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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).
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The Bounty of Ryder Part II is a 2026 American coming-of-age Western adventure film written and directed by Kevin Costner. Produced by Legendary Pictures and New Line Cinema and distributed by Lionsgate, it is the second installment in the Chronicles of Charlotte Ryder series, the first chronologically, and a prequel to The Bounty of Ryder. The film stars Ryan Kiera Armstrong and Nicolas Cage, alongside Ewan McGregor, Kate Winslet, Vincent D'Onofrio, Costner, Annette Bening, Christopher Judge, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Samuel L. Jackson. It marks Armstrong's second collaboration with Cage after The Old Way (2023). In the film, a group of bounty hunters and lawmen have been ratted out by one of their own when a powerful gang ambushed them. Charley Ryder is taken under the wing of Clinton Ward, who is secretly her mentor, to interrogate the gang's allies in order to find out who tipped them off. The Bounty of Ryder Part II premiered in London on October 6th, 2026, and was released on November 11th; the film received widespread acclaim with praise for its visual style, Costner's direction, the action sequences, Hans Zimmer's musical score, emotion, and performances —namely Armstrong, Cage, Judge, and Jackson. It grossed over $1.56 billion worldwide, the first Western film to pass the $1 billion dollar mark, and thus making it the highest-grossing Western film and the third-highest-grossing R-rated film of all time. A sequel to the first film entitled The Bounty of Ryder Part III: Blood or High Honor was released the following year.
