Actor of The Week: Samuel L Jackson

Samuel Leroy Jackson (lahir 21 Desember 1948) adalah aktor dan produser Amerika. Salah satu aktor paling terkenal di generasinya, film-film yang menampilkannya secara kolektif telah meraup lebih dari $27 miliar di seluruh dunia, membuatnya menjadi aktor dengan pendapatan kotor tertinggi kedua sepanjang masa. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences memberikan dia mendapatkan Penghargaan Kehormatan Akademi pada tahun 2022 sebagai "Ikon budaya yang karya dinamisnya bergema lintas genre dan generasi serta penonton di seluruh dunia".

Jackson memulai karirnya di atas panggung membuat debut teater profesionalnya di Keberanian Ibu dan Anak-anaknya pada tahun 1980 di Teater Umum. Dari tahun 1981 hingga 1983 ia berperan sebagai Prajurit Louis Henderson dalam A Soldier's Play Off-Broadway. Dia juga berperan sebagai Boy Willie dalam The Piano Lesson karya August Wilson pada tahun 1987 di Yale Repertory Theatre. Dia kembali bermain di kebangkitan Broadway 2022 dengan memainkan Doaker Charles. Peran film awal Jackson termasuk Coming to America (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Patriot Games (1992), Juice (1992), True Romance (1993), dan Jurassic Park (1993), Menace II Society (1993), dan Fresh (1994). Kolaborasinya dengan Spike Lee membuatnya lebih terkenal dengan film-film seperti School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Oldboy (2013), dan Chi-Raq (2015).

Peran pelarian Jackson adalah dalam Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) yang membuatnya mendapatkan BAFTA Award dan nominasi Academy Award untuk Aktor Pendukung Terbaik. Dia selanjutnya berkolaborasi dengan Tarantino, berakting di Jackie Brown (1997), Django Unchained (2012), dan The Hateful Eight (2015). Ia dikenal karena tampil di sejumlah film beranggaran besar, antara lain Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), A Time to Kill (1996), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), The Negotiator (1997), Deep Blue Sea (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000) dan rebootnya (2019), XXX (2002), S.W.A.T. (2003), Coach Carter (2005), Snakes on a Plane (2006), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), dan Glass (2019).

Dia juga mendapat pengakuan luas sebagai Jedi Mace Windu dalam trilogi prekuel Star Wars (1999–2005), kemudian menyuarakan peran dalam film animasi Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) dan video game Lego Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011). Dengan seizinnya, kemiripannya digunakan untuk versi Ultimate dari karakter Komik Marvel Nick Fury; ia kemudian memerankan Fury dalam 11 film Marvel Cinematic Universe, dimulai dengan penampilan cameo di Iron Man (2008), serta menjadi bintang tamu dalam serial televisi Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Dia akan mengulangi peran ini dalam serial Disney+ Secret Invasion yang akan datang, yang dijadwalkan tayang perdana pada awal 2023. Jackson telah memberikan suaranya untuk beberapa film animasi, dokumenter, serial televisi, dan video game, termasuk Lucius Best / Frozone dalam film Pixar The Incredibles (2004) dan Incredibles 2 (2018).

Film

Table featuring feature films with Samuel L. Jackson

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1972	Together for Days	Stan
1981	Ragtime	Gang member No. 2
1987	Eddie Murphy Raw	Jon Kelcourse
1988	Coming to America	Hold-Up Man
	School Daze	Leeds
1989	Do the Right Thing	Mister Señor Love Daddy	Credited as Sam Jackson
	Sea of Love	Black Guy
1990	Def by Temptation	Minister Garth
	A Shock to the System	Ulysses
	Betsy's Wedding	Taxi Dispatcher
	Mo' Better Blues	Madlock
	The Exorcist III	Blind Dream Man
	Goodfellas	Stacks Edwards
	The Return of Superfly	Nate Cabot	Credited as Sam Jackson
1991	Strictly Business	Monroe	Credited as Sam Jackson
	Jungle Fever	Gator Purify
	Jumpin' at the Boneyard	Mr. Simpson
	Johnny Suede	B-Bop
1992	Juice	Trip
	Patriot Games	Robby Jackson
	White Sands	Greg Meeker	Credited as Sam Jackson
	Fathers & Sons	Marshall
1993	Menace II Society	Tat Lawson
	Loaded Weapon 1	Sgt. Wes Luger
	Amos & Andrew	Andrew Sterling
	Jurassic Park	John "Ray" Arnold
	True Romance	Big Don
1994	Fresh	Sam
	Pulp Fiction	Jules Winnfield
	The New Age	Dale
	Hail Caesar	Mailman
	Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker	Richard Theodore Greener
	The Search for One-eye Jimmy	Colonel Ron
1995	Kiss of Death	Calvin Hart
	Die Hard with a Vengeance	Zeus Carver
	Losing Isaiah	Kadar Lewis
	Fluke	Rumbo	Voice
1996	The Great White Hype	Rev. Fred Sultan
	A Time to Kill	Carl Lee Hailey
	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Mitch Henessey
	Hard Eight	Jimmy
	Trees Lounge	Wendell
1997	One Eight Seven	Trevor Garfield
	Eve's Bayou	Louis Batiste	Also producer
	Jackie Brown	Ordell
1998	Sphere	Harry Adams
	The Negotiator	Lt. Danny Roman
	The Red Violin	Charles Morritz
	Out of Sight	Hejira Henry	Uncredited
1999	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	Mace Windu
	Deep Blue Sea	Russell Franklin
2000	Rules of Engagement	Col. Terry L. Childers
	Shaft	John Shaft
	Unbreakable	Elijah Price / Mr. Glass
2001	The Caveman's Valentine	Romulus Ledbetter	Also executive producer
	The 51st State	Elmo McElroy
2002	Changing Lanes	Doyle Gipson
	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	Mace Windu
	XXX	Agent Augustus Gibbons
	No Good Deed	Jack Friar
2003	Basic	Sergeant Nathan West
	S.W.A.T.	Hondo Harrelson
2004	Twisted	John Mills
	Kill Bill: Volume 2	Organ player
	The Incredibles	Lucius Best / Frozone	Voice
	In My Country	Langston Whitfield
	Unforgivable Blackness	Jack Johnson	Voice, documentary film
2005	Coach Carter	Ken Carter
	XXX: State of the Union	Agent Augustus Gibbons
	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	Mace Windu
	The Man	Derrick Vann
2006	Freedomland	Lorenzo Council
	Snakes on a Plane	Agent Neville Flynn
	Home of the Brave	Dr. Will Marsh
	Black Snake Moan	Lazarus Woods
2007	Farce of the Penguins	Narrator
	1408	Gerald Olin
	Resurrecting the Champ	Bob Satterfield
	Cleaner	Tom Cutler	Also producer
2008	Jumper	Agent Roland Cox
	Iron Man	Nick Fury	Uncredited cameo; post-credits scene
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Mace Windu	Voice
	Lakeview Terrace	Abel Turner
	Soul Men	Louis
	The Spirit	The Octopus
	Gospel Hill	Paul Malcolm	Uncredited
2009	Astro Boy	Zog	Voice
	Mother and Child	Paul
	Inglourious Basterds	Narrator
2010	Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey	Admiral Fear	Voice
	Unthinkable	Henry Harold Humphries
	Iron Man 2	Nick Fury
	The Other Guys	Detective PK Highsmith
2011	African Cats	Narrator	Documentary film
	Thor	Nick Fury	Uncredited cameo; post-credits scene
	Captain America: The First Avenger	Nick Fury
	Arena	Logan
2012	The Samaritan	Foley
	Meeting Evil	Richie
	The Avengers	Nick Fury
	Zambezia	Tendai	Voice
	Django Unchained	Stephen Warren
2013	Turbo	Whiplash	Voice
	Oldboy	Chaney
2014	Reasonable Doubt	Clinton Davis
	RoboCop	Patrick "Pat" Novak
	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Nick Fury
	Kite	Karl Aker
	Big Game	Pres. William Alan Moore
2015	Kingsman: The Secret Service	Richmond Valentine
	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Nick Fury
	Barely Lethal	Hardman
	Chi-Raq	Dolmedes
	The Hateful Eight	Major Marquis Warren
2016	Cell	Tom McCourt
	The Legend of Tarzan	George Washington Williams
	I Am Not Your Negro	Narrator	Voice, documentary film
	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children	Mr. Barron
	Eating You Alive	Himself	Documentary film
2017	XXX: Return of Xander Cage	Agent Augustus Gibbons
	Kong: Skull Island	Lt. Col. Preston Packard
	The Hitman's Bodyguard	Darius Kincaid
	Unicorn Store	The Salesman
2018	Avengers: Infinity War	Nick Fury	Uncredited cameo; post-credits scene
	Incredibles 2	Lucius Best / Frozone	Voice
	Life Itself	Himself
2019	Glass	Elijah Price / Mr. Glass
	Captain Marvel	Nick Fury
	Avengers: Endgame	Nick Fury	Cameo
	Shaft	John Shaft II
	Spider-Man: Far From Home	Nick Fury
	The Last Full Measure	Billy Takoda
	QT8: The First Eight	Himself	Documentary film
	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	Mace Windu	Cameo; Voice
2020	The Banker	Joe Morris	Also executive producer
2021	Spiral: From the Book of Saw	Marcus Banks
	Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard	Darius Kincaid
	The Protégé	Moody Dutton
2022	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank	Jimbo	Voice
2023	The Marvels	Nick Fury	Post-production
2024	Garfield	Vic	Voice; in production
TBA	The Kill Room	Gordon	Post-production
TBA	Argylle		Post-production

Television

Table featuring television programs with Samuel L. Jackson

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Refs.
1976	Movin' On	Patrolman	Episode: "Woman of Steel"
1977	The Displaced Person	Unknown	Television film
1978	Milo Muse the Rabbit	Johnson Whitaker	Television film
1986–1987	Spenser: For Hire	Leroy Clancy / Ned	2 episodes
1987	Uncle Tom's Cabin	George Harris	Television film; credited as Samuel Jackson
1989	Dead Man Out	Calvin Fredricks	HBO television movie; credited as Sam Jackson
	A Man Called Hawk	Cutter	Episode: "Intensive Care"
	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	Brother Elvis	Episode: "Here's Why You Should Always Make Your Bed in the Morning"
1991	Law & Order	Louis Taggert	Episode: "The Violence of Summer"
	Roc	Larry	Episode: "Hearts and Diamonds"
1992	Ghostwriter	Reggie Jenkins	3 episodes
	I'll Fly Away	Walter Harper	Episode: "Since Walter"
1994	Against the Wall	Jamaal	Television film
1995	Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life	Narrator	Documentary
1996	11th Independent Spirit Awards	Himself (host)	Television special
1997	12th Independent Spirit Awards	Himself (host)	Television special
	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Mayor of Hamelin	Episode: "The Pied Piper"
1998	Saturday Night Live	Himself (host)	Episode: "Samuel L. Jackson/Ben Folds Five"
1999	1999 ESPY Awards	Himself (host)	Television special
2001	The Proud Family	Joseph	Voice, Episode: "Seven Days of Kwanzaa"
	2001 ESPY Awards	Himself (host)	Television special
2002	2002 ESPY Awards	Himself (host)	Television special
	Fighting for Freedom: Revolution & Civil War	Narrator	Documentary
	The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies	Himself (host)	Television special
	Unchained Memories	Narrator	Documentary
2005	20th Independent Spirit Awards	Himself (host)	Television special
	Extras	Himself	Series 1 episode 5: "Samuel L. Jackson"
2005–2010	The Boondocks	Gin Rummy	Voice, 3 episodes
2005	2005 Spike Video Game Awards	Himself (host)	Television special
2006	2006 Spike Video Game Awards	Himself (host)	Television special
	Honor Deferred	Narrator	Documentary
2007	Afro Samurai	Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja	Also producer, voice
	Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story	Narrator	Documentary
	2007 Spike Video Game Awards	Himself (host)	Television special
2009	Afro Samurai: Resurrection	Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja	Television film, voice
	2009 ESPY Awards	Himself (host)	Television special
	Uneven Fairways	Narrator	Documentary
2011	The Sunset Limited	Black	Television film
	Prohibition	Reader	One episode
	Curiosity	Himself (host)	Episode: "How Will the World End?"
2012	BET Awards 2012	Himself (host)	Television special
	2012 Spike Video Game Awards	Himself (host)	Television special
2013–2014	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Nick Fury	2 episodes
2014	Black Dynamite	Captain Quinton	Voice, Episode: "Black Jaws or Finger Lickin' Chicken of the Sea"
2020	Staged	Himself	Episode: "Who The F**k is Michael Sheen?"
	A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote	Himself	Celebrity guest
	Enslaved	Himself	Documentary series
	Death to 2020	Dash Bracket	Television special
2021	Amend: The Fight for America	Himself	2 episodes
	What If...?	Nick Fury	Voice, 4 episodes
2022	The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey	Ptolemy Grey	Main role, miniseries
2023	Secret Invasion	Nick Fury	Main role, upcoming miniseries

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