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Acting

Samuel L. Jackson

Career: Active from 1972 to 2028, with up to 6 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 107
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 194 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Samuel L. Jackson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Romance
3.0, average 3.8
Historical
1.8, average 2.6
Melancholy
4.0, average 4.7
Wholesome
2.8, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 17
Moral Ambiguity 10
Psychological Thriller 9
Moral Dilemma 7
Coming-of-Age 7
Character-Driven 6
Visual Spectacle 6
Character Study 5
Crime Investigation 5
Crime Thriller 5
Thought-Provoking 5
Political Intrigue 5

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

224

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

4 titles

Dr. Kaartic K. Kumar

as Devaraj (Old)

Chase The Robloxia Movie

as Reporter Jerry

The Honest Liar

as Nick DeFranco

as Morris Stokes

2020s

34 titles · average score 60

The Beast

54

as President of the United States

Just Play Dead

27

as Jack Wolfe

The Unholy Trinity

50

as St. Christopher

The Garfield Movie

46

as Vic (voice)

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist

78

TV show · as Frank Moten

Secret Invasion

54

TV show · as Nick Fury

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

53

as Jimbo (voice)

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

81

TV show · as Ptolemy Grey

Spiral: From the Book of Saw

45

as Marcus Banks

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

44

as Darius Kincaid

The Protégé

58

as Moody

The Banker

72

as Joe Morris

2010s

53 titles · average score 63

Spider-Man: Far From Home

77

as Nick Fury

Captain Marvel

62

as Nick Fury

Glass

52

as Elijah Price / Mr. Glass

Shaft

52

as John Shaft

Kong: Skull Island

67

as Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard

The Hitman's Bodyguard

55

as Darius Kincaid

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

63

as Barron

The Legend of Tarzan

49

as George Washington Williams

Kingsman: The Secret Service

72

as Valentine

The Hateful Eight

73

as Major Marquis Warren

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

80

as Nick Fury

Unthinkable

66

as Henry Harold 'H' Humphries

2000s

58 titles · average score 61

Jumper

40

as Roland

Lakeview Terrace

50

as Abel Turner

1408

69

as Gerald Olin

Afro Samurai

87

TV show · as Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja (voice)

Cleaner

43

as Tom Cutler

Snakes on a Plane

58

as Neville Flynn

Coach Carter

69

as Ken Carter

xXx: State of the Union

35

as Agent Augustus Gibbons

S.W.A.T.

52

as Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson

Basic

46

as Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West

Unbreakable

70

as Elijah Price

Shaft

57

as John Shaft

1990s

59 titles · average score 61

The Negotiator

71

as Lt. Danny Roman

Sphere

39

as Dr. Harry Adams

The Red Violin

71

as Charles Morritz (Montréal)

Jackie Brown

76

as Ordell Robbie

One Eight Seven

50

as Trevor

A Time to Kill

67

as Carl Lee Hailey

The Long Kiss Goodnight

61

as Mitch Henessey

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

67

as Zeus Carver

Kiss of Death

61

as Calvin Hart

Pulp Fiction

91

as Jules Winnfield

Fresh

80

as Sam

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

42

as Wes Luger

1980s

13 titles · average score 61

Do the Right Thing

87

as Mister Señor Love Daddy

Sea of Love

69

as Black Guy

Dead Man Out

55

as Calvin Fredricks

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

50

TV show

Coming to America

66

as Hold-Up Man

School Daze

58

as Leeds

Eddie Murphy Raw

72

as Eddie's Uncle

Magic Sticks

62

as Bum

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

49

TV show · as Brother Elvis

Spenser: For Hire

50

TV show

Ragtime

70

as Gang Member No. 2

The Exterminator

45

as Extra (uncredited)

1970s

3 titles

The Trial of the Moke

as Johnson Whittaker

The Displaced Person

as Sulk

Together for Days

as Stan