Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

actor, producer, additional crew

Samuel L. Jackson was born on Dec 21, 1948 in USA. Samuel L. Jackson's big-screen debut came with The Displaced Person directed by Glenn Jordan in 1977, strarring Sulk. Samuel L. Jackson is known for The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper, Samuel L. Jackson stars as Ptolemy Grey and Dominique Fishback as Robyn. Samuel L. Jackson has got 47 awards and 92 nominations so far. The most recent award Samuel L. Jackson achieved is Academy Awards, USA. The upcoming new movie Samuel L. Jackson plays is Garfield which will be released on May 24, 2024.

Samuel L. Jackson is an American producer and highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Une journée en enfer - Die Hard 3 (1995), Incassable (2000), Shaft (2000), Le 51e état (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Des serpents dans l'avion (2006), and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999-2005), as well as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Samuel Leroy Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., to Elizabeth (Montgomery) and Roy Henry Jackson. He was raised by his mother, a factory worker, and his grandparents. At Morehouse College, Jackson 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 after three movies made by Spike Lee: Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990) and Jungle Fever (1991). He achieved prominence and critical acclaim in the early 1990s with films such as Jeux de guerre (1992), Amos & Andrew (1993), True Romance (1993), Jurassic Park (1993), and his collaborations with director Quentin Tarantino, including Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), and later Django Unchained (2012). Going from supporting player to leading man, his performance in Pulp Fiction (1994) gave him an Oscar nomination for his character Jules Winnfield, and he received a Silver Berlin Bear for his part as Ordell Robbi in Jackie Brown (1997). Jackson usually played bad guys and drug addicts before becoming an action hero, co-starring with Bruce Willis in Une journée en enfer - Die Hard 3 (1995) and Geena Davis in Au revoir à jamais (1996).With Jackson's permission, his likeness was used for the Ultimate version of the Marvel Comics character, Nick Fury. He later did a cameo as the character in a post-credits scene from Iron Man (2008), and went on to sign a nine-film commitment to reprise this role in future films, including major roles in Iron Man 2 (2010), Avengers (2012), Captain America: Le soldat de l'hiver (2014) and Avengers : L'Ère d'Ultron (2015) and minor roles in Thor (2011) and Captain America: First Avenger (2011). He has also portrayed the character in the second and final episodes of the first season of the TV show, Marvel's Marvel: Les agents du S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013). He has provided his voice to several animated films, television series and video games, including the roles of Lucius Best / Frozone in Pixar's film Les Indestructibles (2004), Mace Windu in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), Afro Samurai in the anime television series Afro Samurai (2007), and Frank Tenpenny in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004).

  • Birthday

    Dec 21, 1948
  • Place of Birth

    Washington D.C., USA
  • Also known

    Samuel Leroy Jackson, Samuel Jackson, Сэмюэл Л. Джексон, ซามูเอล แอล. แจ็กสัน, صامويل جاكسون, Σάμιουελ Λιρόι Τζάκσον, Sam Jackson, サミュエル・L・ジャクソン, 새뮤얼 L. 잭슨, 森姆·積遜, 사무엘 L. 잭슨, Σάμιουελ Λ. Τζάκσον

Known For

Awards

47 wins & 92 nominations

Academy Awards, USA
2022
Ceremony date: March 25th, 2022
Winner - Honorary Award
Black Reel Awards for Television
2022
Outstanding Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series
Winner - Black Reel
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