• Name: Samuel L Jackson
  
• Birth Name: Samuel Leroy Jackson
  
• Height: 6'3"
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: December 21, 1948
  
• Birth Place: Washington D.C., USA
  
• Profession: actor
  
• Education: Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia (majored in Drama; graduated in 1972)
  
• Husband/Wife: LaTanya Richardson (actress; met while Jackson was attending Morehouse College; married in 1980)
  
• Mother: Elizabeth Jackson (supply buyer for state mental institution)
  
• Grand Father: Janitor
  
• Aunt: Edna (teacher)
  
• Son: Zoe Jackson (born in 1982)
  

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• "I know there's some young actor sitting in New York or L.A. who's spent half of his life learning how to act and sacrificing to learn his craft but isn't going to get his opportunity ... because of some actor who's been created."
• "What kills me is that everybody thinks I like jazz."
• "We all would like to think that we're here for some greater purpose. And I'm blessed in that I was able to gather a lot of information during that down time, and hold on to it."
• "Yoda, the Dick Clark of the Universe - ageless." (On his STAR WARS co-star)

• Palm Springs International Film Festival: Career Achievement Award for Acting (2004)
• Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Man of the Year (1999)
• Acapulco Black Film Festival: Career Achievement Award (1999)
• Acapulco Black Film Festival: Best Actor for Eve's Bayou (1998)
• Berlin International Film Festival: Silver Berlin Bear - Best Actor, JACKIE BROWN (1998)
• Independent Spirit Awards: Best First Feature, EVE'S BAYOU (1998)
• Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Supporting Actor - Suspense, A TIME TO KILL (1997)
• Image Awards: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, A TIME TO KILL (1997)
• British Academy Award: Best Actor Supporting, PULP FICTION (1995)
• Independent Spirit Awards: Best Male Lead, PULP FICTION (1995)
• Society of Texas Film Critics Award: Best Actor, PULP FICTION (1994)
• Cannes Film Festival: Best Supporting Actor, JUNGLE FEVER (1991)
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Supporting Actor, JUNGLE FEVER (1991)

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