Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Birthday:Dec 21, 1948
Place of birth:Washington, D.C., USA

Filmography

2003
Basic

Basic

Action Drama Mystery Thriller Crime
6.4

20031h 38min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: John McTiernan

When a hurricane hits a US Army base on the edge of the Panama Canal, an elite covert operations team of US Army Rangers recruits are on a routine jungle training exercise that goes horribly awry. Only two recruits are rescued, one of which is badly injured, but both have different accounts regarding the fate of their leader, legendary and ruthless Army Ranger Drill Sergeant Nathan West, and the rest of their platoon. Tom Hardy, an ex-army Ranger turned maverick DEA agent is brought in to solve the mystery and uncover what really happened out there.

2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Adventure Action Science Fiction Space Sci-Fi Epic Action
6.6

20022h 22min

United States

Director: George Lucas

Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.


Changing Lanes

Changing Lanes

Thriller Drama Revenge Thriller Relationship Drama
6.5

20021h 38min

United States

Director: Roger Michell

A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.

2001
The 51st State

The 51st State

Thriller Action Comedy Crime Narcotics Crime
6.3

20011h 33min

Canada, United Kingdom

Director: Ronny Yu

An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.

2000
Unbreakable

Unbreakable

Thriller Drama Mystery Mind Game Thriller Investigation Mystery
7.3

20001h 46min

United States

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead — and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile as glass.


Shaft

Shaft

Action Adventure Crime Thriller Organized Crime
6.0

20001h 39min

Germany, United States

Director: John Singleton

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.


Rules of Engagement

Rules of Engagement

War Drama Modern Conflicts Legal Drama
6.4

20002h 8min

United States, Germany

Director: William Friedkin

A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.

1998
The Red Violin

The Red Violin

Drama Thriller Mystery Music Romance
7.6

19982h 10min

Austria, Canada

Director: François Girard

300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake. In Montreal, Samuel L Jackson plays an appraiser going over its complex history.


The Negotiator

The Negotiator

Action Crime Drama Thriller Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller
7.3

19982h 20min

Germany, United States

Director: F. Gary Gray

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.


Sphere

Sphere

Science Fiction Mystery Thriller
6.1

19982h 14min

United States

Director: Barry Levinson

A spacecraft is discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old and of alien origin. A crack team of scientists and experts is assembled and taken to the Habitat, a state-of-the-art underwater living environment, to investigate.