caption website years_active children birth_place birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
jackson at the 2014 san diego comic con international -lsb- http://www.samuelljackson.com samuelljackson.com -rsb- 1972 -- present 1 washington , d.c. , u.s. 21 december 1948 latanya richardson 1980 samuel jpg l. jackson sdcc 2014 -lrb- cropped -rrb- . samuel l. jackson
 samuel leroy jackson actor , film producer
samuel l. jackson

samuel leroy jackson -lrb- born december 21 , 1948 -rrb- is an american actor and film producer .
he achieved prominence and critical acclaim in the early 1990s with films such as `` jungle fever '' -lrb- 1991 -rrb- , `` patriot games '' -lrb- 1992 -rrb- , `` amos & andrew '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- , `` true romance '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- , `` jurassic park '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- and his collaborations with director quentin tarantino in the films `` pulp fiction '' -lrb- 1994 -rrb- and `` jackie brown '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- .
he is a highly prolific actor , appearing in over 100 films , including `` die hard with a vengeance '' -lrb- 1995 -rrb- , `` unbreakable '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- , `` shaft '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- , `` the 51st state '' -lrb- 2001 -rrb- , `` black snake moan '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- , `` snakes on a plane '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- and the `` star wars '' prequel trilogy -lrb- 1999 -- 2005 -rrb- , as well as the marvel cinematic universe .
with jackson 's permission , his likeness was used for the ultimate version of the marvel comics character nick fury .
he later cameoed as the character in a post-credits scene from `` iron man '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- , and went on to sign a nine-film commitment to reprise this role in future films , including major roles in `` iron man 2 '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- , `` marvel 's the avengers '' -lrb- 2012 -rrb- , ' -lrb- 2014 -rrb- and ' -lrb- 2015 -rrb- and minor roles in `` thor '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- and '' '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- .
he has also portrayed the character in the second and final episode of the first season of the tv show `` marvel 's agents of s.h.i.e.l.d. '' .
jackson has achieved critical and commercial acclaim , surpassing frank welker as the actor with the highest grossing film total of all time in october 2011 , and he has received numerous accolades and awards .
he is married to latanya richardson , with whom he has a daughter , zoe .
samuel l. jackson is ranked as the highest all-time box office star with over $ 4.572 billion total box office gross , an average of $ 70.3 million per film .
