
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).

as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)

as President of the United States

as Jack Wolfe

as Valentine

as St. Christopher

as Uncle Sam

as Self

as Doaker Charles

as Self (archive footage)

as Vic (voice)

as Dan Lawson

as Alfie

as Nick Fury

as Self - 'Nick Fury'

as Gordon

as Jimbo (voice)

as Self

as Nick Fury (archive footage)

as Moody

as Darius Kincaid

as Marcus Banks

as Self (archive footage)

as Dash Bracket

as Self

as Joe Morris

as Takoda

as Mace Windu (voice)

as Self (uncredited)

as Nick Fury

as John Shaft

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 - 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 Hardman

as Nick Fury

as Valentine

as US President William Alan Moore

as Lieutenant Karl Aker

as Nick Fury

as Pat Novak

as Clinton Davis

as Self

as Chaney

as Whiplash (voice)

as Stephen

as Self

as Tendai (voice)

as Nick Fury

as Foley

as (archive footage)

as Richie

as Narrator

as Logan

as Nick Fury

as Narrator (voice)

as Nick Fury (uncredited)

as Narrator (voice)

as Black

as Self

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 Himself

as Afro / Ninja-Ninja (voice)

as Narrator

as Octopus

as Louis Hinds

as Abel Turner

as Mace Windu (voice)

as Nick Fury (uncredited)

as Roland

as Paul Malcolm

as Self

as Tom Cutler

as Narrator

as Gerald Olin

as Champ

as Self

as Lazarus

as William Marsh

as Narrator (voice)

as Self

as Neville Flynn

as Lorenzo Council

as Narrator

as Self

as Derrick Vann

as Self (uncredited)

as Mace Windu

as Agent Augustus Gibbons

as Frozone (commentary voice)

as Ken Carter

as Tenpenny (voice)

as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)

as Jack Johnson (voice)

as Langston Whitfield

as Rufus

as John Mills

as Self

as Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson

as Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West

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 Self

as Romulus

as Elijah Price

as John Shaft

as Col. Terry L. Childers

as Willie Nutter

as Self

as Russell Franklin

as Narrator / Host

as Mace Windu

as Turner (voice)

as Self

as Charles Morritz (Montréal)

as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

as Lt. Danny Roman

as Hejira Henry (uncredited)

as Dr. Harry Adams

as Ordell Robbie

as Louis Batiste

as Trevor

as Jimmy

as Mitch Henessey

as Carl Lee Hailey

as Narrator (voice)

as Wendell

as Rev. Fred Sultan

as Narrator

as Rumbo (voice)

as Zeus Carver

as Self - Host

as Calvin Hart

as Kadar Lewis

as Colonel Ron

as Dale Deveaux

as Jules Winnfield

as Sam

as Mailman

as Jamaal

as Richard Greener

as Big Don

as Arnold

as Tat Lawson

as Andrew Sterling

as Wes Luger

as Marshall

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 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 Señor Love Daddy

as Calvin Fredricks

as Hold-Up Man

as Leeds

as Eddie's Uncle

as George

as Bum

as Gang Member No. 2

as Extra (uncredited)

as Johnson Whittaker

as Sulk

as Stan

as Nick DeFranco

as Morris Stokes

as Devaraj (Old)

as Gerald Olin

as Black