Samuel L. Jackson biography
Samuel L. Jackson is an American actor (born 1948), born on 21 December 1948 in Washington, D.C..
Samuel L. Jackson's screen career began in 1972 with Together for Days, playing Stan.
Samuel L. Jackson has appeared in 174 films and 41 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are Just Play Dead (2026), Afterburn (2025), Fortnite (2025).
Samuel L. Jackson is best known for Pulp Fiction, Star Wars, Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Honours include Silver Bear for Best Actor, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Coming up next: The Beast (2026), The Great Beyond (2027), Frisco King.
- Also known as
- Sam Jackson, Sam L Jackson, Sam L. Jackson, Sam Leroy Jackson
- Born
- 21 December 1948 (age 77)
- Birthplace
- Washington, D.C.
- Work
- Film actor, Actor, Film producer, Voice actor, Character actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1972 to present
- Known for
- Pulp Fiction, Star Wars, Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Awards
- Silver Bear for Best Actor
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
- Academy Honorary Award
- Film Independent Spirit Awards
Samuel L. Jackson filmography
176 films and 42 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | The Great Beyond | TBA | Post-production | |
| 2026 | The Beast | President of the United States | Post-production | |
| 2026 | Just Play Dead | Jack Wolfe | ||
| 2025 | Afterburn | Valentine | ||
| 2025 | Fortnite | Mace Windu | Likeness | |
| 2024 | The Unholy Trinity | St. Christopher | ||
| 2024 | The Piano Lesson | Doaker Charles | ||
| 2024 | Argylle | Alfred Solomon | ||
| 2024 | The Garfield Movie | Victor "Vic" | Voice | |
| 2024 | Damaged | Dan Lawson | ||
| 2023 | The Marvels | Nick Fury | ||
| 2023 | The Kill Room | Gordon | ||
| 2022 | The Piano Lesson | Doaker Charles | ||
| 2022 | S.H.I.E.L.D. Replaces Director Nick Fury With a MARVEL SNAP Player | English | ||
| 2022 | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Jimbo | Voice | |
| 2021 | The Protégé | Moody Dutton | ||
| 2021 | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Darius Kincaid | ||
| 2021 | Spiral: From the Book of Saw | Marcus Banks | ||
| 2021 | Marvel Super War | Nick Fury | Downloadable announcer | |
| 2021 | Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy , The Definitive Edition | Officer Frank Tenpenny | ||
| 2020 | Spiral | English | ||
| 2020 | The Banker | Joe Morris | Also executive producer | |
| 2019 | The Last Full Measure | Billy Takoda | ||
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Nick Fury | ||
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Nick Fury | Cameo |
Show all 176 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Captain Marvel | Nick Fury | ||
| 2019 | Glass | Elijah Price / Mr. Glass | ||
| 2019 | Shaft | John Shaft II | ||
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Mace Windu | Cameo; voice | |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 | Lucius Best / Frozone | Voice | |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Nick Fury | Uncredited cameo; post-credits scene | |
| 2017 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | English | ||
| 2017 | Unicorn Store | The Salesman | ||
| 2017 | The Hitman's Bodyguard | Darius Kincaid | ||
| 2017 | Kong: Skull Island | Lt. Col. Preston Packard | ||
| 2017 | XXX: Return of Xander Cage | Agent Augustus Gibbons | ||
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Mr. Barron | ||
| 2016 | The Legend of Tarzan | George Washington Williams | ||
| 2016 | I Am Not Your Negro | Narrator | Voice, documentary | |
| 2016 | Cell | Tom McCourt | ||
| 2015 | The Hateful Eight | Major Marquis Warren | ||
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Nick Fury | ||
| 2015 | Chi-Raq | Dolmedes | ||
| 2015 | Barely Lethal | Hardman | ||
| 2015 | Kingsman: The Secret Service | Richmond Valentine | ||
| 2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0 | Nick Fury | Likeness | |
| 2014 | Big Game | Pres. William Alan Moore | ||
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Nick Fury | ||
| 2014 | RoboCop | Patrick "Pat" Novak | ||
| 2014 | Reasonable Doubt | Clinton Davis | ||
| 2014 | Kite | Karl Aker | ||
| 2014 | Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes | Nick Fury | Likeness | |
| 2013 | Oldboy | Chaney | ||
| 2013 | Turbo | Whiplash | Voice | |
| 2012 | Django Unchained | Stephen Warren | ||
| 2012 | The Avengers | Nick Fury | ||
| 2012 | The Samaritan | Foley | ||
| 2012 | Meeting Evil | Richie | ||
| 2012 | Zambezia | Tendai | Voice | |
| 2012 | A Rage in Harlem | |||
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Nick Fury | ||
| 2011 | Thor | Nick Fury | Uncredited cameo; post-credits scene | |
| 2011 | Arena | Logan | ||
| 2011 | The Mountaintop | Martin Luther King Jr. | ||
| 2011 | Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu | Likeness | |
| 2011 | Go the Fuck to Sleep | |||
| 2011 | African Cats | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2010 | The Other Guys | Detective PK Highsmith | ||
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | Nick Fury | ||
| 2010 | Unthinkable | Henry Harold Humphries | ||
| 2010 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Admiral Fear | Voice | |
| 2010 | Heroes of Newerth | Samuel Jackson announcer | Unique read lines in purchasable pack | |
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Narrator | ||
| 2009 | Mother and Child | Paul | ||
| 2009 | Astro Boy | Zog | Voice | |
| 2009 | Afro Samurai | Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja | ||
| 2008 | The Spirit | The Octopus | ||
| 2008 | Iron Man | Nick Fury | Uncredited cameo; post-credits scene | |
| 2008 | Jumper | Agent Roland Cox | ||
| 2008 | Soul Men | Louis | ||
| 2008 | Lakeview Terrace | Abel Turner | ||
| 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu | Voice | |
| 2008 | Gospel Hill | Paul Malcolm | Uncredited | |
| 2007 | Resurrecting the Champ | Bob Satterfield | ||
| 2007 | 1408 | Gerald Olin | ||
| 2007 | Farce of the Penguins | Narrator | ||
| 2007 | Cleaner | Thomas "Tom" Cutler | Also producer | |
| 2006 | Black Snake Moan | Lazarus Redd | ||
| 2006 | Snakes on a Plane | Agent Neville Flynn | ||
| 2006 | Home of the Brave | Dr. Will Marsh | ||
| 2006 | Freedomland | Lorenzo Council | ||
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III , Revenge of the Sith | Mace Windu | ||
| 2005 | XXX: State of the Union | Agent Augustus Gibbons | ||
| 2005 | Coach Carter | Ken Carter | ||
| 2005 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | English | ||
| 2005 | The Man | Derrick Vann | ||
| 2004 | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Organ player | ||
| 2004 | Twisted | John Mills | ||
| 2004 | My Date with Drew | English | ||
| 2004 | In My Country | Langston Whitfield | ||
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness | Jack Johnson | Voice, documentary | |
| 2004 | The Incredibles: When Danger Calls | Lucius Best / Frozone | ||
| 2004 | The Incredibles | Lucius Best / Frozone | Voice | |
| 2004 | Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair | Organ player | ||
| 2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Officer Frank Tenpenny | ||
| 2003 | Basic | Sergeant Nathan West | ||
| 2003 | Parts of the Family | English | ||
| 2003 | S.W.A.T | Hondo Harrelson | ||
| 2002 | Changing Lanes | Doyle Gipson | ||
| 2002 | XXX | Agent Augustus Gibbons | ||
| 2002 | No Good Deed | Jack Friar | ||
| 2002 | BaadAsssss Cinema | English | ||
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II , Attack of the Clones | Mace Windu | ||
| 2001 | The Caveman's Valentine | Romulus Ledbetter | Also executive producer | |
| 2001 | The 51st State | Elmo McElroy | ||
| 2000 | Rules of Engagement | Col. Terry L. Childers | ||
| 2000 | Unbreakable | Elijah Price / Mr. Glass | ||
| 2000 | Shaft | John Shaft | ||
| 2000 | Jazz | English | ||
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I , The Phantom Menace | Mace Windu | ||
| 1999 | Deep Blue Sea | Russell Franklin | ||
| 1998 | The Red Violin | Charles Morritz | ||
| 1998 | Out of Sight | Hejira Henry | Uncredited | |
| 1998 | The Negotiator | Lt. Danny Roman | ||
| 1998 | Sphere | Harry Adams | ||
| 1997 | Jackie Brown | Ordell Robbie | ||
| 1997 | Eve's Bayou | Louis Batiste | Also producer | |
| 1997 | One Eight Seven | Trevor Garfield | ||
| 1996 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | Mitch Henessey | ||
| 1996 | A Time to Kill | Carl Lee Hailey | ||
| 1996 | Trees Lounge | Wendell | ||
| 1996 | The Great White Hype | Rev. Fred Sultan | ||
| 1996 | Hard Eight | Jimmy | ||
| 1995 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | Zeus Carver | ||
| 1995 | Losing Isaiah | Kadar Lewis | ||
| 1995 | Kiss of Death | Calvin Hart | ||
| 1995 | Fluke | Rumbo | Voice | |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Jules Winnfield | ||
| 1994 | The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Colonel Ron | ||
| 1994 | The New Age | Dale | ||
| 1994 | Hail Caesar | Mailman | ||
| 1994 | Fresh | Sam | ||
| 1994 | Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Richard Theodore Greener | ||
| 1993 | Jurassic Park | John "Ray" Arnold | ||
| 1993 | Menace II Society | Tat Lawson | ||
| 1993 | Loaded Weapon 1 | Sgt. Wes Luger | ||
| 1993 | True Romance | Big Don | ||
| 1993 | Amos & Andrew | Andrew Sterling | ||
| 1992 | Patriot Games | Robby Jackson | ||
| 1992 | White Sands | Greg Meeker | Credited as Sam Jackson | |
| 1992 | Juice | Trip | ||
| 1992 | Fathers & Sons | Marshall | ||
| 1991 | Jumpin' at the Boneyard | Mr. Simpson | ||
| 1991 | Jungle Fever | Gator Purify | ||
| 1991 | Strictly Business | Monroe | Credited as Sam Jackson | |
| 1991 | Johnny Suede | B-Bop | ||
| 1991 | Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace | English | ||
| 1990 | The Return of Superfly | Nate Cabot | Credited as Sam Jackson | |
| 1990 | Goodfellas | Stacks Edwards | ||
| 1990 | The Exorcist III | Blind Dream Man | ||
| 1990 | Mo' Better Blues | Madlock | ||
| 1990 | Def by Temptation | Minister Garth | ||
| 1990 | Betsy's Wedding | Taxi Dispatcher | ||
| 1990 | A Shock to the System | Ulysses | ||
| 1989 | Sea of Love | Black Guy | ||
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing | Mister Señor Love Daddy | Credited as Sam Jackson | |
| 1988 | Coming to America | Hold-Up Man | ||
| 1988 | School Daze | Leeds | ||
| 1987 | The Piano Lesson | Boy Willie | ||
| 1987 | Magic Sticks | Bum | ||
| 1987 | Eddie Murphy Raw | Jon Kelcourse | ||
| 1981 | Ragtime | Gang member No. 2 | ||
| 1981 | A Soldier's Play | Pvt. Louis Henson | ||
| 1980 | The Exterminator | English | ||
| 1980 | Mother Courage and Her Children | Performer | ||
| 1972 | Together for Days | Stan |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco King | Russell Lee Washington Jr. | Upcoming | ||
| 2026 | The Boys | Xander the Shark | ||
| 2026 | Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness | Voiceover Narrator | 7 episodes | |
| 2025 | Tulsa King | Russell Lee Washington Jr. | 2 episodes | |
| 2025 | The American Revolution | Caesar Sarter / Boston King / Lemuel Haynes / Flag Resolution | Voice, TV documentary | |
| 2025 | Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show | Uncle Sam | ||
| 2025 | Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Nick Fury | Voice, episode: "Shoot for the Moon" | |
| 2024 | Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist | Frank Moten | Miniseries | |
| 2023 | Secret Invasion | Nick Fury | Miniseries; also executive producer | |
| 2022 | The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | Ptolemy Grey | Miniseries; also executive producer | |
| 2021 | What If...? | Nick Fury / Sir Nicholas Fury | Voice, 7 episodes | |
| 2020 | Death to 2020 | Dash Bracket | Television special | |
| 2020 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu | Voice, episode: "Shattered" (archive recording only) | |
| 2014 | Black Dynamite | Captain Quinton | ||
| 2013 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D | Nick Fury | 2 episodes | |
| 2011 | The Sunset Limited | Black | Television film | |
| 2011 | Prohibition | Reader | One episode | |
| 2009 | Uneven Fairways | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2009 | Afro Samurai: Resurrection | Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja | Television film, voice | |
| 2007 | Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2007 | Afro Samurai | Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja | Also producer, voice | |
| 2006 | Honor Deferred | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2005 | The Boondocks | Gin Rummy | Voice, 3 episodes | |
| 2002 | Unchained Memories | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2002 | Fighting for Freedom: Revolution & Civil War | Narrator | Documentary |
Show all 42 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Proud Family | Joseph | Voice, episode: "Seven Days of Kwanzaa" | |
| 1997 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Mayor of Hamelin | Voice, episode: "The Pied Piper" | |
| 1995 | Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 1994 | Against the Wall | Jamaal | Television film | |
| 1992 | I'll Fly Away | Walter Harper | Episode: "Since Walter" | |
| 1992 | Ghostwriter | Reggie Jenkins | 3 episodes | |
| 1991 | The Violence of Summer | English | ||
| 1991 | Roc | Larry | Episode: "Hearts and Diamonds" | |
| 1991 | Law & Order | Louis Taggert | Episode: "The Violence of Summer" | |
| 1989 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Brother Elvis | ||
| 1989 | Dead Man Out | Calvin Fredricks | HBO television movie; credited as Sam Jackson | |
| 1989 | A Man Called Hawk | Cutter | Episode: "Intensive Care" | |
| 1987 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | George Harris | Television film; credited as Samuel Jackson | |
| 1986 | Spenser: For Hire | Leroy Clancy / Ned | 2 episodes | |
| 1978 | Milo Muse the Rabbit | Johnson Whitaker | Television film | |
| 1977 | The Displaced Person | Sulk | Television film | |
| 1976 | Movin' On | Patrolman | Episode: "Woman of Steel" |