Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson (born December 21, 1948[1]) is an American actor and producer. He has starred in many films, including The Avengers, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Django Unchained and Pulp Fiction.
Life
changeJackson was born in Washington, D.C. on December 21, 1948.[1] He grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. During childhood, he had a stuttering problem, which he conquered by developing an affinity for the use of the curse word, motherfucker, in his vocabulary.[2] Jackson attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. After joining a local acting group to earn extra points in a class, Jackson found an interest in acting and switched his major.[3] Before graduating in 1972, he co-founded the "Just Us Theatre".[4] Jackson is a sports fan and supports basketball teams Toronto Raptors and the Harlem Globetrotters and soccer club Liverpool FC. In 1980, Jackson married LaTanya Richardson, with whom he has a daughter, Zoe.
Jackson is also a big fan of Star Wars and portrayed the character Mace Windu in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. He also reprised his role as Windu, in the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars (movie) but not for the series. He also portrayed Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), The Avengers (movie) (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), in two episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D television series and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). In 2017, Jackson appeared as Colonel Preston Packard in Kong: Skull Island. In October 2011, Jackson surpassed Frank Welker as the highest-grossing film actor of all-time.[5]
Filmography
change| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Together for Days | Stan | |
| 1980 | The Exterminator | Julian Fleck | |
| 1981 | Ragtime | Wesley Ferdinand | |
| 1987 | Magic Sticks | Bum | Credited as Sam Jackson |
| Eddie Murphy Raw | Jon Kelcourse | ||
| 1988 | Coming to America | Hold-Up Man | |
| School Daze | Leeds | ||
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing | Mister Señor Love Daddy | Credited as Sam Jackson |
| Sea of Love | Black Guy | ||
| 1990 | Def by Temptation | Minister Garth | |
| A Shock to the System | Ulysses | ||
| Betsy's Wedding | Taxi Dispatcher | ||
| Mo' Better Blues | Madlock | ||
| The Exorcist III | Blind Dream Man | ||
| Goodfellas | Parnell Steven "Stacks" Edwards | ||
| The Return of Superfly | Nate Cabot | ||
| 1991 | Strictly Business | Monroe | |
| Jungle Fever | Gator Purify | ||
| Jumpin' at the Boneyard | Mr. Simpson | ||
| Johnny Suede | B-Bop | ||
| 1992 | Juice | Trip | |
| Patriot Games | Robby Jackson | ||
| White Sands | Greg Meeker | ||
| Fathers & Sons | Marshall | ||
| 1993 | Menace II Society | Tat Lawson | |
| Loaded Weapon 1 | Sgt. Wes Luger | ||
| Amos & Andrew | Andrew Sterling | ||
| Jurassic Park | John Raymond Arnold | ||
| True Romance | Big Don | ||
| 1994 | Fresh | Sam | |
| Pulp Fiction | Jules Winnfield | ||
| The New Age | Dale | ||
| Hail Caesar | Mailman | ||
| Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker | Richard Theodore Greener | ||
| The Search for One-eye Jimmy | Colonel Ron | ||
| 1995 | Kiss of Death | Calvin Hart | |
| Die Hard with a Vengeance | Zeus Carver | ||
| Losing Isaiah | Kadar Lewis | ||
| Fluke | Rumbo (voice) | ||
| 1996 | The Great White Hype | Rev. Fred Sultan | |
| A Time to Kill | Carl Lee Hailey | ||
| The Long Kiss Goodnight | Mitch Henessey | ||
| Hard Eight | Jimmy | ||
| Trees Lounge | Wendell | ||
| Teens and Guns: Preventing Violence | Himself | Used in schools | |
| 1997 | One Eight Seven | Trevor Garfield | |
| Eve's Bayou | Louis Batiste | Also producer | |
| Jackie Brown | Ordell Robbie | ||
| 1998 | Sphere | Harry Adams | |
| The Negotiator | Lt. Danny Roman | ||
| The Red Violin | Charles Morritz | ||
| Out of Sight | Hejira Henry | Uncredited cameo | |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Mace Windu | |
| Deep Blue Sea | Russell Franklin | ||
| 2000 | Rules of Engagement | Col. Terry L. Childers | |
| Shaft | John Shaft II | ||
| Unbreakable | Elijah Price / Mr. Glass | ||
| 2001 | The Caveman's Valentine | Romulus Ledbetter | Also executive producer |
| The 51st State | Elmo McElroy | ||
| 2002 | Changing Lanes | Doyle Gipson | |
| Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | Mace Windu | ||
| XXX | Agent Augustus Gibbons | ||
| No Good Deed | Jack Friar | ||
| 2003 | Basic | Sergeant Nathan West | |
| S.W.A.T. | Sgt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson | ||
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | William Candy (voice) | Deleted scene | |
| 2004 | Twisted | John Mills | |
| Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Rufus | ||
| The Incredibles | Lucius Best / Frozone (voice) | ||
| In My Country | Langston Whitfield | ||
| Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | Jack Johnson (voice) | Documentary film | |
| The N-Word | Himself | ||
| 2005 | Coach Carter | Ken Carter | |
| XXX: State of the Union | Agent Augustus Gibbons | ||
| Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Mace Windu | ||
| The Man | Derrick Vann | ||
| 2006 | Freedomland | Lorenzo Council | |
| Snakes on a Plane | Agent Neville Flynn | ||
| Home of the Brave | Dr. Will Marsh | ||
| Black Snake Moan | Lazarus Woods | ||
| 2007 | Farce of the Penguins | Narrator (voice) | |
| 1408 | Gerald Olin | ||
| Resurrecting the Champ | Bob Satterfield | ||
| Cleaner | Tom Cutler | ||
| 2008 | Jumper | Agent Roland Cox | |
| Iron Man | Nick Fury | Uncredited cameo | |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu (voice) | ||
| Lakeview Terrace | Abel Turner | ||
| Soul Men | Louis Hinds | ||
| The Spirit | The Octopus | ||
| Gospel Hill | Paul Malcolm | Uncredited | |
| 2009 | Astro Boy | ZOG (voice) |
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| Mother and Child | Paul | ||
| Inglourious Basterds | Narrator (voice) | Uncredited | |
| 2010 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Fear (voice) |
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| Unthinkable | Henry Harold Humphries | ||
| Iron Man 2 | Nick Fury | ||
| The Other Guys | Detective PK Highsmith | ||
| 2011 | African Cats | Narrator (voice) | Documentary film |
| Thor | Nick Fury | Uncredited cameo | |
| Captain America: The First Avenger | Cameo | ||
| Arena | Logan | ||
| 2012 | The Samaritan | Foley | |
| Meeting Evil | Richie | ||
| The Avengers | Nick Fury | ||
| Zambezia | Tendai (voice) | ||
| Django Unchained | Stephen | ||
| 2013 | Turbo | Whiplash (voice) | |
| Oldboy | Chaney | ||
| 2014 | Reasonable Doubt | Clinton Davis | |
| RoboCop | Patrick "Pat" Novak | ||
| Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Nick Fury | ||
| Kite | Karl Aker | ||
| Big Game | President William Alan Moore | ||
| Kingsman: The Secret Service | Richmond Valentine | ||
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Nick Fury | |
| Barely Lethal | Hardman | ||
| Chi-Raq | Dolmedes | ||
| The Hateful Eight | Major Marquis Warren | ||
| 2016 | Cell | Tom McCourt | |
| The Legend of Tarzan | George Washington Williams | ||
| I Am Not Your Negro | Narrator (voice) | Documentary film | |
| Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Mr. Barron | ||
| Eating You Alive | Himself | Documentary film | |
| 2017 | XXX: Return of Xander Cage | NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons | |
| Kong: Skull Island | Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard | ||
| The Hitman's Bodyguard | Darius Kincaid | ||
| Unicorn Store | The Salesman | ||
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Nick Fury | Uncredited cameo |
| Incredibles 2 | Lucius Best / Frozone (voice) | ||
| Life Itself | Himself | ||
| 2019 | Glass | Elijah Price / Mr. Glass | |
| Captain Marvel | Nick Fury | ||
| Avengers: Endgame | Cameo | ||
| Shaft | John Shaft II | ||
| Spider-Man: Far From Home | Nick Fury | ||
| The Banker | Joe Morris | Post-production | |
| 2020 | The Last Full Measure | Takoda | |
| The Organ Donor | Marcus | ||
| TBA | The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Darius Kincaid | |
| Blazing Samurai | Jimbo (voice) | ||
| Spinning Gold | George Clinton | Filming |
Barclays adverts
changeThe Barclays campaign is called "Fluent in finance" and designed to be thought provoking, positioning Barclays as money experts. The campaign was created by Bartle Bogle Hegarty.
There are many 40-second executions for TV, directed by Jonathan Glazer, who also directed the Levi's "odyssey" ad for BBH and the feature film 'Sexy Beast'. The TV work is being supported by poster and press activity.
In the Barclays TV adverts, Samuel L. Jackson walks towards the camera, talking about different elements of money, sometimes with one female celebrity in a close-up shot at the end of the TV adverts, such as Chaka Khan, Sinitta, Madonna, Jamelia, Jennifer Lopez, Irene Cara, Rachel Stevens, Kylie Minogue, Taylor Swift, Carly Rae Jepsen, Beyoncé, Shakira, Jessie J, LeAnn Rimes, Carrie Grant, Zara Larsson, Beverley Knight, Natasha Bedingfield, Kelly Clarkson, Dua Lipa, Myleene Klass, Kimberley Walsh, Christina Aguilera, Katy Perry, Katy Ashworth, Lucy Verasamy, Lisa Scott-Lee, Clare Nasir, Alesha Dixon, Claudia Winkleman, Keeley Donovan, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, June Sarpong, Donna Summer, Ellie Goulding, Saira Khan, Gigi Morley, Rihanna, Helen Willetts, Melanie Sykes, Britney Spears, Victoria Hollins, Andrea McLean, Shappi Khorsandi, Rachel Riley, Maya Jama, Laura Tobin, Jenni Falconer, Angellica Bell, or Kemi Majeks.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Samuel L. Jackson Biography". Biography.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ↑ "Samuel L. Jackson Needs Certain Swear Word To Stop His Stutter". Huffington Post. June 5, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
- ↑ Hudson 2004, p. 23
- ↑ Edelman, Rob. "Samuel L. Jackson". Film Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
- ↑ Powers, Lindsay (October 27, 2011). "Samuel L. Jackson Is Highest-Grossing Actor of All Time". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
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