Happy Birthday Samuel L. Jackson!

Happy Birthday Samuel L. Jackson!  One of Samuel’s first movie roles was in the Spike Lee film, School Daze (1988).  It was the beginning of a collaboration with Spike Lee in other films. Then, he played an unnamed robber foiled by Eddie Murphy’s Prince Akeem in the comedy Coming to America (1988). Samuel played the dj, Mister Señor Love Daddy, in Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing (1989).  He followed it up with Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues (1990).  His first genre picture was in The Exorcist III directed by William Peter Blatty.   He played Stacks Edwards in Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas (1990).  Then, Samuel played Gator Purify in Jungle Fever directed by Spike Lee.  Samuel played Robby Jackson, friend to Jack Ryan, in Patriot Games (1992). It was playing the computer technician, Arnold, in Jurassic Park (1993) that made Jackson’s lines memorable.  He reached icon stats playing Jules Winnield in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994). Another standout part was Samuel playing Zeus Carver in Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995). In Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown (1997), Samuel played Ordell Robbie. Next, he was in another Michael Crichton adaptation with Sphere (1998).    

  

In 1999, Samuel played Jedi Master Mace Windu in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.  Then, he took on the sharks of Deep Blue Sea (1999).  He played the title role of the action icon Shaft (2000).  Samuel played the criminal genius, Elijah Price, in Unbreakable (2000). Samuel returned as Mace Windu in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002). Agent Augustus Gibbons was played by Samuel in the action movie, xXx (2002).  Next, he played Rufus in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) directed by Quentin Tarantino.  Samuel had another iconic role voicing Frozone in The Incredibles (2004).  He returned as Agent Augustus in xXx: State of the Union (2005) and then Mace Windu in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).  Another film with memorable Samuel L. Jackson lines was in Snakes on a Plane (2006).  In 2007, he voiced the title character in the animated series Afro Samurai. Samuel entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe with his cameo as Nick Fury in Iron Man (2008). Later, he returned as Nick Fury in Iron Man 2 (2010) and then Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). 

Nick Fury helped form the team in The Avengers (2012).  He worked again with Quentin Tarantino in Django Unchained (2012).  Samuel was back as Nick Fury in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).  He was the villain Valentine in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014).  Then, returned as Nick Fury in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). He was Dolmedes in Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq (2015).  Then, worked again with Tarantino in the western The Hateful Eight (2015).  Samuel played sharpshooter, George Washington Williams, in The Legend of Tarzan (2016). He next was the shapeshifting Mr. Barron in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016).  xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017) was also the return of Augustus Gibbons.  Samuel was hunting King Kong in Kong: Skull Island (2017).  He had the role as hitman, Darius Kincaid, in The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017).  This year, Nick Fury was a cameo at the end of Avengers: Infinity War.  He also reprised Frozone in The Incredibles 2.  Next year, he returns as Elijah Price in Glass and then Nick Fury in Captain Marvel. Happy Birthday Samuel L. Jackson!  

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