Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#32
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Samuel L. Jackson represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 40 years in, and Samuel is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Samuel L. Jackson appears in 103 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Samuel. Pulp Fiction is the clearest case: a film rated 9.2 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, screen presence. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for action, adventure, drama. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with J.J. Abrams, Martin Campbell, J.J. Perry and others, Samuel L. Jackson helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Pulp Fiction (1994) as Jules Winnfield · Pulp Fiction (1994) as Jules Winnfield · GoodFellas (1990) as Stacks Edwards
Career snapshot
Ranked #32 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
103
1987–2027
Career length
40 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
9.2
Pulp Fiction
Average Nutevio score
6.7
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.9
Pulp Fiction
Most frequent director
Quentin Tarantino
8 films together
Longest collaboration
8×
With Quentin Tarantino
Most common genre
Action
53 titles
Average runtime
1h 54m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
7.3
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
7.4
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
1990s
7.2 average MV
The 1990s are where the work and the material meet. Deep Blue Sea, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Sphere — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
1990s
7.2
Across 19 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
1990s
7.2
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
1990s
1 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Deep Blue Sea, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Sphere.
Most productive era
2000s
29 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 7.12 films | 7.311 films | 6.511 films | 7.54 films | 5.76 films |
| Action | — | 7.06 films | 6.517 films | 7.021 films | 5.79 films |
| Thriller | — | 7.29 films | 6.215 films | 6.15 films | 4.74 films |
| Comedy | 7.22 films | 7.43 films | 6.02 films | 6.65 films | 6.47 films |
| Crime | 6.61 film | 7.79 films | 5.912 films | 7.24 films | 6.25 films |
| Romance | 6.82 films | 6.94 films | 6.61 film | 6.52 films | — |
| Horror | — | 6.21 film | 6.12 films | — | 5.91 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
1987Eddie Murphy Raw
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Eddie's Uncle.
First Nutevio masterpiece · Highest rated performance · Career peak
1994Pulp Fiction
The first film here to clear 9.0 on our scale — a threshold fewer than one film in ten reaches. 9.2 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2027The Great Beyond
The current state of the argument.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
103 of 103 films
as Jules Winnfield
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
as Jules Winnfield
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
as Stacks Edwards
Directed by Martin Scorsese
as Major Marquis Warren
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
Showing 24 of 114 titles · 118 total credits · active 1987–2027
The Great Beyond
2027 · Actor
Just Play Dead
2026 · Jack Wolfe
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
2026 · TV · Voiceover (voice)
Afterburn
2025 · Valentine
The Unholy Trinity
2025 · St. Christopher
The American Revolution
2025 · TV · Caesar Sarter / Lemuel Haynes / Boston King (voice)
The Garfield Movie
2024 · Vic (voice)
Argylle
2024 · Alfie
The Piano Lesson
2024 · Doaker Charles
Damaged
2024 · Dan Lawson
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist
2024 · TV · Frank Moten
The Kill Room
2023 · Gordon
The Marvels
2023 · Nick Fury
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
2023 · Self - 'Nick Fury'
Secret Invasion
2023 · TV · Nick Fury · Executive Producer
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022 · Jimbo (voice)
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022 · Self
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021 · Darius Kincaid
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
2021 · Marcus Banks
The Protégé
2021 · Moody
An Audience with Adele
2021 · Self
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021 · Nick Fury (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Legends
2021 · TV · Nick Fury (archive footage) (uncredited)
Amend: The Fight for America
2021 · TV · Self
The defining work
#1
Jules Winnfield
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Performance score9.3
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Jules Winnfield gives Samuel L. Jackson a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
View movie#2
Jules Winnfield
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Performance score8.8
Pulp Fiction asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Jules Winnfield is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
View movie#3
Stacks Edwards
GoodFellas (1990)
Performance score8.4
GoodFellas asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Stacks Edwards is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
View movie#4
Self
An Audience with Adele (2021)
Performance score8.3
An Audience with Adele asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Self is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
View movieStart here
A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Jules Winnfield
Start here. Pulp Fiction is the clearest statement of what Samuel L. Jackson does — accessible, 154 minutes, and rated 9.2 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Samuel at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
GoodFellas (1990)
Keeps the crime register of Pulp Fiction but asks for a colder reading of it.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Keeps the crime register of GoodFellas but asks for a colder reading of it.
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Same director as Pulp Fiction, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
An Audience with Adele (2021)
A deliberate change of key after The Hateful Eight — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Quentin Tarantino
Director
8 films together
Notably Pulp Fiction
Spike Lee
Director
4 films together
Notably Do the Right Thing
George Lucas
Director
3 films together
Notably Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Anthony Russo
Director
3 films together
Notably Avengers: Endgame
John McTiernan
Director
2 films together
Notably Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Renny Harlin
Director
2 films together
Notably Deep Blue Sea
Jon Favreau
Director
2 films together
Notably Iron Man
Joss Whedon
Director
2 films together
Notably The Avengers
Brad Bird
Director
2 films together
Notably The Incredibles
Patrick Hughes
Director
2 films together
Notably The Hitman's Bodyguard
Matthew Vaughn
Director
2 films together
Notably Kingsman: The Secret Service
Martin Campbell
Director
2 films together
Notably The Protégé
Robert Townsend
Director
1 film together
Notably Eddie Murphy Raw
John Landis
Director
1 film together
Notably Coming to America
Martin Scorsese
Director
1 film together
Notably GoodFellas
Phillip Noyce
Director
1 film together
Notably Patriot Games
Steven Spielberg
Director
1 film together
Notably Jurassic Park
Tony Scott
Director
1 film together
Notably True Romance
Steve Buscemi
Director
1 film together
Notably Trees Lounge
Joel Schumacher
Director
1 film together
Notably A Time to Kill
Kevin Reynolds
Director
1 film together
Notably One Eight Seven
F. Gary Gray
Director
1 film together
Notably The Negotiator
François Girard
Director
1 film together
Notably The Red Violin
Barry Levinson
Director
1 film together
Notably Sphere
William Friedkin
Director
1 film together
Notably Rules of Engagement
John Singleton
Director
1 film together
Notably Shaft
M. Night Shyamalan
Director
1 film together
Notably Unbreakable
Roger Michell
Director
1 film together
Notably Changing Lanes
Bob Rafelson
Director
1 film together
Notably No Good Deed
Clark Johnson
Director
1 film together
Notably S.W.A.T.
Philip Kaufman
Director
1 film together
Notably Twisted
Les Mayfield
Director
1 film together
Notably The Man
Thomas Carter
Director
1 film together
Notably Coach Carter
Joe Roth
Director
1 film together
Notably Freedomland
David R. Ellis
Director
1 film together
Notably Snakes on a Plane
Irwin Winkler
Director
1 film together
Notably Home of the Brave
Mikael Håfström
Director
1 film together
Notably 1408
Malcolm D. Lee
Director
1 film together
Notably Soul Men
Neil LaBute
Director
1 film together
Notably Lakeview Terrace
Frank Miller
Director
1 film together
Notably The Spirit
Dave Filoni
Director
1 film together
Notably Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Doug Liman
Director
1 film together
Notably Jumper
Rodrigo García
Director
1 film together
Notably Mother and Child
Fuminori Kizaki
Director
1 film together
Notably Afro Samurai: Resurrection
Gregor Jordan
Director
1 film together
Notably Unthinkable
Adam McKay
Director
1 film together
Notably The Other Guys
Joe Johnston
Director
1 film together
Notably Captain America: The First Avenger
Kenneth Branagh
Director
1 film together
Notably Thor
José Padilha
Director
1 film together
Notably RoboCop
David Yates
Director
1 film together
Notably The Legend of Tarzan
Tim Burton
Director
1 film together
Notably Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Director
1 film together
Notably Kong: Skull Island
Dan Fogelman
Director
1 film together
Notably Life Itself
Tim Story
Director
1 film together
Notably Shaft
Ryan Fleck
Director
1 film together
Notably Captain Marvel
Jon Watts
Director
1 film together
Notably Spider-Man: Far From Home
Thomas Schlamme
Director
1 film together
Notably A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Alice Mathias
Director
1 film together
Notably Death to 2020
Todd Robinson
Director
1 film together
Notably The Last Full Measure
George Nolfi
Director
1 film together
Notably The Banker
Darren Lynn Bousman
Director
1 film together
Notably Spiral: From the Book of Saw
Elvis Mitchell
Director
1 film together
Notably Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Chris Bailey
Director
1 film together
Notably Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Brad Baruh
Director
1 film together
Notably Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
Nia DaCosta
Director
1 film together
Notably The Marvels
Nicol Paone
Director
1 film together
Notably The Kill Room
Terry McDonough
Director
1 film together
Notably Damaged
Mark Dindal
Director
1 film together
Notably The Garfield Movie
J.J. Perry
Director
1 film together
Notably Afterburn
J.J. Abrams
Director
1 film together
Notably The Great Beyond
Christopher Walken
Actor
1 film together
Notably Pulp Fiction
John Travolta
Actor
1 film together
Notably Pulp Fiction
Uma Thurman
Actor
1 film together
Notably Pulp Fiction
Bruce Willis
Actor
1 film together
Notably Pulp Fiction
Ving Rhames
Actor
1 film together
Notably Pulp Fiction
Harvey Keitel
Actor
1 film together
Notably Pulp Fiction
Eric Stoltz
Actor
1 film together
Notably Pulp Fiction
Tim Roth
Actor
1 film together
Notably Pulp Fiction
Amanda Plummer
Actor
1 film together
Notably Pulp Fiction
Maria de Medeiros
Actor
1 film together
Notably Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino
Actor
1 film together
Notably Pulp Fiction
Rosanna Arquette
Actor
1 film together
Notably Pulp Fiction
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Quentin Tarantino
Director
8 films together · 8.2 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 8 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Pulp FictionSpike Lee
Director
4 films together · 6.6 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 4 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Do the Right ThingAnthony Russo
Director
3 films together · 8.2 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Avengers: EndgameGeorge Lucas
Director
3 films together · 7.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithJoss Whedon
Director
2 films together · 7.9 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The AvengersBrad Bird
Director
2 films together · 7.7 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The IncrediblesJon Favreau
Director
2 films together · 7.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Iron ManJohn McTiernan
Director
2 films together · 7.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Die Hard: With a VengeanceMatthew Vaughn
Director
2 films together · 6.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Kingsman: The Secret ServicePatrick Hughes
Director
2 films together · 6.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The Hitman's BodyguardRenny Harlin
Director
2 films together · 6.2 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Deep Blue SeaMartin Campbell
Director
2 films together · 3.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The ProtégéMartin Scorsese
Director
1 film together · 8.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
GoodFellasSteven Spielberg
Director
1 film together · 8.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Jurassic ParkThomas Schlamme
Director
1 film together · 7.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All VoteJon Watts
Director
1 film together · 7.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Spider-Man: Far From HomeGeorge Nolfi
Director
1 film together · 7.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The BankerThomas Carter
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Coach CarterTony Scott
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
True RomanceJoel Schumacher
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
A Time to KillTodd Robinson
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Last Full MeasureM. Night Shyamalan
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
UnbreakableRobert Townsend
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Eddie Murphy RawDan Fogelman
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Life ItselfF. Gary Gray
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The NegotiatorMark Dindal
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Garfield MovieKenneth Branagh
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ThorJoe Johnston
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Captain America: The First AvengerFrançois Girard
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Red ViolinJohn Landis
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Coming to AmericaFuminori Kizaki
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Afro Samurai: ResurrectionSteve Buscemi
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Trees LoungeRyan Fleck
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Captain MarvelTim Burton
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenGregor Jordan
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
UnthinkableMikael Håfström
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
1408Kevin Reynolds
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
One Eight SevenPhillip Noyce
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Patriot GamesChris Bailey
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Paws of Fury: The Legend of HankJordan Vogt-Roberts
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Kong: Skull IslandRodrigo García
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Mother and ChildAlice Mathias
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Death to 2020Tim Story
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ShaftJ.J. Perry
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
AfterburnAdam McKay
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Other GuysRoger Michell
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Changing LanesWilliam Friedkin
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Rules of EngagementBarry Levinson
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SphereElvis Mitchell
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Is That Black Enough for You?!?Doug Liman
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
JumperDave Filoni
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Star Wars: The Clone WarsMalcolm D. Lee
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Soul MenClark Johnson
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
S.W.A.T.Neil LaBute
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Lakeview TerraceJohn Singleton
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ShaftNicol Paone
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Kill RoomNia DaCosta
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The MarvelsDarren Lynn Bousman
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Spiral: From the Book of SawDavid Yates
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Legend of TarzanJosé Padilha
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
RoboCopLes Mayfield
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The ManTerry McDonough
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
DamagedPhilip Kaufman
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
TwistedDavid R. Ellis
Director
1 film together · 5.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Snakes on a PlaneIrwin Winkler
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Home of the BraveBob Rafelson
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
No Good DeedBrad Baruh
Director
1 film together · 5.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret InvasionJoe Roth
Director
1 film together · 5.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
FreedomlandFrank Miller
Director
1 film together · 4.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The SpiritJ.J. Abrams
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Great BeyondSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Recognition
8 wins · 1 nomination
1 win · 1 nomination · latest 1995
Pulp Fiction
as Actor
1 win · latest 1994
as Actor
1 win · latest 1991
as Actor
1 win · latest 2022
as Actor
1 win · latest 1995
as Actor
1 win · latest 1998
as Actor
1 win · latest 1997
as Actor
1 win
as Actor
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Pulp Fiction
as Jules Winnfield
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Life Itself
as Self
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Pulp Fiction
as Jules Winnfield
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Iron Man
as Nick Fury (uncredited)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Pulp Fiction
as Jules Winnfield
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Samuel L. Jackson has known it for a long time.”
“They call it a Royale with cheese.”
“English, motherf—er, do you speak it?”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
| Nutevio Performer Score | 8.3 | 9.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Career ranking | #114 of 681 | #1 of 681 |
| Awards on file | Unknown | 3 recorded |
| Oscar wins | Unknown | 1 |
| Oscar nominations | Unknown | 5 |
| Average Nutevio score | 9.2 | 9.1 |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History |
| Directors | Quentin Tarantino | Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese |
| Performance DNA | Drama, Quiet performance, Screen presence | Transformation, Drama, Screen presence |
| Career timeline | 1994–1994 | 2006–2026 |
| Most iconic role | Jules Winnfield — Pulp Fiction | Odysseus — The Odyssey |
| Most rewatchable film | Pulp Fiction | Interstellar |
| Filmography | 1 catalogue film | 4 catalogue films |
Films together
Nothing in common in the library yet.
Shared directors
Nothing in common in the library yet.
Shared collections
Top 250 Movies of All Time, Crime Movies, Top 100 Crime Movies, Drama Movies
Matt Damon edges ahead here — a higher floor across a comparable body of work.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
40 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Action Legend
Awarded
53 catalogue titles in action, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Pulp Fiction
as Jules Winnfield
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Pulp Fiction
as Jules Winnfield
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Life Itself
as Self
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Unbreakable
as Elijah Price
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Avengers: Endgame
as Nick Fury
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Avengers: Endgame
as Nick Fury
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Pulp Fiction
as Jules Winnfield
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Spider-Man: Far From Home
as Nick Fury
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
Across the library
Every Nutevio collection this name turns up in, and how high they rank there.
Collection footprint
Appears in 4 Nutevio collections
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