[33][34] Jackson worked with director Steven Spielberg in 1993's Jurassic Park. For his role in Pulp Fiction, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. [121] Jackson also hosted a variety of awards shows. In 1994, he was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a miniseries for Against the Wall. If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices.

Up in the sky! "[138] His first bald role was in The Great White Hype. "[37] For the Academy Awards, Miramax Films pushed for, and received, the Best Supporting Actor nomination for Jackson. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, List of awards and nominations received by Samuel L. Jackson, "Samuel L. Jackson Is Highest-Grossing Actor of All Time", "Samuel L. Jackson Movie Box Office Results", "Samuel Jackson Figures He Owes His Success to Morgan Freeman", "Tough Guy Finds His Warm and Fuzzy Side", "From coke addict to golf addict: How Samuel L Jackson found salvation on fairways to heaven", "Cinéma : L'acteur Samuel L. Jackson devient citoyen gabonais", "Clean Break With the Past – Samuel L. Jackson went from addict to Hollywood star", "Which Curse Word Does Samuel L. Jackson Credit With Stopping His Stutter? [23][26] Jackson developed addictions to alcohol and cocaine, which prevented him from proceeding with the two plays to Broadway (actors Charles S. Dutton and Anthony Chisholm took his place). [149][150] In August 2013, he started a vegan diet for health reasons, explaining that he is "just trying to live forever",[151] and attributed a 40 lb (18 kg) weight loss to his new diet.

He also appeared in the Capital One cash-back credit card commercials. [85][86] Jackson's second film of the year, Snakes on a Plane, gained cult film status months before it was released based on its title and cast. He still uses word "motherfucker" to get through a speech block. [83] In an interview that year, he said that he chooses roles that are "exciting to watch" and have an "interesting character inside of a story", and that in his roles he wanted to "do things [he hasn't] done, things [he] saw as a kid and wanted to do and now [has] an opportunity to do". In 2004, Jackson played Officer Frank Tenpenny in the universally acclaimed video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, for which he won a Spike Video Game Award for Best Performance by a Male. [54], On June 13, 2000, Jackson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7018 Hollywood Blvd. [92] Also in 2007, he portrayed a blues player who imprisons a young woman (Christina Ricci) addicted to sex in Black Snake Moan, and the horror film 1408, an adaptation of the Stephen King short story. ", "He Found His Voice (Film actor Samuel L. Jackson)", "Samuel L Jackson: 'Now we got the movie stuff out of the way, let's talk about something serious, "Reaching for the top Veteran actor Samuel Jackson more than just a familiar face", "Samuel L. Jackson not caving in to star pressure", "These Sharks Have Attitude – 'Deep Blue Sea' a Fresh, Tasty Thriller", "Samuel L. Jackson talks Snakes on a Plane", "Locations of Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame", "Samuel L. Jackson on the Hilarious Origins of His Purple Lightsaber in 'Star Wars, "Hot Action Cop in TV, Movies and Video Games", "Look! Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and film producer. He joked that "the only way [he's] gonna have time to grow [his] hair back is if [he's] not working". Movie Fanon Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. I couldn't face having a comb over so I had to quickly figure what the haircut for me was. In 2010, he starred in the drama Mother and Child and portrayed an interrogator who attempts to locate several nuclear weapons in the direct-to-video film Unthinkable. [141], Jackson has a clause in his contracts that allows him to play golf during film shoots. "[145] He also said, "I voted for Barack because he was black.