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Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the second highest-grossing actor of all time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him an Academy Honorary Award in 2022 as "A cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide". Jackson started his career on stage making his professional theatre debut in Mother Courage and her Children in 1980 at The Public Theatre. From 1981 to 1983 he originated the role of Private Louis Henderson in A Soldier's Play Off-Broadway. He also originated the role of Boy Willie in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson in 1987 at the Yale Repertory Theatre. He returned to the play in the 2022 Broadway revival playing Doaker Charles. Jackson early film roles include Coming to America (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Patriot Games (1992), Juice (1992), True Romance (1993), and Jurassic Park (1993), Menace II Society (1993), and Fresh (1994). His collaborations with Spike Lee led to greater prominence with films such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Oldboy (2013), and Chi-Raq (2015). Jackson's breakout role was in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) which earned him a BAFTA Award win and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He further collaborated with Tarantino, acting in Jackie Brown (1997), Django Unchained (2012), and The Hateful Eight (2015). He's known for having appeared in a number of big-budget films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), A Time to Kill (1996), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), The Negotiator (1997), Deep Blue Sea (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000) and its reboot (2019), XXX (2002), S.W.A.T. (2003), Coach Carter (2005), Snakes on a Plane (2006), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), and Glass (2019). He also gained widespread recognition as the Jedi Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005), later voicing the role in the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) and the video game Lego Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011). With his permission, his likeness was used for the Ultimate version of the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury; he subsequently played Fury in 11 Marvel Cinematic Universe films, beginning with a cameo appearance in Iron Man (2008), as well as guest-starring in the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He will reprise this role in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion, which is set to premiere on June 21, 2023. Jackson has provided his voice for several animated films, documentaries, television series, and video games, including Lucius Best / Frozone in the Pixar films The Incredibles (2004) and Incredibles 2 (2018).
Samuel L. Jackson
Shaft
for Shaft in Family Guy: Into the Griffinverse
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When Peter Griffin’s latest drunken stunt—a nuclear-level explosion at the Pawtucket Brewery—rips a hole in the fabric of reality, the Griffin family finds themselves hurled into a chaotic multiverse war that’s part Star Wars, part Rick and Morty, and 100% Family Guy. As Quahog collapses into madness, alternate versions of Peter, Lois, and Stewie battle across universes for control of existence itself. From a dystopian Quahog ruled by Meg the Conqueror to a timeline where Brian’s a talking cop car, every world gets darker and more deranged. Amid the chaos, the Griffins must team up with their most absurd variants to undo Peter’s cosmic screw-up before the entire multiverse collapses into an endless cutaway gag. Armed with fart jokes, violent slapstick, and moments of shocking heart, Family Guy: Into the Griffinverse takes the series’ trademark irreverence to R-rated heights. As Stewie and Brian scramble through twisted realities and Lois questions her entire marriage, Peter remains obliviously destructive—believing he’s in a “really long Halloween episode.” From brutal interdimensional fights to fourth-wall-breaking chaos that skewers modern pop culture, the movie pushes every boundary imaginable. In the end, the Griffins learn that no matter how many universes there are, stupidity—especially Peter’s—might just be the one constant holding it all together.
