Samuel Leroy Jackson (Washington D.C., 21 december 1948) is een Amerikaans filmacteur.
Biografie Jacksons faam begon aan het begin van de jaren negentig. Toen speelde hij onder meer in GoodFellas, Jungle Fever en Die Hard with a Vengeance. Veel mensen kennen hem echter vooral van zijn rol als Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction (1994). Later speelde hij nog onder meer in A time to kill, Jackie Brown, The Negotiator, Unbreakable, Glass, Rules of Engagement, Shaft (2000), Changing Lanes, Kill Bill, Coach Carter , Django Unchained, en The Hateful Eight.
Jackson speelde in Episode I, II en III van de Star Wars-saga het karakter Mace Windu, een kaalgeschoren Jedi-Meester met een paars lichtzwaard (dat hij pas in deel II kreeg). De stem voor dit personage sprak hij ook in bij de (animatie)film Star Wars: The Clone Wars in 2008 (die zich afspeelt tussen Episode II en III). De serie die erop volgde kreeg een andere stemacteur. In het spel Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was hij ook stemacteur. Hij heeft de stem ingesproken van Frank Tenpenny.
Ook vertolkte hij de rol van Nick Fury in verscheidene films en televisieseries van het Marvel Cinematic Universe: ondertussen is hij al in elf films te zien. Zo was hij te zien in Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home, What If...? en Secret Invasion.
Op de wereldpremière van The Avengers werd aan hem gevraagd wat een held aan eigenschappen zou moeten hebben. Hierop antwoordde Jackson: "I guess some people might say: strong, good looking and indestructible. I would say earnest, kind and ... indestructible."
Jackson groeide op in de zuidelijke staat Tennessee en maakte de segregatie van dichtbij mee. Dat maakte van hem op jonge leeftijd een activist voor de zwarte gemeenschap in de Verenigde Staten. Hij leverde de vertelstem voor de documentaire I Am Not Your Negro (2016), gebaseerd op het werk van schrijver en activist James Baldwin, wat blijk gaf van zijn engagement.
Privé Jackson is sinds 1980 getrouwd met actrice en filmregisseuse LaTanya Richardson. Zij hebben samen een dochter.
Filmografie
|- align="center" |1972||align="left"|Together for Days||align="left"|Stan|| |- align="center" |1977||align="left"|The Displaced Person||align="left"| Sulk || televisiefilm |- align="center" |1978||align="left"|The Trial of the Moke||align="left"| - || televisiefilm |- align="center" |1981||align="left"|Ragtime||align="left"|Bendelid No. 2 || |- align="center" |1987||align="left"|Uncle Tom's Cabin||align="left"|George Harris|| televisiefilm |- align="center" |1987||align="left"|Magic Sticks||align="left"|Bum|| |- align="center" |1987||align="left"|Eddie Murphy Raw||align="left"|Eddie's oom (sketch)|| |- align="center" |1988||align="left"|School Daze||align="left"|Leeds|| |- align="center" |1988||align="left"|Coming to America||align="left"|Overvaller in McDowell's|| |- align="center" |1989||align="left"|Dead Man Out||align="left"|Calvin Fredricks|| televisiefilm |- align="center" |1989||align="left"|Do the Right Thing||align="left"|Mister Señor "Love Daddy"|| |- align="center" |1989||align="left"|Sea of Love||align="left"|Zwarte man|| |- align="center" |1990||align="left"|Def by Temptation||align="left"|Minister Garth|| |- align="center" |1990||align="left"|A Shock to the System||align="left"|Ulysses (three-card monte game)|| |- align="center" |1990||align="left"|Betsy's Wedding||align="left"|Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)|| |- align="center" |1990||align="left"|Mo' Better Blues||align="left"|Madlock|| |- align="center" |1990||align="left"|The Exorcist III||align="left"|Blinde man in droom|| onvermeld |- align="center" |1990||align="left"|Goodfellas||align="left"|Stacks Edwards|| |- align="center" |1990||align="left"|The Return of Superfly||align="left"|Nate Cabot|| |- align="center" |1991||align="left"|Jungle Fever||align="left"|Gator Purify|| |- align="center" |1991||align="left"|Johnny Suede||align="left"|B-Bop|| |- align="center" |1991||align="left"|Strictly Business||align="left"|Monroe|| |- align="center" |1991||align="left"|Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace||align="left"|Hatcher|| televisiefilm |- align="center" |1992||align="left"|Jumpin' at the Boneyard||align="left"|Mr. Simpson|| |- align="center" |1992||align="left"|Fathers & Sons||align="left"|Marshall|| |- align="center" |1992||align="left"|Juice||align="left"|Trip|| |- align="center" |1992||align="left"|White Sands||align="left"|Greg Meeker|| |- align="center" |1992||align="left"|Patriot Games||align="left"|Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson|| |- align="center" |1993||align="left"|Simple Justice||align="left"|The Steward|| televisiefilm |- align="center" |1993||align="left"|Loaded Weapon 1||align="left"|Sgt. Wes Luger|| |- align="center" |1993||align="left"|Amos & Andrew||align="left"|Andrew Sterling|| |- align="center" |1993||align="left"|Menace II Society||align="left"|Tat Lawson|| |- align="center" |1993||align="left"|Jurassic Park||align="left"|Ray Arnold|| |- align="center" |1993||align="left"|True Romance||align="left"|Big Don|| |- align="center" |1994||align="left"|Fresh||align="left"|Sam|| |- align="center" |1994||align="left"|Hail Caesar||align="left"|Postbode|| |- align="center" |1994||align="left"|Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker||align="left"|Richard Greener|| televisiefilm |- align="center" |1994||align="left"|Against the Wall||align="left"|Jamaal|| televisiefilm |- align="center" |1994||align="left"|Pulp Fiction||align="left"|Jules Winnfield|| |- align="center" |1994||align="left"|The New Age||align="left"|Dale Deveaux|| |- align="center" |1994||align="left"|The Search for One-eye Jimmy||align="left"| Kolonel Ron|| |- align="center" |1995||align="left"|Losing Isaiah||align="left"|Kadar Lewis|| |- align="center" |1995||align="left"|Kiss of Death||align="left"|Calvin Hart|| |- align="center" |1995||align="left"|Die Hard with a Vengeance||align="left"|Zeus Carver|| |- align="center" |1995||align="left"|Mad World||align="left"|Jaix Johnson|| |- align="center" |1995||align="left"|Fluke||align="left"|Rumbo|| stem |- align="center" |1996||align="left"|Hard Eight||align="left"|Jimmy|| |- align="center" |1996||align="left"|The Great White Hype||align="left"|Eerwaarde Fred Sultan|| |- align="center" |1996||align="left"|Trees Lounge||align="left"|Wendell|| |- align="center" |1996||align="left"|A Time to Kill||align="left"|Carl Lee Hailey|| |- align="center" |1996||align="left"|The Long Kiss Goodnight||align="left"|Mitch Henessey|| |- align="center" |1997||align="left"|187||align="left"|Trevor Garfield|| |- align="center" |1997||align="left"|Eve's Bayou||align="left"|Louis Batiste|| |- align="center" |1997||align="left"|Jackie Brown||align="left"|Ordell Robbie|| |- align="center" |1998||align="left"|Sphere||align="left"|Dr. Harry Adams|| |- align="center" |1998||align="left"|The Negotiator||align="left"|Lt. Danny Roman|| |- align="center" |1998||align="left"|Le Violon rouge||align="left"|Charles Morritz (Montréal)|| |- align="center" |1999||align="left"|Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace||align="left"|Mace Windu|| |- align="center" |1999||align="left"|Deep Blue Sea||align="left"|Russell Franklin|| |- align="center" |2000||align="left"|Any Given Wednesday||align="left"|Willie Nutter|| |- align="center" |2000||align="left"|Rules of Engagement||align="left"|Kol. Terry L. Childers|| |- align="center" |2000||align="left"|Shaft||align="left"|John Shaft|| |- align="center" |2000||align="left"|Unbreakable||align="left"|Elijah Price|| |- align="center" |2001||align="left"|The Caveman's Valentine||align="left"|Romulus Ledbetter|| |- align="center" |2001||align="left"|The 51st State||align="left"|Elmo McElroy|| |- align="center" |2002||align="left"|The Comeback||align="left"| - || |- align="center" |2002||align="left"|Changing Lanes||align="left"|Doyle Gipson|| |- align="center" |2002||align="left"|Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones||align="left"|Mace Windu|| |- align="center" |2002||align="left"|The House on Turk Street||align="left"|Jack Friar|| |- align="center" |2002||align="left"|XXX||align="left"|Agent Augustus Gibbons|| |- align="center" |2003||align="left"|Basic||align="left"|West|| |- align="center" |2003||align="left"|S.W.A.T.||align="left"|Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson|| |- align="center" |2004||align="left"|Country of My Skull||align="left"|Langston Whitfield|| |- align="center" |2004||align="left"|Twisted||align="left"|John Mills|| |- align="center" |2004||align="left"|Kill Bill||align="left"|Rufus|| |- align="center" |2004||align="left"|The Incredibles||align="left"|Lucius Best / Frozone|| stem |- align="center" |2005||align="left"|Coach Carter||align="left"|Coach Ken Carter|| |- align="center" |2005||align="left"|XXx: State of the Union||align="left"|Agent Augustus Gibbons|| |- align="center" |2005||align="left"|Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith||align="left"|Mace Windu || |- align="center" |2005||align="left"|The Man||align="left"|Derrick Vann|| |- align="center" |2006||align="left"|Honor Deferred||align="left"|Verteller|| televisiefilm |- align="center" |2006||align="left"|Freedomland||align="left"|Lorenzo Council|| |- align="center" |2006||align="left"|Black Snake Moan||align="left"|Lazarus|| |- align="center" |2006||align="left"|Snakes on a Plane||align="left"|Nelville Flynn|| |- align="center" |2006||align="left"|Home of the Brave||align="left"|Will Marsh|| |- align="center" |2006||align="left"|2004: A Light Knight's Odyssey||align="left"|Fear|| stem |- align="center" |2006||align="left"|Farce of the Penguins||align="left"|Verteller|| stem |- align="center" |2007||align="left"|1408||align="left"|Gerald Olin|| |- align="center" |2007||align="left"|Resurrecting the Champ||align="left"|Champ|| |- align="center" |2007||align="left"|Cleaner||align="left"|Tom Cutler|| |- align="center" |2008||align="left"|Jumper||align="left"|Agent Cox|| |- align="center" |2008||align="left"|Iron Man||align="left"|Nick Fury|| post-credit scene |- align="center" |2008||align="left"|Lakeview Terrace||align="left"|Abel Turner || |- align="center" |2008||align="left"|Soul Men||align="left"|Louis Hinds || |- align="center" |2008||align="left"|The Spirit||align="left"|de Octopus || |- align="center" |2008||align="left"|Star Wars: The Clone Wars||align="left"|Mace Windu|| stem |- align="center" |2009||align="left"|Inglourious Basterds||align="left"|de Verteller || stem |- align="center" |2009||align="left"|Mother and Child||align="left"|Paul || |- align="center" |2010||align="left"|Iron Man 2||align="left"|Nick Fury || |- align="center" |2010||align="left"|Unthinkable||align="left"|Henry Harold 'H' Humphries || |- align="center" |2010||align="left"|The Other Guys||align="left"|P.K. Highsmith || |- align="center" |2011||align="left"|The Sunset Limited||align="left"|Black || |- align="center" |2011||align="left"|Thor||align="left"|Nick Fury || post-credit scene |- align="center" |2011||align="left"|Captain America: The First Avenger||align="left"|Nick Fury || |- align="center" |2011||align="left"|Arena||align="left"|Logan || |- align="center" |2012||align="left"|The Avengers||align="left"|Nick Fury || |- align="center" |2012||align="left"|Zambezia||align="left"|Tendai|| stem |- align="center" |2012||align="left"|Django Unchained||align="left"|Stephen || |- align="center" |2013||align="left"|Turbo||align="left"|Whiplash|| stem |- align="center" |2013||align="left"|Oldboy||align="left"|Chaney || |- align="center" |2013-2014||align="left"|Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.||align="left"|Nick Fury || televisieserie, 2 afl. |- align="center" |2014||align="left"|RoboCop||align="left"|Pat Novak || |- align="center" |2014||align="left"|Reasonable Doubt||align="left"|Clinton Davis || |- align="center" |2014||align="left"|Captain America: The Winter Soldier||align="left"|Nick Fury ||