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Captain Phillips

88%

Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi

PG-13, 2 hr. 14 min.

25%	Machete Kills	Oct 11
——	Haunt	Oct 11
41%	All the Boys Love Mandy Lane	Oct 11
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Top Box Office

Gravity

98%

Sandra Bullock, George Clooney

PG-13, 1 hr. 31 min.

59%	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
8%	Runner Runner
80%	Prisoners
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Coming Soon

Kill Your Darlings

78%

Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan

R, 1 hr. 40 min.

——	Carrie	Oct 18
——	Escape Plan	Oct 18
35%	The Fifth Estate	Oct 18
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After Earth

11%

Will Smith, Jaden Smith

PG-13, 1 hr. 40 min.

38%	The Purge	Jun 07
84%	Much Ado About Nothing	Jun 07
78%	Europa Report	Aug 02
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Iron Man 3

79%

Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow

PG-13, 1 hr. 49 min.

4%	Scary Movie 5	Apr 12
67%	World War Z	Jun 21
87%	Star Trek Into Darkness	May 16
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Coming Soon to DVD

Pacific Rim

72%

Charlie Hunnam, Diego Klattenhoff

PG-13, 2 hr. 11 min.

65%	The Heat	Jun 28
63%	Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain	Jul 03
97%	A Hijacking	Jun 21
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Beauty and the Beast: Season 2

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The CW

——	Hart of Dixie: Season 3

Tonight's New Episodes

2 Broke Girls: Season 3

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CBS

——	Bones: Season 9
83%	The Blacklist: Season 1
——	Castle: Season 6

On Last Night

American Dad!: Season 10

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FOX

10%	Betrayal: Season 1
88%	Boardwalk Empire: Season 4
——	Bob's Burgers: Season 4

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This Is the End

Josh Larsen

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...runs on some delicious self-critique.

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Eastbound & Down: Season 4

Jon Caramanica

New York Times

No recent television show has toggled so violently between brilliant and execrable as...

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Homeland: Season 3 Jeff Jensen, Entertainment Weekly

Samuel L. Jackson

Total Box Office:: $3969.4M
Highest Rated:: 100% Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
Lowest Rated:: 1% Twisted (2004)

Birthday:: Dec 21
Birthplace:: Washington, DC
Bio:: After spending the 1980s playing a series of drug addict and character parts, Samuel L. Jackson emerged in the 1990s as one of the most prominent and well-respected actors in Hollywood. Work on a number of projects, both high-profile and low-key, has given Jackson ample opportunity to display an…

Highest Rated Movies

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
100%
GoodFellas
97%
The Incredibles
97%
Do the Right Thing
96%

Filmography

Movies | TV series

MOVIES

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
	The Avengers: Age of Ultron	Nick Fury	--	2015
	Big Game	The President of the United States	--	2014
	The Secret Service	Actor	--	2014
	Reasonable Doubt	Actor	--	2014
	RoboCop	Pat Novak	--	2014
	Kite	Actor	--	2014
	The Last Dragon	Sho' Nuff	--	2014
	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Nick Fury	--	2014
17%	Zambezia	Actor	--	2013
	Oldboy	Actor	--	2013
65%	Turbo	Whiplash	$82.0M	2013
	Adventures In Zambezia	Actor	--	2012
	XXX: The Return of Xander Cage	Agent Augustus Gibbons	--	2012
92%	Marvel's The Avengers	Nick Fury	$623.3M	2012
88%	Django Unchained	Stephen	$162.8M	2012
24%	The Samaritan	Foley	$1.7k	2012
13%	Meeting Evil	Richie	$181	2012
	Arena	Actor	--	2011
71%	African Cats	Actor	$15.4M	2011
	Big Cats	Narrator	--	2011
	On The Shoulders Of Giants	Actor	--	2011
79%	Captain America: The First Avenger	Nick Fury	$176.6M	2011
	John Legend - Duke Ellington	Actor	--	2011
	Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition	Actor	--	2011
	The Sunset Limited	Actor	--	2011
	Blown	Julian Lezard	--	2010
	In The Land Of The Free	Actor	--	2010
	Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey	Actor	--	2010
79%	Mother and Child	Paul	$1.1M	2010
78%	The Other Guys	Det. P.K. Highsmith	$119.2M	2010
73%	Iron Man 2	Nick Fury	$312.1M	2010
	Unthinkable	"H"	--	2010
	Starz Inside: The Face Is Familiar	Actor	--	2009
49%	Astro Boy (AstroBoy)	Zog	$19.5M	2009
	Afro Samurai: Resurrection	Afro Samurai	--	2009
33%	Gospel Hill	Peter Malcolm	--	2009
44%	Soul Men	Louis Hinds	$12.0M	2008
	Meeting at Midnight (Black Magic)	Narrator	--	2008
14%	The Spirit	The Octopus	$19.8M	2008
93%	Iron Man	Actor	$318.3M	2008
16%	Jumper	Roland	$80.1M	2008
18%	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Mace Windu	$35.1M	2008
45%	Lakeview Terrace	Abel Turner	$39.3M	2008
17%	Cleaner	Tom Cutler	--	2007
	Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story	Actor	--	2007
59%	Resurrecting the Champ	Battling Bob Satterfield	$2.9M	2007
66%	Black Snake Moan	Lazarus Woods	$9.3M	2007
	Farce of the Penguins	Narrator	--	2007
78%	1408	Gerald Olin	$71.9M	2007
23%	Freedomland	Lorenzo Council	$12.3M	2006
23%	Home of the Brave	Will Marsh	--	2006
68%	Snakes on a Plane	Neville Flynn	$33.9M	2006
80%	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 3D	Mace Windu	$380.2M	2005
16%	xXx: State of the Union	Augustus Gibbons	$26.1M	2005
	The Work of Director Jonathan Glazer	Actor	--	2005
11%	The Man	Derrick Vann	$8.3M	2005
	Martin's Big Words ... and More Stories from the African-American Tradition	Actor	--	2005
65%	Coach Carter	Ken Carter	$67.2M	2005
	The N-Word	Actor	--	2004
100%	Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson	Actor	--	2004
22%	In My Country	Langston Whitfield	--	2004
84%	Kill Bill, Volume 2	Rufus	$66.1M	2004
	Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson	Jack Johnson	--	2004
	America Beyond the Color Line	Actor	--	2004
97%	The Incredibles	Lucius Best / Frozone	$261.4M	2004
	The Scrambled States of America	Actor	--	2004
1%	Twisted	Commissioner John Mills	$25.0M	2004
85%	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Rufus	$70.0M	2003
48%	S.W.A.T.	Sgt. Dan "Hondo" Harrelson	$116.6M	2003
	Baadasssss Cinema - A Bold Look at 70's Blaxploitation Films	Actor	--	2003
21%	Basic	Sgt. Nathan West	$26.5M	2003
20%	No Good Deed	Jack Friar	--	2003
	Fighting for Freedom: Revolution & Civil War	Narrator	--	2002
77%	Changing Lanes	Doyle Gipson	$66.7M	2002
67%	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 3D	Mace Windu	$310.3M	2002
	Unchained Memories: Slave Narratives	Actor	--	2002
25%	Formula 51 (The 51st State)	Actor	$5.1M	2002
90%	Fresh	Sam	--	2002
	Trial of the Moke	Actor	--	2002
48%	XXX	Agent Gibbons	$141.1M	2002
	Unchained Memories - Readings from the Slave Narratives	Actor	--	2002
45%	The Caveman's Valentine	Romulus Ledbetter	--	2001
	R2-D2: Beneath the Dome	Actor	--	2001
68%	Shaft	John Shaft	$70.3M	2000
68%	Unbreakable	Elijah Prince	$92.9M	2000
36%	Rules of Engagement	Col. Terry L. Childers	--	2000
	Forever Hollywood	Actor	--	1999
	Our Friend, Martin	Actor	--	1999
57%	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Mace Windu	$43.5M	1999
56%	Deep Blue Sea	Russell Franklin	--	1999
	The Stars of Star Wars: Interviews from the Cast	Actor	--	1999
93%	Out of Sight	[uncredited]	--	1998
75%	The Negotiator	Danny Roman	--	1998
12%	Sphere	Harry Adams	--	1998
73%	The Red Violin (Le violon rouge)	Charles Morritz	--	1998
80%	Eve's Bayou	Louis Batiste	--	1997
	Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasens	Actor	--	1997
30%	187	Trevor Garfield	--	1997
86%	Jackie Brown	Ordell Robbie	--	1997
67%	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Mitch Henessey	--	1996
67%	A Time to Kill	Carl Lee Hailey	--	1996
45%	The Great White Hype	Rev. Fred Sultan	--	1996
82%	Hard Eight (Sydney)	Jimmy	--	1996
81%	Trees Lounge	Wendell	--	1996
	The Search for One-eye Jimmy	Col. Ron	--	1996
	Search for One-Eye Jimmy	Actor	--	1996
68%	Kiss of Death	Calvin	--	1995
45%	Losing Isaiah	Kadar Lewis	--	1995
51%	Die Hard 3: With a Vengeance	Zeus Carver	--	1995
27%	Fluke	Rumbo	--	1995
94%	Pulp Fiction	Jules Winnfield	--	1994
	Against the Wall	Jamaal	--	1994
69%	The New Age	Dale Deveaux	--	1994
	Assault at West Point	Richard Greener	--	1994
	Hail Caesar	Mailman	--	1994
	Ghostwriter - Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store?	Actor	--	1994
93%	Jurassic Park	Arnold	$45.3M	1993
13%	National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1	Wes Luger	--	1993
21%	Amos & Andrew	Andrew Sterling	--	1993
92%	True Romance	Big Don	--	1993
29%	The Meteor Man	Dre	--	1993
85%	Menace II Society	Tat Lawson	--	1993
74%	Patriot Games	Robby Jackson	--	1992
40%	Johnny Suede	B-Bop	--	1992
83%	Juice	Trip	--	1992
43%	White Sands	Greg Meeker	--	1992
	Jumpin' at the Boneyard	Mr. Simpson	--	1992
	Fathers & Sons	Marshall	--	1992
86%	Jungle Fever	Gator Purify	--	1991
10%	Strictly Business	Monroe	--	1991
	Mob Justice	Actor	--	1991
73%	Mo' Better Blues	Madlock	--	1990
97%	GoodFellas	Stacks Edwards	--	1990
	Return of Superfly	Nate Cabot	--	1990
50%	Betsy's Wedding	Taxi Dispatcher	--	1990
77%	A Shock to the System	Ulysses	--	1990
	Def by Temptation	Minister Garth	--	1990
96%	Do the Right Thing	Mister Senor Love Daddy	--	1989
76%	Sea of Love	Black Guy	--	1989
	Dead Man Out	Calvin Fredricks	--	1989
68%	Coming to America	Hold-Up Man	--	1988
58%	School Daze	Leeds	--	1988
	Uncle Tom's Cabin	Actor	--	1987
80%	Eddie Murphy Raw	Actor	--	1987
90%	Ragtime	Gang Member	--	1981
	The Displaced Person	Actor	--	1976
	Black Magic	Actor	--

Movies | TV series

TV SERIES

Rating	Title	Credit		Year
60%	Law & Order	Actor		1990-2010

Samuel L. Jackson Trivia

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In the first two Star Wars movies, 'Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope' (1977) and 'Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back' (1980), there were only two lightsaber colors. The Jedi used blue lightsabers, while Darth Vader used a red lightsaber. In 'Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi' (1983), a green lightsaber was introduced. The green lightsaber was used in this movie, because a blue lightsaber did not contract enough against the blue sky in the fighting scenes on Tattoine. In the prequel trilogy, both the blue and the green lightsabers were used by the Jedi equally. The exception is the purple lightsaber used by Mace Windu. This was a special request from Samuel L. Jackson, in order for him to accept the part as Mace Windu.

- submitted by F0xy H (3 years ago)

Quotes from Samuel L. Jackson's Characters

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1. Calvin Candie: Stephen, you have nails for breakfast? Whats the matter? Why you so ornery? You miss me?
2. Stephen: Oh yes sir, I... I missed you. Like a, like a hog miss slop. Like a...a baby miss mammy's titty. I miss you like I misses a rock in my shoe.
From Django Unchained. Submitted by Jeff R (25 days ago)