Daughter - Zoe (b. 1982).

Worked as a camera stand-in for Bill Cosby during the filming of "The Cosby Show" (1984).

Graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1972.

Briefly suspended in 1969 from Morehouse College after taking hostage several members of the board of trustees, including the father of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, during a protest of the failure of the university to have black trustees or a black studies program.

Made Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2002 and 2003 with earnings of $34 million and $30 million respectively.

His character from Pulp Fiction (1994), Jules Winnfield, ranked second in the 'coolest movie characters of all time', in a poll by the UK's Empire Magazine (the winner was Tyler Durden of Fight Club (1999)).

One of Jackson's jobs as a struggling actor in New York was as a doorman at the popular Manhattan Plaza subsidized apts, home to hundreds of actors and artists, including Giancarlo Esposito, who co-starred with Jackson in Amos & Andrew (1993).

Grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Was an admitted drug user until he completed drug rehab two weeks before playing a drug addict in Jungle Fever (1991).

The success of The Incredibles (2004) enabled Jackson to surpass Harrison Ford as the actor whose movies have grossed the most money in the world - in excess of $3 billion. (January 2005).

His performance as "Jules Winnfield" in Pulp Fiction (1994) is ranked #41 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).

One of the late bloomers of Hollywood, he was already 46 years old when Pulp Fiction (1994) premiered and has acted in an average of 3-4 films a year since.

The commencement speaker at his daughter's graduation from Vassar College (May 2004).

To date (2006), his films have grossed more money at the box office than the work of any other actor in cinematic history.

Accomplished at playing brass instruments (french horn, trumpet) in school symphony orchestras from grade 3 to grade 12.

In real life was once a NY highrise doorman, in "1408" (2007) was a NY highrise manager.

Was an usher at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral.

Was offered his role in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) after mentioning in an interview on UK TV show "TFI Friday" (1996) that he'd really like to work with George Lucas.

Was the first choice for "Fallon" in Judgment Night (1993).

His performance as "Jules Winnfield" in Pulp Fiction (1994) is ranked #44 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

During filming of Black Snake Moan (2006), grew close with co-star Christina Ricci. The two remain good friends to this day.

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006.

His characters often feature the color purple: Mitch Hennessy wore a purple-violet gem ring in "The Long Kiss Goodnight" (1996), Mr. Glass wore purple clothing in Unbreakable (2000); Jackson chose to have Doyle Gipson wear a purple hat in Changing Lanes (2002); Mace Windu, upon request by Jackson to George Lucas, wielded a purple light saber in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005); and Lazarus, his character in Black Snake Moan (2006), plays a purple Gibson guitar.

Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1995.

In 2003, he spoke out against rappers turned actors, saying that as a classically trained thespian it was not his job to lend credibility to rappers by appearing in movies with them. But in reality, he has worked with more rappers than most actors in Hollywood, eleven times as of this writing: Juice (1992) (Tupac Shakur and Queen Latifah), Menace II Society (1993) (MC Eight), One Eight Seven (1997)(Method Man), Deep Blue Sea (1999) (LL Cool J), Shaft (2000) (Busta Rhymes), S.W.A.T. (2003) (Eve and LL Cool J), xXx: State of the Union (2005) (Ice Cube and Xzibit), Black Snake Moan (2006) (David Banner) and Home of the Brave (2006) (50 Cent).

He suffered from a stutter while growing up. A speech therapist suggested he audition for a play and it might help his speech. It did and he changed his major.

Says that people who recognize him often mistake him for Laurence Fishburne and vice versa.

Ranked #44 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]

Gave his consent for Marvel Comics to design their "Ultimate" version of the character Nick Fury after his likeness.

Before super-stardom, he played a very minor role in Goodfellas (1990), starring Robert De Niro. After super-stardom, he co-starred in Jackie Brown (1997), this time with Robert De Niro playing a supporting role.

Vegetarian.

Hosted the 1998 MTV Movie Awards (1998) (TV).

Daughter Zoe attends Vassar College. [January 2002]

Avid golfer.

He is youtube member mrpregnant.