Samuel L. Jackson

Actor, also producer · Born December 21, 1948 (77) · Washington, D.C., USA

Oscar winner · BAFTA Award winner · Primetime Emmy nominee · 6 other major award bodies

Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. 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. 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". Jackson started his career on stage making his professional theatre debut in Mother Courage and her Children in 1980 at The Public Theatre. From 1981 to 1983 he originated the role of Private Louis Henderson in A Soldier's Play Off-Broadway. He also originated the role of Boy Willie in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson in 1987 at the Yale Repertory Theatre. He returned to the play in the 2022 Broadway revival playing Doaker Charles. 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). His collaborations with Spike Lee led 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'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. He further collaborated with Tarantino, acting in Jackie Brown (1997), Django Unchained (2012), and The Hateful Eight (2015). 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. (2003), Coach Carter (2005), Snakes on a Plane (2006), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), and Glass (2019). 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). 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 will reprise this role in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion, which is set to premiere on June 21, 2023. 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).

Biography from TMDB.

Born: December 21, 1948 (77)
From: Washington, D.C., USA
Works as: Actor, also producer
Titles: 191 on MovieCove · 239 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 3% in 30 days

What are Samuel L. Jackson's films like?

Across their 155 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Action50 titles41^st

Drama22 titles63^rd

Crime21 titles42^nd

Documentary16 titles72^nd

Comedy14 titles40^th

Animation11 titles56^th

Adventure2 titles85^th

Biography2 titles93^rd

Mystery2 titles29^th

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight

Morality

27%

Self

18%

Bonds

17%

Society

12%

Survival

10%

Power

Ideas

Justice37 Identity34 Family bonds29 Redemption22 Survival18 Prejudice12 Loyalty16 Community15

What they feel like to watch

their average across 143 films

ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Earnest

Tone · Sincerity

ironicearnest

Ironic 11 · Wry 7 · Earnest 119

Serious

Tone · Weight

lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 49 · Serious 36 · Dark 58

Stylized

Tone · Style

naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 64 · Stylized 47 · Heightened 32

Charged

Feel · Intensity

gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 20 · Charged 41 · Intense 82

Shifting

Feel · Swings

steadyswings

Steady 46 · Shifting 73 · Whiplash 24

Some laughs

Feel · Humor

noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 81 · Some laughs 39 · Funny 23

Even-paced

Demand · Pace

slowrelentless

Slow burn 34 · Even-paced 76 · Relentless 33

Engaged

Demand · Attention

casualfull focus

Casual 43 · Engaged 78 · Full focus 22

Affecting

Demand · Emotional cost

easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 56 · Affecting 44 · Heavy 43

Resolved

Demand · Resolution

resolvedambiguous

Resolved 105 · Open-ended 32 · Ambiguous 6

Roles they play

110 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 29 of 110 analyzed roles.

Mentor

29 of 110

Hero

26 of 110

Shadow

18 of 110

Ally

16 of 110

Herald

10 of 110

Trickster

6 of 110

Threshold guardian

5 of 110

Show the 110 roles

Mentoras Minister Garth in Def by Temptation (1990)
Allyas Nate Cabot in The Return of Superfly (1990)
Mentoras Mr. Simpson in Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1991)
Shadowas Gator Purify in Jungle Fever (1991)
Allyas Monroe in Strictly Business (1991)
Allyas Greg Meeker in White Sands (1992)
Heroas Andrew Sterling in Amos & Andrew (1993)
Heroas Wes Luger in Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
Allyas Jamaal in Against the Wall (1994)
Allyas Richard Greener in Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994)
Mentoras Sam in Fresh (1994)
Heroas Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction (1994)
Heroas Zeus in Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
Allyas Calvin Hart in Kiss of Death (1995)
Mentoras Kadar Lewis in Losing Isaiah (1995)
Heraldas Carl Lee Hailey in A Time to Kill (1996)
Tricksteras Rev. Fred Sultan in The Great White Hype (1996)
Shadowas Jimmy in Hard Eight (1996)
Allyas Mitch Henessey in The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Shadowas Louis Batiste in Eve's Bayou (1997)
Heroas Trevor in One Eight Seven (1997)
Mentoras Garfield in One Eight Seven (1997)
Shadowas Ordell Robbie in Jackie Brown (1997)
Allyas Harry in Sphere (1998)
Heroas Danny Roman in The Negotiator (1998)
Heroas Russell Franklin in Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Mentoras Elijah Price in Unbreakable (2000)
Heroas John Shaft in Shaft (2000)
Mentoras Colonel Terry Childers in Rules of Engagement (2000)
Shadowas Elijah Price in Unbreakable (2000)
Heraldas Elijah Price in Unbreakable (2000)
Heroas Elmo McElroy in Formula 51 (2001)
Heroas Romulus in The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
Shadowas Doyle Gipson in Changing Lanes (2002)
Heroas Jack Friar in No Good Deed (2002)
Mentoras Agent Augustus Gibbons in xXx (2002)
Mentoras Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson in S.W.A.T. (2003)
Mentoras West in Basic (2003)
Shadowas Officer Tenpenny in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction (2004)
Mentoras John Mills in Twisted (2004)
Allyas Lucius Best in The Incredibles (2004)
Heroas Langston Whitfield in In My Country (2004)
Mentoras Coach Ken Carter in Coach Carter (2005)
Heroas Derrick Vann in The Man (2005)
Heroas Coach Ken Carter in Coach Carter (2005)
Mentoras Agent Augustus Gibbons in xXx: State of the Union (2005)
Heraldas Narrator in Farce of the Penguins (2006)
Heroas Will Marsh in Home of the Brave (2006)
Heroas Lorenzo Council in Freedomland (2006)
Heroas Neville Flynn in Snakes on a Plane (2006)
Heroas Lazarus in Black Snake Moan (2006)
Heroas Tom Cutler in Cleaner (2007)
Shadowas Champ in Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
Heraldas Narrator (Samuel L. Jackson) in Black Magic (2008)
Threshold guardianas Roland in Jumper (2008)
Tricksteras Louis Hinds in Soul Men (2008)
Heroas Louis Hinds in Soul Men (2008)
Shadowas Roland in Jumper (2008)
Heraldas Paul in Mother and Child (2009)
Heroas Afro Samurai in Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009)
Heraldas Nick Fury in Iron Man 2 (2010)
Shadowas Henry Harold 'H' Humphries in Unthinkable (2010)
Mentoras Black in The Sunset Limited (2011)
Shadowas Logan in Arena (2011)
Heroas Foley in The Samaritan (2012)
Shadowas Richie in Meeting Evil (2012)
Threshold guardianas Tendai in Adventures in Zambezia (2012)
Mentoras Whiplash in Turbo (2013)
Threshold guardianas Chaney in Oldboy (2013)
Shadowas Clinton Davis in Reasonable Doubt (2014)
Allyas US President William Alan Moore in Big Game (2014)
Mentoras Lieutenant Karl Aker in Kite (2014)
Mentoras Nick Fury in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Shadowas Valentine in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Tricksteras Pat Novak in RoboCop (2014)
Mentoras Hardman in Barely Lethal (2015)
Heraldas Dolmedes in Chi-Raq (2015)
Heroas Major Marquis Warren in The Hateful Eight (2015)
Mentoras Nick Fury in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Allyas Tom McCourt in Cell (2016)
Allyas George Washington Williams in The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
Shadowas Barron in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Mentoras Augustus Gibbons in xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
Mentoras The Salesman in Unicorn Store (2017)
Shadowas Preston Packard in Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Allyas Lucius Best in Incredibles 2 (2018)
Mentoras John Shaft II in Shaft (2019)
Heraldas Billy Takoda in The Last Full Measure (2019)
Tricksteras Elijah Price in Glass (2019)
Heraldas Nick Fury in Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
Allyas Nick Fury in Captain Marvel (2019)
Allyas Joe Morris in The Banker (2020)
Tricksteras Dash Bracket in Death to 2020 (2020)
Mentoras Marcus Banks in Spiral (2021)
Mentoras Moody in The Protégé (2021)
Tricksteras Darius Kincaid in Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
Mentoras Jimbo in Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)
Mentoras Ptolemy Grey in The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (2022)
Heroas Nick Fury in Secret Invasion (2023)
Allyas Nick Fury in The Marvels (2023)
Mentoras Gordon in The Kill Room (2023)
Mentoras Doaker in The Piano Lesson (2024)
Heroas Dan Lawson in Damaged (2024)
Shadowas Frank Moten in Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (2024)
Heraldas Vic in The Garfield Movie (2024)
Mentoras St. Christopher in The Unholy Trinity (2024)
Threshold guardianas King in Afterburn (2025)
Threshold guardianas Uncle Sam in The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar (2025)
Heroas President Oscar Palladin in The Beast (2026)
Shadowas Jack Wolfe in Just Play Dead (2026)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

Thrilling

Melancholic

Dread

Contemplative

Other

152

How their films linger

Fun47 Thought-provoking48 Hopeful40 Feel-good34 Rousing35 Unsettling29

How their films end · 40 with a twist

Happy51
Bittersweet59
Tragic8
Ambiguous33
Cyclical4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Samuel L. Jackson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 136 of their 191 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (39).

Also on these channels

Howdy13 titles
MovieSphere+11 titles, show their 11 titles on MovieSphere+
Lionsgate+5 titles, show their 5 titles on Lionsgate+
Shout! TV5 titles, show their 5 titles on Shout! TV
Sony Pictures Core5 titles, show their 5 titles on Sony Pictures Core
Cineverse3 titles, show their 3 titles on Cineverse
Midnight Pulp3 titles, show their 3 titles on Midnight Pulp
PBS Documentaries3 titles, show their 3 titles on PBS Documentaries
Crunchyroll2 titles, show their 2 titles on Crunchyroll
Screambox2 titles, show their 2 titles on Screambox
ALLBLK1 title, show their title on ALLBLK
Cinemax1 title, show their title on Cinemax
Curiosity University1 title, show their title on Curiosity University
Dox1 title, show their title on Dox
Magnolia Selects1 title, show their title on Magnolia Selects
Sundance Now1 title, show their title on Sundance Now
The Great Courses1 title, show their title on The Great Courses

Subscription and free streaming for Samuel L. Jackson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

239 credits, 191 with a MovieCove page; 106 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Incredibles 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
The Great Beyond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
Actor
Just Play Dead(2026)
Producer · as Jack Wolfe
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: an Almost History of America(2026)
Show 5 episodes · as Voiceover (voice)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
The Beast(2026)
Actor
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The American Revolution(2025)
Show 4 episodes · as Caesar Sarter / Lemuel Haynes / Boston King (voice)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Afterburn(2025)
as Valentine
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
The Unholy Trinity(2024)
as St. Christopher
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar(2025)
as Uncle Sam
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
13 Steps - Die unglaubliche Karriere von Edwin Moses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Actor
The Piano Lesson(2024)
as Doaker Charles
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist(2024)
Show 8 episodes · as Frank Moten
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
The Garfield Movie(2024)
as Vic (voice)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Damaged(2024)
as Dan Lawson
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Argylle(2024)
as Alfie
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
The Marvels(2023)
as Nick Fury
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
The Kill Room(2023)
as Gordon
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Secret Invasion(2023)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · as Nick Fury
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur(2023)
Show 1 episode · as Nick Fury (voice)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Tulsa King(2022)
Show 2 episodes · as Russell Lee Washington Jr.
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank(2022)
as Jimbo (voice)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey(2022)
Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer · as Ptolemy Grey
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
The Fix (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Show 8 episodes · as Narrator (voice)
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
as Nick Fury (archive footage)
The Protégé(2021)
as Moody
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
What If...?(2021)
Show 6 episodes · as Nick Fury (voice) · as Sir Fury (voice)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard(2021)
as Darius Kincaid
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Spiral(2021)
as Marcus Banks
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Marvel Studios: Legends(2021)
Show 10 episodes · as Nick Fury (archive footage) (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows
Marvel Studios: Assembled(2021)
Show as Nick Fury
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Death to 2020(2020)
as Dash Bracket
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Beyond the Spotlight(2020)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Enslaved(2020)
Show 6 episodes · Producer · as Self
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Staged(2020)
Show 1 episode · as Sam
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Some Good News (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Show 1 episode · as Voice Over
The Banker(2020)
Executive Producer · as Joe Morris
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
The Last Full Measure(2019)
as Takoda
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Shaq Life(2020)
Show as Narrator
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker(2019)
as Mace Windu (voice)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Boys(2019)
Show 1 episode · as Xander the Shark (voice)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Spider-Man: Far from Home(2019)
as Nick Fury
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Shaft(2019)
as John Shaft
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Hateful Eight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Show 4 episodes · as Major Marquis Warren
Avengers: Endgame(2019)
as Nick Fury
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Captain Marvel(2019)
as Nick Fury
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Glass(2019)
as Elijah Price / Mr. Glass
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Incredibles 2(2018)
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Avengers: Infinity War(2018)
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Unicorn Store(2017)
as The Salesman
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Hitman's Bodyguard(2017)
as Darius Kincaid
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Kong: Skull Island(2017)
as Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
as Host
I Am Not Your Negro(2016)
as Narrator (voice)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
xXx: Return of Xander Cage(2017)
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children(2016)
as Barron
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Cell(2016)
as Thomas 'Tom' McCourt
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
The Legend of Tarzan(2016)
as George Washington Williams
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The Hateful Eight(2015)
as Major Marquis Warren
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Chi-Raq(2015)
as Dolmedes
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Barely Lethal(2015)
as Hardman
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Avengers: Age of Ultron(2015)
as Nick Fury
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Kingsman: The Secret Service(2014)
as Valentine
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Big Game(2014)
as US President William Alan Moore
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Kite(2014)
as Lieutenant Karl Aker
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Captain America: The Winter Soldier(2014)
as Nick Fury
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
RoboCop(2014)
as Pat Novak
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Reasonable Doubt(2014)
as Clinton Davis
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Oldboy(2013)
as Chaney
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.(2013)
Show 2 episodes · as Nick Fury
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Turbo(2013)
as Whiplash (voice)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Circus Halligalli (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Django Unchained(2012)
as Stephen
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Adventures in Zambezia(2012)
as Tendai (voice)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Avengers(2012)
as Nick Fury
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
The Samaritan(2012)
Executive Producer · as Foley
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(2012)
as (archive footage)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Meeting Evil(2012)
as Richie
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
as Narrator
Arena(2011)
as Logan
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Prohibition(2011)
Show 3 episodes · as Reader (voice)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Captain America: The First Avenger(2011)
as Nick Fury
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Go the F**k to Sleep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
as Narrator (voice)
African Cats(2010)
as Narrator (voice)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Thor(2011)
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair(2004)
as Rufus
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Sunset Limited(2011)
as Black
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
On the Shoulders of Giants(2011)
Actor
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story(2010)
as Elmo McElroy (archive footage)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey(2010)
as Fear (voice)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Other Guys(2010)
as P.K. Highsmith
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Unthinkable(2010)
as Henry Harold 'H' Humphries
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Iron Man 2(2010)
as Nick Fury
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
In the Land of the Free... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
as Narrator
Mother and Child(2009)
as Paul
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Astro Boy(2009)
as Zog (voice)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Inglourious Basterds(2009)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Afro Samurai: Resurrection(2009)
Executive Producer · as Afro / Ninja-Ninja (voice)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Uneven Fairways (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
as Narrator
The Spirit(2008)
as Octopus
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Soul Men(2008)
as Louis Hinds
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Star Wars: The Clone Wars(2008)
Show 1 episode · as Mace Windu (voice) (archive sound)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Lakeview Terrace(2008)
as Abel Turner
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Star Wars: The Clone Wars(2008)
as Mace Windu (voice)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Iron Man(2008)
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Jumper(2008)
as Roland
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Gospel Hill(2008)
as Paul Malcolm
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Black Magic(2008)
Show as Narrator
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Afro Samurai Pilot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Executive Producer
Afro Samurai the Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Actor
The War(2007)
Show 7 episodes · as Narrator (voice)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Cleaner(2007)
Producer · as Tom Cutler
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
as Narrator
1408(2007)
as Gerald Olin
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Resurrecting the Champ(2007)
as Champ
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Afro Samurai(2007)
Show 5 episodes · Producer · as Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja (voice)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Black Snake Moan(2006)
as Lazarus
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Home of the Brave(2006)
as William Marsh
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Farce of the Penguins(2006)
as Narrator (voice)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Snakes on a Plane(2006)
as Neville Flynn
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
The Henry Rollins Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Freedomland(2006)
as Lorenzo Council
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Honor Deferred (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as Narrator
The Boondocks(2005)
Show 3 episodes · as Rummy (voice)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
The Colbert Report (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Show 1 episode · Actor
The Man(2005)
as Derrick Vann
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Extras(2005)
Show 1 episode · as Samuel L. Jackson
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith(2005)
as Mace Windu
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
xXx: State of the Union(2005)
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Mr. Incredible and Pals(2005)
as Frozone (commentary voice)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
George Lucas: Creating an Empire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
as Presenter/Self
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Show 2 episodes · as Narrator (voice)
Coach Carter(2005)
as Ken Carter
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Show 2 episodes · as An Officer of the Law · as Self
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction(2004)
as Tenpenny (voice)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Incredibles(2004)
as Lucius Best / Frozone (voice)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
as Jack Johnson (voice)
In My Country(2004)
as Langston Whitfield
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Kill Bill: Vol. 2(2004)
as Rufus
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Twisted(2004)
as John Mills
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
S.W.A.T.(2003)
as Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Working Shakespeare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 5 episodes · Actor
Basic(2003)
as Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives(2003)
Actor
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Pulp Fiction: Behind The Scenes Montages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Actor
xXx(2002)
as Agent Augustus Gibbons
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
No Good Deed(2002)
as Jack Friar
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones(2002)
as Mace Windu
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Changing Lanes(2002)
as Doyle Gipson
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Middle School Confessions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
as Host
Formula 51(2001)
Executive Producer · as Elmo McElroy
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Proud Family(2001)
Show 1 episode · as Joseph (voice)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
The Caveman's Valentine(2001)
Executive Producer · as Romulus
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Unbreakable(2000)
as Elijah Price
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Shaft(2000)
as John Shaft
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Opening the Tombs of the Golden Mummies: Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Actor
Rules of Engagement(2000)
as Col. Terry L. Childers
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Any Given Wednesday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
as Willie Nutter
Deep Blue Sea(1999)
as Russell Franklin
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic(1999)
as Narrator / Host
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace(1999)
as Mace Windu
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Our Friend, Martin(1999)
as Turner (voice)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Red Violin(1998)
as Charles Morritz (Montréal)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
TRL (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Show 1 episode · Actor
The Negotiator(1998)
as Lt. Danny Roman
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Out of Sight(1998)
as Hejira Henry (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Sphere(1998)
as Dr. Harry Adams
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Jackie Brown(1997)
as Ordell Robbie
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Eve's Bayou(1997)
Producer · as Louis Batiste
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
One Eight Seven(1997)
as Trevor
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Hard Eight(1996)
as Jimmy
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Long Kiss Goodnight(1996)
as Mitch Henessey
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
A Time to Kill(1996)
as Carl Lee Hailey
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
as Narrator (voice)
Trees Lounge(1996)
as Wendell
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Great White Hype(1996)
as Rev. Fred Sultan
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Journey of the African-American Athlete(1996)
as Narrator
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
TFI Friday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Fluke(1995)
as Rumbo (voice)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Die Hard with a Vengeance(1995)
as Zeus Carver
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Kiss of Death(1995)
as Calvin Hart
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Losing Isaiah(1995)
as Kadar Lewis
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child(1995)
Show 1 episode · as The Mayor (voice)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
The Search for One-eye Jimmy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
as Colonel Ron
The New Age(1994)
as Dale Deveaux
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Pulp Fiction(1994)
as Jules Winnfield
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Fresh(1994)
as Sam
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Hail Caesar(1994)
as Mailman
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Against the Wall(1994)
as Jamaal
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker(1994)
as Richard Greener
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
True Romance(1993)
as Big Don
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Jurassic Park(1993)
as Arnold
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Menace II Society(1993)
as Tat Lawson
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Amos & Andrew(1993)
as Andrew Sterling
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Loaded Weapon 1(1993)
as Wes Luger
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Fathers & Sons(1992)
as Marshall
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Ghostwriter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Show 56 episodes · as Reggie Jenkins
HBO First Look (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Patriot Games(1992)
as Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Show 4 episodes · Actor
White Sands(1992)
as Greg Meeker
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Juice(1992)
as Trip
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace(1991)
as Everett Hatcher
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Strictly Business(1991)
as Monroe
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Jumpin' at the Boneyard(1991)
as Mr. Simpson
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Johnny Suede(1991)
as B-Bop
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Jungle Fever(1991)
as Gator Purify
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Return of Superfly(1990)
as Nate Cabot
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Law & Order(1990)
Show 1 episode · as Attorney Louis Taggert
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
GoodFellas(1990)
as Stacks Edwards
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Exorcist III(1990)
as Dream Blind Man
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Mo' Better Blues(1990)
as Madlock
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Betsy's Wedding(1990)
as Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Actor
Common Ground (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
as Rev. Bob McClair
A Shock to the System(1990)
as Ulysses
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Def by Temptation(1990)
as Minister Garth
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
as The Janitor
Sea of Love(1989)
as Black Guy
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Do the Right Thing(1989)
as Mister Señor Love Daddy
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Dead Man Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
as Calvin Fredricks
Live with Kelly and Mark(1988)
Show 2 episodes · Actor
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows
Coming to America(1988)
as Hold-Up Man
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
School Daze(1988)
as Leeds
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Eddie Murphy: Raw(1987)
as Eddie's Uncle
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Uncle Tom's Cabin(1987)
as George
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Magic Sticks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
as Bum
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Show 1 episode · as Brother Elvis
Spenser: For Hire(1985)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Ragtime(1981)
as Gang Member No. 2
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
The Exterminator(1980)
as Extra (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
The Trial of the Moke(1978)
as Johnson Whittaker
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
The Displaced Person(1977)
as Sulk
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Together for Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
as Stan
Frisco King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer · as Russell Lee Washington Jr.
Head Games (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor
Man of War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor
Morris Stokes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as Morris Stokes
St. Vincent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Actor
The Honest Liar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
as Nick DeFranco

Career shape

Star power in the 99^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 235 titles, 226 of them dated from 1972 to 2026; peak year 2006.

Biggest box office

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

$1.4B worldwide

Highest rated

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Midcredits 99^th

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination

19722026

Peak 2006 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 104 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

1980Screen debut· The Exterminator
1993First top-billed film· Amos & Andrew
1994Golden Globe nomination· Against the Wall
1994BAFTA Award win· Pulp Fiction
1996Golden Globe nomination· A Time to Kill
1997Independent Spirit Award win· Eve's Bayou

Show 3 more milestones

2009Primetime Emmy nomination· Afro Samurai: Resurrection
2015Career best· The Hateful Eight
2023Career best· Secret Invasion

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting234 of 235 · 60^thProducing11 of 235 · 48^th

235 titles, 10 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 10 of them.

By decade

1970s3 · acting1980s13 · acting1990s60 · 60 acting · 1 crew2000s63 · 62 acting · 5 crew2010s55 · 55 acting · 1 crew2020s32 · 32 acting · 3 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 25% of 136 roles

24%

40%

50%

35%

17%

13%

8090950005101520

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

an Oscar, a BAFTA Award and 4 other major awards from 16 major nominations, 1991–2023.

WinNomination

2023
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television
2022
- Oscar, won
2011
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Supporting Male
2009
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More)
1998
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
- +2 other major bodies · 2 wins and 1 nomination
  - Berlinale award, won · Best Actor
  - Independent Spirit Award, won · Best First Feature
  - Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Supporting Male
1997
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
1995
- Oscar, nominated · Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
- +1 other major body · 1 win
  - Independent Spirit Award, won · Best Male Lead
1991
- Cannes award, won

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Samuel L. Jackson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56^th percentile, the median of all 163; across their 143 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53^rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53^rdpercentile

Typical film, the median of 143

Approval · how many liked their films

55^thpercentile

Typical film, the median of 143

Reach · how many have seen their films

92^ndpercentile

Typical film, the median of 143

Midcredits score across 191 titles, by percentile

75^th and up65
50^th to 74^th45
25^th to 49^th52
Below 25^th29

Shape of the crowd

61 of their 191 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

Universally Loved36
Universally Panned2
Divisive5
Cult Classic9
Crowd Pleaser61
Broadly Agreed24
Mixed54

Most divisive · actor

Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010)

94^th percentile spread · 40% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Midcredits 99^th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 127 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Samuel L. Jackson's work okay for kids?

Across up to 102 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles

Violence & Gore90 titles36–92 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most films

Sex & Nudity102 titles12–66 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all films

Profanity93 titles32–93 · median 64 · intenseheavier than most films

Alcohol & Drugs82 titles18–70 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all films

Frightening / Intense84 titles28–81 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most films

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Samuel L. Jackson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Samuel L. Jackson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kevin Feige shares the most, 7.

Directors

Samuel L. Jackson

What are Samuel L. Jackson's films like?

Genres

Themes

What they feel like to watch

Roles they play

Moods and endings

Where can I watch Samuel L. Jackson's films?

Filmography

Career shape

Film career

By role

By decade

Billing

Awards

How do Samuel L. Jackson's films land?

Shape of the crowd

Is Samuel L. Jackson's work okay for kids?

Who does Samuel L. Jackson work with?

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles