- Source of Wealth: Film, Television
- Age: 71
- Birth Place: Washington, D.C., United States
- Height: 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Marital Status: Married (LaTanya Richardson)
- Full Name: Samuel Leroy Jackson
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: December 21, 1948
- Occupation: Actor, Producer
- Education: Morehouse College
- Children: 1 (Zoe)
Samuel L. Jackson has an estimated net worth of $200 million. After spending the 1980s playing a series of drug addict and character roles, Samuel L. Jackson emerged in the 1990s as one of the most prominent and well-respected actors in Hollywood. Work on a number of projects, both high-profile and low-key, has given Jackson ample opportunity to display an ability marked by both remarkable versatility and smooth intelligence.
Born Samuel Leroy Jackson on December 21, 1948, in Washington, D.C., Jackson was raised by his mother and grandparents in Chattanooga, TN. He attended Atlanta’s Morehouse College, where he was a co-founder of Atlanta’s black-oriented Just Us Theater (the name of the company was taken from a famous Richard Pryor routine).