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Samuel L. Jackson

March 15, 2023

"Samuel Jackson" redirects here. For other people with the same name, see Samuel Jackson (disambiguation).

Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the second highest-grossing actor of all time.[a] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him an Academy Honorary Award in 2022 as "A cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide".[4][5][6]

Samuel L. Jackson
Jackson in 2022
Born
Samuel Leroy Jackson

(1948-12-21) December 21, 1948 (age 74)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Alma materMorehouse College (BA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
Years active1972–present
WorksFull list
Spouse
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(m. 1980)​
Children1
AwardsFull list

Jackson started his career on stage making his professional theatre debut in Mother Courage and her Children in 1980 at The Public Theatre. From 1981 to 1983 he originated the role of Private Louis Henderson in A Soldier's Play Off-Broadway. He also originated the role of Boy Willie in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson in 1987 at the Yale Repertory Theatre. He returned to the play in the 2022 Broadway revival playing Doaker Charles. Jackson early film roles include Coming to America (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Patriot Games (1992), Juice (1992), True Romance (1993), and Jurassic Park (1993), Menace II Society (1993), and Fresh (1994). His collaborations with Spike Lee led to greater prominence with films such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Oldboy (2013), and Chi-Raq (2015).

Jackson's breakout role was in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) which earned him a BAFTA Award win and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He further collaborated with Tarantino, acting in Jackie Brown (1997), Django Unchained (2012), and The Hateful Eight (2015). He's known for having appeared in a number of big-budget films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), A Time to Kill (1996), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), The Negotiator (1997), Deep Blue Sea (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000) and its reboot (2019), XXX (2002), S.W.A.T. (2003), Coach Carter (2005), Snakes on a Plane (2006), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), and Glass (2019).

He also gained widespread recognition as the Jedi Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005), later voicing the role in the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) and the video game Lego Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011). With his permission, his likeness was used for the Ultimate version of the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury; he subsequently played Fury in 11 Marvel Cinematic Universe films, beginning with a cameo appearance in Iron Man (2008), as well as guest-starring in the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He will reprise this role in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion, which is set to premiere in early 2023.[7][8] Jackson has provided his voice for several animated films, documentaries, television series, and video games, including Lucius Best / Frozone in the Pixar films The Incredibles (2004) and Incredibles 2 (2018).

Early life

Samuel Leroy Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., on December 21, 1948,[9] the only child of Elizabeth Harriett (née Montgomery) and Roy Henry Jackson.[10][11] He grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee.[9][12] His father lived away from the family in Kansas City, Missouri, and later died of alcoholism. Jackson met him only twice during his life.[13][14] He was raised by his mother, a factory worker and later a supplies buyer for a mental institution; he was also raised by his maternal grandparents, Edgar and Pearl Montgomery, as well as extended family.[11][13][15] According to DNA tests, Jackson partially descends from the Benga people of Gabon, and he became a naturalized citizen of Gabon in 2019.[16] He attended several segregated schools[17] and graduated from Riverside High School in Chattanooga.[9] He played the French horn, piccolo, trumpet, and flute in the school orchestra.[18][19] He developed a stutter during childhood and learned to "pretend to be other people who didn't stutter". He still uses the word "motherfucker" to get through a speech block. He still has days where he stutters.[19][20] Initially intent on pursuing a degree in marine biology, he attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.[9] After joining a local acting group to earn extra points in a class, he found an interest in acting and switched his major.[21] Before graduating in 1972, he co-founded the Just Us Theatre.[13][22]

After Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968, Jackson attended King's funeral in Atlanta as one of the ushers.[23] He then travelled to Memphis, Tennessee, to join an equal rights protest march. In a 2005 Parade interview, he said, "I was angry about the assassination, but I wasn't shocked by it. I knew that change was going to take something different—not sit-ins, not peaceful coexistence."[24] In 1969, Jackson and several other students held members of the Morehouse College board of trustees (including Martin Luther King Sr.) hostage on the campus, demanding reform in the school's curriculum and governance.[25] The college eventually agreed to change its policy, but Jackson was charged with and eventually convicted of unlawful confinement, a second-degree felony.[26] He was suspended for two years for his criminal record and his actions. He would later return to the college to earn a BA in drama in 1972.[27] While he was suspended, he took a job as a social worker in Los Angeles.[28] He decided to return to Atlanta, where he met with Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, and others active in the Black Power movement.[24] He began to feel empowered with his involvement in the movement, especially when the group began buying guns.[24] However, before he could become involved with any significant armed confrontations, his mother sent him to Los Angeles after the FBI warned her that he would die within a year if he remained with the group.[24] In a 2018 interview with Vogue, he denied having been a member of the Black Panther Party.[29]

Career

Further information: List of Samuel L. Jackson performances

1970s

Casting black actors is still strange for Hollywood. Denzel gets the offer first. Then it's Danny Glover, Forest Whitaker, and Wesley Snipes. Right now, I'm the next one on the list.

— Jackson discussing his new fame in 1993[28]

Jackson initially majored in marine biology at Morehouse College before switching to architecture. He later settled on drama after taking a public speaking class and appearing in a version of The Threepenny Opera.[18] Jackson began acting on the stage, including Home and A Soldier's Play, which was the inspiration for the 1984 film, A Soldier's Story.[13] He appeared in several television films, and made his feature film debut in the blaxploitation independent film Together for Days (1972).[9][30] After these initial roles, Jackson moved from Atlanta to New York City in 1976 and spent the next decade appearing in stage plays, including the premiers of The Piano Lesson and Two Trains Running at the Yale Repertory Theater.[28][31] Jackson developed addictions to alcohol and cocaine, which prevented him from proceeding with the two plays to Broadway (actors Charles S. Dutton and Anthony Chisholm took his place).[27]

1980s

After a 1981 performance in the play A Soldier's Play, Jackson was introduced to director Spike Lee, who cast him for small roles in School Daze (1988) and Do the Right Thing (1989).[13][32] He also worked for three years as a stand-in for Bill Cosby on The Cosby Show.[25][33] Throughout his early film career, mainly in minimal roles in films such as Coming to America (1988) and various television films, Jackson was mentored by Morgan Freeman.[18]

1990s

Jackson played a minor role in the 1990 Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas, as real-life Mafia associate Stacks Edwards. Having overdosed on heroin several times, he switched to cocaine.[34] His family entered him into a New York rehabilitation clinic.[18][35] After he completed rehabilitation, he appeared in Jungle Fever as a crack cocaine addict. Jackson said that the role was cathartic,[13] commenting, "It was a funny kind of thing. By the time I was out of rehab, about a week or so later I was on set and we were ready to start shooting."[36] His performance was so acclaimed that the jury of 1991 Cannes Film Festival added a special "Supporting Actor" award just for him.[14][37] Following this role, Jackson became involved with the comedy Strictly Business and dramas Juice and Patriot Games. He then moved on to two other comedies: National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (his first starring role) and Amos & Andrew.[38][39] Jackson worked with the director Steven Spielberg in 1993's Jurassic Park.[40]

 
Jackson at the premiere for Cleaner in Paris, April 2008

After a turn as the criminal Big Don in 1993's True Romance—written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott—Tarantino asked Jackson to play Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction (1994). Jackson was surprised to learn that the part had been specifically written for him: "To know that somebody had written something like Jules for me. I was overwhelmed, thankful, arrogant—this whole combination of things that you could be, knowing that somebody's going to give you an opportunity like that."[41] Pulp Fiction, Jackson's thirtieth film, made him internationally recognized and he received praise from critics. Entertainment Weekly wrote: "As superb as Travolta, Willis, and Keitel are, the actor who reigns over Pulp Fiction is Samuel L. Jackson. He just about lights fires with his gremlin eyes and he transforms his speeches into hypnotic bebop soliloquies."[42] For the Academy Awards, Miramax Films pushed for, and received, the Best Supporting Actor nomination for Jackson.[43] He also received a Golden Globe nomination and won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Role.[44][45][46]

After Pulp Fiction, Jackson received multiple scripts to review: "I could easily have made a career out of playing Jules over the years. Everybody's always sending me the script they think is the new Pulp Fiction."[47] With a succession of poor-performing films such as Kiss of Death, The Great White Hype, and Losing Isaiah, Jackson began to receive poor reviews from critics who had praised his performance in Pulp Fiction. This ended with his involvement in the two box-office successes, Die Hard with a Vengeance, starring alongside Bruce Willis in the third installment of the Die Hard series; and A Time to Kill, where he played a father put on trial for killing two men who raped his daughter.[48][49] For A Time to Kill, Jackson earned an NAACP Image for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture and a Golden Globe nomination for a Best Supporting Actor.[50]

Quickly becoming a box office star, Jackson continued with three starring roles in 1997. In 187 he played a dedicated teacher striving to leave an impact on his students.[51] He received an Independent Spirit award for Best First Feature alongside first-time writer/director Kasi Lemmons in the drama Eve's Bayou, for which he also served as executive producer.[52] He worked again with Tarantino on Jackie Brown and received the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival[53] and a fourth Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of the arms merchant Ordell Robbie.[54] In 1998, he worked with established actors: Sharon Stone and Dustin Hoffman in Sphere; and Kevin Spacey in The Negotiator, playing a hostage negotiator who resorts to taking hostages himself when he is falsely accused of murder and embezzlement.[55][56] In 1999, Jackson starred in the horror film Deep Blue Sea, and as Jedi Master Mace Windu in George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.[57][58] In an interview, Jackson claimed that he did not have a chance to read the script for the film and did not learn he was playing the character Mace Windu until he was fitted for his costume (though he later said that he was eager to accept any role, just for the chance to be a part of the Star Wars saga).[59]

2000s

 
Jackson's handprints in front of Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park
 
Jackson at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival

On June 13, 2000, Jackson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7018 Hollywood Blvd.[60] He began the next decade of his film career playing a Marine colonel put on trial in Rules of Engagement, co-starred with Bruce Willis for a third time in the supernatural thriller Unbreakable, and starred in the 2000 remake of the 1971 film Shaft. He reprised both of the latter roles in 2019, his Unbreakable character Mr. Glass in Glass and Shaft in another film titled Shaft.[61][62][63] Jackson's sole film in 2001 was The Caveman's Valentine, a murder thriller directed by Lemmons in which he played a homeless musician.[64] In 2002, he played a recovering alcoholic, attempting to keep custody of his kids while fighting a battle of wits (in Changing Lanes) with Ben Affleck's character.[13] He returned for Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, seeing his minor supporting role develop into a major character. Mace Windu's purple lightsaber in the film was the result of Jackson's suggestion;[13] he wanted to be sure that his character would stand out in a crowded battle scene.[65][66] Jackson then acted as an NSA agent, alongside Vin Diesel in XXX, and as a kilt-wearing drug dealer in The 51st State.[67][68] In 2003, Jackson again worked with John Travolta in Basic and then as a police sergeant alongside Colin Farrell in the television show remake SWAT[69][70] A song within the soundtrack was named after him, entitled Sammy L. Jackson by Hot Action Cop.[71] Jackson also appeared in HBO's documentary Unchained Memories, as a narrator along many other stars like Angela Bassett and Whoopi Goldberg. Based on reviews gathered by Rotten Tomatoes, in 2004 Jackson starred in both his lowest and highest ranked films in his career.[72] In the thriller Twisted, Jackson played a mentor to Ashley Judd.[73] The film garnered a 2% approval rating on the website, with reviewers calling his performance "lackluster" and "wasted".[74][75][76] He then lent his voice to the computer-animated film The Incredibles as the superhero Frozone.[77] The film received a 97% approval rating, and Jackson's performance earned him an Annie Award nomination for Best Voice Acting.[78][79] He made a cameo in another Quentin Tarantino film, Kill Bill: Volume 2.[80]

In 2005, he starred in the sports drama Coach Carter, where he played a coach (based on the actual coach Ken Carter) dedicated to teaching his players that education is more important than basketball.[81] Although the film received mixed reviews, Jackson's performance was praised despite the film's storyline.[82][83] Bob Townsend of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution commended Jackson's performance, "He takes what could have been a cardboard cliché role and puts flesh on it with his flamboyant intelligence."[84] Jackson also returned for two sequels: XXX: State of the Union, this time commanding Ice Cube, and the final Star Wars prequel film, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.[85] His last film for 2005 was The Man alongside comedian Eugene Levy.[86] On November 4, 2005, he was presented with the Hawaii International Film Festival Achievement in Acting Award.[87]

On January 30, 2006, Jackson was honored with a hand and footprint ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre; he is the seventh African American and 191st actor to be recognized in this manner.[88] In an interview that year, he said that he chooses roles that are "exciting to watch" and have an "interesting character inside of a story", and that in his roles he wanted to "do things [he hasn't] done, things [he] saw as a kid and wanted to do and now [has] an opportunity to do".[89] He next starred opposite actress Julianne Moore in the box office bomb Freedomland, where he depicted a police detective attempting to help a mother find her abducted child while quelling a citywide race riot.[90][91] Jackson's second film of the year, Snakes on a Plane, gained cult film status months before it was released based on its title and cast.[92] Jackson's decision to star in the film was solely based on the title.[93] To build anticipation for the film, he also cameoed in the 2006 music video "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)" by Cobra Starship. On December 2, 2006, Jackson won the German Bambi Award for International Film, based on his many film contributions.[94] In December 2006, Jackson starred in Home of the Brave, as a doctor returning home from the Iraq War.[95]

 
Jackson at the 2010 Comic-Con in San Diego

On January 30, 2007, Jackson was featured as narrator in Bob Saget's direct-to-DVD Farce of the Penguins.[96] The film was a spoof of the box office success March of the Penguins (which was narrated by Morgan Freeman).[97] Also in 2007, he portrayed a blues player who imprisons a young woman (Christina Ricci) addicted to sex in Black Snake Moan, and the horror film 1408, an adaptation of the Stephen King short story.[98][99] Later the same year, Jackson portrayed an athlete who impersonates former boxing heavyweight Bob Satterfield in director Rod Lurie's drama, Resurrecting the Champ. In 2008, Jackson reprised his role of Mace Windu in the CGI film, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, followed by Lakeview Terrace where he played a racist cop who terrorizes an interracial couple.[100][101] In November of the same year, he starred along with Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes (who both died before the film's release) in Soul Men.[102] In 2008, he portrayed the villain in The Spirit, which was poorly received by critics and the box office.[103][104] In 2009, he again worked with Quentin Tarantino when he narrated several scenes in the World War II film Inglourious Basterds.[105]

2010s

In 2010, he starred in the drama Mother and Child and portrayed an interrogator who attempts to locate several nuclear weapons in the direct-to-video film Unthinkable.[106][107] Alongside Dwayne Johnson, Jackson again portrayed a police officer in the opening scenes of the comedy The Other Guys. He also co-starred with Tommy Lee Jones for a film adaptation of The Sunset Limited.

Throughout Jackson's career, he has appeared in many films alongside mainstream rappers. These include Tupac Shakur (Juice), Queen Latifah (Juice/Sphere/Jungle Fever), Method Man (One Eight Seven), LL Cool J (Deep Blue Sea/S.W.A.T.), Busta Rhymes (Shaft), Eve (xXx), Ice Cube (xXx: State of the Union), Xzibit (xXx: State of the Union), David Banner (Black Snake Moan), and 50 Cent (Home of the Brave).[108] Additionally, Jackson has appeared in five films with actor Bruce Willis (National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1, Pulp Fiction, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Unbreakable, and Glass) and the actors were slated to work together in Black Water Transit before both dropped out.[109]

 
Jackson in 2017

In 2002, Jackson gave his consent for Marvel Comics to design their "Ultimate" version of the character Nick Fury after his likeness.[110] In the 2008 film Iron Man, he made a cameo as the character in a post-credit scene.[111] In February 2009, Jackson signed on to a nine-picture deal with Marvel Studios which would see him appear as the character in Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, and The Avengers, as well as any other subsequent film they would produce.[112] He reprised the role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)[113] and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).[114] In February 2015, Jackson stated that he only has two movies left on his Marvel contract following Age of Ultron.[115] In 2018 and 2019, Jackson made cameo appearances as Fury in the Avengers sequels Infinity War and Endgame, and starred as a younger, de-aged Fury in Captain Marvel alongside Brie Larson.

Among his more recent film roles, Jackson appeared in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, which was released December 25, 2012,[116] Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, which was released in 70mm on December 25, 2015,[117] and Jordan Vogt-Roberts' Kong: Skull Island,[118] which was released on March 10, 2017. In 2019, Jackson reprised his Unbreakable role as Mr. Glass in the film Glass, and his Shaft role in Shaft, both sequels to his 2000 films. Also in 2019, he appeared in the Brie Larson film Unicorn Store,[119][120] and had a prominent role as Fury in the Marvel film Spider-Man: Far From Home. Additionally, he reprised his role as Fury in a cameo appearance on the ABC television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in 2013[121] and the season finale in 2014.[122]

2020s

In 2020, he appeared in the television documentary series Enslaved.[123] He also appeared in the 2021 movie Spiral: From the Book of Saw alongside Chris Rock. After an eleven year absence from the stage Jackson is set to return to Broadway as Doaker Charles in a revival of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson opposite John David Washington and Danielle Brooks. The 2022 production will be directed by Jackson's wife LaTanya Richardson Jackson.[124]

Upcoming projects

He is set to produce a live-action film adaptation of Afro Samurai,[125] and will play the role of Sho'nuff in a remake of The Last Dragon.[126] He is set to reprise his MCU role as Nick Fury in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion,[127] and in The Marvels, the sequel to Captain Marvel.[128]

Other appearances

He's known for his extensive voice roles including Whiplash in Turbo (2013), the title character of the anime series Afro Samurai (2007), and Frank Tenpenny in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004). He also narrated the acclaimed documentary I Am Not Your Negro (2016). In addition to films, Jackson also appeared in several television shows, a video game, music videos, as well as audiobooks. Jackson had a small part in the Public Enemy music video for "911 Is a Joke". Jackson voiced several television show characters, including the lead role in the anime series, Afro Samurai, in addition to a recurring part as the voice of Gin Rummy in several episodes of the animated series The Boondocks.[129][130] He was in the Pilot for Ghostwriter.[citation needed] He guest-starred as himself in an episode of the BBC/HBO sitcom Extras.[131] He voiced the main antagonist, Officer Frank Tenpenny, in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.[132] Jackson also hosted a variety of awards shows. He has hosted the MTV Movie Awards (1998),[133] the ESPYs (1999, 2001, 2002, and 2009),[134] and the Spike TV Video Game Awards (2005, 2006, 2007, and 2012).[135] In November 2006, he provided the voice of God for The Bible Experience, the New Testament audiobook version of the Bible. He was given the lead role because producers believed his deep, authoritative voice would best fit the role.[136] He also recorded the Audible.com audiobook of Go the Fuck to Sleep.[137] For the Atlanta Falcons' 2010 season, Jackson portrayed Rev. Sultan in the Falcons "Rise Up" commercial.

He also appeared in the Capital One cash-back credit card commercials. Jackson too appeared in a Sky Broadband Shield commercial, Sky UK’s broadband service as Nick Fury to promote Captain America: The Winter Soldier.[138] He also played Nick Fury in an ad for the video game Marvel Snap.[139] Jackson released a song about social justice with KRS-One, Sticky Fingaz, Mad Lion & Talib Kweli about violence in America called "I Can't Breathe" which were the last words said by Eric Garner.[140]

Box-office performance

Throughout the 1990s, A.C. Neilson E.C.I., a box office–tracking company, determined that Jackson appeared in more films than any other actor who grossed $1.7 billion domestically.[141] By 2011, the films that featured Jackson as a leading actor or supporting co-star had grossed a total of $2.81[142] to $4.91 billion[143] at the North American box office. This placed him as the seventh-highest-grossing lead actor and the second-highest-grossing actor, behind only voice actor Frank Welker. The 2009 edition of The Guinness World Records, which uses a different calculation to determine film grosses, stated that Jackson is the world's highest-grossing actor, with $7.42 billion generated across 68 films.[144] Subsequently, as of 2022, according to data crunched by the Golden Globes, this total has ballooned out to more than $27 billion grossed across 152 movies, locking him in as the highest-grossing actor, and second-highest grossing person in film in general behind Stan Lee, who was primarily known for his cameo work.[145][146][147]

Audiobooks

  • 2011: Adam Mansbach: Go the Fuck to Sleep, publisher: BRILLIANCE CORP, ISBN 978-1-4558-4165-3
  • 2014: Chester Himes: A Rage in Harlem, publisher: BRILLIANCE CORP, ISBN 978-1-4915-1908-0

Personal life

 
Jackson with his wife LaTanya Richardson in November 2005

In 1980, Jackson married actress and producer LaTanya Richardson,[148] whom he met while attending Morehouse College.[13] The couple have a daughter named Zoe (born 1982).[149] In 2009, they started their own charity to help support education.[148] Jackson has said that he watches his own films in cinemas: "Even during my theater years, I wished I could watch the plays I was in—while I was in them! I dig watching myself work."[150] He also enjoys collecting the action figures of the characters he portrays in his films, including Jules Winnfield, Shaft, Mace Windu, and Frozone.[151]

Jackson is bald but enjoys wearing wigs in his films.[152] He said about his decision to shave his head, "I keep ending up on those 'bald is beautiful' lists. It's cool. You know, when I started losing my hair, it was during the era when everybody had lots of hair. All of a sudden, I felt this big hole in the middle of my afro. I couldn't face having a comb over so I had to quickly figure what the haircut for me was."[152] His first bald role was in The Great White Hype.[153] He usually gets to pick his own hairstyles for each character he portrays.[153][154] He poked fun at his baldness the first time he appeared bald on The Tonight Show, explaining that he had to shave his head for one role, but then kept receiving more and more bald roles and had to keep shaving his head so that wigs could be made for him. He joked that "the only way [he's] gonna have time to grow [his] hair back is if [he's] not working". He is noted for often wearing a Kangol hat in public.[155]

Jackson has a clause in his contracts that allows him to play golf during film shoots.[17][19][44] He has played in the Gary Player Invitational charity golf tournament to assist Gary Player in raising funds for children in South Africa.[18] He is a keen basketball fan, supporting the Toronto Raptors and the Harlem Globetrotters.[156] He has supported English football team Liverpool FC since appearing in The 51st State, which was shot in Liverpool,[157] and also supports Irish football team Bohemian FC.[158]

Jackson encouraging people to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in August 2020

Jackson campaigned during the 2008 Democratic Primary for Barack Obama in Texarkana, Texas. He said, "Barack Obama represents everything I was told I could be growing up. I am a child of segregation. When I grew up and people told me I could be president, I knew it was a lie. But now we have a representative... the American Dream is a reality. Anyone can grow up to be a president."[159] He also said, "I voted for Barack because he was black. That's why other folks vote for other people—because they look like them."[160][161] In December 2012, he compared his Django Unchained character, a villainous house slave who sides with his white oppressors, to black conservative Justice Clarence Thomas and said that the character had "the same moral compass as Clarence Thomas does".[162] Following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June 2022, he again criticized Thomas, referring to him as "Uncle Clarence" and asking how Clarence—who is married to white attorney Ginni Thomas—feels about overturning Loving v Virginia, a Supreme Court ruling which allowed interracial marriages.[163]

In June 2013, Jackson launched a joint campaign with Prizeo in an effort to raise money to fight Alzheimer's disease. As part of the campaign, he recited various fan-written monologues and a popular scene from the AMC series Breaking Bad.[164][165] In August 2013, he started following a vegan diet for health reasons, explaining that he is "just trying to live forever".[166] He attributed his 40 lb (18 kg) weight loss to the diet.[167] He had largely abandoned the diet by March 2017, but still praised and recommended it.[9] He launched a campaign called "One for the Boys", which teaches men about testicular cancer and urges them to "get themselves checked out".[168][169]

He was given Gabonese citizenship in 2019 as he descends partially from the country's Benga ethnic group.[16] In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Jackson encouraged people to wear face masks as part of California's "Your Actions Save Lives" campaign. Along with Dwayne Johnson, he also encouraged those who had recovered from COVID-19 to donate their blood to help others fighting the virus.[170] He additionally appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to read a satirical book, Stay the Fuck at Home, which spread awareness of social distancing.[171]

Filmography

Main article: List of Samuel L. Jackson performances

Awards and honors

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Samuel L. Jackson

Over his career, Jackson has received various awards for his performances on film. At the 44th Cannes Film Festival he received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever (1991). He received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994). He also received Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for the performance as well. At the 48th Berlin International Film Festival, he received Silver Bear for Best Actor for his leading performance in Tarantino's Jackie Brown (1997). In 2021, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences named Jackson as one of its Academy Honorary Award recipients as "A cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide."[172][173] At the 12th Annual Governors Awards, friend and actor Denzel Washington presented Jackson with his Oscar.[174]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Jackson is listed as the second highest-grossing actor of all time behind Stan Lee, who was not an actor but earned first place due to the cameo appearances he made in most of the blockbuster films adapted from comic book characters he created.[1][2][3]

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Further reading

  • Dils, Tracey E. (1999). Samuel L. Jackson. Black Americans of Achievement. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publications. ISBN 0-7910-5282-6. OCLC 41885637.
  • Hudson, Jeff (2004). Samuel L. Jackson: The Unauthorised Biography. London: Virgin Books. ISBN 1-85227-024-1. OCLC 224038091.
  • Jordan, Pat (April 26, 2012). "How Samuel L. Jackson Became His Own Genre". The New York Times.

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samuel, jackson, samuel, jackson, redirects, here, other, people, with, same, name, samuel, jackson, disambiguation, samuel, leroy, jackson, born, december, 1948, american, actor, producer, most, widely, recognized, actors, generation, films, which, appeared, . Samuel Jackson redirects here For other people with the same name see Samuel Jackson disambiguation Samuel Leroy Jackson born December 21 1948 is an American actor and producer One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over 27 billion worldwide making him the second highest grossing actor of all time a The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him an Academy Honorary Award in 2022 as A cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide 4 5 6 Samuel L JacksonJackson in 2022BornSamuel Leroy Jackson 1948 12 21 December 21 1948 age 74 Washington D C U S Alma materMorehouse College BA OccupationsActorproducerYears active1972 presentWorksFull listSpouseLaTanya Richardson m 1980 wbr Children1AwardsFull listJackson started his career on stage making his professional theatre debut in Mother Courage and her Children in 1980 at The Public Theatre From 1981 to 1983 he originated the role of Private Louis Henderson in A Soldier s Play Off Broadway He also originated the role of Boy Willie in August Wilson s The Piano Lesson in 1987 at the Yale Repertory Theatre He returned to the play in the 2022 Broadway revival playing Doaker Charles Jackson early film roles include Coming to America 1988 Goodfellas 1990 Patriot Games 1992 Juice 1992 True Romance 1993 and Jurassic Park 1993 Menace II Society 1993 and Fresh 1994 His collaborations with Spike Lee led to greater prominence with films such as School Daze 1988 Do the Right Thing 1989 Mo Better Blues 1990 Jungle Fever 1991 Oldboy 2013 and Chi Raq 2015 Jackson s breakout role was in Quentin Tarantino s Pulp Fiction 1994 which earned him a BAFTA Award win and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor He further collaborated with Tarantino acting in Jackie Brown 1997 Django Unchained 2012 and The Hateful Eight 2015 He s known for having appeared in a number of big budget films including Die Hard with a Vengeance 1995 A Time to Kill 1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight 1996 The Negotiator 1997 Deep Blue Sea 1999 Unbreakable 2000 Shaft 2000 and its reboot 2019 XXX 2002 S W A T 2003 Coach Carter 2005 Snakes on a Plane 2006 Kingsman The Secret Service 2014 Kong Skull Island 2017 and Glass 2019 He also gained widespread recognition as the Jedi Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy 1999 2005 later voicing the role in the animated film Star Wars The Clone Wars 2008 and the video game Lego Star Wars The Clone Wars 2011 With his permission his likeness was used for the Ultimate version of the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury he subsequently played Fury in 11 Marvel Cinematic Universe films beginning with a cameo appearance in Iron Man 2008 as well as guest starring in the television series Agents of S H I E L D He will reprise this role in the upcoming Disney series Secret Invasion which is set to premiere in early 2023 7 8 Jackson has provided his voice for several animated films documentaries television series and video games including Lucius Best Frozone in the Pixar films The Incredibles 2004 and Incredibles 2 2018 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 1970s 2 2 1980s 2 3 1990s 2 4 2000s 2 5 2010s 2 6 2020s 2 6 1 Upcoming projects 3 Other appearances 4 Box office performance 5 Audiobooks 6 Personal life 7 Filmography 8 Awards and honors 9 See also 10 Notes 11 References 12 Further reading 13 External linksEarly lifeSamuel Leroy Jackson was born in Washington D C on December 21 1948 9 the only child of Elizabeth Harriett nee Montgomery and Roy Henry Jackson 10 11 He grew up in Chattanooga Tennessee 9 12 His father lived away from the family in Kansas City Missouri and later died of alcoholism Jackson met him only twice during his life 13 14 He was raised by his mother a factory worker and later a supplies buyer for a mental institution he was also raised by his maternal grandparents Edgar and Pearl Montgomery as well as extended family 11 13 15 According to DNA tests Jackson partially descends from the Benga people of Gabon and he became a naturalized citizen of Gabon in 2019 16 He attended several segregated schools 17 and graduated from Riverside High School in Chattanooga 9 He played the French horn piccolo trumpet and flute in the school orchestra 18 19 He developed a stutter during childhood and learned to pretend to be other people who didn t stutter He still uses the word motherfucker to get through a speech block He still has days where he stutters 19 20 Initially intent on pursuing a degree in marine biology he attended Morehouse College in Atlanta Georgia 9 After joining a local acting group to earn extra points in a class he found an interest in acting and switched his major 21 Before graduating in 1972 he co founded the Just Us Theatre 13 22 After Martin Luther King Jr s assassination in 1968 Jackson attended King s funeral in Atlanta as one of the ushers 23 He then travelled to Memphis Tennessee to join an equal rights protest march In a 2005 Parade interview he said I was angry about the assassination but I wasn t shocked by it I knew that change was going to take something different not sit ins not peaceful coexistence 24 In 1969 Jackson and several other students held members of the Morehouse College board of trustees including Martin Luther King Sr hostage on the campus demanding reform in the school s curriculum and governance 25 The college eventually agreed to change its policy but Jackson was charged with and eventually convicted of unlawful confinement a second degree felony 26 He was suspended for two years for his criminal record and his actions He would later return to the college to earn a BA in drama in 1972 27 While he was suspended he took a job as a social worker in Los Angeles 28 He decided to return to Atlanta where he met with Stokely Carmichael H Rap Brown and others active in the Black Power movement 24 He began to feel empowered with his involvement in the movement especially when the group began buying guns 24 However before he could become involved with any significant armed confrontations his mother sent him to Los Angeles after the FBI warned her that he would die within a year if he remained with the group 24 In a 2018 interview with Vogue he denied having been a member of the Black Panther Party 29 CareerFurther information List of Samuel L Jackson performances 1970s Casting black actors is still strange for Hollywood Denzel gets the offer first Then it s Danny Glover Forest Whitaker and Wesley Snipes Right now I m the next one on the list Jackson discussing his new fame in 1993 28 Jackson initially majored in marine biology at Morehouse College before switching to architecture He later settled on drama after taking a public speaking class and appearing in a version of The Threepenny Opera 18 Jackson began acting on the stage including Home and A Soldier s Play which was the inspiration for the 1984 film A Soldier s Story 13 He appeared in several television films and made his feature film debut in the blaxploitation independent film Together for Days 1972 9 30 After these initial roles Jackson moved from Atlanta to New York City in 1976 and spent the next decade appearing in stage plays including the premiers of The Piano Lesson and Two Trains Running at the Yale Repertory Theater 28 31 Jackson developed addictions to alcohol and cocaine which prevented him from proceeding with the two plays to Broadway actors Charles S Dutton and Anthony Chisholm took his place 27 1980s After a 1981 performance in the play A Soldier s Play Jackson was introduced to director Spike Lee who cast him for small roles in School Daze 1988 and Do the Right Thing 1989 13 32 He also worked for three years as a stand in for Bill Cosby on The Cosby Show 25 33 Throughout his early film career mainly in minimal roles in films such as Coming to America 1988 and various television films Jackson was mentored by Morgan Freeman 18 1990s Jackson played a minor role in the 1990 Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas as real life Mafia associate Stacks Edwards Having overdosed on heroin several times he switched to cocaine 34 His family entered him into a New York rehabilitation clinic 18 35 After he completed rehabilitation he appeared in Jungle Fever as a crack cocaine addict Jackson said that the role was cathartic 13 commenting It was a funny kind of thing By the time I was out of rehab about a week or so later I was on set and we were ready to start shooting 36 His performance was so acclaimed that the jury of 1991 Cannes Film Festival added a special Supporting Actor award just for him 14 37 Following this role Jackson became involved with the comedy Strictly Business and dramas Juice and Patriot Games He then moved on to two other comedies National Lampoon s Loaded Weapon 1 his first starring role and Amos amp Andrew 38 39 Jackson worked with the director Steven Spielberg in 1993 s Jurassic Park 40 Jackson at the premiere for Cleaner in Paris April 2008 After a turn as the criminal Big Don in 1993 s True Romance written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott Tarantino asked Jackson to play Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction 1994 Jackson was surprised to learn that the part had been specifically written for him To know that somebody had written something like Jules for me I was overwhelmed thankful arrogant this whole combination of things that you could be knowing that somebody s going to give you an opportunity like that 41 Pulp Fiction Jackson s thirtieth film made him internationally recognized and he received praise from critics Entertainment Weekly wrote As superb as Travolta Willis and Keitel are the actor who reigns over Pulp Fiction is Samuel L Jackson He just about lights fires with his gremlin eyes and he transforms his speeches into hypnotic bebop soliloquies 42 For the Academy Awards Miramax Films pushed for and received the Best Supporting Actor nomination for Jackson 43 He also received a Golden Globe nomination and won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Role 44 45 46 After Pulp Fiction Jackson received multiple scripts to review I could easily have made a career out of playing Jules over the years Everybody s always sending me the script they think is the new Pulp Fiction 47 With a succession of poor performing films such as Kiss of Death The Great White Hype and Losing Isaiah Jackson began to receive poor reviews from critics who had praised his performance in Pulp Fiction This ended with his involvement in the two box office successes Die Hard with a Vengeance starring alongside Bruce Willis in the third installment of the Die Hard series and A Time to Kill where he played a father put on trial for killing two men who raped his daughter 48 49 For A Time to Kill Jackson earned an NAACP Image for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture and a Golden Globe nomination for a Best Supporting Actor 50 Quickly becoming a box office star Jackson continued with three starring roles in 1997 In 187 he played a dedicated teacher striving to leave an impact on his students 51 He received an Independent Spirit award for Best First Feature alongside first time writer director Kasi Lemmons in the drama Eve s Bayou for which he also served as executive producer 52 He worked again with Tarantino on Jackie Brown and received the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival 53 and a fourth Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of the arms merchant Ordell Robbie 54 In 1998 he worked with established actors Sharon Stone and Dustin Hoffman in Sphere and Kevin Spacey in The Negotiator playing a hostage negotiator who resorts to taking hostages himself when he is falsely accused of murder and embezzlement 55 56 In 1999 Jackson starred in the horror film Deep Blue Sea and as Jedi Master Mace Windu in George Lucas Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace 57 58 In an interview Jackson claimed that he did not have a chance to read the script for the film and did not learn he was playing the character Mace Windu until he was fitted for his costume though he later said that he was eager to accept any role just for the chance to be a part of the Star Wars saga 59 2000s Jackson s handprints in front of Mickey amp Minnie s Runaway Railway at Walt Disney World s Disney s Hollywood Studios theme park Jackson at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival On June 13 2000 Jackson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7018 Hollywood Blvd 60 He began the next decade of his film career playing a Marine colonel put on trial in Rules of Engagement co starred with Bruce Willis for a third time in the supernatural thriller Unbreakable and starred in the 2000 remake of the 1971 film Shaft He reprised both of the latter roles in 2019 his Unbreakable character Mr Glass in Glass and Shaft in another film titled Shaft 61 62 63 Jackson s sole film in 2001 was The Caveman s Valentine a murder thriller directed by Lemmons in which he played a homeless musician 64 In 2002 he played a recovering alcoholic attempting to keep custody of his kids while fighting a battle of wits in Changing Lanes with Ben Affleck s character 13 He returned for Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones seeing his minor supporting role develop into a major character Mace Windu s purple lightsaber in the film was the result of Jackson s suggestion 13 he wanted to be sure that his character would stand out in a crowded battle scene 65 66 Jackson then acted as an NSA agent alongside Vin Diesel in XXX and as a kilt wearing drug dealer in The 51st State 67 68 In 2003 Jackson again worked with John Travolta in Basic and then as a police sergeant alongside Colin Farrell in the television show remake SWAT 69 70 A song within the soundtrack was named after him entitled Sammy L Jackson by Hot Action Cop 71 Jackson also appeared in HBO s documentary Unchained Memories as a narrator along many other stars like Angela Bassett and Whoopi Goldberg Based on reviews gathered by Rotten Tomatoes in 2004 Jackson starred in both his lowest and highest ranked films in his career 72 In the thriller Twisted Jackson played a mentor to Ashley Judd 73 The film garnered a 2 approval rating on the website with reviewers calling his performance lackluster and wasted 74 75 76 He then lent his voice to the computer animated film The Incredibles as the superhero Frozone 77 The film received a 97 approval rating and Jackson s performance earned him an Annie Award nomination for Best Voice Acting 78 79 He made a cameo in another Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill Volume 2 80 In 2005 he starred in the sports drama Coach Carter where he played a coach based on the actual coach Ken Carter dedicated to teaching his players that education is more important than basketball 81 Although the film received mixed reviews Jackson s performance was praised despite the film s storyline 82 83 Bob Townsend of the Atlanta Journal Constitution commended Jackson s performance He takes what could have been a cardboard cliche role and puts flesh on it with his flamboyant intelligence 84 Jackson also returned for two sequels XXX State of the Union this time commanding Ice Cube and the final Star Wars prequel film Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith 85 His last film for 2005 was The Man alongside comedian Eugene Levy 86 On November 4 2005 he was presented with the Hawaii International Film Festival Achievement in Acting Award 87 On January 30 2006 Jackson was honored with a hand and footprint ceremony at Grauman s Chinese Theatre he is the seventh African American and 191st actor to be recognized in this manner 88 In an interview that year he said that he chooses roles that are exciting to watch and have an interesting character inside of a story and that in his roles he wanted to do things he hasn t done things he saw as a kid and wanted to do and now has an opportunity to do 89 He next starred opposite actress Julianne Moore in the box office bomb Freedomland where he depicted a police detective attempting to help a mother find her abducted child while quelling a citywide race riot 90 91 Jackson s second film of the year Snakes on a Plane gained cult film status months before it was released based on its title and cast 92 Jackson s decision to star in the film was solely based on the title 93 To build anticipation for the film he also cameoed in the 2006 music video Snakes on a Plane Bring It by Cobra Starship On December 2 2006 Jackson won the German Bambi Award for International Film based on his many film contributions 94 In December 2006 Jackson starred in Home of the Brave as a doctor returning home from the Iraq War 95 Jackson at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego On January 30 2007 Jackson was featured as narrator in Bob Saget s direct to DVD Farce of the Penguins 96 The film was a spoof of the box office success March of the Penguins which was narrated by Morgan Freeman 97 Also in 2007 he portrayed a blues player who imprisons a young woman Christina Ricci addicted to sex in Black Snake Moan and the horror film 1408 an adaptation of the Stephen King short story 98 99 Later the same year Jackson portrayed an athlete who impersonates former boxing heavyweight Bob Satterfield in director Rod Lurie s drama Resurrecting the Champ In 2008 Jackson reprised his role of Mace Windu in the CGI film Star Wars The Clone Wars followed by Lakeview Terrace where he played a racist cop who terrorizes an interracial couple 100 101 In November of the same year he starred along with Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes who both died before the film s release in Soul Men 102 In 2008 he portrayed the villain in The Spirit which was poorly received by critics and the box office 103 104 In 2009 he again worked with Quentin Tarantino when he narrated several scenes in the World War II film Inglourious Basterds 105 2010s In 2010 he starred in the drama Mother and Child and portrayed an interrogator who attempts to locate several nuclear weapons in the direct to video film Unthinkable 106 107 Alongside Dwayne Johnson Jackson again portrayed a police officer in the opening scenes of the comedy The Other Guys He also co starred with Tommy Lee Jones for a film adaptation of The Sunset Limited Throughout Jackson s career he has appeared in many films alongside mainstream rappers These include Tupac Shakur Juice Queen Latifah Juice Sphere Jungle Fever Method Man One Eight Seven LL Cool J Deep Blue Sea S W A T Busta Rhymes Shaft Eve xXx Ice Cube xXx State of the Union Xzibit xXx State of the Union David Banner Black Snake Moan and 50 Cent Home of the Brave 108 Additionally Jackson has appeared in five films with actor Bruce Willis National Lampoon s Loaded Weapon 1 Pulp Fiction Die Hard with a Vengeance Unbreakable and Glass and the actors were slated to work together in Black Water Transit before both dropped out 109 Jackson in 2017 In 2002 Jackson gave his consent for Marvel Comics to design their Ultimate version of the character Nick Fury after his likeness 110 In the 2008 film Iron Man he made a cameo as the character in a post credit scene 111 In February 2009 Jackson signed on to a nine picture deal with Marvel Studios which would see him appear as the character in Iron Man 2 Thor Captain America The First Avenger and The Avengers as well as any other subsequent film they would produce 112 He reprised the role in Captain America The Winter Soldier 2014 113 and Avengers Age of Ultron 2015 114 In February 2015 Jackson stated that he only has two movies left on his Marvel contract following Age of Ultron 115 In 2018 and 2019 Jackson made cameo appearances as Fury in the Avengers sequels Infinity War and Endgame and starred as a younger de aged Fury in Captain Marvel alongside Brie Larson Among his more recent film roles Jackson appeared in Quentin Tarantino s Django Unchained which was released December 25 2012 116 Tarantino s The Hateful Eight which was released in 70mm on December 25 2015 117 and Jordan Vogt Roberts Kong Skull Island 118 which was released on March 10 2017 In 2019 Jackson reprised his Unbreakable role as Mr Glass in the film Glass and his Shaft role in Shaft both sequels to his 2000 films Also in 2019 he appeared in the Brie Larson film Unicorn Store 119 120 and had a prominent role as Fury in the Marvel film Spider Man Far From Home Additionally he reprised his role as Fury in a cameo appearance on the ABC television series Agents of S H I E L D in 2013 121 and the season finale in 2014 122 2020s In 2020 he appeared in the television documentary series Enslaved 123 He also appeared in the 2021 movie Spiral From the Book of Saw alongside Chris Rock After an eleven year absence from the stage Jackson is set to return to Broadway as Doaker Charles in a revival of August Wilson s The Piano Lesson opposite John David Washington and Danielle Brooks The 2022 production will be directed by Jackson s wife LaTanya Richardson Jackson 124 Upcoming projects He is set to produce a live action film adaptation of Afro Samurai 125 and will play the role of Sho nuff in a remake of The Last Dragon 126 He is set to reprise his MCU role as Nick Fury in the upcoming Disney series Secret Invasion 127 and in The Marvels the sequel to Captain Marvel 128 Other appearancesHe s known for his extensive voice roles including Whiplash in Turbo 2013 the title character of the anime series Afro Samurai 2007 and Frank Tenpenny in the video game Grand Theft Auto San Andreas 2004 He also narrated the acclaimed documentary I Am Not Your Negro 2016 In addition to films Jackson also appeared in several television shows a video game music videos as well as audiobooks Jackson had a small part in the Public Enemy music video for 911 Is a Joke Jackson voiced several television show characters including the lead role in the anime series Afro Samurai in addition to a recurring part as the voice of Gin Rummy in several episodes of the animated series The Boondocks 129 130 He was in the Pilot for Ghostwriter citation needed He guest starred as himself in an episode of the BBC HBO sitcom Extras 131 He voiced the main antagonist Officer Frank Tenpenny in the video game Grand Theft Auto San Andreas 132 Jackson also hosted a variety of awards shows He has hosted the MTV Movie Awards 1998 133 the ESPYs 1999 2001 2002 and 2009 134 and the Spike TV Video Game Awards 2005 2006 2007 and 2012 135 In November 2006 he provided the voice of God for The Bible Experience the New Testament audiobook version of the Bible He was given the lead role because producers believed his deep authoritative voice would best fit the role 136 He also recorded the Audible com audiobook of Go the Fuck to Sleep 137 For the Atlanta Falcons 2010 season Jackson portrayed Rev Sultan in the Falcons Rise Up commercial He also appeared in the Capital One cash back credit card commercials Jackson too appeared in a Sky Broadband Shield commercial Sky UK s broadband service as Nick Fury to promote Captain America The Winter Soldier 138 He also played Nick Fury in an ad for the video game Marvel Snap 139 Jackson released a song about social justice with KRS One Sticky Fingaz Mad Lion amp Talib Kweli about violence in America called I Can t Breathe which were the last words said by Eric Garner 140 Box office performanceThroughout the 1990s A C Neilson E C I a box office tracking company determined that Jackson appeared in more films than any other actor who grossed 1 7 billion domestically 141 By 2011 the films that featured Jackson as a leading actor or supporting co star had grossed a total of 2 81 142 to 4 91 billion 143 at the North American box office This placed him as the seventh highest grossing lead actor and the second highest grossing actor behind only voice actor Frank Welker The 2009 edition of The Guinness World Records which uses a different calculation to determine film grosses stated that Jackson is the world s highest grossing actor with 7 42 billion generated across 68 films 144 Subsequently as of 2022 according to data crunched by the Golden Globes this total has ballooned out to more than 27 billion grossed across 152 movies locking him in as the highest grossing actor and second highest grossing person in film in general behind Stan Lee who was primarily known for his cameo work 145 146 147 Audiobooks2011 Adam Mansbach Go the Fuck to Sleep publisher BRILLIANCE CORP ISBN 978 1 4558 4165 3 2014 Chester Himes A Rage in Harlem publisher BRILLIANCE CORP ISBN 978 1 4915 1908 0Personal life Jackson with his wife LaTanya Richardson in November 2005 In 1980 Jackson married actress and producer LaTanya Richardson 148 whom he met while attending Morehouse College 13 The couple have a daughter named Zoe born 1982 149 In 2009 they started their own charity to help support education 148 Jackson has said that he watches his own films in cinemas Even during my theater years I wished I could watch the plays I was in while I was in them I dig watching myself work 150 He also enjoys collecting the action figures of the characters he portrays in his films including Jules Winnfield Shaft Mace Windu and Frozone 151 Jackson is bald but enjoys wearing wigs in his films 152 He said about his decision to shave his head I keep ending up on those bald is beautiful lists It s cool You know when I started losing my hair it was during the era when everybody had lots of hair All of a sudden I felt this big hole in the middle of my afro I couldn t face having a comb over so I had to quickly figure what the haircut for me was 152 His first bald role was in The Great White Hype 153 He usually gets to pick his own hairstyles for each character he portrays 153 154 He poked fun at his baldness the first time he appeared bald on The Tonight Show explaining that he had to shave his head for one role but then kept receiving more and more bald roles and had to keep shaving his head so that wigs could be made for him He joked that the only way he s gonna have time to grow his hair back is if he s not working He is noted for often wearing a Kangol hat in public 155 Jackson has a clause in his contracts that allows him to play golf during film shoots 17 19 44 He has played in the Gary Player Invitational charity golf tournament to assist Gary Player in raising funds for children in South Africa 18 He is a keen basketball fan supporting the Toronto Raptors and the Harlem Globetrotters 156 He has supported English football team Liverpool FC since appearing in The 51st State which was shot in Liverpool 157 and also supports Irish football team Bohemian FC 158 source Jackson encouraging people to wear masks during the COVID 19 pandemic in August 2020 Jackson campaigned during the 2008 Democratic Primary for Barack Obama in Texarkana Texas He said Barack Obama represents everything I was told I could be growing up I am a child of segregation When I grew up and people told me I could be president I knew it was a lie But now we have a representative the American Dream is a reality Anyone can grow up to be a president 159 He also said I voted for Barack because he was black That s why other folks vote for other people because they look like them 160 161 In December 2012 he compared his Django Unchained character a villainous house slave who sides with his white oppressors to black conservative Justice Clarence Thomas and said that the character had the same moral compass as Clarence Thomas does 162 Following the Supreme Court s decision to overturn Roe v Wade in June 2022 he again criticized Thomas referring to him as Uncle Clarence and asking how Clarence who is married to white attorney Ginni Thomas feels about overturning Loving v Virginia a Supreme Court ruling which allowed interracial marriages 163 In June 2013 Jackson launched a joint campaign with Prizeo in an effort to raise money to fight Alzheimer s disease As part of the campaign he recited various fan written monologues and a popular scene from the AMC series Breaking Bad 164 165 In August 2013 he started following a vegan diet for health reasons explaining that he is just trying to live forever 166 He attributed his 40 lb 18 kg weight loss to the diet 167 He had largely abandoned the diet by March 2017 but still praised and recommended it 9 He launched a campaign called One for the Boys which teaches men about testicular cancer and urges them to get themselves checked out 168 169 He was given Gabonese citizenship in 2019 as he descends partially from the country s Benga ethnic group 16 In 2020 during the COVID 19 pandemic Jackson encouraged people to wear face masks as part of California s Your Actions Save Lives campaign Along with Dwayne Johnson he also encouraged those who had recovered from COVID 19 to donate their blood to help others fighting the virus 170 He additionally appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to read a satirical book Stay the Fuck at Home which spread awareness of social distancing 171 FilmographyMain article List of Samuel L Jackson performancesAwards and honorsMain article List of awards and nominations received by Samuel L Jackson Over his career Jackson has received various awards for his performances on film At the 44th Cannes Film Festival he received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Spike Lee s Jungle Fever 1991 He received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance in Quentin Tarantino s Pulp Fiction 1994 He also received Academy Award Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for the performance as well At the 48th Berlin International Film Festival he received Silver Bear for Best Actor for his leading performance in Tarantino s Jackie Brown 1997 In 2021 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences named Jackson as one of its Academy Honorary Award recipients as A cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide 172 173 At the 12th Annual Governors Awards friend and actor Denzel Washington presented Jackson with his Oscar 174 See also Biography portal Film portal United States portal Television portal Civil rights movement portalList of Samuel L Jackson performancesNotes Jackson is listed as the second highest grossing actor of all time behind Stan Lee who was not an actor but earned first place due to the cameo appearances he made in most of the blockbuster films adapted from comic book characters he created 1 2 3 References Box Office Mojo People Index Box Office Mojo Archived from the original on June 27 2019 Retrieved October 17 2019 Powers Lindsay October 27 2011 Samuel L Jackson Is Highest Grossing Actor of All Time The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved January 6 2012 Samuel L Jackson Movie Box Office Results Box Office Mojo Retrieved August 31 2019 Ferme Antonio June 24 2021 Governors Awards Samuel L Jackson Danny Glover Elaine May and Liv Ullmann Set for Honorary Oscars Variety Retrieved June 24 2021 This is 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