Samuel Leroy Jackson (1948-yil 21-dekabrda tug‘ilgan) — amerikalik aktyor va produser. U o‘z avlodining eng tanilgan aktyorlaridan biri bo‘lib, uning ishtirokidagi filmlar jahon bo‘ylab 27 milliard dollardan ortiq daromad keltirgan, bu esa uni tarixdagi eng ko‘p daromad keltirgan ikkinchi aktyorga aylantiradi. 2022-yilda Kino San'atlari va Ilmlari Akademiyasi unga "Madaniy ikon" sifatida Akademiya Faxriy Mukofotini berdi, uning dinamik ishi janrlar va avlodlar bo‘ylab va jahon bo‘ylab tomoshabinlar orasida rezonans yaratdi. Jackson o‘z faoliyatini sahnada boshlagan va 1980-yilda The Public Theatre-da "Mother Courage and her Children" spektaklida professional teatrdebutini o‘tkazgan. 1981-yildan 1983-yilgacha u Off-Broadway'da "A Soldier's Play" asarida Private Louis Henderson rolini ijro etgan. 1987-yilda Yale Repertory Theatre'da August Wilsonning "The Piano Lesson" asarida Boy Willie rolini ijro etgan. U 2022-yilda Broadway'da qayta sahnalashtirilgan spektaklda Doaker Charles rolini o‘ynab qaytgan. Jacksonning erta filmlardagi rollari "Coming to America" (1988), "Goodfellas" (1990), "Patriot Games" (1992), "Juice" (1992), "True Romance" (1993), "Jurassic Park" (1993), "Menace II Society" (1993) va "Fresh" (1994) kabi filmlarni o‘z ichiga oladi. Spike Lee bilan hamkorligi "School Daze" (1988), "Do the Right Thing" (1989), "Mo' Better Blues" (1990), "Jungle Fever" (1991), "Oldboy" (2013) va "Chi-Raq" (2015) kabi filmlarda ko‘proq tanilishiga olib keldi. Jacksonning muvaffaqiyatli roli Quentin Tarantino tomonidan suratga olingan "Pulp Fiction" (1994) filmida bo‘lib, bu film unga BAFTA mukofotini va Eng Yordamchi Aktyor uchun Akademiya mukofotiga nomzodlikni taqdim etdi. U Tarantino bilan yana hamkorlik qilib, "Jackie Brown" (1997), "Django Unchained" (2012) va "The Hateful Eight" (2015) filmlarida rol o‘ynadi. U ko‘plab katta byudjetli filmlarda ishtirok etgani bilan tanilgan, jumladan "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) va uning qayta yuklangan versiyasi (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) va "Glass" (2019). U shuningdek, "Star Wars" prequel trilogiyasida Jedi Mace Windu sifatida keng tanilgan (1999–2005), keyinchalik bu rolni "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (2008) animatsion filmida va "Lego Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (2011) video o‘yinida ovoz berib ijro etgan. Uning ruxsati bilan, uning suratlari Marvel Comics qahramoni Nick Fury'ning Ultimate versiyasida ishlatilgan; u keyinchalik 11 ta Marvel Kinematik Universi filmida Fury rolini o‘ynagan, "Iron Man" (2008) filmidagi cameo ko‘rinishi bilan boshlanib, "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." teleserialida mehmon sifatida ishtirok etgan. U 2023-yil 21-iyunda namoyish etilishi rejalashtirilgan Disney+ seriyasida "Secret Invasion"da ushbu rolni qayta ijro etadi. Jackson bir qator animatsion filmlar, hujjatli filmlar, teleseriallar va video o‘yinlar uchun ovoz bergan, jumladan, Pixar filmlarida Lucius Best / Frozone rolida "The Incredibles" (2004) va "Incredibles 2" (2018).
