Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., to Elizabeth (Montgomery) and Henry Jackson. He was raised by his mother, a factory worker.

Samuel usually played bad guys and drug addicts before becoming an action hero, as the character Mitch Henessey, in A Profissional (1996) and in Die Hard: A Vingança (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 - Não Dês Bronca (1989), Quanto Mais Melhor (1990) and A Febre da Selva (1991). He received a Silver Berlin Bear for his part in the movie Jackie Brown (1997) as Ordell Robbi.

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