
Actor
Born December 21, 1948 in Washington, D.C., USA
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).

The Great Beyond

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
Voiceover (voice)

The American Revolution
Caesar Sarter / Lemuel Haynes / Boston King (voice)

Afterburn
Valentine

The Unholy Trinity
St. Christopher

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show
Uncle Sam

FireAid Benefit Concert
Self

The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision
Self

The Piano Lesson
Doaker Charles

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
Frank Moten

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

Secret Invasion
Nick Fury

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Nick Fury (voice)

Tulsa King
Russell Lee Washington Jr.

Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Self

The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest

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

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Ptolemy Grey

JANET JACKSON.
Self

The Fix
Narrator (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

What If...?
Nick Fury (voice)

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Darius Kincaid

Spiral: From the Book of Saw
Marcus Banks

Amend: The Fight for America
Self

Marvel Studios Legends
Nick Fury (archive footage) (uncredited)

Death to 2020
Dash Bracket

Beyond the Spotlight

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Self

Enslaved
Self

Staged
Sam

One World: Together at Home
Self

Some Good News
Voice Over

The Banker
Joe Morris

The Last Full Measure
Takoda

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

The Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage)

QT8: The First Eight
Self (uncredited)

Tamron Hall
Self - Guest

The Boys
Xander the Shark (voice)

Spider-Man: Far From Home
Nick Fury

Shaft
John Shaft

The Hateful Eight
Major Marquis Warren

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

Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self

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

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self

Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed
Self

Barely Lethal
Hardman

Avengers: Age of Ultron
Nick Fury

Kingsman: The Secret Service
Valentine

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self

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

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self

RoboCop
Pat Novak

Reasonable Doubt
Clinton Davis

Face of Unity
Self

Oldboy
Chaney

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Nick Fury

Everything Is Samuel L. Jackson's Fault
Self

Talking Bad
Self

Turbo
Whiplash (voice)

Circus Halligalli

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
Self

Django Unchained
Stephen

Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
Self

The Avengers: A Visual Journey
Self

Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe
Self

Zambezia
Tendai (voice)

The Avengers
Nick Fury

Finding Your Roots
Self

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

Prohibition
Reader (voice)

The Jonathan Ross Show
Self

Captain America: The First Avenger
Nick Fury

Dynamo: Magician Impossible
Self

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

Thor
Nick Fury (uncredited)

African Cats
Narrator (voice)

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Rufus

The Sunset Limited
Black

On the Shoulders of Giants

Return to Jurassic Park
Self

Conan
Self - Guest

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

Astro Boy
Zog (voice)

Inglourious Basterds
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest

Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Self

The Face is Familiar
Himself

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

Uneven Fairways
Narrator

Welcome to Lakeview Terrace: Behind the Scenes
Self

The Spirit
Octopus

Soul Men
Louis Hinds

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Mace Windu (voice) (archive sound)

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

Afro Samurai Pilot

The War
Narrator (voice)

Cleaner
Tom Cutler

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
Narrator

1408
Gerald Olin

Resurrecting the Champ
Champ

The Graham Norton Show
Self

Snakes on a Blog
Self

Afro Samurai
Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja (voice)

Snakes on a Plane: Meet the Reptiles
Self

Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes
Self

Black Snake Moan
Lazarus

Home of the Brave
William Marsh

Farce of the Penguins
Narrator (voice)

Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
Self

Snakes on a Plane
Neville Flynn

50 Films to See Before You Die
Self

The Henry Rollins Show

Freedomland
Lorenzo Council

Honor Deferred
Narrator

The N Word
Self

Pure Venom: The Making of Snakes on a Plane
Self

Iconoclasts
Self

The Boondocks

The Colbert Report

The Man
Derrick Vann

My Date with Drew
Self (uncredited)

Extras
Samuel L. Jackson

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

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

Coach Carter
Ken Carter

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
An Officer of the Law

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

America Beyond the Color Line
Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self

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

Working Shakespeare

Basic
Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West

Real Time with Bill Maher
Self

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
Self

Pulp Fiction: The Facts
Self (archive footage)

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

The Proud Family
Joseph (voice)

Comic Books & Superheroes
Self

The Caveman's Valentine
Romulus

Unbreakable
Elijah Price

Shaft
John Shaft

Rules of Engagement
Col. Terry L. Childers

The Early Show
Self

Deep Blue Sea
Russell Franklin

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

The Unauthorized Star Wars Story
Self

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)

TRL

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

Parkinson
Self

Jackie Brown
Ordell Robbie

Eve's Bayou
Louis Batiste

The View
Self

One Eight Seven
Trevor

Leute heute
Self

Hard Eight
Jimmy

The Long Kiss Goodnight
Mitch Henessey

A Time to Kill
Carl Lee Hailey

The Daily Show
Self - Guest

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

The Frank Skinner Show
Self

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

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The Mayor (voice)

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self

The Search for One-eye Jimmy
Colonel Ron

The New Age
Dale Deveaux

Pulp Fiction
Jules Winnfield

Inside the Actors Studio
Self

Fresh
Sam

Hail Caesar
Mailman

Against the Wall
Jamaal

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

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest

True Romance
Big Don

Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest

Jurassic Park
Arnold

Menace II Society
Tat Lawson

Amos & Andrew
Andrew Sterling

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
Wes Luger

Fathers & Sons
Marshall

Ghostwriter
Reggie Jenkins

HBO First Look

MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter

Patriot Games
Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

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

Law & Order
Attorney Louis Taggert

GoodFellas
Stacks Edwards

The Exorcist III
Dream Blind Man

Mo' Better Blues
Madlock

Betsy's Wedding
Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)

Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella

Common Ground
Rev. Bob McClair

Def by Temptation
Minister Garth

A Shock to the System
Ulysses

Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
The Janitor

Sea of Love
Black Guy

Do the Right Thing
Mister Señor Love Daddy

Dead Man Out
Calvin Fredricks

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Coming to America
Hold-Up Man

School Daze
Leeds

Eddie Murphy Raw
Eddie's Uncle

Uncle Tom's Cabin
George

Magic Sticks
Bum

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Brother Elvis

Spenser: For Hire

Ragtime
Gang Member No. 2

The Exterminator
Extra (uncredited)

The Trial of the Moke
Johnson Whittaker

The Displaced Person
Sulk

Saturday Night Live
Self - Host

Together for Days
Stan

Great Performances
Self

Tony Awards
Self - Presenter

The Oscars
Self

Today
Self

Bambi
Self

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee