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Samuel L Jackson was born in Washington, DC in 1948. While studying as an architecture student he auditioned for a musical due to his speech therapist thinking it might help his stutter. Jackson soon switched to drama and won his first professional role in a burger advert. He left for New York in 1976, working for the Negro Ensemble Company and winning the occasional bit part in movies. His friendship with Spike Lee, whom he had impressed back in 1981, paid off when he won critical acclaim for his role as a crack addict in Jungle Fever (1991). He popped up in films as diverse as Jurassic Park and Menace II Society and entered the big league after Pulp Fiction.
