Samuel L. Jackson Biography

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major roles as seen in "Strictly Business" (1991), "Juice" (1992), "Loaded Weapon I" (1993), plus "Menace II Society" (1993) while also gained a handful of brief appearances in blockbuster movies, like "Patriot Games" (1992) and "Jurassic Park" (1993). His status grew even higher in 1995 when his two 1994 projects, "Against the Wall" and "Pulp Fiction," brought him to be nominated in both categories of Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television and that of in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy at the 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards.

The attainment he gained in this outstanding work of Quentin Tarantino amazingly proceeded to more accolades of being an Oscar and BAFTA Awards nominee for Best Actor in a Supporting Role title, which he delightfully acquired at the latter event. Continued to score high in his next films of "Die Hard: With a Vengeance" (1995), "A Time to Kill" (1996), and "The Long Kiss Goodnight" (1996), Samuel once again received a Golden Globe nomination in 1998, this time was for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical category through his enactment in another Tarantino's work, "Jackie Brown" (1997). Incredibly ...

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popular also respected, he spent the rest of 1990s to keep encountering commercial success through "The Negotiator" (1998) and "Deep Blue Sea" (1999) besides nabbed a coveted role in what seemed to be one of the most anticipated pictures of the decade, "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" (1999), playing Mace Windu, leader of the Jedi Council.

Satisfyingly completed his transition from secondary actor to leading man by the turn of the third millennium in John Singleton's "Shaft" (2000), Samuel ran his career smoothly with a series of appearances in high-profile movies which then turned to be smash box-office hits, like "Unbreakable" (2000), "Rules of Engagement" (2000), "Changing Lanes" (2002), "XXX" (2002), and "S.W.A.T" (2003). Reprising the role of Mace Windu in the following "Star Wars" installments of Episode II and III, he afterwards brilliantly made a compelling dramatic turn as the title character in "Coach Carter" (2005) while managed to evoke audience's laughs alongside Eugene Levy in Les Mayfield's enjoyable action comedy flick, "The Man" (2005). Next starred opposite Julianne Moore in "Freedomland" (2006), this charismatic thespian tirelessly proceeded to maintain his solid position in Hollywood for the whole 2006 with other performances in "Snakes on a Plane" ...