Person
Samuel L. Jackson
Born 21 December 1948 77 years old Washington, D.C., USA Who else is 77? → TMDB ↗
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. 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".
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23age in their first credit on record (1972)
54years on screen and counting
12credits in 2005, their busiest year
216dated credits on record
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Movie credits
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The Beast
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The Honest Liar
as Nick DeFranco
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Head Games
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Morris Stokes
as Morris Stokes
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St. Vincent
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Man of War
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Just Play Dead
as Jack Wolfe
Age: 77 The Great Beyond
2026
Age: 76 Afterburn
2025as Valentine
Age: 76 The Unholy Trinity
2025as St. Christopher
Age: 76 Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show
2025as Uncle Sam
Age: 75 The Piano Lesson
2024as Doaker Charles
Age: 75 The Garfield Movie
2024as Vic (voice)
Age: 75 Damaged
2024as Dan Lawson
Age: 75 Argylle
2024as Alfie
Age: 74 The Marvels
2023as Nick Fury
Age: 74 The Kill Room
2023as Gordon
Age: 73 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022as Jimbo (voice)
Age: 72 Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021as Nick Fury (archive footage)
Age: 72 The Protégé
2021as Moody
Age: 72 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021as Darius Kincaid
Age: 72 Spiral: From the Book of Saw
2021as Marcus Banks
Age: 72 Death to 2020
2020as Dash Bracket
Age: 71 The Banker
2020as Joe Morris
Age: 71 The Last Full Measure
2020as Takoda
Age: 70 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019as Mace Windu (voice)
Age: 70 Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019as Nick Fury
Age: 70 Shaft
2019as John Shaft
Age: 70 Avengers: Endgame
2019as Nick Fury
Age: 70 Captain Marvel
2019as Nick Fury
Age: 70 Glass
2019as Elijah Price / Mr. Glass
Age: 69 Incredibles 2
2018as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
Age: 69 Avengers: Infinity War
2018as Nick Fury (uncredited)
Age: 68 Unicorn Store
2017as The Salesman
Age: 68 The Hitman's Bodyguard
2017as Darius Kincaid
Age: 68 Kong: Skull Island
2017as Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard
Age: 68 I Am Not Your Negro
2017as Narrator (voice)
Age: 68 xXx: Return of Xander Cage
2017as Agent Augustus Gibbons
Age: 67 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016as Barron
Age: 67 Cell
2016as Thomas 'Tom' McCourt
Age: 67 The Legend of Tarzan
2016as George Washington Williams
Age: 67 The Hateful Eight
2015as Major Marquis Warren
Age: 66 Chi-Raq
2015as Dolmedes
Age: 66 Barely Lethal
2015as Hardman
Age: 66 Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015as Nick Fury
Age: 66 Kingsman: The Secret Service
2015as Valentine
Age: 65 Big Game
2014as US President William Alan Moore
Age: 65 Kite
2014as Lieutenant Karl Aker
Age: 65 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014as Nick Fury
Age: 65 RoboCop
2014as Pat Novak
Age: 65 Reasonable Doubt
2014as Clinton Davis
Age: 64 Oldboy
2013as Chaney
Age: 64 Turbo
2013as Whiplash (voice)
Age: 64 Django Unchained
2012as Stephen
Age: 63 Zambezia
2012as Tendai (voice)
Age: 63 The Avengers
2012as Nick Fury
Age: 63 The Samaritan
2012as Foley
Age: 63 Meeting Evil
2012as Richie
Age: 62 Arena
2011as Logan
Age: 62 Captain America: The First Avenger
2011as Nick Fury
Age: 62 Go the F**k to Sleep
2011as Narrator (voice)
Age: 62 Thor
2011as Nick Fury (uncredited)
Age: 62 African Cats
2011as Narrator (voice)
Age: 62 Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011as Rufus
Age: 62 The Sunset Limited
2011as Black
Age: 62 On the Shoulders of Giants
2011
Age: 61 Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
2010as Elmo McElroy (archive footage)
Age: 61 Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
2010as Fear (voice)
Age: 61 The Other Guys
2010as P.K. Highsmith
Age: 61 Unthinkable
2010as Henry Harold 'H' Humphries
Age: 61 Iron Man 2
2010as Nick Fury
Age: 60 Mother and Child
2009as Paul
Age: 60 Astro Boy
2009as Zog (voice)
Age: 60 Inglourious Basterds
2009as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Age: 60 Afro Samurai: Resurrection
2009as Afro / Ninja-Ninja (voice)
Age: 60 The Spirit
2008as Octopus
Age: 59 Soul Men
2008as Louis Hinds
Age: 59 Lakeview Terrace
2008as Abel Turner
Age: 59 Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008as Mace Windu (voice)
Age: 59 Iron Man
2008as Nick Fury (uncredited)
Age: 59 Jumper
2008as Roland
Age: 59 Gospel Hill
2008as Paul Malcolm
Age: 58 Afro Samurai the Movie
2007
Age: 58 Cleaner
2007as Tom Cutler
Age: 58 1408
2007as Gerald Olin
Age: 58 Resurrecting the Champ
2007as Champ
Age: 58 Black Snake Moan
2006as Lazarus
Age: 57 Home of the Brave
2006as William Marsh
Age: 57 Farce of the Penguins
2006as Narrator (voice)
Age: 57 Snakes on a Plane
2006as Neville Flynn
Age: 57 Freedomland
2006as Lorenzo Council
Age: 56 The Man
2005as Derrick Vann
Age: 56 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005as Mace Windu
Age: 56 xXx: State of the Union
2005as Agent Augustus Gibbons
Age: 56 Mr. Incredible and Pals
2005as Frozone (commentary voice)
Age: 56 George Lucas: Creating an Empire
2005as Presenter/Self
Age: 56 Coach Carter
2005as Ken Carter
Age: 55 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004as Tenpenny (voice)
Age: 55 The Incredibles
2004as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
Age: 55 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2004as Jack Johnson (voice)
Age: 55 In My Country
2004as Langston Whitfield
Age: 55 Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004as Rufus
Age: 55 Twisted
2004as John Mills
Age: 54 S.W.A.T.
2003as Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
Age: 54 Basic
2003as Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
Age: 54 Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003No poster
Age: 53 Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages
2002
Age: 53 xXx
2002as Agent Augustus Gibbons
Age: 53 No Good Deed
2002as Jack Friar
Age: 53 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002as Mace Windu
Age: 53 Changing Lanes
2002as Doyle Gipson
Age: 52 The 51st State
2001as Elmo McElroy
Age: 52 The Caveman's Valentine
2001as Romulus
Age: 51 Unbreakable
2000as Elijah Price
Age: 51 Shaft
2000as John Shaft
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Age: 51 Opening the Tombs of the Golden Mummies: Live
2000
Age: 51 Rules of Engagement
2000as Col. Terry L. Childers
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Age: 51 Any Given Wednesday
2000as Willie Nutter
Age: 50 Deep Blue Sea
1999as Russell Franklin
Age: 50 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999as Mace Windu
Age: 50 Our Friend, Martin
1999as Turner (voice)
Age: 49 The Red Violin
1998as Charles Morritz (Montréal)
Age: 49 The Negotiator
1998as Lt. Danny Roman
Age: 49 Out of Sight
1998as Hejira Henry (uncredited)
Age: 49 Sphere
1998as Dr. Harry Adams
Age: 49 Jackie Brown
1997as Ordell Robbie
Age: 48 Eve's Bayou
1997as Louis Batiste
Age: 48 One Eight Seven
1997as Trevor
Age: 48 Hard Eight
1997as Jimmy
Age: 47 The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996as Mitch Henessey
Age: 47 A Time to Kill
1996as Carl Lee Hailey
Age: 47 Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life
1996as Narrator (voice)
Age: 47 Trees Lounge
1996as Wendell
Age: 47 The Great White Hype
1996as Rev. Fred Sultan
Age: 46 Fluke
1995as Rumbo (voice)
Age: 46 Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995as Zeus Carver
Age: 46 Kiss of Death
1995as Calvin Hart
Age: 46 Losing Isaiah
1995as Kadar Lewis
Age: 45 The Search for One-eye Jimmy
1994as Colonel Ron
Age: 45 The New Age
1994as Dale Deveaux
Age: 45 Pulp Fiction
1994as Jules Winnfield
Age: 45 Fresh
1994as Sam
Age: 45 Hail Caesar
1994as Mailman
Age: 45 Against the Wall
1994as Jamaal
Age: 45 Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994as Richard Greener
Age: 44 True Romance
1993as Big Don
Age: 44 Jurassic Park
1993as Arnold
Age: 44 Menace II Society
1993as Tat Lawson
Age: 44 Amos & Andrew
1993as Andrew Sterling
Age: 44 National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993as Wes Luger
Age: 43 Fathers & Sons
1992as Marshall
Age: 43 Patriot Games
1992as Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson
Age: 43 White Sands
1992as Greg Meeker
Age: 43 Juice
1992as Trip
Age: 42 Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
1991as Everett Hatcher
Age: 42 Strictly Business
1991as Monroe
Age: 42 Jumpin' at the Boneyard
1991as Mr. Simpson
Age: 42 Johnny Suede
1991as B-Bop
Age: 42 Jungle Fever
1991as Gator Purify
Age: 41 The Return of Superfly
1990as Nate Cabot
Age: 41 GoodFellas
1990as Stacks Edwards
Age: 41 The Exorcist III
1990as Dream Blind Man
Age: 41 Mo' Better Blues
1990as Madlock
Age: 41 Betsy's Wedding
1990as Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)
Age: 41 Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
1990
Age: 41 Common Ground
1990as Rev. Bob McClair
Age: 41 Def by Temptation
1990as Minister Garth
Age: 41 A Shock to the System
1990as Ulysses
Age: 41 Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
1990as The Janitor
Age: 40 Sea of Love
1989as Black Guy
Age: 40 Do the Right Thing
1989as Mister Señor Love Daddy
Age: 40 Dead Man Out
1989as Calvin Fredricks
Age: 39 Coming to America
1988as Hold-Up Man
Age: 39 School Daze
1988as Leeds
Age: 38 Eddie Murphy Raw
1987as Eddie's Uncle
Age: 38 Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987as George
Age: 38 Magic Sticks
1987as Bum
Age: 32 Ragtime
1981as Gang Member No. 2
Age: 31 The Exterminator
1980as Extra (uncredited)
Age: 29 The Trial of the Moke
1978as Johnson Whittaker
Age: 28 The Displaced Person
1977as Sulk
Age: 23 Together for Days
1972as Stan
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Frisco King
as Russell Lee Washington Jr.
Age: 77 Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
2026as Voiceover (voice)
Age: 76 The American Revolution
2025as Caesar Sarter / Lemuel Haynes / Boston King (voice)
Age: 75 Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
2024as Frank Moten
Age: 74 Secret Invasion
2023as Nick Fury
Age: 74 Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023as Nick Fury (voice)
Age: 73 Tulsa King
2022as Russell Lee Washington Jr.
Age: 73 The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
2022as Ptolemy Grey
Age: 73 The Fix
2022as Narrator (voice)
Age: 72 What If...?
2021as Nick Fury (voice)
Age: 72 What If...?
2021as Sir Fury (voice)
Age: 72 Marvel Studios Legends
2021as Nick Fury (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age: 71 Beyond the Spotlight
2020
Age: 71 Staged
2020as Sam
Age: 71 Some Good News
2020as Voice Over
Age: 70 The Boys
2019as Xander the Shark (voice)
Age: 70 The Hateful Eight
2019as Major Marquis Warren
Age: 66 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015as Jules Winnfield (archive footage)
Age: 64 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013as Nick Fury
Age: 64 Circus Halligalli
2013
Age: 62 Prohibition
2011as Reader (voice)
Age: 59 Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008as Mace Windu (voice) (archive sound)
Age: 58 The War
2007as Narrator (voice)
Age: 58 Afro Samurai
2007as Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja (voice)
Age: 57 The Henry Rollins Show
2006
Age: 56 The Boondocks
2005 Age: 56 The Boondocks
2005as Rummy (voice)
Age: 56 The Colbert Report
2005
Age: 56 Extras
2005as Samuel L. Jackson
Age: 56 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
2005as Narrator (voice)
Age: 56 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005as An Officer of the Law
Age: 54 Working Shakespeare
2003
Age: 52 The Proud Family
2001as Joseph (voice)
Age: 49 TRL
1998
Age: 46 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995as The Mayor (voice)
Age: 43 Ghostwriter
1992as Reggie Jenkins
Age: 43 HBO First Look
1992
Age: 43 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Age: 41 Law & Order
1990as Attorney Louis Taggert
Age: 39 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Age: 38 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987as Brother Elvis
Age: 36