Before graduating in 1972, he co-founded the Just Us Theatre. After joining a local acting group to earn extra points in a class, he found an interest in acting and switched his major. Initially intent on pursuing a degree in marine biology, he attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He still uses the word " motherfucker" to get through a speech block. He developed a stutter during childhood and learned to "pretend to be other people who didn't stutter". He played the French horn, piccolo, trumpet, and flute in the school orchestra. He attended several segregated schools and graduated from Riverside High School in Chattanooga. According to DNA tests, Jackson partially descends from the Benga people of Gabon, and he became a naturalized citizen of Gabon in 2019. He was raised by his mother, a factory worker and later a supplies buyer for a mental institution he was also raised by his maternal grandparents, Edgar and Pearl Montgomery, as well as extended family. Jackson met him only twice during his life.
His father lived away from the family in Kansas City, Missouri, and later died of alcoholism. Samuel Leroy Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., on December 21, 1948, the only child of Elizabeth Harriett (née Montgomery) and Roy Henry Jackson. Jackson has provided his voice for several animated films, documentaries, television series, and video games, including Lucius Best / Frozone in the Pixar films The Incredibles (2004) and Incredibles 2 (2018).
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He will reprise this role in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion, which is set to premiere in early 2023. With his permission, his likeness was used for the Ultimate version of the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury he subsequently played Fury in 11 Marvel Cinematic Universe films, beginning with a cameo appearance in Iron Man (2008), as well as guest-starring in the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He also gained widespread recognition as the Jedi Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005), later voicing the role in the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) and the video game Lego Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011). He's known for having appeared in a number of big-budget films, including 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) and its reboot (2019), XXX (2002), S.W.A.T. He further collaborated with Tarantino, acting in Jackie Brown (1997), Django Unchained (2012), and The Hateful Eight (2015). Jackson's breakout role was in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) which earned him a BAFTA Award win and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His collaborations with Spike Lee lead to greater prominence with films such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Oldboy (2013), and Chi-Raq (2015). Jackson early film roles include Coming to America (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Patriot Games (1992), Juice (1992), True Romance (1993), and Jurassic Park (1993), Menace II Society (1993), and Fresh (1994).
He returned to the play in the 2022 Broadway revival playing Doaker Charles. He also originated the role of Boy Willie in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson in 1987 at the Yale Repertory Theatre. From 1981 to 1983 he originated the role of Private Louis Henderson in A Soldier's Play Off-Broadway.
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Jackson started his career on stage making his professional theatre debut in Mother Courage and her Children in 1980 at The Public Theatre. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him an Academy Honorary Award in 2022 as "A cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide".
One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the second highest-grossing actor of all time. Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer.
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