Samuel Leroy Jackson

Samuel Leroy Jackson is a Hollywood actor, star of Quentin Tarantino films, BAFTA, Palme d'Or, Silver Bear, Oscar nominee. Remaining an actor of the first magnitude, Samuel does not consider himself a superstar. He describes himself as an artist who has played "in a number of films that have made a certain amount of money."

Samuel was born on December 21, 1948 in Washington DC. Since childhood, the boy lived with his mother and grandfather - his father left for Kansas. Soon, the Jackson family moved to the city of Chattanooga, where he spent his childhood.

Samuel studied well at school, was fond of music - he played the trumpet in the school orchestra. As a teenager, he decided to become an architect, and after high school applied to the Faculty of Architecture at the College of Atlanta, but soon transferred to the Faculty of Drama at the same institution. Here Samuel L. Jackson organized an amateur theater. The backbone of the troupe was made up of black students.

The boy's mother and grandfather did not believe in his acting talent and doubted the correct choice of profession. That changed when Jackson starred in a hamburger commercial. He ate fast food so deliciously that viewers would never suspect him of insincerity. The student received the first money for the shooting.

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Samuel has faced racial discrimination over the years. As the artist recalled, as a child, his grandfather taught him not to look up in the presence of representatives of the white race, since talking to them directly was considered a sign of impudence.

Later, in memory of this fact, the actor will call his own film studio "Uppity". Already an accomplished actor, Jackson experienced harassment from the white population. For example, a group of African Americans who participated in the filming of "Pulp Fiction" caused anxiety on the street among passers-by.

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Social injustice has turned him into an ardent defender of the rights of black people. At 20, Samuel L. Jackson, along with like-minded people, marched over the assassination of Martin Luther King. The guy was expelled from college for 2 years. Samuel recovered with difficulty, but in 1972 received a Bachelor of Arts degree. After college, Jackson left for New York, where there were more chances for an aspiring actor.

In cinema, Samuel made his debut in the film "Together Forever", then there was the drama tape "Ragtime". The first roles did not bring popularity, on the contrary, for the next 10 years the directors forgot about Samuel. All this time, the artist worked in the theater. In 1985, the actor was approved for the role in the TV series "Spencer". After 2 years, Samuel appeared in the form of Uncle Eddie in the comedy Eddie Murphy Uncut.

In 1990, Jackson was offered a small job in the crime drama Goodfellas. During this period, Samuel L. Jackson could play many more roles, but due to problems with drugs and alcohol, he lost this chance. The turning point was the preparation of the musical Run of Two Trains, where he was supposed to play the main role, but the director found another actor. Then Jackson decided to undergo rehabilitation at the clinic and get rid of addiction.

After treatment, Samuel was offered the role of a drug addict in the film Tropical Fever. Participation in the project became a significant milestone in the artist's career. In fact, he was playing himself. The hero turned out to be convincing, and the actor received the Cannes Film Festival prize for this work. In 1993 he took part in the filming of the film Loaded Weapon. In the same year he played in the film "Jurassic Park" by the famous Steven Spielberg.

Jackson's acting triumph was Pulp Fiction, starring John Travolta, Bruce Willis and Uma Thurman. In the crime drama, the man appeared in the form of Jules Winnfield. In 1994, he was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for this role, and won an Academy Award. Samuel L. Jackson was finally getting recognition, and offers from directors were pouring in.

The artist's repertoire is annually replenished with vivid characters: this is a former participant of the Vietnam War in the legal thriller Time to Kill, an FBI officer from Die Hard 3: Retribution, and a postman in the youth comedy Ave Caesar. In 1996, Samuel played the private detective Mitch in the action movie The Long Kiss Goodnight, which he later named his most favorite role.

1997 was a fruitful year for the actor, 3 films with his participation were released at once: "187", "Eve's Shelter" and "Jackie Brown". For his role in the drama "Jackie Brown" Samuel received an award at the Berlin Film Festival and became a 4-th Golden Globe nominee. At the turn of the century, the first film in the Star Wars franchise, directed by George Lucas, was released, starring Samuel as Mace Windu, a member of the Jedi Council.

The tape was enthusiastically received by the public, which brought the creators in the first year of rental $ 1 billion. With the growth of popularity, the actor's fees also grew. Jackson was paid $ 5 million for filming The Negotiator, $ 7 million for the superhero thriller Invincible, and $ 10 million for the lead role in the thriller Shaft.

In the summer of 2000, Samuel L. Jackson had a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The new century also brought new roles. Jackson starred in the films "The Rules of Fight", "Invincible", "Formula 51". In 2002, Samuel delighted fans by playing the title role in the crime thriller "Three Xs" directed by Rob Cohen, which also starred Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Chokas. Later, the actor appeared as agent Augustus Gibbons in the 2nd and 3rd parts of the franchise.

In 2004, Quentin Tarantino again invited the artist to the new project "Kill Bill - 2" as organist Rufus. The action movie became the best work in the director's filmography, according to Tarantino himself.

In 2008, Frank Miller began work on the noir-style action movie The Avenger, in which he called Gabriel Macht, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes for the main roles. Samuel L. Jackson got the role of the main villain, nicknamed the Octopus.

In the same year, the actor signed a contract to participate in films in which he was to play the hero of the Marvel Universe, Nick Fury, the head of the SHIELD organization. The first project was the fantastic action movie Iron Man, which critics included in the list of the best films of the year: the film paid off its budget more than 3 times. Further, the popular character appeared in a dozen more films, among which were "Thor", "The First Avenger", the series "Agents of SHIELD".

Jackson's notable work is Quentin Tarantino's 2012 film Django Unchained. In this picture, the artist played Stephen's butler. After 3 years, Samuel appeared in another blockbuster of the cult director - the Western "The Hateful Eight". In the same year, the actor reincarnated as the eccentric billionaire Richmond Valentine in the comedy action film by British director Matthew Vaughn "Kingsman: The Secret Service".

A year earlier, the man had been invited to participate in the adventure film "The Big Game", which was filmed by Finnish, German and English filmmakers. Samuel could not abandon the project, since he was intended to play the role of the President of the United States. In the same year, Jackson got the lead role in the crime thriller "Reasonable Doubt", where his partner was Dominic Cooper.

In 2017, Jackson delighted fans with yet another comedic role in the hitman's Bodyguard, where Ryan Reynolds, Salma Hayek, Elodie Yung and Gary Oldman also played the main characters. In the same year, Samuel appeared in the film of the franchise, which tells the story of the adventures of a big gorilla - "Kong. Skull Island ”, where he played the role of Lieutenant Colonel Packard.

In his personal life, Samuel turned out to be monogamous. With his future wife, actress Latanya Richardson, he met while still in college. In 1980, the lovers registered a relationship. With the children, the young couple did not drag out: 2 years after the wedding, their daughter Zoe was born. The family lives in Los Angeles.

Samuel L. Jackson is a football fan and is a fan of Liverpool Football Club. Sometimes an actor, whose height is 189 cm and weighs 94 kg, goes out on the field with the ball himself. His passion was passed on to his daughter. Now Zoe works as a producer on a sports channel.

The actor has a hobby - he collects caps and has already collected several hundred. The Jackson couple are involved in charity work - they support education. In August 2017, Samuel L. Jackson and his friend, basketball player Magic Johnson, became the heroes of the gossip column. The Americans were in Italy on vacation, and in one of the streets of Rome, where friends sat down to rest on a bench, the locals mistook them for refugees.

On Facebook, Italian model Nina Moric posted a photo of Jackson and Johnson urging the country's authorities to stop issuing unemployment benefits to newcomers. Soon, comments from those who recognized the peacefully resting tourists appeared under the picture. The famous photo appeared on the pages of many Instagram users, who appreciated the comic nature of the situation.

In 2019, 19 years after his participation in the filming of the film "Invincible" directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Samuel appeared in the title role of the sequel to this project, which was named "Glass". This time the action of the picture took place in a psychiatric clinic, where enemies were placed - the hero of Jackson, Elijah Price, or Mr. Glass, as well as Kevin (James McAvoy) and David (Bruce Willis).

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As the actor later recalled, working with the director was not easy, since Shyamalan demanded complete submission from the performers. But Jackson managed to convince the director to give him more freedom in the frame. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but at the box office the picture showed good results.

Among the works of the actor in 2019 is the next role of agent Nick Fury in the superhero action movie Captain Marvel. During the month of the show, the blockbuster brought its creators $ 1 billion, thanks to which it topped the list of the highest grossing films of the year. Together with Jackson, the performers of the main roles Brie Larson and Ben Mendelssohn shone on the screen.

In the summer of 2019, Samuel appeared in the main cast of the action movie Shaft, the sequel to the 2000 film, and reappeared in the familiar form of Agent Fury in the superhero movie Spider-Man: Far From Home. And in 2020, the premiere of the comedy "The Bodyguard of the Killer's Wife" is planned, where the star cast ensemble - Samuel L. Jackson, Ryan Reynolds and Salma Hayek will be presented again.

A multiple nominee and winner of prestigious awards, Samuel is happy to attend iconic events in world cinema. At the 2019 Oscars, Jackson presented the Best Adapted Screenplay statuette.

The actor accompanied the announcement of the victory of the film "Black Klansman" with a violent expression of emotions, and then hugged and lifted the director of this project, Spike Lee, who hung on him, embracing Samuel with his legs. The video of the presentation of the award got on many pages of fans of the artist's and director's work.

1981 - "Ragtime" 1991 - "Tropical Fever" 1993 - "Jurassic Park" 1994 - "Pulp Fiction" 1997 - "Jackie Brown" 1999 - "Star Wars. The Phantom Menace "2000 -" Shaft "2004 -" Kill Bill - 2 "2008 -" The Avenger "2012 -" Django Unchained "2015 -" The Hateful Eight "2017 -" Hitman's Bodyguard "2019 -" Glass "2019 -" Captain Marvel "

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Samuel Leroy Jackson Net Worth 2018

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