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Samuel L. Jackson
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Biography

Height
6' 3"
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Mini biography

Samuel L. Jackson usually played bad guys and drug addicts before becomming an action hero, as the character Mitch Henessey, in Long Kiss Goodnight, The (1996) and in Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995). From character player to leading man. His performance in Pulp Fiction (1994) gave him an Oscar nomination for his character Jules Winnfield. He was active in the black student movement. In the seventies he joined the Negro Ensemble Company (together with Morgan Freeman ). In the eighties he became well known by three movies made by Spike Lee - Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990) and Jungle Fever (1991). He received a Silver Berlin Bear for his part in the movie Jackie Brown (1997) as Ordell Robbi.
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Spouse
LaTanya Richardson (1980 - present); 1 daughter
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Trivia


Daughter - Zoe (b. 1982)

Grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee

One of Jackson's jobs as a struggling actor in New York was as a doorman at the popular Manhattan Plaza subsidized apts, home to hundreds of actors and artisits, including Giancarlo Esposito, who co-starred with Jackson in Amos & Andrew(1993).

(October 1997) Ranked #44 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.

Was an admitted drug user until he completed drug rehab two weeks before playing a drug addict in Jungle Fever (1991).

Accomplished at playing brass instruments (french horn, trumpet) in school symphony orchestras from grade 3 to grade 12
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