
MOVIE1991
Johnny Suede
as B-Bop
★6.1
MOVIE1994
Against the Wall
as Jamaal
MOVIE2024
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2006
Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
★8.0
MOVIE2011
Go the F**k to Sleep
as Narrator (voice)
★7.9
MOVIE2008
Critic
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2000
Any Given Wednesday
as Willie Nutter
★5.0
MOVIE2002
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1996
Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life
as Narrator (voice)
★9.0
MOVIE1998
All Saints: The Video
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE2012
The Avengers: A Visual Journey
as Self
★7.5
MOVIE2000
Shaft: Still the Man
as Self
MOVIE2007
Snakes on a Blog
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE2021
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Nick Fury (archive footage)
★5.2
MOVIE2011
Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition
as Narrator
★5.4
MOVIE1990
The Return of Superfly
as Nate Cabot
MOVIETBA
The Honest Liar
as Nick DeFranco
MOVIE2006
Honor Deferred
as Narrator
★5.0
MOVIE2015
Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed
as Self
★4.5
MOVIE2004
Hollywood Legenden
as Self
★4.0
MOVIE2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self
★8.5
MOVIE2025
FireAid Benefit Concert
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1987
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as George
MOVIE2009
Uneven Fairways
as Narrator
MOVIETBA
Man of War
★6.1
MOVIE2010
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
as Fear (voice)
★8.5
MOVIE2007
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
as Narrator
★6.8
MOVIE2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
as Tenpenny (voice)
★5.6
MOVIE1994
The New Age
as Dale Deveaux
★6.0
MOVIE2012
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
as Self
★8.5
MOVIE1990
Common Ground
as Rev. Bob McClair
★4.7
MOVIE2008
Gospel Hill
as Paul Malcolm
★7.3
MOVIE2017
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
MOVIE2017
Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
as Host
★7.8
MOVIE2005
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
as Self
★8.5
MOVIE2006
50 Films to See Before You Die
as Self
★1.5
MOVIE2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE2000
Opening the Tombs of the Golden Mummies: Live
★7.2
MOVIE2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Jack Johnson (voice)
★7.7
MOVIE2002
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
as Self
★7.3
MOVIE2017
Creating a King: Summoning a God
as Self
MOVIETBA
Head Games
★5.2
MOVIE2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
★5.5
MOVIE2001
The 100 Greatest Films
as Self
★8.3
MOVIE2004
John Travolta: The Inside Story
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE2010
Heavy Rain
as Himself
★9.0
MOVIE2023
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
as self
MOVIETBA
The Beast
★8.0
MOVIE2005
Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie
as Self
★7.9
MOVIE2020
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE2016
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE1996
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
as Narrator
★8.0
MOVIE2013
Everything Is Samuel L. Jackson's Fault
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2002
Middle School Confessions
as Host