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| '''Samuel Leroy Jackson''' (born December 21, 1948) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. Jackson came to fame in the early 1990s who has since become a major film star and cultural icon. Jackson's films have grossed between $2.1 billion (as either lead actor or co-lead actor)<ref name="boxmojo">{{cite web | title=Box Office Mojo | work=PEOPLE INDEX | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/?view=Actor&sort=sumgross&p=.htm | accessdate=October 23 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> and $3.8 billion, (films that feature Jackson as either lead or supporting)<ref name="thmoviestimes ">{{cite web | title=The Movie Times | work=Top Actor By Total Box Office Gross of all Movies | url=http://www.the-movie-times.com/thrsdir/actors.mv?actors+ByTG | accessdate=October 23 | accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref name="The Numbers">{{cite web | title=The Numbers | work=All Time Top 100 Stars at the Box Office | url= http://www.the-numbers.com/people/records/index.html | accessdate=October 23 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>. Jackson has noted that he chooses roles that are "exciting to watch" and have an "interesting character inside of a story". <ref name="sun2surf">{{cite web | title=Sun2Surf | work=Samuel L. Jackson shares some of his thoughts on acting, his new movie and his biggest phobia | url=http://www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=15260| accessdate=August 25 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> Jackson voiced the main antagonist, Officer [[Frank Tenpenny]] in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''. | | '''Samuel Leroy Jackson''' (born December 21, 1948) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. Jackson came to fame in the early 1990s who has since become a major film star and cultural icon. Jackson voiced the main antagonist, Officer [[Frank Tenpenny]] in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''. |
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| ==Biography==
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| Jackson was born in Washington, D.C. He grew up as an only child in Chattanooga, Tennessee with his mother, his maternal grandparents and extended family. His father lived away from the family in Kansas City, Missouri and later died from alcoholism.<ref name="NNDB">{{cite web | title=NNDB | work=Samuel L. Jackson | url=http://www.nndb.com/people/563/000023494/| accessdate=November 30 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>
| | * [[wp:Samuel L. Jackson|Samuel L. Jackson]] article at Wikipedia |
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| After the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackson attended the funeral in Atlanta as one of the ushers.<ref name="tavismiley">{{cite web | title=Tavis Smiley | work=Samuel L. Jackson | url=http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200602/20060224.html | accessdate=August 20 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> In 1969, Jackson and several other students held members of the Morehouse College board of trustees (including a nearby Martin Luther King, Sr.) hostage on the campus, demanding reform in the school’s curriculum and governance.<ref name="Thespian Net">{{cite web | title=Thespian Net | work=Samuel L. Jackson | url=http://www.thespiannet.com/actors/J/jackson_samuell/index.shtml | accessdate=November 30 | access year=2006}}</ref> The college eventually agreed to change its ways, but Jackson was expelled for his actions for two years. In his early career, Jackson developed an alcohol and cocaine addiction, resulting in him being unable to proceed with two plays as they continued to Broadway.
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| Jackson's cocaine addiction continued to increase to the point where he overdosed, and his family entered him into a New York rehab clinic. When he successfully completed rehab, Jackson acted in ''Jungle Fever'', ironically as the cocaine addict brother to the relatively new actor Wesley Snipes. Jackson went on to work with Steven Spielberg in ''Jurassic Park'' and Quentin Tarantino in ''Pulp Fiction''. The film was perhaps Jackson's most notable role, mainly for his monologues and one-liners along with co-star John Travolta.
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| ===Honours===
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| Jackson's role in the film Jungle Fever was so acclaimed that the 1991 Cannes Film Festival awarded a special "Supporting Actor" award just for him.<ref name="Hollywood.com">{{cite web | title=Hollywood.com | work=Samuel L. Jackson | url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/fulldetail/id/190189 | accessdate=November 30 | accessyear=2006}}</ref> Whilst the film Pulp Fiction earned Jackson an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Best Supporting Actor award win.<ref name="FilmBug">{{cite web | title=FilmBug.com | work=Samuel L. Jackson | url=http://www.filmbug.com/db/314 | accessdate=December 3 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>
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| In June 2000, Jackson was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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| On January 30, 2006, Jackson was honored with a hand and footprint ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theater; he is the seventh African American and 191st actor to be recognised in this manner.<ref name="Carson Scholars Fund">{{cite web | title=Carson Scholars Fund | work=Honorary National Board-Samuel L. Jackson | url=http://www.carsonscholars.org/honoraryboard.php | accessdate=November 30 | accessyear=2006}}</ref>
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| ==Personal life==
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| Jackson married actress Latanya Richardson in 1980, whom he met while attending Morehouse College.<ref name="Thespian Net"/> The couple, who live in Los Angeles, California, have a daughter, Zoe, born in 1982, who is in culinary school.
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| ==Footnotes==
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| ==External links== | |
| *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000168/ Samuel L. Jackson IMDB Entry] | |
| *[http://www.nndb.com/people/563/000023494/ NNDB biography and facts page]
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| *[http://www.samuelljackson.com Official site of Samuel L. Jackson]
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| *[http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/samuel_l_jackson_biog.html Extensive biography of Samuel L. Jackson]
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| [[Category:Voice Actors|Jackson, Samuel L.]] | | [[Category:Voice Actors|Jackson, Samuel L.]] |
