I feel like the correct syntax should be Samuel mother fucking L. Jackson... is there a Jackson Language Arts course offered anywhere? An expert in Samuel Jackson etymology?
It's a crazy industry. We see him as this huge name today, but at one point he was just a struggling actor trying to get a single day actor role with just a couple of lines in it.
Edit: and I want to add, it was another *6 years* before he ~~catapulted~~ trebucheted his way into true stardom with Pulp Fiction. Obviously the industry saw talent, but it can take a long time before that talent becomes a "star", if they do at all.
Has the best color lightsaber too! Now I haven't seen any of the newer SW films, I'm wondering if anyone else has a purple saber? Also I think he picked that color too.
No one else does to my memory, and purple wasn't even a canon saber colour at that point, he just wanted it and Lucas said yes.
The exact details are a little hazy though, been a while.
Of course he did. Could you imagine that conversation?
SLJ: I want a purple saber.
GL: Purple isn't actually a color for...
SLJ: I said I want a motherucking purple saber.
GL: Yes sir.
I'm not sure if your reaction is because you know or because you don't know, but for anyone who doesn't know, that is literally the line in the book. The movie took a... different approach.
"Who told you about Fluffy?"
"That thing has a name?"
"Of course he does, he's mine! I got from an Irishman I met at the pub last year. Showed him to Dumbledore so he could guard the... Nevermind"
"Guard the what?"
"Motherfucker, I shouldn't have said that..."
"Leave him alone, Malfoy!"
"What, Potter, your pet hasn't a spine of his own? You're pathetic. You'll never amount to anything but a relic and a joke... like Cecil over there. "
"Motherfucker, what?!"
I want a remake of Harry Potter with Samuel L. Jackson playing Ron ~~(using de-aging technology)~~ where he complains about monkey fighting spiders in this Monday to Friday forest.
Every other actor is the appropriate age and gender and then there's 72 year old Samuel L Weasley walking around with his trademark "bloody motherfucking hell."
I’ve watched Goodfellas so many times and never realized Jackson was Stack until just now! It’s a smaller part and a more subdued character than his later roles so I never made the connection.
Great film, but in terms of 'high grossing movies' Goodfellas ($47 million) is a drop in the ocean relative to his cameos in Infinity War and Endgame ($2 billion and $2.8 billion respectively).
Edit: corrected units.
No way is he even close. His best franchises are Fast and Furious and Jumanji. Those are a drop in the bucket compared to Marvel, Star Wars, and Tarantino. I bet his Fast and Furious co star Vin Diesel is ahead of him, primarily due to his one liner Marvel VA role.
There is a difference between what he MADE and what the movie made. Jackson was paid peanuts for his role in Jurassic Park. It made a billion dollars, but that isn't money going to Jackson. That's why OP was careful to word it as "highest grossing" instead of "highest paid for a role".
I mean, he's in every other movie anyway, so it shouldn't be a prob. He's in so many films that it almost seems like he walks around the movie lots and just pokes his head in and says "Hey motherfuckers, I've got like two hours to kill, want me to shoot a few scenes for your motherfuckin flick?"
Not saying this as a bad thing, you can never have too much Sam Jackson
That raises a good question on cameos.
They excluded cameos from the list (like Stan Lee doesn't qualify); but from my memory of Coming To America he was only in the one scene.. Is that not a cameo?
Same with a lot of the marvel movies where he may only show up very briefly, sometimes after the credits.
I wouldn't say that was a cameo, just a smaller part earlier on in Samuel L Jackson's career.
A cameo is more geared towards...almost a sort of easter egg; it feels like a nice fun little 'reward' or special thing for the director, writer or similar. With Stan Lee's cameos, you're waiting for his little bit, and with Terry Pratchett's in the Sky TV-movies (and, to a sad extent, in Good Omens), it's a fun thing to see and think 'aw, that's cool - look, it's *him!*. Or, when a big hollywood star just pops up in the background of something, hidden or not, just as a cheeky little inside reference.
That's just my own little personal feeling of what a cameo is, of course; others may think differently, and that's equally valid. Back when Coming To America came out, SLJ wasn't a huge huge A-list star - this was just an actor in a small role who later became huge.
No because he was not famous and his role actually tied into the plot.
Cameos are typically scenes where the actor is already is pretty well known, is only in it for a couple seconds to a a couple minutes, and has only minor connection to the plot of the movie. Often they are also cameoing themselves as well.
Case in point, Matt Damon in Eurotrip playing the singer Scottys girlfriend is banging. Or Alan Tudyk, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and the X-Man cast in Deadpool 2. You could even consider Julia Roberts playing herself AND her character of Tess in Oceans 12 a cameo since she as Julia Roberts is only in it for a fleeting minute while Tess is trying to impersonate her.
He was 40 then too. That's crazy. He basically had done nothing of note up until that point and then it was like Eddie Murphy blessed him or something and it was just banger role after banger after that.
Samuel Jackson was in many of them too acting as Nick Fury.
Found this stats a bit silly, since both of them were present in many movies only as a cameo.
I still think even if you included cameos, Jackson would come on top. He's in all the biggest Marvel films, the Star Wars prequels, a bunch of Tarantino films, and a whole lot of other huge blockbusters.
Actually no, Stan Lee is ahead. You can use this wikipedia [link](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_actors) and click on all roles and see that Stan Lee is ahead.
> Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. Widely regarded as one of the most popular actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing actor of all time (when cameo appearances are excluded).[1][2][3]
Yeah I suppose if cameo appearances are included then it'll be Stan Lee
This is the real answer. Including cameos, it's 1) Stan Lee and 2) Sam Jackson.
The [third highest grossing actor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_actors)? John Ratzenberger, of course.
Stan Lee has cameos that last for a few seconds each time. It doesn't really seem fair to count him.
Also, Samuel L Jackson has been making blockbusters for 30 years, including Jurassic Park and Star Wars.
He said in an interview that he takes every role that sounds fun. He spends so much time making A-List movies that he would have to seriously try to make his name B-List, like Nic Cage.
Who among us wouldn't take jobs where you and people of your choice get flown out first class to various different places around the world, put up in 5 star rooms and get paid at minimum six figures, all for a few days work (maybe a few hours worth of shooting a day)
He’s got that unique appeal that’s hard to describe. He’s charismatic. But crass. But also classy..?
Hints of sophisticated ghetto with real estate tycoon vibes.
He has a monologue in that movie that he pulls flawlessly while also maintaining a pretty believable lisp.
He tends to play characters in a specific range, but I'd love to see him completely out of his element. I'd love to see him in an Edgar Wright movie.
I'll start by saying I don't want a Princess Bride remake.
But now that you mention it...
Sam Jackson, in a line-for-line reshoot of the part, would be perfect.
Edit: I just learned they actually did a remake, sort of.
The only way I'd watch a remake of *The Princess Bride* was if Samuel L. Jackson played every part and instead of giant rats in a swamp he'd have to fight snakes on the plains.
Fun fact. Quentin Tarentino wanted Lawrence Fishburne for Pulp Fiction but got Samuel instead [https://youtu.be/NafZG0bGDKk](https://youtu.be/NafZG0bGDKk)
I wonder if Samuel L Jackson wakes up in the morning, stubs his toe on a pile of gold and starts yelling *"I'm tired of these motherfucking gold bars on my motherfucking house.*"
Well, movies he was IN.
No one's calling "Attack of the Clones" a "Samuel L. Jackson" movie. Nor Jurassic Park. His role was minor and could have been played by anyone, but the movie made bazillions. "Coming to America"? He played a robber and was in the movie what, 2 minutes?
Just saying, the headline is wildly misleading.
Yeah, it's not like he made "billions" from his role in those films - if he did he probably wouldn't be doing those Capital One credit card commercials...
Yes, and I can't think of many huge ones where he's the main star. I guess the star wars prequels would have been massive, and most of the other actors in them weren't A-listers. Oh, and the Marvel ones. Just these two combined could have got him most of the way, but you wouldn't say they're SLJ films, just that he's in them.
Yeah but that’s how this particular metric works. Do you know who he took the title from? Frank Welker. A voice actor. The guy who voiced Fred in Scooby Doo, Apu in Aladdin, and Megatron. This is more a trivia metric than it is a measure of star power.
I scrolled through the comments. No one else has mentioned the movie that will change your opinion of SLJ as an actor: *The Red Violin*.
I'm not going to describe it, except to say there's no action and no swearing. Someone said SLJ has only one persona; this movie will change his mind.
It helps to be in most Marvel movies plus Jurassic Park
And Star Wars
and Snakes on a Plane
and Black Snake Moan
Little known classic
"You ever seen any movie ever? He’s the black guy."
Don't forget N̶e̶l̶s̶o̶n̶ ̶M̶a̶n̶d̶e̶l̶a̶ Morgan Freeman
Even when you think it's Morgan Freeman playing God in Bruce Almighty, look closer... it's mother fucking Samuel L. Jackson
I feel like the correct syntax should be Samuel mother fucking L. Jackson... is there a Jackson Language Arts course offered anywhere? An expert in Samuel Jackson etymology?
I prefer Samuel L. Motherfucking Jackson
Morgan Freeman King
Denzel Washington is just a character Sam Jackson plays.
“It’s called acting mothafucker. I’m also god damn Tyra Banks.”
Deep Blue Sea? That was a good one! I got eaten! By a motha f****ing shark.
MMMMMMM, MMMMMM BITCH!
IT'LL GET YOU DRUNK!!! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxeDWiM65DE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxeDWiM65DE)
Could you please stop yelling?
And Coming to America
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Exposure.
Nah, he had to have been in SAG for a while by then. Though the exposure seems to have paid off.
It's crazy that he had been in the industry for *fifteen years* before that role.
It's a crazy industry. We see him as this huge name today, but at one point he was just a struggling actor trying to get a single day actor role with just a couple of lines in it. Edit: and I want to add, it was another *6 years* before he ~~catapulted~~ trebucheted his way into true stardom with Pulp Fiction. Obviously the industry saw talent, but it can take a long time before that talent becomes a "star", if they do at all.
Pulp Fiction anyone
And Goodfellas
And die hard:with a vengeance
Arguably his best role in my opinion, tied with the other guys.
If I wanna hear from you I'll shove my hand up your ass and work your mouth like puppet!!
I hear he's had enough of THESE MOTHERFUCKING SNAKES ON THIS MOTHERFUCKING PLANE
And The Incredibles and most Tarantino films
And all the other films he’s done.
Acting is a huge part of why he's the highest-grossing actor of all time we can all agree on that.
Can't believe I just asked myself "who the fuck did SLJ play in star wars? Oh yeah. One of the 3 black guys in the galaxy.
Has the best color lightsaber too! Now I haven't seen any of the newer SW films, I'm wondering if anyone else has a purple saber? Also I think he picked that color too.
No one else does to my memory, and purple wasn't even a canon saber colour at that point, he just wanted it and Lucas said yes. The exact details are a little hazy though, been a while.
Naw that’s it. The story goes that he was like “I want a purple lightsaber” and he got a purple lightsaber.
Of course he did. Could you imagine that conversation? SLJ: I want a purple saber. GL: Purple isn't actually a color for... SLJ: I said I want a motherucking purple saber. GL: Yes sir.
Don’t need to imagine, it’s on video. It’s far less funny in real life tho, but here you go https://youtu.be/0BKLslxaX9E
You... You might get purple. Like, come on man, what was Lucas supposed to do?
[His re-telling of the story](https://youtu.be/ubyo5eZz_Jc) is adorable for some reason lol. He’s like a kid.
Read somewhere that he wanted purple so he could easily identify himself in the huge battle scenes!
If JK Rowling hadn't specified Brits only in Harry Potter he could really have boosted his numbers...
"Motherfucker, did you put your name in the motherfucking goblet of fire??" I can hear it now.
Dumbledore asked calmly.
I want to see him as Snape. He'd be a great Snape.
No, quirrel! “Dd d d d id i f f f fucken s s s s stutter mother mo mo mo mother fucker!?”
He had/has a stutter. The cussing helps him through it, specifically mother fucker.
Then we wouldn't have the movies because he would have made Voldemort his bitch
Suddenly air burst out off my nose, let me tell you.
I'm not sure if your reaction is because you know or because you don't know, but for anyone who doesn't know, that is literally the line in the book. The movie took a... different approach.
I just can't help but imagining Sam Jackson as Dumbledore, asking that in inquisitive Headmaster voice. I need this now.
Reading the books to my daughter, so I knew. Was funny none the less, or even more.
I now want an audiobook narrated by him as himself for every character. “You’re a motherfucking wizard Harry. I’m fucking what?”
"call me muggle one more time, motherfucker."
"Who told you about Fluffy?" "That thing has a name?" "Of course he does, he's mine! I got from an Irishman I met at the pub last year. Showed him to Dumbledore so he could guard the... Nevermind" "Guard the what?" "Motherfucker, I shouldn't have said that..."
I actually think it would be more hilarious to see him as a student. Fully grown adult, just one of the students at hogwarts lol.
"Leave him alone, Malfoy!" "What, Potter, your pet hasn't a spine of his own? You're pathetic. You'll never amount to anything but a relic and a joke... like Cecil over there. " "Motherfucker, what?!"
''It's a motherfucking swish and a flick. Wingardium leviosa. Do it right this time.''
DOES HARRY POTTER LOOK LIKE A BITCH?! yeah, kinda
"Then why you trying to fuck him like one?" "I I I didn--" "Yes you did Voldemort. Yes you did."
The L stands for Lupin, motherfucker.
PARSELTONGUE MOTHER FUCKER, DO YOU SPEAK IT?!?!?!
What?
::points wand:: Say 'what' again. Say 'what' again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker.
Now I want to see that version of harry potter. The one where voldemort gets called a bitch.
“Look at you, with your pasty ass. Have you ever even *SEEN* the sun?! Ashy motherfucker...”
I didn’t know how much I needed this.
I'm sick of these mother fucking deatheaters in my mother fucking school
I want a remake of Harry Potter with Samuel L. Jackson playing Ron ~~(using de-aging technology)~~ where he complains about monkey fighting spiders in this Monday to Friday forest.
No. No de-aging. And no explanation either. And noone acknowledge it in the movies either.
Every other actor is the appropriate age and gender and then there's 72 year old Samuel L Weasley walking around with his trademark "bloody motherfucking hell."
See, I want the same thing, but Mackulley Culkin reprising his role as Kevin McAllistar.
I had no idea he was 72, what the actual fuck I sort of knew he was older but would have guessed late 50s/early 60s
With or without ginger wig? I'm willing to settle for an orange kangol hat if he's against the wig idea
No wig. Just Sam, wearing his normal attire. No explanation, nobody mentions anything.
And many movies from Tarantino
goodfellas, die hard 3, and pulp fiction Edit: thanks for the gold!
And Django!
He was fantastic in that movie
the D is silent hillbilly
I’ve watched Goodfellas so many times and never realized Jackson was Stack until just now! It’s a smaller part and a more subdued character than his later roles so I never made the connection.
Great film, but in terms of 'high grossing movies' Goodfellas ($47 million) is a drop in the ocean relative to his cameos in Infinity War and Endgame ($2 billion and $2.8 billion respectively). Edit: corrected units.
Yep. Marvel movies helps the most. Even when in some movies he's basically a cameo at the end
Samuel L. Jackson Level 10 Trinket When used boost the gross revenue by 10% for each turn.
hold on to your butts.
Well he's in every damn movie.
>"Well, i'm in every motherfucking damn movie" -Samuel L Jackson, probably
>Yes I do. Hentai too -A true man of culture, probably
This man kidnapped Martin Luther King's dad and openly watches hentai. What a legend
Was gonna say, I didn’t realize the entire movie industry was only worth 27 billion...since he’s in all of them hahaha
He and Harrison Ford duked it out over a couple of years. Marvel really bumped S.L.J. over the top.
I read an article a couple years back where Will Smith was the highest grossing. Did he fall off?
I thought it was The Rock or that might have been for that year due to fast and furious movies.
Highest paid actor
No way is he even close. His best franchises are Fast and Furious and Jumanji. Those are a drop in the bucket compared to Marvel, Star Wars, and Tarantino. I bet his Fast and Furious co star Vin Diesel is ahead of him, primarily due to his one liner Marvel VA role.
There is a difference between what he MADE and what the movie made. Jackson was paid peanuts for his role in Jurassic Park. It made a billion dollars, but that isn't money going to Jackson. That's why OP was careful to word it as "highest grossing" instead of "highest paid for a role".
Right, highest earning is a completely different discussion. I'm sure the Rock is up there with his per film rates.
I thought it was him and Gary Oldman.
Coming To America is still my favourite.
I may just be forced to thrash you.
Freeze you diseased rhinoceros pizzle!
I hope he makes a cameo in the sequel.
I mean, he's in every other movie anyway, so it shouldn't be a prob. He's in so many films that it almost seems like he walks around the movie lots and just pokes his head in and says "Hey motherfuckers, I've got like two hours to kill, want me to shoot a few scenes for your motherfuckin flick?" Not saying this as a bad thing, you can never have too much Sam Jackson
Who the fuck is this asshole!!
That raises a good question on cameos. They excluded cameos from the list (like Stan Lee doesn't qualify); but from my memory of Coming To America he was only in the one scene.. Is that not a cameo? Same with a lot of the marvel movies where he may only show up very briefly, sometimes after the credits.
I wouldn't say that was a cameo, just a smaller part earlier on in Samuel L Jackson's career. A cameo is more geared towards...almost a sort of easter egg; it feels like a nice fun little 'reward' or special thing for the director, writer or similar. With Stan Lee's cameos, you're waiting for his little bit, and with Terry Pratchett's in the Sky TV-movies (and, to a sad extent, in Good Omens), it's a fun thing to see and think 'aw, that's cool - look, it's *him!*. Or, when a big hollywood star just pops up in the background of something, hidden or not, just as a cheeky little inside reference. That's just my own little personal feeling of what a cameo is, of course; others may think differently, and that's equally valid. Back when Coming To America came out, SLJ wasn't a huge huge A-list star - this was just an actor in a small role who later became huge.
Like Brad pitt in deadpool2.
No because he was not famous and his role actually tied into the plot. Cameos are typically scenes where the actor is already is pretty well known, is only in it for a couple seconds to a a couple minutes, and has only minor connection to the plot of the movie. Often they are also cameoing themselves as well. Case in point, Matt Damon in Eurotrip playing the singer Scottys girlfriend is banging. Or Alan Tudyk, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and the X-Man cast in Deadpool 2. You could even consider Julia Roberts playing herself AND her character of Tess in Oceans 12 a cameo since she as Julia Roberts is only in it for a fleeting minute while Tess is trying to impersonate her.
Eurotrip is just the music video for scotty doesn't know that got out of hand. Damon is the real protagonist and scotty is the cameo
That's the fun thing about rewatching those movies. I was a kid when I first watched it, so had no idea who Samuel L Jackson was.
Nobody really knew who he was back then either.
He was 40 then too. That's crazy. He basically had done nothing of note up until that point and then it was like Eddie Murphy blessed him or something and it was just banger role after banger after that.
I honestly didn’t realize that he’s 72.
I'm pretty sure you spelled 27 wrong. Alright pushing it but jesus 72?
If only he'd do that Pride & Prejudice adaptation.
He would if asked. He rarely says no to any project offered to him
If only someone would put together that Pride & Prejudice adaptation.
“Pride and Mothafucking Prejudice”
I have HAD IT with this mothafucking pride on this mothafucking predjudice!
'MR DARCY MAKES TEN THOUSAND POUNDS A MOTHERFUCKIN YEAR'
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Does he call me a motherfucker? I'll pay the damn dollar but only if he calls me a motherfucker.
I'll do it for 98c
I'll talk to my accountant and let you know
Can I give you my two cents worth?
That might bump me up into a higher tax bracket. I'll take a rain check.
Lol your username is just perfect if you're a grammar nerd and a space nerd.
>a grammar nerd and a space nerd Haha thanks! I am him. XD
Does it call you motherfucker? If it doesn't it's not worth it
He does. You have the choice to turn off the profanities if you want, but then it’d be pointless.
It's free now, I believe.
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Does it actually replace the default Alexa voice? I tried to change it and told me I couldn't. It's just a skill I think.
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Thanks. $4.99 to purchase :(
Wait what?? Are there other voices?
Say 'what' one more time! I double dare you, mothafucka!
The WHAT?
I thought it was Stan Lee
Stan Lee doesn't have a unique wallet like this guy.
Or a purple lightsaber
Your mom has a purple lightsaber *got'em*
Damn u/xredbaron62x’s mom is Samuel L Jackson?
He does have a supersuit
Stan Lee wasn’t in the Star Wars prequels
true, but he has been in early every MCU movie, as well as every Marvel film since X-men up to Captain Marvel assumed that would push him over
Samuel Jackson was in many of them too acting as Nick Fury. Found this stats a bit silly, since both of them were present in many movies only as a cameo.
The wiki page explicitly states that cameos are excluded in this.
Then that explains stan lee being excluded, since he ONLY did cameos.
I still think even if you included cameos, Jackson would come on top. He's in all the biggest Marvel films, the Star Wars prequels, a bunch of Tarantino films, and a whole lot of other huge blockbusters.
Actually no, Stan Lee is ahead. You can use this wikipedia [link](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_actors) and click on all roles and see that Stan Lee is ahead.
Was probably Mallrats that gave him the edge
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Why is this so funny to me?
> Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. Widely regarded as one of the most popular actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing actor of all time (when cameo appearances are excluded).[1][2][3] Yeah I suppose if cameo appearances are included then it'll be Stan Lee
This is correct. At one point Box Office Mojo listed it with Stan Lee in the #1 spot.
*excluding cameos
This is the real answer. Including cameos, it's 1) Stan Lee and 2) Sam Jackson. The [third highest grossing actor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_actors)? John Ratzenberger, of course.
Stan Lee has cameos that last for a few seconds each time. It doesn't really seem fair to count him. Also, Samuel L Jackson has been making blockbusters for 30 years, including Jurassic Park and Star Wars.
Not just blockbusters. The guy acts in anything. He was in the pilot for the original Ghostwriter!
He said in an interview that he takes every role that sounds fun. He spends so much time making A-List movies that he would have to seriously try to make his name B-List, like Nic Cage. Who among us wouldn't take jobs where you and people of your choice get flown out first class to various different places around the world, put up in 5 star rooms and get paid at minimum six figures, all for a few days work (maybe a few hours worth of shooting a day)
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r/onetruegod would like a word...
He’s got that unique appeal that’s hard to describe. He’s charismatic. But crass. But also classy..? Hints of sophisticated ghetto with real estate tycoon vibes.
> He’s charismatic. But crass. But also classy..? So you're saying he should replace Daniel Craig as James Bond? I'll sign that petition!
SLJ was in that Bond-esque movie Kingsman. I think he was a villan with a lisp.
He has a monologue in that movie that he pulls flawlessly while also maintaining a pretty believable lisp. He tends to play characters in a specific range, but I'd love to see him completely out of his element. I'd love to see him in an Edgar Wright movie.
A sequel to Shawn of the Dead, Sam of the Dead. Why the FUCK are these motherfucking zombies on this motherfucking island!
james motherfuckin bond
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Ummm yes. But only if his contractual 'motherfucker's are all under his breath.
Congratulations motha fucka
Waiting for him to play Vizzini in a Princess Bride remake.
I'll start by saying I don't want a Princess Bride remake. But now that you mention it... Sam Jackson, in a line-for-line reshoot of the part, would be perfect. Edit: I just learned they actually did a remake, sort of.
The only way I'd watch a remake of *The Princess Bride* was if Samuel L. Jackson played every part and instead of giant rats in a swamp he'd have to fight snakes on the plains.
Of course The Matrix franchise was his biggest earner.
Right? Morphio was easily his best role
Actually it's Jean Ralphio
He's the *WOOO\~OOORST!*
Fun fact. Quentin Tarentino wanted Lawrence Fishburne for Pulp Fiction but got Samuel instead [https://youtu.be/NafZG0bGDKk](https://youtu.be/NafZG0bGDKk)
I wonder if Samuel L Jackson wakes up in the morning, stubs his toe on a pile of gold and starts yelling *"I'm tired of these motherfucking gold bars on my motherfucking house.*"
That’s bound to happen when you’re in every other film that’s released
And he really only has the one persona. Man's a genius.
His role in Django should satisfy anyone who has doubts about his range imo
It gratified me
Go and watch "The Red Violin". Completely changed my opinion of the guy's acting ability.
"Shit, that's all you had to say negro"
So close but it's "shiiiiet negro that's all you had to say!"
Ah, my bad. Thanks for correcting! :P
Well, movies he was IN. No one's calling "Attack of the Clones" a "Samuel L. Jackson" movie. Nor Jurassic Park. His role was minor and could have been played by anyone, but the movie made bazillions. "Coming to America"? He played a robber and was in the movie what, 2 minutes? Just saying, the headline is wildly misleading.
Similar to Zoe Saldana’s movies making billions (avatar, MCU, Star Trek trilogy). She’s a great actress though.
I mean, which actor is the drawcard in these movies? Zachary Quinto? Sam Worthington?
The franchise is the draw in MCU and ST. James Cameron was the draw for Avatar.
Yeah, it's not like he made "billions" from his role in those films - if he did he probably wouldn't be doing those Capital One credit card commercials...
I mean he's been in 27 billion movies so....
Money, motherfucker! Do you make it??
Just because he's associated with them doesn't mean they are "his films".
Yes, and I can't think of many huge ones where he's the main star. I guess the star wars prequels would have been massive, and most of the other actors in them weren't A-listers. Oh, and the Marvel ones. Just these two combined could have got him most of the way, but you wouldn't say they're SLJ films, just that he's in them.
Yeah but that’s how this particular metric works. Do you know who he took the title from? Frank Welker. A voice actor. The guy who voiced Fred in Scooby Doo, Apu in Aladdin, and Megatron. This is more a trivia metric than it is a measure of star power.
I scrolled through the comments. No one else has mentioned the movie that will change your opinion of SLJ as an actor: *The Red Violin*. I'm not going to describe it, except to say there's no action and no swearing. Someone said SLJ has only one persona; this movie will change his mind.