Jungle Fever
Plays Gator Purify in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever, a breakthrough supporting performance.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Samuel L. Jackson Biography and Timeline
Follow Samuel L. Jackson through 6 dated historical records for United States of America.
Samuel L. Jackson, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
6Distinct records
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1991–2022Years on this page
1991
1994
Pulp Fiction
Plays hitman Jules Winnfield in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.
2000
Unbreakable
Stars as comic-book theorist Elijah Price in M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable.
2012
The Avengers
Returns as Nick Fury in The Avengers, bringing together several Marvel film characters.
2015
The Hateful Eight
Plays Major Marquis Warren in Quentin Tarantino's western The Hateful Eight.
2022
Academy Honorary Award
Receives an Academy Honorary Award recognizing his long and influential screen career.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.