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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 including Pulp Fiction -LRB- 1994 -RRB- , Jackie Brown -LRB- 1997 -RRB- , Django Unchained -LRB- 2012 -RRB- , and The Hateful Eight -LRB- 2015 -RRB- .. Jungle Fever. Jungle Fever. Patriot Games. Patriot Games ( film ). Amos & Andrew. Amos & Andrew. True Romance. True Romance. Jurassic Park. Jurassic Park ( film ). Quentin Tarantino. Quentin Tarantino. Pulp Fiction. Pulp Fiction. Jackie Brown. Jackie Brown. Django Unchained. Django Unchained. The Hateful Eight. The Hateful Eight. He is a highly prolific actor , having appeared 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 .. highly prolific. Samuel L. Jackson filmography. Die Hard with a Vengeance. Die Hard with a Vengeance. Unbreakable. Unbreakable ( film ). Shaft. Shaft ( 2000 film ). The 51st State. The 51st State. Black Snake Moan. Black Snake Moan ( film ). Snakes on a Plane. Snakes on a Plane. Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel Cinematic Universe. With Jackson 's permission , his likeness was used for the Ultimate version of the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury .. Marvel Comics. Marvel Comics. Nick Fury. Ultimate 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- , Captain America  : The Winter Soldier -LRB- 2014 -RRB- and Avengers  : Age of Ultron -LRB- 2015 -RRB- and minor roles in Thor -LRB- 2011 -RRB- and Captain America  : The First Avenger -LRB- 2011 -RRB- .. cameoed. cameo appearance. post-credits scene. post-credits scene. Iron Man. Iron Man ( 2008 film ). Iron Man 2. Iron Man 2. Thor. Thor ( film ). He has also portrayed the character in the second and final episodes of the first season of the TV show Marvel 's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. .. second. 0-8-4. He has provided his voice to several animated films , television series and video games , including the roles of Lucius Best  /  Frozone in Pixar Animation Studios ' film The Incredibles -LRB- 2004 -RRB- , Mace Windu in Star Wars  : The Clone Wars -LRB- 2008 -RRB- , Afro Samurai in the anime television series Afro Samurai -LRB- 2007 -RRB- , and Frank Tenpenny in the video game Grand Theft Auto  : San Andreas -LRB- 2004 -RRB- .. Lucius Best  /  Frozone. List of The Incredibles characters#Frozone. Pixar Animation Studios. Pixar. The Incredibles. The Incredibles. Mace Windu. Mace Windu. Afro Samurai. Afro Samurai. anime. anime. Frank Tenpenny. List of Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas characters#Frank Tenpenny. 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 .. Frank Welker. Frank Welker. He is married to LaTanya Richardson , with whom he has a daughter , Zoe .. LaTanya Richardson. LaTanya Richardson. Samuel L. Jackson is ranked as the highest all-time box office star with over $ 4.9053 billion total box office gross , an average of $ 69.1 million per film .