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Early life Samuel Leroy Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., on December 21, 1948, the only child of Elizabeth Harriett (née Montgomery) and Roy Henry Jackson. He grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His father lived away from the family in Kansas City, Missouri, and later died of alcoholism. Jackson met him only twice during his life. He was raised by his mother, a factory worker and later a ...
- LaTanya Richardson Jackson
LaTanya Richardson Jackson (born October 21, 1949) is an...
- List of Samuel L. Jackson Performances
Jackson at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con. Samuel L. Jackson...
- Second-Highest-Grossing Actor of All Time
Actor Worldwide total Films Average Top-grossing film Ref. 1...
- List of Awards and Nominations Received by Samuel L. Jackson
The following is a list of certain awards and nominations...
- The Last Dragon
The Last Dragon (sometimes listed as Berry Gordy's The Last...
- Benga People
The Benga people are an African ethnic group, members of the...
- Afro Samurai
Afro Samurai (アフロサムライ, Afuro Samurai, stylized as ΛFΓO...
- LaTanya Richardson Jackson
- James Earl Jones
- Tom Hiddleston
- Viola Davis
- Simon Russell Beale
- Sir Ian McKellen
- Denzel Washington
- Dame Judi Dench
- Ben Whishaw
- David Tennant
- Benedict Cumberbatch
Living legend James Earl Jones is best known as the voice actor for Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise, as well as the murdered king in one of Shakespeare’s greatest film adaptations of Hamlet. While his voice is instantly recognisable and his film credits are extensive, Jones is also regarded as one of the world’s greatest stage actors. He deb...
Tom Hiddleston is one of those actors who seemingly exploded over the last ten-or-so years, and has never looked back. All things Loki aside, Hiddleston spent the first decade of his career working on stage; despite his meteoric rise, he still finds time to take on fascinating and complex theatre roles—including a lauded run as Hamlet in 2017 direc...
There are few actors working today with quite so much clout and respect as Viola Davis. In the 1990’s and 2000’s, she rose to the top of the theatre world, earning both an Obie and Tony Award within two years of each other. Her early film and television career was solid, although her breakout was 2008’s Doubt, for which she was nominated for Best S...
Ask an actor who their favourite stage performers are, and there’s a good chance they’ll mention Simon Russell Beale. Beale has been acting in film and television since the 1990’s, however he is best known and loved as one of theatre’s champions in the modern age. He spent his early career working with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), where he ...
Sir Ian McKellen has enjoyed a long, prosperous career in both stage and screen. Best known for his portrayal of Gandalf the Grey in The Lord of the Rings and as Magneto in the X-Men series of films, McKellen has not let his Hollywood success keep him from stages in England and America. His stage credits have continued to accrue with consistency; t...
As with many of the actors on this list, Denzel Washington in theatre before transitioning, with great success, to film. His achievements in both fields are rivalled by very few; and yet Washington has distinguished himself by taking on a large number of stage roles in his later career. He played the role of Troy Maxson in Fences (an August Wilson ...
Like Sir Ian McKellen, Dame Judi Dench is less of an actor at this point in her life, and more of a cultural icon. Dench has long-standing professional relationships with the best theatres in England, including the Old Vic (where she made her professional debut in 1957), the RSC and the National Theatre. Her recent stage credits have dwindled, her ...
It’s hard to think the voice of Paddington could impress us any more, and yet here we are… Ben Whishaw is a RADA-trained actor, heavily involved with youth theatre at the start of his life. His 2004 portrayal of Hamlet at the Old Vic was widely acclaimed, and while his film career began to pick up steam around the same time, he has often returned t...
David Tennant is best known as the 10th Doctor of the long-running British television series Doctor Who. Before, during and after his much loved tenure as the titular Doctor, Tennant was crafting a reputable stage career that continues to this day. Tennant’s stage work is often associated with Shakespeare—perhaps due to his lauded portrayal of Haml...
Benedict Cumberbatch became known to the world as Sherlock Holmes in the 2010 series Sherlock. At the time, he seemed to come out of nowhere—this perfectly formed actor with strange affectations and a name to match. In reality, Cumberbatch had been delivering excellent performances as a stage and screen actor long before his supposed ‘overnight’ su...
2. Richard Treat Williams Jr. (December 1, 1951 – June 12, 2023) was an American stage, film and television actor with a career that spanned five decades. Williams rose to fame with starring roles in Miloš Forman 's film version of the musical Hair and in Steven Spielberg 's historical comedy 1941, both released in 1979.
Eddie Asner (/ ˈ æ z n ər /; November 15, 1929 – August 29, 2021) was an American actor.He is most notable for portraying Lou Grant during the 1970s and early 1980s, on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series Lou Grant, making him one of the few television actors to portray the same character in both a comedy and a drama.
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William Shatner OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1966 debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television series to his final appearance as Captain Kirk in the seventh Star Trek feature film, Star Trek ...
David Lawrence Schwimmer (born November 2, 1966) is an American actor, director, comedian, and producer. He gained worldwide recognition for portraying Ross Geller in the sitcom Friends, for which he received a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1995.
For example, here is an actor's bio incorporating all the elements: Janet Locke (Ophelia): Janet is very excited to be a part of Hamlet at Round Moon Theatre. She recently worked with Round Moon on MacBeth as Witch 1, and at Variety Theatre in Dead Man Walking as Helen's Mother. Janet studied Theatre Performance at Northwestern University ...
