Samuel L. Jackson
Just The Facts
- Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American actor.
- Famous roles include Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction and Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequels.
- A lot of these roles, including that of Mace Windu, are absolutely terrible.
- Samuel L. Jackson is the loudest working man in show business.
Cracked on Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson's agent has the easiest job in Los Angeles. According to the 2009 Guinness Book of World Records (which uses secret magical math to determine these things), Jackson is the highest grossing actor in the world. It's a title Jackson earned by basically appearing in anything and everything. Famously, Jackson did not even read the scripts for Snakes on a Plane or The Phantom Menace before signing on to do the films and he agreed to do Formula 51 (aka The 51st State) based solely on the fact that the screenwriters had him in mind when they wrote it. He recently signed a nine picture deal with Marvel Comics' production company because they drew a character who looks like him.
Samuel L. Jackson is a golfing fiend with a rider in his contract stating that any movie he works on must open membership with a nearby golf course or country club and that he is promised X days off for golfing for every Y days of shooting.
Working with directors like Spike Lee and Quentin Tarantino has given Jackson tremendous acting opportunities, including the opportunity to scream profanity at the top of his lungs during every line read. This has become somewhat de riguer for Jackson's performances in other films.
One way Jackson builds characters for his films is through his hair. It's very important to him to have a different, often batshit hairstyle for every performance (though he usually plays every second role bald). The result is often scientifically hilarious.
Currently he's set to narrate Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds. You may also know Jackson as the narrator of Farce of the Penguins, in which case Jesus, dude, what the hell is wrong with you?
Image has not been doctored by Cracked in any way.
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His greatest achievement is his reading of "Go the f**k to Sleep"
ReplyThe only role that Jackson has done in the 21st Century was his role as the main villain in The Spirit and that's a "meh".
Replyexcept for his roles in Deep Blue Sea and the second and third Star Wars prequels
And Snakes on a Plane. And in The Incredibles. And Coach Carter. And Unbreakable. And 1408. And Black Snake Moan. And like twenty other movies.
That was when he won the Hasty Pudding award at Harvard. They always make them dress up like women. The best was when Christopher Walken won.
ReplyI used Ezekiel 25:17 as a monologue in an audition once. And I got the role. Thank you Samuel L. Jackson!
ReplyAlso that picture is pure gold. When was it taken?
anyone see The Spirit?
ReplyJackson is a supercriminal called "The Octopus"
Yeah I saw that. Jackson was actually a pretty cool villain.
You may wish to make mention of the fact that Samuel L. provided the voice of God him-fucking-self in "The Bible Experience".
Replyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bible_Experience
Haven't heard it myself, but I like to believe that at one point he recites Ezekiel 25:17...