Samuel l jackson filmography biography

Filmography

Samuel L. Jackson is an American actor and film producer. A highly-prolific actor who starred in over film roles to date, Jackson's films have collectively grossed over $27 billion, making him the highest-grossing live-action actor of all time as of ^{[1][note 1]}

Jackson debuted on film with a leading role in the Michael Schultz-directed Together for Days ().

His other early film appearances were minor roles in films, such as Ragtime (), Coming to America (), Do the Right Thing (), Goodfellas () and The Exorcist III (). His breakthrough role was the crack-addict Gator in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever (), for which Jackson won a Special Jury Prize for Best Supporting Actor at the Cannes Film Festival.^[3] He appeared in Jurassic Park in and, a year later, starred in the Quentin Tarantino-directed Pulp Fiction.^[4] For the latter film, Jackson won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor i