He picked up the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2016 at the age of 41, for his amazing performance in Alejandro G. Inarritu’s The Revenant. Samuel L. Jackson is one of the best-known and highest-paid actors in the world, but it took the Avengers star a long time to get recognised by the big wigs in Hollywood. Now an undisputed A-lister, Jackson only got his first major role in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction in 1994. Prior to that, the Washington-born actor had appeared in multiple independent films, as well as supporting parts in films like Jurassic Park. But it was his turn in Tarantino’s picture which led to him becoming one of the most sought-after actors in Hollywood. Since then, Jackson has starred in over 100 movies.
