Samuel L. Jackson

American actor (born 1948)

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Rank in United States
#230
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Age
78
Born 1948
Known for
Avengers: Infinity War
2018

Summary

Updated 2026-06-08

$27 billion in box office receipts — more than any actor in history — and a voice that cuts through any scene. He's the thread between Tarantino's sharpest dialogue, the Marvel machine, and a lightsaber-wielding Jedi, all delivered with the same coiled intensity.

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Samuel Leroy Jackson was born December 21, 1948, and spent the early 1980s in New York theater, originating roles in A Soldier's Play and later August Wilson's The Piano Lesson at Yale Rep in 1987. Early collaborations with Spike Lee — School Daze, Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever — gave him momentum, but it was Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction that cracked him open: a BAFTA win, an Oscar nomination, and a new center of gravity in American film. From there he became both ubiquitous and essential, anchoring franchises as Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequels and Nick Fury across eleven MCU films,…

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