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| Samuel Leroy Jackson was born December 21, 1948, in Washington D.C. U.S.A but was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee by his maternal grandmother. As a child, Jackson was affected by the censorship in the South with regard to the portrayal of blacks in film. 
Samuel L. Jackson is one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood today. Over the past decade, he has been one of the busiest actors in the business. Jackson may not be known as a fastidious role selector, as he seems to release a film every other week, but with the volume has come quality. He is not just a film star; Jackson is a thespian. The mesmerizing stage presence that first won him praise in college and in New York is still apparent on camera. The penetrating eyes, the deep bellow and the assertive body language have become familiar to audiences all over the world. Personal life: Jackson is married to actress Latanya Richardson, whom he met while attending Morehouse College. The couple, who live in Los Angeles, California, have a daughter, Zoe, born in 1982, who is in culinary school. Jackson is an avid basketball fan, and especially prefers the Harlem Globetrotters. He also became an avid Liverpool F.C. fan after filming the movie The 51st State in Liverpool, England. Jackson enjoys playing golf, a game he has been reported to have become very proficient at; he has stated that if he had to choose any other career, he would be "on the PGA [tour] playing golf". |
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| Pulp Fiction (1994) Director Quentin Tarantino The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. |
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The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) A women suffering from amnesia begins to recover her memories after trouble from her past finds her again. |
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| 187 (1997) Directed by Kevin Reynolds High school teacher Trevor Garfield is stabbed by bad-boy student. Fifteen months later, he moves to Los-Angeles to the unruly, predominantly Latino school. He has to tame wolf-like students. |
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| Jackie Brown (1997) Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Staring Pam Grier(Ghost of Mars), Bridget Fonda, (single White Female)Michael Keaton(Out of Sight), Robert Forster and Robert De Niro(Meet the Parents). Jackson play’s a street-tough gun runner who gets involved with a sexy air stewardess in a con involving a shifty ex-con, a lonely bail bondsman, an over ambitious cop and a stoned beach bunny. Among these players who’s conning who? They’re all chasing half a million dollars in cash. This movie is loaded with a characteristically unique combination of intense action and sly humour. |
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| Sphere (1998) Directed by Barry Levinson Staring Dustin Hoffman as Norman Goodman, Sharon Stone as Beth Halperin, Samuel L. Jackson as Harry Adams Underwater spacecraft in uncovered by the U.S. government, and four relevant experts in their respective fields are sent down to investigate the unknown entity. Once beneath the ocean, the group makes contact with a source from within the vessel, and attempt to piece together the mystery that is the sphere inside the unexplained discovery. |
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| The Negotiator (1998) Directed by F Gary.Gray In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, a skilled police negotiator accused of corruption and murder takes hostages in a government office to gain the time he needs to find the truth. |
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| Shaft (2000) Directed by John Singleton New York City police detective John Shaft (nephew of the original 1970s detective) goes on a personal mission to make sure the son of a real estate tycoon is brought to justice after a racially-motivated murder. |
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| Unbreakable (2000) Directed by M.Night Shyamalan Staring Bruce Willis A suspense thriller with supernatural overtones that revolves around a man who learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident. |
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| Rules Of Engagement (2000) An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a third world country. |
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| Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2000) Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé Amidala while his teacher, Obi-Wan Kenobi, makes an investigation of a separatist assassination attempt on Padmé which leads to the discovery of a secret Republican clone army. |  |
| The Caveman's Valentine (2001) Directed by Kasi Lemmons A cave-dwelling man sets out to track down the killer of a homeless boy and bring him to justice. |
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| Coach Carter (2005) Samuel L. Jackson plays the controversial high school basketball coach who benched his undefeated team due to their collective poor academic record in 1999 |
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| Freedomland (2006) Samuel L. Jackson stars as a cop working a carjacking case in a new movie called Freedomland. Jackson's character is at the center of the tension in the racially charged crime drama. He talks with Michele Norris about race, tough-guy roles and his long, varied film career. |
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