Samuel L. Jackson
An explosive and prolific actor who didn't become a household name until after age 40, Jackson started out onstage in the '70s, working with the acclaimed Negro Ensemble Company and New York Shakespea...
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12/20/1948
Washington, DC |
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| First commercial was for a Southern fast-food chain, Krystal Hamburgers. |
| While attending Morehouse College in Atlanta, was temporarily expelled during his junior year for participating in a civil-rights campaign protesting the lack of black-studies programs. |
| While a struggling actor, was a doorman at the renowned Manhattan Plaza New York City apartment complex. |
| Told Details magazine in 1996 that people often mistake him for Laurence Fishburne. |
| Spent two years as Bill Cosby's stand-in for The Cosby Show. |
| Is a passionate golfer. |
| Stuttered as a child; followed a speech therapist's advice to audition for a play, a decision that set him on his career path. |
