Samuel L. Jackson

AKA Samuel Leroy Jackson

Born: 21-Dec-1948

Birthplace: Washington, DC



Gender: Male

Race or Ethnicity: Black

Sexual orientation: Straight

Occupation: Actor

Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States

Executive summary: Pulp Fiction

Jackson grew up in a deeply segregated time and place, Chattanooga in the 1950s, where he was raised by aunts, uncles and grandparents. His mother did not live with him until Jackson was in fourth grade. His father, a drunk, never did. He played the French horn and trumpet in high school, then attended all-black Morehouse College, majoring in drama and creating some of his own. In 1969, Jackson was among a small group of radical students who took several members of the school Board of Trustees hostage, demanding curriculum changes and other school management reforms. For his crime, Jackson was suspended but not prosecuted.

He was a student at Morehouse again in 1972, when he made his film debut with a supporting role in Together for Days, a low-budget drama about interracial dating. After graduation, Jackson made local TV commercials, and eventually joined New York's Negro Ensemble Company in 1976. During his years as a struggling actor, he worked as a doorman, had a tiny role in Ragtime (James Cagney's last film), worked as Bill Cosby's stand-in on The Cosby Show, and appeared in two episodes of Spenser: For Hire with Robert Urich.

Jackson also drank heavily and did more than his share of cocaine. He completed drug rehab in 1991, later playing a drug addict in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever, his first post-rehab role and his breakthrough performance. Genuine stardom came with Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, opposite John Travolta as a pair of hit men.

If you do the math just right, Samuel L. Jackson is the biggest movie star in history. He has often been second- or third-billed, or even farther down the credits, but if you just tally the money his films have earned, it adds up to over $3,000,000,000 -- more than any other actor in history. Harrison Ford is in second place, Tom Hanks is third.

In Eddie Murphy's stand-up movie Raw, Jackson played Murphy's uncle in one sketch. In assorted minimal "bad guy" roles, Jackson was in Murphy's huge hit Coming to America, Al Pacino's Sea of Love, and he was killed by Joe Pesci in Goodfellas. As Jackson's star was rising, he was Ford's sidekick in Patriot Games, and a technowiz in Steven Spielberg's mega-blockbuster Jurassic Park. His post-stardom blockbusters include three Star Wars films, Die Hard: With A Vengeance with Bruce Willis, A Time to Kill with Sandra Bullock, xXx with Vin Diesel, S.W.A.T. with Colin Farrell, and The Incredibles, where Jackson voiced the frozen sidekick Frozone ("Where is my super-suit, woman?"). Most recently he tangled with Snakes on A Plane, and he has said he wants to play comic book superhero Nick Fury.

Father: (d., alcoholism)

Mother: Elizabeth Jackson (office worker)

Wife: LaTanya Richardson (actress, m. 1980, one daughter)

Daughter: Zoe Jackson (b. 1982)



University: BA Drama, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA (1972)



Obama for America

Hollywood Walk of Fame 7018 Hollywood Blvd (motion pictures)

Endorsement of Apple

unknown detox facility upstate New York 1988

Wedding: Al Reynolds and Star Jones (2004)

Risk Factors: Cocaine, Alcoholism, Stuttering



FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR

Spider-Man: Far from Home (26-Jun-2019)

Shaft (14-Jun-2019)

Avengers: Endgame (22-Apr-2019)

Captain Marvel (27-Feb-2019)

Glass (7-Jan-2019)

Life Itself (8-Sep-2018)

Incredibles 2 (5-Jun-2018) [VOICE]

Unicorn Store (11-Sep-2017)

The Hitman's Bodyguard (10-Aug-2017)

Kong: Skull Island (28-Feb-2017)

xXx: Return of Xander Cage (5-Jan-2017)

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (25-Sep-2016)

I Am Not Your Negro (10-Sep-2016) [VOICE]

The Legend of Tarzan (27-Jun-2016)

Cell (19-May-2016)

The Hateful Eight (7-Dec-2015)

Barely Lethal (23-Apr-2015)

Avengers: Age of Ultron (13-Apr-2015)

Kingsman: The Secret Service (13-Dec-2014)

Big Game (5-Sep-2014)

Kite (13-Jun-2014)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (13-Mar-2014)

Robocop (30-Jan-2014)

Reasonable Doubt (17-Jan-2014)

Oldboy (11-Nov-2013)

Turbo (17-Jul-2013) [VOICE]

Django Unchained (25-Dec-2012)

Zambezia (5-Jun-2012) [VOICE]

The Avengers (11-Apr-2012)

Meeting Evil (30-Mar-2012)

The Samaritan (3-Mar-2012) · Foley

Arena (11-Oct-2011)

Captain America: The First Avenger (22-Jul-2011) · Nick Fury

African Cats (21-Apr-2011) · Narrator [VOICE]

The Sunset Limited (12-Feb-2011) · Black

The Other Guys (6-Aug-2010) · P. K. Highsmith

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (24-Jul-2010) · Himself

Iron Man 2 (26-Apr-2010) · Nick Fury

Unthinkable (2010) · H

Astro Boy (5-Oct-2009) · Zog [VOICE]

Mother and Child (14-Sep-2009) · Paul

The Spirit (25-Dec-2008)

Soul Men (7-Nov-2008)

Lakeview Terrace (19-Sep-2008)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (14-Aug-2008) [VOICE]

Jumper (6-Feb-2008)

Cleaner (11-Sep-2007) · Tom Cutler

1408 (22-Jun-2007)

Farce of the Penguins (30-Jan-2007) · Narrator [VOICE]

Resurrecting the Champ (20-Jan-2007)

Home of the Brave (15-Dec-2006) · Will Marsh

Black Snake Moan (9-Dec-2006) · Lazarus

Snakes on a Plane (17-Aug-2006)

Freedomland (17-Feb-2006) · Lorenzo Council

The Man (9-Sep-2005)

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (18-May-2005)

xXx: State of the Union (27-Apr-2005) · Agent Augustus Gibbons

Coach Carter (14-Jan-2005)

The Incredibles (27-Oct-2004) · Lucius Best [VOICE]

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (4-Sep-2004) [VOICE]

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (16-Apr-2004) · Rufus

Twisted (23-Feb-2004) · John Mills

In My Country (7-Feb-2004) · Langston Whitfield

S.W.A.T. (8-Aug-2003) · Sgt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson

Basic (28-Mar-2003) · West

xXx (9-Aug-2002) · Agent Augustus Gibbons

No Good Deed (29-Jun-2002)

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (16-May-2002)

Changing Lanes (7-Apr-2002) · Doyle Gipson

Formula 51 (7-Dec-2001) · Elmo McElroy

The Caveman's Valentine (19-Jan-2001) · Romulus

Unbreakable (14-Nov-2000)

Shaft (16-Jun-2000)

Rules of Engagement (31-Mar-2000)

Deep Blue Sea (26-Jul-1999) · Russell Franklin

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (19-May-1999)

Our Friend, Martin (1999) [VOICE]

The Red Violin (10-Sep-1998) · Charles Morritz

The Negotiator (29-Jul-1998)

Sphere (13-Feb-1998) · Harry

Jackie Brown (25-Dec-1997) · Ordell Robbie

Eve's Bayou (7-Sep-1997)

One Eight Seven (30-Jul-1997) · Trevor

The Long Kiss Goodnight (11-Oct-1996) · Mitch Henessey

A Time To Kill (24-Jul-1996)

Trees Lounge (11-May-1996) · Wendell

The Great White Hype (3-May-1996) · Rev. Fred Sultan

Hard Eight (20-Jan-1996) · Jimmy

Fluke (2-Jun-1995) · Rumbo [VOICE]

Die Hard: With a Vengeance (19-May-1995) · Zeus

Kiss of Death (21-Apr-1995) · Calvin

Losing Isaiah (17-Mar-1995)

The Search for One-eye Jimmy (9-Nov-1994)

Pulp Fiction (14-Oct-1994) · Jules Winnfield

The New Age (13-Sep-1994)

Against the Wall (26-Mar-1994)

Assault at West Point (27-Feb-1994)

Fresh (Jan-1994) · Sam

Hail Caesar (1994)

True Romance (10-Sep-1993)

Jurassic Park (11-Jun-1993) · Arnold

Menace II Society (26-May-1993)

Amos & Andrew (5-Mar-1993)

Loaded Weapon 1 (5-Feb-1993)

Fathers & Sons (6-Nov-1992)

Jumpin' at the Boneyard (18-Sep-1992)

Patriot Games (5-Jun-1992)

White Sands (24-Apr-1992)

Juice (17-Jan-1992) · Trip

Strictly Business (8-Nov-1991)

Johnny Suede (Aug-1991) · B-Bop

Jungle Fever (5-Jun-1991) · Gator Purify

The Return of Superfly (9-Nov-1990)

Goodfellas (19-Sep-1990)

The Exorcist III (17-Aug-1990) · Dream Blind Man

Mo Better Blues (3-Aug-1990) · Madlock

Betsy's Wedding (22-Jun-1990)

Def by Temptation (23-Mar-1990) · Minister Garth

A Shock to the System (23-Mar-1990)

Sea of Love (15-Sep-1989) · Black Guy

Dead Man Out (12-Mar-1989)

Do the Right Thing (14-Jan-1989) · Mister Señor Love Daddy

Coming to America (29-Jun-1988) · Hold-Up Man

School Daze (12-Feb-1988)

Eddie Murphy Raw (25-Nov-1987)

Magic Sticks (25-Jun-1987)

Uncle Tom's Cabin (14-Jun-1987)

Ragtime (20-Nov-1981)







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