Award-Winning Actor
Samuel L. Jackson: Biography at a Glance
- Samuel L. Jackson is one of the most respected actors in Hollywood, appearing in well over 100 films.
- Jackson can be seen starring as ‘Nick Fury’ in the massive global hit, Captain Marvel, and throughout the MCU.
- He received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations, as well as a Best Supporting Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Art for his portrayal of ‘Jules’, the philosopher hitman, in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction.
- Jackson made movie history with his portrayal of a crack addict in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever when he was awarded the first and only Best Supporting Performance Award ever given by the judges at the Cannes Film Festival.
Biography
Appearing in well over 100 films, Samuel L. Jackson is one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. Jackson’s portrayal of ‘Jules’, the philosopher hitman, in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction made an indelible mark on American cinema. In addition to unanimous critical acclaim, he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations, as well as a Best Supporting Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Among his many award-winning performances, Jackson made movie history with his portrayal of a crack addict in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever when he was awarded the first and only Best Supporting Performance Award ever given by the judges at the Cannes Film Festival. Jackson received an honorary Academy Award at the Governors Awards recognizing his prolific career and contribution to the art of cinema.
Jackson returned to Broadway with a revival of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, The Piano Lesson. He was most recently seen in his first limited series for television, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey in which he starred and produced for Apple.
In 2021, Jackson reunited with Salma Hayek and Ryan Reynolds for Lionsgate’s The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, the sequel to the 2017 film, The Hitman’s Bodyguard. He can also be seen in the newest Saw sequel, Spiral, with Chris Rock and Max Minghella and in Lionsgate’s The Protégé.
In 2020, Jackson starred in the EPIX docuseries, Enslaved, which he also executive produced with LaTanya Richardson Jackson. Enslaved won three awards at the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards and two awards at the 2021 Impact Docs Awards. He also starred opposite Anthony Mackie in the Apple drama The Banker.
In 2019, Jackson starred in Warner Bros.’ Shaft and Sony’s Spiderman: Far From Home. Jackson also starred as a young ‘Nick Fury’ opposite Brie Larson in the massive global hit, Captain Marvel. Jackson also reprised his role as ‘Mr. Glass’ in M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass. The film is the final installment of the universe Shyamalan created, which also includes Split and Unbreakable. Jackson lent his voice to the Academy Award-nominated film Incredibles 2, reprising his role of ‘Lucius Best/Frozone.’
In 2017, Jackson starred in Warner Bros. Kong: Skull Island with Brie Larson and Tom Hiddleston. In 2015, Jackson appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s Oscar-nominated Western The Hateful Eight. He starred as Major Marquis Warren, alongside Walton Goggins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Kurt Russell. That same year, Jackson appeared in Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman: The Secret Service and Spike Lee’s Chiraq.
In 2016, Jackson was seen in David Yates’ The Legend of Tarzan, starring alongside Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, and Christoph Waltz in addition to Tim Burton’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Also in 2016, Jackson completed production on Brie Larson’s directorial debut Unicorn Store, The Last Full Measure with Sebastian Stan, Christopher Plummer, and Ed Harris as well as Dan Fogelman’s Life Itself.
In 2012, he co-starred in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained as ‘Stephen,’ with Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx, and Leonardo DiCaprio. He also starred in The Avengers, part of his 9-picture deal with Marvel Studios. Jackson reprised his role in both Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which was released in April 2014, and the 2015 sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Jackson made his Broadway debut in 2011 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater in The Mountaintop, where he portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. The play also starred Angela Bassett and was directed by Kenny Leon.
Jackson’s career began onstage upon his graduation from Morehouse College in Atlanta with a degree in dramatic arts. Among the plays were Home, A Soldier’s Play, Sally/Prince and The District Line. He also originated roles in two of August Wilson’s plays, The Piano Lesson and Two Trains Running at the Yale Repertory Theatre. For the New York Shakespeare Festival, Jackson appeared in Mother Courage and Her Children, Spell #7, and The Mighty Gents.
Additional film credits include: RoboCop, Oldboy, Mother and Child, Iron Man 2, HBO’s The Sunset Limited, Lakeview Terrace, Soul Men, The Spirit, Jumper, Resurrecting the Champ, 1408, Black Snake Moan, Snakes on a Plane, Freedomland, Coach Carter, Star Wars: Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith,, S.W.A.T, Changing Lanes, Formula 51, Stars Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Caveman’s Valentine, Eve’s Bayou, Unbreakable, Rules of Engagement, Shaft, Deep Blue Sea, Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace, The Negotiator, The Red Violin, Jackie Brown, 187, A Time to Kill, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Jungle Fever, Sphere, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Ragtime, Sea of Love, Coming to America, Do the Right Thing, School Daze, Mo’ Better Blues, Goodfellas, Patriot Games, and True Romance.
On the small screen, Jackson served as Executive Producer for the Spike TV animated series, Afro Samurai which premiered in 2007. The series received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Animated Program from the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences. The first edition of the Afro Samurai video game launched in February 2009. Jackson also starred in John Frankenheimer’s Emmy Award-winning Against the Wall for HBO. His performance earned him a Cable Ace nomination as Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries, as well as a Golden Globe nomination.
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