Birth Name
Samuel Leroy Jackson
Nickname
Sam
King of Cool
Mr Cool
Biography
Samuel L. Jackson usually played bad guys and drug addicts before becoming an action hero, as the character Mitch Henessey, in The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) and in Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995). ...
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Spouse
LaTanya Richardson (1980 - present); 1 child
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Frequently plays tough characters who swear a lot.
Other Work
TV commercial for Garden Burger (voice) (1998)
Co-founder and member of the Just Us Theatre Company in Atlanta,Georgia, USA.
TV commercial for hotjobs.com (voice) (2000)
(May 1981-June 1981): Played Cephus Miles in "Home" by Samm-Art Williams (TheatreFour, New York City, New York, USA).
Appeared in the music video for the song "911 Is a Joke" by Public Enemy.(1990)
TV Commercials - UK (voice) for KFC (2001 & 2002)
Biography print
Jeff Hudson. _Samuel L. Jackson: The Unauthorised Biography._ London:Virgin Publishing, 2004.ISBN 1852270241
Tracey E. Dils. _Samuel L. Jackson._ New York: Chelsea House, 2000.ISBN 0791052818
Personal quotes
[When asked about his character inStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)] "He's black."
[On the subject of his character's inevitable death inStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)] "I don'tmind dying, I just don't wanna go out like some punk."
People mistake me for Laurence Fishburne all the time. And healways gets mistaken for me. (And why not? We've both starred inSpike Lee movies, haven't we?) Even when we're standingtogether, people hav...
To be frank, I am as passionate about golf as I am about acting. I veryseldom get angry at golf. The year I started golf I had a caddie andone day I did get angry with myself and threw a club. My cadd...
I've played Loch Lomond - that's the one with the bogs isn't it? Iplayed the one with the lighthouse. When we were in Liverpool we usedto take the ferry and go to Northern Ireland. Films get in the wa...
On playing Othello - "I didn't realise how much I hated that play untilI agreed to do it. I don't mind Shakespeare so much, but I really hateOthello. Here was a guy who had been all over the world, ki...
Portrayed in
Team America: World Police (2004)
Salary
Shaft (2000): $10,000,000.00
No Good Deed (2002): $6,000,000.00
White Sands (1992): $75,000.00
Unbreakable (2000): $7,000,000.00
Article
"The Independent" (UK), 19 May 2009, Iss. 7050, pg. 22, by: Daniel Howden, "Pirates of the Horn of Africa: The Movie"
"USA Today" (USA), 16 August 2006, by: Susan Wloszczyna, "Jackson the 'Snakes' charmer"
"Time" (USA), 14 August 2006, Vol. 168, Iss. 7, pg. 64-65, by: Josh Tyrangiel, "His Own Best Fan"
"Premiere" (USA), June 2002, Vol. 15, Iss. 10, pg. 70-71, by: Cheo Hodari Coker, "Summer All-star"
"Vox" (Hungary), November 2000, Vol. 4, Iss. 11 (43), pg. 50-51, by: Eszter Szikora, "Cool Jackson"
"Film" (Poland), January 2000, pg. 103, by: Kasia Noel, "List gonczy: Samuel Leroy Jackson", Polish
Pictorial
"In Style" (Germany), November 2000, Vol. 2, Iss. 11, pg. 119, by: Michael O'Neill
"Total Film" (UK), October 2000, Iss. 45, pg. 5
"Los Angeles Magazine" (USA), August 2000, pg. 32, by: Kari Mozena and Roslyn Rozbrook, "L.A. Seen"
"Vanity Fair" (UK), April 2000, Vol. 1, Iss. 476, pg. 164, "The Complicated Men"
"Architectural Digest" (USA), April 2000, Vol. 57, Iss. 4, pg. 284-291, by: Peter Haldeman (text) Mary E. Nichols (photography), "Samuel L. Jackson"
Cover Photo
"Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 4 August 2006, Iss. 889
"Parade" (USA), 9 January 2005
"Vanity Fair" (USA) April 2003
"Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 17 May 2002, Vol. 1, Iss. 654
"Cinema" (Hungary), April 2002, Iss. 125
"Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 1 December 2000, Iss. 571
Filmography
Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson (2012) Drama
Nick Fury (2012) Adventure
Sympathy for the Devil (2012) Thriller
The Avengers (2012) Action
Untitled Jamie Foxx Documentary (2012) Documentary
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Adventure
Running Wild (2011) Crime
Same Kind of Different as Me (2011) Drama
The Killing Game (2011) Thriller
Unfinished Country (2011) Drama