THROWBACKTHISDAY, DEC 21; Is Samuel Jackson's Birthday

                         

 

Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and film producer. He achieved prominence and critical acclaim in the early 1990s with films such as Jungle Fever (1991), Patriot Games (1992), Amos & Andrew (1993), True Romance(1993), Jurassic Park (1993) and his collaborations with director Quentin Tarantino in the films Pulp Fiction (1994) and Jackie Brown(1997). He is a highly prolific actor, appearing in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Unbreakable (2000),Shaft (2000), The 51st State (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006) and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005), as well as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Elizabeth (née Montgomery) and Roy Henry Jackson.^[3 He grew up as an only child in Chattanooga, Tennessee.^[4] His father lived away from the family in Kansas City, Missouri, and later died from alcoholism. Jackson only met his father twice during his life.^[5][6] Jackson was raised by his mother, who was a factory worker and later a supplies buyer for a mental institution, and by his maternal grandparents and extended family.^[5][7] According to DNA tests, Jackson partially descends from the Benga people of Gabon.^[8]

Jackson attended several segregated schools^[9] and graduated from Riverside High School in Chattanooga. Between the third and twelfth grades, he played the French horn and trumpet in the school orchestra.^[10] During childhood, he had a stuttering problem. While he eventually learned to "pretend to be other people who didn't stutter" and use the curse word, motherfucker as an affirmation word, he still has days where he stutters.^[11]

Initially intent on pursuing a degree in marine biology, he attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. After joining a local acting group to earn extra points in a class, Jackson found an interest in acting and switched his major.^[12] Before graduating in 1972, he co-founded the "Just Us Theatre".

 

THROWBACKTHISDAY; makes it 67 years and TBT Blog wish him a happy birthday.