Samuel L. Jackson Biography

Birthday: 1948-12-21
Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia USA
Height: 6' 2½" (1.89 m)
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Wiki Biography: Samuel L. Jackson usually played bad guys and drug addicts before becoming an action hero, as the character Mitch Henessey, in The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) and in Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995). From character player to leading man. His performance in Pulp Fiction (1994) gave him an Oscar nomination for his character Jules Winnfield. He was active in the black student movement. In the seventies he joined the Negro Ensemble Company (together with Morgan Freeman). In the eighties he became well known by three movies made by Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990) and Jungle Fever (1991). He received a Silver Berlin Bear for his part in the movie Jackie Brown (1997) as Ordell Robbi.
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|
Avengers Assemble | Nick Fury | 1970 | |
Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu | 1981 - 2009 | Animation |
Fathers and Sons | Marshall | 1992 | Drama |
Against the Wall | 1994 | Action | |
Shaft | John Shaft | 2000 | Action |
Changing Lanes | Doyle Gipson | 2002 | Drama |
SWAT | Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson | 2003 | Action |
Home of the Brave | Will Marsh | 2006 | Action |
Afro Samurai | Afro Samurai | 2007 - 2008 | Animation |
Un-broke: What You Need to Know About Money | 2009 | Comedy | |
The Chainsaw Sally Show | Agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons | 2010 | Horror |
Reverse Missionaries | Nick Fury | 2011 | |
Curiosity | Himself | 2011 | Documentary |
Iconoclasts | 2012 | ||
No Limit | Henry Harold 'H' Humphries | 2012 | Action |
When Sharks Attack | Himself | 2013 | Action |
Twisted | John Mills | 2013 - 2014 | Crime |
S.W.A.T. | Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson | 3727 | Action |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
---|---|---|---|
Hail Caesar | 0000 | ||
The Arena | 1974 | ||
Arena | 1985 | Sport | |
Eddie Murphy Raw | 1987 | Documentary, Comedy | |
The Return of Superfly | Nate Cabot | 1990 | 0, Comedy |
Def by Temptation | 1990 | Horror | |
Jungle Fever | Gator Purify | 1991 | Drama, Romance |
Jumpin' at the Boneyard | Mr. Simpson | 1992 | Drama |
Fathers & Sons | Marshall | 1992 | Drama, Thriller |
Patriot Games | 1992 | 0, 0, Game Show | |
White Sands | 1992 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | |
Jurassic Park | Ray Arnold | 1993 | 0, Sport |
True Romance | Big Don | 1993 | 0, Game Show, Comedy, Biography |
Menace II Society | Tat Lawson | 1993 | Comedy, 0 |
Loaded Weapon 1 | Wes Luger | 1993 | Action, Comedy, Crime |
Amos & Andrew | Andrew Sterling | 1993 | |
The New Age | Dale Deveaux | 1994 | 0 |
Pulp Fiction | Jules Winnfield | 1994 | Crime, Thriller |
Fluke | 1995 | 0, 0 | |
Die Hard: With a Vengeance | Zeus Carver | 1995 | Game Show |
Losing Isaiah | 1995 | Drama | |
Kiss of Death | 1995 | Action, Crime, Thriller | |
Die Hard With a Vengeance | Zeus Carver | 1995 | Action, Crime, Thriller |
A Time to Kill | Carl Lee Hailey | 1996 | Game Show, Comedy |
The Great White Hype | Rev. Fred Sultan | 1996 | Comedy, Sport |
The Search for One-eye Jimmy | 1996 | Comedy | |
The Long Kiss Goodnight | Mitch Henessey | 1996 | Action, Crime, Drama |
One Eight Seven | Trevor Garfield | 1997 | Game Show |
Jackie Brown | Ordell Robbie | 1997 | 0, Comedy, Game Show |
Hard Eight | Jimmy | 1997 | Crime, Drama |
Eve's Bayou | Louis Batiste | 1997 | |
The Negotiator | 1998 | Comedy, 0, Game Show | |
Sphere | Dr. Harry Adams | 1998 | Drama, Horror, Mystery |
Our Friend, Martin | 1999 | ||
Deep Blue Sea | Russell Franklin | 1999 | Action, Sci Fi, Thriller |
Unbreakable | Elijah Price | 2000 | Game Show, 0 |
Rules of Engagement | Col. Terry L. Childers | 2000 | 0, 0, 0 |
The Caveman's Valentine | Romulus Ledbetter | 2001 | |
xXx | Agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons | 2002 | 0 |
Changing Lanes | Doyle Gipson | 2002 | Comedy, Game Show |
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones | Mace Windu | 2002 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Mace Windu | 2002 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
BaadAsssss Cinema | 2002 | ||
Formula 51 | Elmo McElroy | 2002 | Action, Comedy, Crime |
S.W.A.T. | Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson | 2003 | 0, Game Show |
Basic | West | 2003 | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
The Incredibles | Lucius Best | 2004 | 0, Drama |
Home of the Brave | 2004 | ||
Twisted | John Mills | 2004 | 0, Comedy, 0 |
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Rufus | 2004 | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
xXx: State of the Union | Agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons | 2005 | 0, Game Show, 0 |
Coach Carter | Coach Ken Carter | 2005 | Drama, Sport |
XXX: State of the Union / XXX: The Next Level | Augustus Gibbons | 2005 | |
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | Mace Windu | 2005 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Mace Windu | 2005 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
The Man | Derrick Vann | 2005 | |
Freedomland | Lorenzo Council | 2006 | 0, Game Show |
Snakes on a Plane | Neville Flynn | 2006 | Action, Thriller |
Cleaner | Tom Cutler | 2007 | Game Show, Comedy, 0 |
Farce of the Penguins | 2007 | Comedy | |
Black Snake Moan | Lazarus | 2007 | Drama |
1408 | Gerald Olin | 2007 | Horror, Thriller |
Resurrecting the Champ | Champ | 2007 | Drama, Sport |
Jumper | Roland | 2008 | 0, 0 |
Lakeview Terrace | Abel Turner | 2008 | 0, Comedy |
Soul Men | Louis Hinds | 2008 | 0, 0 |
The Spirit | 2008 | 0, 0, Game Show, Comedy, Sport | |
Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu | 2008 | Animation, Action, Adventure |
Mother and Child | Paul | 2009 | 0 |
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | 2010 | ||
Iron Man 2 | Colonel Nick Fury | 2010 | 0 |
Unthinkable | Henry Harold 'H' Humphries | 2010 | 0 |
African Cats | 2011 | ||
Zambezia | Tendai | 2012 | 0, Drama, 0 |
Meeting Evil | Richie | 2012 | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
The Samaritan | Foley | 2012 | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
The Avengers | Nick Fury | 2012 | Action, Fantasy |
Django Unchained | Stephen | 2012 | Adventure, Drama |
Turbo | Whiplash | 2013 | Drama, 0, 0 |
Oldboy | Chaney | 2013 | Action, Drama, Mystery |
Kite | Karl Aker | 2014 | Action |
No Good Deed | 2014 | Comedy, Game Show | |
Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Nick Fury | 2014 | 0 |
RoboCop | Pat Novak | 2014 | Action |
Cell | Tom McCourt | 2015 | Horror, Thriller |
Big Game | The President | 2015 | Action, Adventure |
The Avengers: Age of Ultron | Nick Fury | 2015 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage | Agent Augustus Eugene Gibbons | 2017 | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
Shaft | John Shaft | 2019 | 0, Comedy |