List of Samuel L. Jackson performances


Samuel L. Jackson is an American actor and film producer. A highly-prolific actor who has starred in over 150 film roles to date, Jackson's films have collectively grossed over $27 billion, making him the highest-grossing live-action actor of all time as of 2021.
Jackson debuted on film with a leading role in the Michael Schultz-directed Together for Days. His other early film appearances were minor roles in films, such as Ragtime, Coming to America, Do the Right Thing, Goodfellas and The Exorcist III. His breakthrough role was the crack-addict Gator in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever, for which Jackson won a Special Jury Prize for Best Supporting Actor at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. He appeared in Jurassic Park in 1993 and, a year later, starred in the Quentin Tarantino-directed Pulp Fiction. For the latter film, Jackson won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe Award. In 1994, he was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in Against the Wall. The following year, he starred opposite Bruce Willis in Die Hard with a Vengeance. Jackson's performance in A Time to Kill garnered him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He then collaborated with Tarantino on Jackie Brown, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. Two years later, he starred in the science fiction horror film Deep Blue Sea.
Beginning with The Phantom Menace in 1999, Jackson played Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, and he has reprised the role in later entries. In 2000, he had a leading role in the remake of Shaft. Also that year, he starred opposite Bruce Willis in the M. Night Shyamalan-directed Unbreakable. He returned to this role in Glass. In 2004, he voiced Frozone in Pixar's The Incredibles and Officer Frank Tenpenny in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Jackson appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Nick Fury, starting in Iron Man and has reprised the role in ten films and three television series. In 2011, he starred opposite Tommy Lee Jones in The Sunset Limited, an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's play of the same name. The following year, he collaborated with Tarantino again on Django Unchained. He starred opposite Kurt Russell in The Hateful Eight, also directed by Tarantino. In the latter half of the 2010s, Jackson starred in blockbuster films such as Kingsman: The Secret Service and Kong: Skull Island.
Jackson has appeared in three stage productions. In the early 1980s, he performed in Off-Broadway productions of Mother Courage and Her Children and A Soldier's Play. From 2011 to 2012, he portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop on Broadway. Jackson has also lent his voice to six video games and two audiobooks. He received an Academy Honorary Award in 2022.

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1972Together for DaysStan
1981RagtimeGang member No. 2
1987Eddie Murphy Raw
1988Coming to AmericaHold-Up Man
1988School DazeLeeds
1989Do the Right ThingMister Señor Love DaddyCredited as Sam Jackson
1989Sea of LoveBlack Guy
1990Def by Temptation
1990Ulysses
1990Betsy's WeddingTaxi Dispatcher
1990Mo' Better BluesMadlock
1990Blind Dream Man
1990Goodfellas
1990Credited as Sam Jackson
1991Strictly BusinessMonroeCredited as Sam Jackson
1991Jungle FeverGator Purify
1991Jumpin' at the Boneyard
1991Johnny SuedeB-Bop
1992JuiceTrip
1992Patriot Games
1992White SandsCredited as Sam Jackson
1992Fathers & SonsMarshall
1993Menace II Society
1993Loaded Weapon 1
1993Amos & Andrew
1993Jurassic Park
1993True RomanceBig Don
1994FreshSam
1994Pulp Fiction
1994Dale
1994Hail CaesarMailman
1994Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994
1995Kiss of Death
1995Die Hard with a Vengeance
1995Losing Isaiah
1995FlukeRumboVoice
1996
1996
1996
1996Hard EightJimmy
1996Trees LoungeWendell
1997One Eight Seven
1997Eve's BayouAlso producer
1997Jackie BrownOrdell
1998Sphere
1998
1998
1998Out of SightUncredited
1999Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
1999Deep Blue Sea
2000Rules of Engagement
2000Shaft
2000Unbreakable
2001Also executive producer
2001The 51st State
2002Changing Lanes
2002Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
2002XXX
2002No Good Deed
2003Basic
2003S.W.A.T.
2004Twisted
2004Kill Bill: Volume 2Organ player
2004Voice
2004In My Country
2004Unforgivable BlacknessVoice, documentary
2005Coach Carter
2005XXX: State of the Union
2005Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
2005The Man
2006Freedomland
2006Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody AffairOrgan player
2006Snakes on a Plane
2006Home of the Brave
2006Black Snake MoanLazarus Redd
2007Farce of the PenguinsNarrator
20071408
2007Resurrecting the Champ
2007CleanerAlso producer
2008Jumper
2008Iron ManUncredited cameo; post-credits scene
2008Star Wars: The Clone WarsVoice
2008Lakeview Terrace
2008Soul MenLouis
2008The SpiritThe Octopus
2008Gospel HillUncredited
2009Astro BoyZogVoice
2009Mother and ChildPaul
2009Inglourious BasterdsNarrator
2010Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space OdysseyVoice
2010Unthinkable
2010Iron Man 2
2010The Other Guys
2011African CatsNarratorDocumentary
2011ThorUncredited cameo; post-credits scene
2011Captain America: The First Avenger
2011ArenaLogan
2012Foley
2012Meeting EvilRichie
2012The Avengers
2012ZambeziaTendaiVoice
2012Django Unchained
2013TurboWhiplashVoice
2013OldboyChaney
2014Reasonable Doubt
2014RoboCop
2014Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014Kite
2014Big Game
2015Kingsman: The Secret Service
2015Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015Barely LethalHardman
2015Chi-RaqDolmedes
2015The Hateful Eight
2016Cell
2016
2016I Am Not Your NegroNarratorVoice, documentary
2016Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016Eating You AliveHimselfDocumentary
2017XXX: Return of Xander Cage
2017Kong: Skull Island
2017
2017Unicorn Store
2018Avengers: Infinity WarUncredited cameo; post-credits scene
2018Incredibles 2Voice
2018Life ItselfHimself
2019Glass
2019Captain Marvel
2019Avengers: EndgameCameo
2019Shaft
2019Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019
2019QT8: The First EightHimselfDocumentary
2019Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerCameo; voice
2020Also executive producer
2021Spiral: From the Book of Saw
2021
2021
2022Paws of Fury: The Legend of HankJimboVoice
2022Is That Black Enough for You?!?HimselfDocumentary
2023The Kill RoomGordon
2023The Marvels
2024ArgylleAlfred Solomon
2024DamagedDan Lawson
2024The Garfield MovieVictor "Vic"Voice
2024The Piano LessonDoaker Charles
2024The Unholy TrinitySt. Christopher
2025AfterburnValentine
2026scope="row" Post-production
scope="row" President of the United StatesPost-production
scope="row" Jack WolfePost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRefs.
1976Movin' OnPatrolmanEpisode: "Woman of Steel"
1977SulkTelevision film
1978Milo Muse the RabbitTelevision film
1986–1987Spenser: For HireLeroy Clancy / Ned2 episodes
1987Uncle Tom's CabinTelevision film; credited as Samuel Jackson
1989Dead Man OutHBO television movie; credited as Sam Jackson
1989A Man Called HawkCutterEpisode: "Intensive Care"
1989The Days and Nights of Molly DoddBrother ElvisEpisode: "Here's Why You Should Always Make Your Bed in the Morning"
1991Law & OrderEpisode: "The Violence of Summer"
1991RocLarryEpisode: "Hearts and Diamonds"
1992GhostwriterReggie Jenkins3 episodes
1992I'll Fly AwayWalter HarperEpisode: "Since Walter"
1994Against the WallJamaalTelevision film
1995Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than LifeNarratorDocumentary
199611th Independent Spirit AwardsHimself Television special
199712th Independent Spirit AwardsHimself Television special
1997Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildMayor of HamelinVoice, episode: "The Pied Piper"
1998Saturday Night LiveHimself Episode: "Samuel L. Jackson/Ben Folds Five"
19991999 ESPY AwardsHimself Television special
2001JosephVoice, episode: "Seven Days of Kwanzaa"
20012001 ESPY AwardsHimself Television special
20022002 ESPY AwardsHimself Television special
2002Fighting for Freedom: Revolution & Civil WarNarratorDocumentary
2002Himself Television special
2002Unchained MemoriesNarratorDocumentary
200520th Independent Spirit AwardsHimself Television special
2005ExtrasHimselfSeries 1, Episode 5: "Samuel L. Jackson"
2005–2010Voice, 3 episodes
20052005 Spike Video Game AwardsHimself Television special
20062006 Spike Video Game AwardsHimself Television special
2006Honor DeferredNarratorDocumentary
2007Afro SamuraiAfro Samurai / Ninja NinjaAlso producer, voice
2007Respect Yourself: The Stax Records StoryNarratorDocumentary
20072007 Spike Video Game AwardsHimself Television special
2009Afro Samurai: ResurrectionAfro Samurai / Ninja NinjaTelevision film, voice
20092009 ESPY AwardsHimself Television special
2009Uneven FairwaysNarratorDocumentary
2011BlackTelevision film
2011ProhibitionReaderOne episode
2011CuriosityHimself Episode: "How Will the World End?"
2012BET Awards 2012Himself Television special
20122012 Spike Video Game AwardsHimself Television special
2013–2014Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Nick Fury2 episodes
2014Black DynamiteCaptain QuintonVoice, episode: "Black Jaws or Finger Lickin' Chicken of the Sea"
2020StagedHimselfEpisode: "Who The F**k is Michael Sheen?"
2020Star Wars: The Clone WarsMace WinduVoice, episode: "Shattered"
2020HimselfCelebrity guest
2020EnslavedHimselfDocumentary series
2020Death to 2020Television special
2021Amend: The Fight for AmericaHimself2 episodes
2021–2024What If...? / Sir Nicholas FuryVoice, 7 episodes
2022The Last Days of Ptolemy GreyPtolemy GreyMiniseries; also executive producer
2023Secret InvasionMiniseries; also executive producer
2023Marvel Studios: AssembledHimselfEpisode: "The Making of Secret Invasion"
2024Fight Night: The Million Dollar HeistFrank MotenMiniseries
2025Super Bowl LIX Halftime ShowUncle Sam
2025Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurVoice, Episode: "Shoot for the Moon"
2025The American RevolutionCaesar Sarter TV documentary-
2025Tulsa KingRussell Lee Washington Jr.2 episodes
scope="row" Russell Lee Washington Jr.
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Music videos

YearTitleArtistRole
1990"911 is a Joke"Public EnemyFather
1999"It's Alright "Winans Phase 2Himself
2006"Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)"Cobra Starship featuring William Beckett, Travie McCoy and Maja IvarssonHimself
2009"Blame It"Jamie Foxx featuring T-PainClubber
2024"Electric Energy"Ariana DeBose, Boy George and Nile RodgersHimself

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2004The IncrediblesLucius Best / FrozoneBased on the movie
2004The Incredibles: When Danger CallsLucius Best / Frozone
2009Afro SamuraiAfro Samurai / Ninja Ninja
2010Heroes of NewerthSamuel Jackson announcerUnique read lines in purchasable pack
2010Iron Man 2
2011Lego Star Wars III: The Clone WarsMace Windu
2014Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes
2015Disney Infinity 3.0
2021Marvel Super WarDownloadable announcer
2021Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive EditionOfficer Frank TenpennyArchival recordings
Remaster of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas only
2025FortniteMace WinduLikeness
2025FortniteJules WinnfieldLikeness