Iron Man 2 (2010)

Mother and Child (2010)

The Last Dragon (2010)

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010)(voice)

Japanese Hardware Sales: The Movie (2010)

Blown (2009)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009)(TV)(voice)

Unthinkable (2009)

The 51st Annual (2009) (TV)

True Believer: The Stan Lee Documentary (2009)



Welcome to Lakeview Terrace (2009)





Grand journal de Canal+, Le

Samuel L. Jackson: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2008) (TV)







NHK Special

Scream Awards 2008 (2008) (TV)

Richard & Judy's New Position





BET Awards 2008 (2008) (TV)

Spike Guys Choice (2008) (TV)

The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008) (TV)

Black Magic (2008) TV mini-series(Narrator)



The Spirit (2008)

Soul Men (2008)

(2008)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) (voice)

Doug Liman's Jumper: Uncensored (2008)

(2008) (uncredited)

Jumper (2008)

TV One on One

Doug Liman's Jumper: Uncensored (2008)

The Boondocks

Cleaner (2007)

1408 (2007)

Afro Samurai

Resurrecting the Champ (2007)

Bienvenue à Cannes (2007)

Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards (2007) (TV)

Eigo de shabera-night

Ceremonia de clausura - 55º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2007) (TV)





Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (2007) (TV) (voice)

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Greatest Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007)

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino (2007) (TV)

2007 (2007) (TV)

Cannes, la alfombra roja (2006)

Meet the Reptiles (2006)

Snakes on a Blog (2006)(uncredited)

Pure Venom: The Making of 'Snakes on a Plane' (2006)(uncredited)

Snakes on a Video: Cobra Starship (2006)(uncredited)

Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards (2006) (TV)

Bambi Verleihung 2006 (2006)





50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) (TV)

2006 (2006) (TV)

Corazón de... (1 episode, 2006)

The 78th Annual (2006) (TV)

Tavis Smiley

Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith

Home of the Brave (2006)

Black Snake Moan (2006)

Snakes on a Plane (2006)

Freedomland (2006)

Honor Deferred (2006) (TV)

Farce of the Penguins (2006) (voice)

12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006) (TV)

Snakes on a Set: Behind the Scenes (2006)

Spike TV VGA Video Game Awards (2005) (TV)

Iconoclasts

It's All for Real: The Stunts of Episode III (2005)

Getaway

Mississippi Rising (2005) (TV)

RSC Meets USA: Working Shakespeare (2005)

The Work of Director Jonathan Glazer (2005)

Extras

From Convict to Hero: The Making of 'XXX: State of the Union' (2005)

2005 (2005) (TV)

MTV Movie Awards 2005 Pre-Show (2005) (TV)

Caiga quien caiga

Comme au cinéma

106 & Park Top 10 Live

The Early Show

The South Bank Show

The 77th Annual (2005) (TV)

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2005) (TV)

The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World (2005) (TV)



The Man (2005)

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

xXx: State of the Union (2005)

Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005)(voice)

Coach Carter (2005)

Making a Mark (2005)

Birth of a Nation: The Making of 'School Daze' (2005)

College Daze (2005)

The 62nd Annual (2005) (TV)

Film '72

On the Set: The Incredibles (2004) (TV)

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) (voice)

Creating a Twisted Web of Intrigue (2004)

ESPY Awards (2004) (TV)

The N Word (2004)

Focused Digizine #1 (2004)

John Travolta: The Inside Story (2004) (TV)

My Date with Drew (2004) (uncredited)

GMTV (1 episode, 2004)

Sunday Morning Shootout

The 46th Annual (2004) (TV)

Hollywood Legenden (2004) (TV)

The Incredibles (2004) (voice)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Twisted (2004)

Country of My Skull (2004)

Jessica's Crush (2004) TV series

San Francisco: Scene of the Crime (2004)

Soul Man: Isaac Hayes (2003) (TV)

HBO First Look

Banzai

Tinseltown TV

Doggy Fizzle Televizzle

Coaching the Minors (2003)

Basic: A Director's Design (2003)

2003 (2003) (TV)



The 60th Annual (2003) (TV)



S.W.A.T. (2003)

(2003)

Freedom: A History of Us

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)

xXx: A Filmmaker's Diary (2003)

The Frank Skinner Show



The Making of 'Changing Lanes' (2002)

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002)

Baadasssss Cinema (2002) (TV)

Starz on the Set: 'xXx' (2002) (TV)

ESPY Awards (2002) (TV)

The Art of Action: Martial Arts in Motion Picture (2002) (TV)(Narrator)



Essence Awards (2002) (TV)

Troldspejlet

Rank

xXx (2002)

The House on Turk Street (2002)

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

Changing Lanes (2002)

The Comeback (2002)

The 74th Annual (2002) (TV)

Hollywood Salutes Nicolas Cage: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2002) (TV)

Headliners & Legends: Denzel Washington (2002) (TV)

Heroes of Black Comedy (2002) TV mini-series (uncredited)

Muhammad Ali's All-Star 60th Birthday Celebration! (2002) (TV)

Middle School Confessions (2002) (TV)

America Beyond the Color Line with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2002) TV mini-series

The Big Breakfast

R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001) (TV) (uncredited)

Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001) (TV)

AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV)

Essence Awards (2001) (TV)

The 73rd Annual (2001) (TV)

2001 (2001) (TV)

Mundo VIP



The 51st State (2001)

The Caveman's Valentine (2001)

Who the Hell Is Stel Pavlou? (2001)

Comic Books & Superheroes (2001)

The Howard Stern Radio Show



2000 (2000) (TV)

2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000) (TV)

The 72nd Annual (2000) (TV)

Shaft: Still the Man (2000)

(2000)

Shaft (2000)

WWF Smackdown!

Rules of Engagement (2000)

Any Given Wednesday (2000)

Deep Blue Sea (1999)

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

Our Friend, Martin (1999)(voice)

The Sharks of the Deep Blue Sea (1999)

VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards (1999) (TV)

From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (1999) (TV)

Celebrity Profile (1999) TV series

Intimate Portrait (1 episode, 1999)

The Unauthorized 'Star Wars' Story (1999)

The Stars of 'Star Wars': Interviews from the Cast (1999)

The Directors

When Sharks Attack! (1999) (TV)

Forever Hollywood (1999) (TV)

Bravo Profiles: The Entertainment Business (1998) TV mini-series

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) (TV)

The 70th Annual (1998) (TV)

The Making of 'Sphere' (1998) (uncredited)

Road Rules



Violon rouge, Le (1998)

The Negotiator (1998)

Out of Sight (1998) (uncredited)

Sphere (1998)

Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Sphere' (1998) (TV) (uncredited)

All Saints: The First Video (1998) (uncredited)

1998 (1998) (TV)

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997) (uncredited)



Wild On...

Jackie Brown (1997)

Eve's Bayou (1997)

One Eight Seven (1997)

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1997 (1997) (TV)

TFI Friday

Nyhetsmorgon

The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

(1996)

Trees Lounge (1996)

The Great White Hype (1996)

Sydney (1996)

Poetry, Passion, the Postman: The Poetic Return of Pablo Neruda (1996) (TV)

The Journey of the African-American Athlete (1996) (TV)(Narrator)

A Night to Die for (1995) (TV)

The 67th Annual (1995) (TV)

Fluke (1995) (voice)

Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)

Kiss of Death (1995)

Losing Isaiah (1995)

The Search for One-eye Jimmy (1994)

The New Age (1994)

(1994)

Against the Wall (1994) (TV)

Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994) (TV)

Hail Caesar (1994)

Fresh (1994)

(1993)

(1993)

Menace II Society (1993)

Amos & Andrew (1993)

(1993)

The American Experience (1 episode, 1993)

I'll Fly Away

Ghostwriter

Fathers & Sons (1992)

Patriot Games (1992)

White Sands (1992)

Juice (1992)

Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1992)

The Secret World of Spying (1992) (TV)

Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace (1991) (TV)

Strictly Business (1991)

Roc (1 episode, 1991)

Johnny Suede (1991)

Jungle Fever (1991)



The Return of Superfly (1990)

(1990)

The Exorcist III (1990)

Mo' Better Blues (1990)

Betsy's Wedding (1990)

Def by Temptation (1990)

A Shock to the System (1990)

Sea of Love (1989)

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

Do the Right Thing (1989)

A Man Called Hawk

Dead Man Out (1989) (TV)

Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989) (TV)

Coming to America (1988)

School Daze (1988)

Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)

Spenser: For Hire

Magic Sticks (1987)

Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987) (TV)

Ragtime (1981)

The Trial of the Moke (1978) (TV)

The Displaced Person (1977) (TV)

Together for Days (1972)

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Samuel Leroy Jackson's films have grossed more money in box-office sales than any other actor in the history of filmmaking. He went to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, where he studied drama, and cofounded the Just Us Theater. After the 1968 assassination of the leader of the U.S. civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jackson attended the funeral in Atlanta as one of the ushers. Upon graduation Jackson found bit parts on TV and spent years on the New York stage in productions for the Negro Ensemble Company and the New York Shakespeare Company.

In his younger years, Jackson himslef suffered the lot of too many talented African-American actors on the big screen, playing a string of typecast roles such as Gang Member Number Two in Ragtime 91981) and Hold-Up Man in Coming to America (1989). Director Spike Lee used him in bit parts as in School Daze (1988), and then gave him the plum role of crack addict Gator Purify in Jungle Fever (1991).

In the 1990s, more prominent roles came along. In Loaded Weapon 1 (1993), he spoofed the kind of action hero he would later become in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park (1993), in which he is a chain-smoker eaten by a dinosaur. Director Quentin Tarantino gifted him with reams of pithy, witty, profane dialogue as Jules Winnfiled in the hit Pulp Fiction (1994), and he won an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor in the process. Jackson then capitalized on the fact that producers at last knew who he was with big action paydays such as Die Hard: With A Vengeance (1995). He returned to Tarantino for Jackie Brown (1997); secured spots in the Star Wars (1999,2002,2005) and xXx franchises (2002,2005) and played the lead in Shaft (2000).