Samuel L. Jackson
Acting • Born 1948-12-21
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).
Filmography
331 credits
Jackie Brown
Movie • 1997
Ordell Robbie
True Romance
Movie • 1993
Big Don
Snakes on a Plane
Movie • 2006
Neville Flynn
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Movie • 2004
Rufus
Do the Right Thing
Movie • 1989
Mister Señor Love Daddy
Shaft
Movie • 2000
John Shaft
Iron Man 2
Movie • 2010
Nick Fury
Changing Lanes
Movie • 2002
Doyle Gipson
Sphere
Movie • 1998
Dr. Harry Adams
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Movie • 1995
Zeus Carver
Pulp Fiction
Movie • 1994
Jules Winnfield
The 51st State
Movie • 2001
Elmo McElroy
Thor
Movie • 2011
Nick Fury (uncredited)
A Time to Kill
Movie • 1996
Carl Lee Hailey
GoodFellas
Movie • 1990
Stacks Edwards
1408
Movie • 2007
Gerald Olin
Iron Man
Movie • 2008
Nick Fury (uncredited)
Captain America: The First Avenger
Movie • 2011
Nick Fury
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Movie • 1999
Mace Windu
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Movie • 2002
Mace Windu
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Movie • 2005
Mace Windu
No Good Deed
Movie • 2002
Jack Friar
Rules of Engagement
Movie • 2000
Col. Terry L. Childers
Basic
Movie • 2003
Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
Gospel Hill
Movie • 2008
Paul Malcolm
The Great White Hype
Movie • 1996
Rev. Fred Sultan
Amos & Andrew
Movie • 1993
Andrew Sterling
xXx: State of the Union
Movie • 2005
Agent Augustus Gibbons
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Movie • 1996
Mitch Henessey
One Eight Seven
Movie • 1997
Trevor Garfield
Kiss of Death
Movie • 1995
Calvin Hart
xXx
Movie • 2002
Agent Augustus Gibbons
Black Snake Moan
Movie • 2006
Lazarus
Hard Eight
Movie • 1997
Jimmy
Against the Wall
Movie • 1994
Jamaal
Coach Carter
Movie • 2005
Ken Carter
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Movie • 2010
Fear (voice)
The Avengers
Movie • 2012
Nick Fury
Jumper
Movie • 2008
Roland
The Spirit
Movie • 2008
Octopus
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Movie • 2004
Jack Johnson (voice)
The Caveman's Valentine
Movie • 2001
Romulus
Sea of Love
Movie • 1989
Black Guy
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Movie • 2008
Mace Windu (voice)
Ragtime
Movie • 1981
Gang Member No. 2
The Man
Movie • 2005
Derrick Vann
S.W.A.T.
Movie • 2003
Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
Menace II Society
Movie • 1993
Tat Lawson
Unbreakable
Movie • 2000
Elijah Price
Farce of the Penguins
Movie • 2006
Narrador (voz)
Coming to America
Movie • 1988
Hold-Up Man
Freedomland
Movie • 2006
Lorenzo Council
Cleaner
Movie • 2007
Tom Cutler
The Negotiator
Movie • 1998
Lt. Danny Roman
Lakeview Terrace
Movie • 2008
Abel Turner
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Movie • 1993
Wes Luger
The Other Guys
Movie • 2010
P.K. Highsmith
Resurrecting the Champ
Movie • 2007
Champ
Patriot Games
Movie • 1992
Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Movie • 2021
Nick Fury (archive footage)
Hollywood Legenden
Movie • 2004
Self
Twisted
Movie • 2004
John Mills
Losing Isaiah
Movie • 1995
Kadar Lewis
Fresh
Movie • 1994
Sam
An Audience with Adele
Movie • 2021
Self
Home of the Brave
Movie • 2006
William Marsh
The New Age
Movie • 1994
Dale Deveaux
Mo' Better Blues
Movie • 1990
Madlock
The Red Violin
Movie • 1998
Charles Morritz (Montréal)
Damaged
Movie • 2024
Dan Lawson
Soul Men
Movie • 2008
Louis Hinds
Afro Samurai: Resurrection
Movie • 2009
Afro / Ninja-Ninja (voice)
The Return of Superfly
Movie • 1990
Nate Cabot
Mother and Child
Movie • 2009
Paul
50 Films to See Before You Die
Movie • 2006
Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie • 2021
Self
Unthinkable
Movie • 2010
Henry Harold 'H' Humphries
Eve's Bayou
Movie • 1997
Louis Batiste
Strictly Business
Movie • 1991
Monroe
Juice
Movie • 1992
Trip
Uneven Fairways
Movie • 2009
Narrator
Astro Boy
Movie • 2009
Zog (voice)
In My Country
Movie • 2004
Langston Whitfield
Inglourious Basterds
Movie • 2009
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Out of Sight
Movie • 1998
Hejira Henry (uncredited)
The 100 Greatest Films
Movie • 2001
Self
Eddie Murphy Raw
Movie • 1987
Eddie's Uncle
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Movie • 2017
Agent Augustus Gibbons
BaadAsssss Cinema
Movie • 2002
Self
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
Movie • 1994
Colonel Ron
Django Unchained
Movie • 2012
Stephen
White Sands
Movie • 1992
Greg Meeker
Arena
Movie • 2011
Logan
Def by Temptation
Movie • 1990
Minister Garth
The Sunset Limited
Movie • 2011
Black
African Cats
Movie • 2011
Narrator (voice)
Meeting Evil
Movie • 2012
Richie
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie • 2012
(archive footage)
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Movie • 2010
Self
Fathers & Sons
Movie • 1992
Marshall
Together for Days
Movie • 1972
Stan
Turbo
Movie • 2013
Whiplash (voice)
Oldboy
Movie • 2013
Chaney
RoboCop
Movie • 2014
Pat Novak
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Movie • 2014
Nick Fury
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
Movie • 2012
Self
The Samaritan
Movie • 2012
Foley
Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition
Movie • 2011
Narrator
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Movie • 2015
Nick Fury
Coach Carter The Man Behind the Movie
Movie • 2005
Self
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
Movie • 2012
Self
John Travolta: The Inside Story
Movie • 2004
Self
The Kill Room
Movie • 2023
Gordon
Zambezia
Movie • 2012
Tendai (voice)
Mr. Incredible and Pals
Movie • 2005
Frozone (commentary voice)
Shaft: Still the Man
Movie • 2000
Self
Kite
Movie • 2014
Lieutenant Karl Aker
The Face is Familiar
Movie • 2009
Himself
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
Movie • 2023
Self - 'Nick Fury'
Hail Caesar
Movie • 1994
Mailman
Big Game
Movie • 2014
US President William Alan Moore
The Garfield Movie
Movie • 2024
Vic (voice)
Reasonable Doubt
Movie • 2014
Clinton Davis
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Movie • 1987
George
Middle School Confessions
Movie • 2002
Host
Heavy Rain
Movie • 2010
Himself
Fluke
Movie • 1995
Rumbo (voice)
The Beast
Movie
Barely Lethal
Movie • 2015
Hardman
Cell
Movie • 2016
Thomas 'Tom' McCourt
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Movie • 2015
Valentine
Any Given Wednesday
Movie • 2000
Willie Nutter
The Displaced Person
Movie • 1977
Sulk
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World
Movie • 2005
Self
The Unholy Trinity
Movie • 2025
St. Christopher
A Shock to the System
Movie • 1990
Ulysses
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Movie • 1999
Narrator / Host
The Exorcist III
Movie • 1990
Dream Blind Man
Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's
Movie • 1998
Self
Jumpin' at the Boneyard
Movie • 1991
Mr. Simpson
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Movie • 2022
Self
The Legend of Tarzan
Movie • 2016
George Washington Williams
Jungle Fever
Movie • 1991
Gator Purify
Trees Lounge
Movie • 1996
Wendell
A Night to Die For
Movie • 1995
Self - Host
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
Movie • 1994
Richard Greener
Our Friend, Martin
Movie • 1999
Turner (voice)
Common Ground
Movie • 1990
Rev. Bob McClair
School Daze
Movie • 1988
Leeds
Afterburn
Movie • 2025
Valentine
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Movie • 2016
Barron
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Movie • 2014
Self
Chi-Raq
Movie • 2015
Dolmedes
The Hateful Eight
Movie • 2015
Major Marquis Warren
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
Movie • 2006
Self
Kong: Skull Island
Movie • 2017
Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard
In the Land of the Free...
Movie • 2010
Narrator
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies
Movie • 2002
Self - Narrator
My Date with Drew
Movie • 2005
Self (uncredited)
Go the F**k to Sleep
Movie • 2011
Narrator (voice)
The Incredibles
Movie • 2004
Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
Jurassic Park
Movie • 1993
Arnold
Deep Blue Sea
Movie • 1999
Russell Franklin
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Movie • 2022
Jimbo (voice)
Everything Is Samuel L. Jackson's Fault
Movie • 2013
Self
Face of Unity
Movie • 2014
Self
Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel
Movie • 2015
Self
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Movie • 2017
Darius Kincaid
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
Movie • 1991
Everett Hatcher
Unicorn Store
Movie • 2017
The Salesman
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Movie • 1989
Self
Incredibles 2
Movie • 2018
Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
Movie • 2010
Elmo McElroy (archive footage)
Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Movie • 2017
Host
Life Itself
Movie • 2018
Self
Johnny Suede
Movie • 1991
B-Bop
Glass
Movie • 2019
Elijah Price / Mr. Glass
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
Movie • 2013
Self
Dead Man Out
Movie • 1989
Calvin Fredricks
Magic Sticks
Movie • 1987
Bum
The Trial of the Moke
Movie • 1978
Johnson Whittaker
Betsy's Wedding
Movie • 1990
Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)
The Exterminator
Movie • 1980
Extra (uncredited)
The Words That Built America
Movie • 2017
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Shaft
Movie • 2019
John Shaft
The Last Full Measure
Movie • 2020
Takoda
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Movie • 2003
Avengers: Infinity War
Movie • 2018
Nick Fury (uncredited)
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
Movie • 2002
Self
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Movie • 2019
Nick Fury
The Avengers: A Visual Journey
Movie • 2012
Self
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Movie • 2021
Darius Kincaid
Captain Marvel
Movie • 2019
Nick Fury
Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life
Movie • 1996
Narrator (voice)
Creating a King: Summoning a God
Movie • 2017
Self
Quincy
Movie • 2018
Self
Forever Hollywood
Movie • 1999
Self
Critic
Movie • 2008
Self
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
Movie • 2021
Marcus Banks
The Banker
Movie • 2020
Joe Morris
Eating You Alive
Movie • 2016
Self
The Protégé
Movie • 2021
Moody
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
Movie • 2016
Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie • 2019
Mace Windu (voice)
Honor Deferred
Movie • 2006
Narrator
Comic Books & Superheroes
Movie • 2001
Self
Avengers: Endgame
Movie • 2019
Nick Fury
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
Movie • 1990
The Janitor
On the Shoulders of Giants
Movie • 2011
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Movie • 2014
Self
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Movie • 2011
Rufus
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Movie • 1996
Narrator
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Movie • 2001
Self
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Movie • 2020
Self
Return to Jurassic Park
Movie • 2011
Self
Death to 2020
Movie • 2020
Dash Bracket
I Am Not Your Negro
Movie • 2017
Narrator (voice)
The N Word
Movie • 2006
Self
The Piano Lesson
Movie • 2024
Doaker Charles
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
Movie • 2007
Narrator
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Movie • 2005
Presenter/Self
John Travolta, le miraculé d'Hollywood
Movie • 2017
Self - Actor (archive footage)
QT8: The First Eight
Movie • 2019
Self (uncredited)
One World: Together at Home
Movie • 2020
Self
Argylle
Movie • 2024
Alfie
The Marvels
Movie • 2023
Nick Fury
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Miracle on 42nd Street
Movie • 2017
Self
Samuel L. Jackson: Did I Stutter?
Movie • 2023
self
The Honest Liar
Movie
Nick DeFranco
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2024
Self
The Great Beyond
Movie • 2026
The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
Movie • 2024
Self
Head Games
Movie
FireAid Benefit Concert
Movie • 2025
Self
Morris Stokes
Movie
Morris Stokes
St. Vincent
Movie
All Saints: The Video
Movie • 1998
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pulp Fiction: The Facts
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Man of War
Movie
Opening the Tombs of the Golden Mummies: Live
Movie • 2000
Just Play Dead
Movie
Jack Wolfe
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
Movie • 2004
Tenpenny (voice)
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
Movie • 2012
Self
Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed
Movie • 2015
Self
NFL Explained: Super Bowl LIX Apple Music Halftime Show
Movie • 2025
Uncle Sam
Afro Samurai the Movie
Movie • 2007
Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages
Movie • 2002
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Attorney Louis Taggert
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Spenser: For Hire
TV • 1985
Today
TV • 1952
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Extras
TV • 2005
Samuel L. Jackson
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
The Boondocks
TV • 2005
Ghostwriter
TV • 1992
Reggie Jenkins
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Self
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
The Henry Rollins Show
TV • 2006
The Frank Skinner Show
TV • 1995
Self
Iconoclasts
TV • 2005
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
TV • 2009
Self
Afro Samurai
TV • 2007
Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja (voice)
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV • 2011
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
TV • 2005
Narrator (voice)
TRL
TV • 1998
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
What If...?
TV • 2021
Nick Fury (voice)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
An Officer of the Law
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TV • 2013
Nick Fury
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Marvel Studios Legends
TV • 2021
Nick Fury (archive footage) (uncredited)
Circus Halligalli
TV • 2013
Secret Invasion
TV • 2023
Nick Fury
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
TV • 2022
Ptolemy Grey
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self - Presenter
The Fix
TV • 2022
Narrator (voice)
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The War
TV • 2007
Narrator (voice)
America Beyond the Color Line
TV • 2004
Self
Leute heute
TV • 1997
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
The Mayor (voice)
The Movies That Made Us
TV • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Beyond the Spotlight
TV • 2020
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
TV • 2024
Frank Moten
What If...?
TV • 2021
Sir Fury (voice)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
TV • 2008
Mace Windu (voice) (archive sound)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Proud Family
TV • 2001
Joseph (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Dynamo: Magician Impossible
TV • 2011
Self
Bambi
TV • 1948
Self
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
TV • 1987
Brother Elvis
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
TV • 2017
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Amend: The Fight for America
TV • 2021
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
Prohibition
TV • 2011
Reader (voice)
Some Good News
TV • 2020
Voice Over
Enslaved
TV • 2020
Self
HBO First Look
TV • 1992
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
Staged
TV • 2020
Sam
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
JANET JACKSON.
TV • 2022
Self
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV • 2023
Nick Fury (voice)
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self - Presenter
Working Shakespeare
TV • 2003
Frisco King
TV
Russell Lee Washington Jr.
The Boondocks
TV • 2005
Rummy (voice)
Tulsa King
TV • 2022
Russell Lee Washington Jr.
The American Revolution
TV • 2025
Caesar Sarter / Lemuel Haynes / Boston King (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Talking Bad
TV • 2013
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest Host
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
TV • 1995
Self