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Samuel L. Jackson
  • Birth Name:
    Samuel Leroy Jackson
  • Common Name:
    Sam Jackson, Samuel Jackson
  • Nickname:
    Sam, King of Cool, Mr Cool
  • Date of Birth:
    December 21, 1948
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Capricorn
  • Place of Birth:
    Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  • Height:
    6' 2½"
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Hair Color:
    White
  • Eye Color:
    Brown
  • Nationality:
    American
  • Education:

    Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia 

Family

Samuel L. Jackson
  • Mother:
    Elizabeth Jackson
  • Aunt:
    Edna
  • Spouse:
    LaTanya Richardson
  • Daughter:
    Zoe Jackson

Career

Samuel L. Jackson

Awards

Samuel L. Jackson

1998 : Black Film Award, Best Actor for : Eve's Bayou (1997)

1995 : BAFTA Film Award, Best Actor in a Supporting Role for : Pulp Fiction (1994)

2005 : BET Comedy Award, Best Performance in an Animated Theatrical Film for : The Incredibles (2004)

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Samuel L. Jackson
  • Made Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2002 and 2003 with earnings of $34 million and $30 million respectively.
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  • Ranked #44 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
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  • Hosted the 1998 MTV Movie Awards (1998) (TV).
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  • On January 30, 2007, Samuel L. Jackson was featured as narrator in Bob Saget's direct-to-DVD Farce of the Penguins.
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  • He next starred opposite of actress Julianne Moore in the box office bomb Freedomland, where he depicted a police detective attempting to help a mother find her abducted child, while quelling a citywide race riot. Jackson's second film of the year, Snakes on a Plane, gained cult film status months before it was released based on its title and cast. Jackson's decision to star in the film was solely based on the title.
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Quotes

Samuel L. Jackson
  • Definitely. And I always do - I love me on-screen! - Unknown
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  • Hollywood people tend to think that because one is successful in one aspect of entertainment they can bring them into this particular world and make a success out of them. They ask people like me to be in a film with those people that they are kind of headlining and your name ends up behind them. If you do that, it sanctions the fact that these people come into this world and you think they are worthy of you sharing your time on screen with them. I don't particularly think that. A month or so a - Unknown
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  • I feel like I have a kinship to England. I go about three or four times a year because you guys love me. Seriously, that's it right there. I just need to feel that love every once in a while. I like England because I can go anywhere on the tube and buses. So when I'm there I go to all the places where I used to hang out. - Unknown
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  • I can't say to myself, 'I haven't had a drink in 15 years, I could have a glass of champagne and be OK'. That might be true, but history says when I opened that bottle of champagne, I sat there and drank it until it was gone. People who've been through what I went through are always going to be tempted. I enjoyed drinking and I enjoyed taking drugs. But I have to remind myself every day that I can't have a drink. - Unknown
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  • What kills me is that everybody thinks I like jazz. - Unknown
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Biography

Samuel L. Jackson
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Samuel L. JacksonSamuel L. Jackson was born on the 21st of December, 1948 as "Samuel Leroy Jackson". Sam Jackson started to become popular after his role in the Spike Lee film, Jungle Fever in 1991 where he played a crack addict. In 1996 he played the role of Jules in Quentin Tarantino's classic film "Pulp Fiction" where he was a dirty mouthed hitman with a philosophical edge. Not only did he earn himself a Oscar nomination for best supporting actor, but he also rocketed himself into Superstar status. His career took off and was able to command large acting fees for films, including $USD10 million for the movie "Shaft" in 2000.

Samuel L. Jackson was born in Washington, D.C and grew up in Tennessee. Jackson suffered from a stutter while growing up and was advised by a speech therapist to audition in a play, which subsequently cured him of his stutter and set his career path for him. Samuel L. Jackson is a classically trained thespian actor. He struggled to make it for many years, only playing small roles in films. In the early nineties his career began to take off, playing criminal type roles, usually with plenty of swearing and killing involved. After the Pulp Fiction role in 1996 he was able to choose more commanding roles, often appearing in leading roles as the "action hero" in film like "The Long Kiss Goodnight" and "Shaft".

Samuel L. Jackson has been nicknamed "the King of Cool" and his role as Jules in Pulp Fiction was voted the 2nd coolest movie character of all time by the Empire Magazine in the United Kingdom.The films he has appeared in have grossed more box office money than any other actor in the history of movies. As of January 2005, Samuel L. Jackson has acted in films that have brought in more than $3US Billion worldwide. Samuel L. Jackson Jackson married his partner and fellow actor La Tanya Richardson in 1980. They have a daughter, Zoe, born in 1982

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