Editing Samuel L. Jackson (section)

== Personal life ==
[[File:Samuelljacksonnavy cropped.jpg|thumb|left|Jackson with his wife [[LaTanya Richardson Jackson|LaTanya Richardson]] in November 2005]]

In 1980, Jackson married actress and producer [[LaTanya Richardson Jackson|LaTanya Richardson]],<ref name="Charity" /> whom he met while attending [[Morehouse College]].<ref name="actors" /> The couple have a daughter named Zoe (b. 1982).<ref name="LatanyaZoe">{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Lena |date=June 9, 1991 |title=Samuel L. Jackson: Out of Lee's 'Jungle,' Into the Limelight |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/09/movies/up-and-coming-samuel-l-jackson-out-of-lee-s-jungle-into-the-limelight.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=May 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625080855/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/09/movies/up-and-coming-samuel-l-jackson-out-of-lee-s-jungle-into-the-limelight.html |archive-date=June 25, 2009}}</ref> In 2009, they started their own charity to help support education.<ref name="Charity">{{cite news |last=Mears |first=Jo |date=May 23, 2009 |title=My family values |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/may/23/samuel-l-jackson-family-values |url-status=live |access-date=January 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313002547/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/may/23/samuel-l-jackson-family-values |archive-date=March 13, 2014}}</ref> Jackson has said that he watches his own films in cinemas: "Even during my theater years, I wished I could watch the plays I was in{{emdash}}while I was in them! I dig watching myself work."<ref name="Time.com">{{cite magazine |last=Tyrangiel |first=Josh |date=August 7, 2006 |title=His Own Best Fan |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1223382,00.html |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819190125/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1223382%2C00.html |archive-date=August 19, 2006 |access-date=May 10, 2009 |url-access=limited}}</ref> He also enjoys collecting the action figures of the characters he portrays in his films, including [[Jules Winnfield]], [[John Shaft|Shaft]], [[Mace Windu]], and [[Frozone]].<ref name="LongIslandPress.com">{{cite web|last=Miller |first=Prairie |title=Celebrity Spotlight: Samuel L. Jackson |publisher=LongIslandPress.com |url=http://www.longislandpress.com/?cp=142&show=article&a_id=3977 |date=May 18, 2005 |access-date=May 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051119091014/http://www.longislandpress.com/?cp=142&show=article&a_id=3977 |archive-date=November 19, 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Jackson is bald but enjoys wearing wigs in his films.<ref name="Bald R Us">{{cite news|title=Samuel L. Jackson's bald love |publisher=Monsters and Critics |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1364990.php |date=October 13, 2007 |access-date=May 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907001810/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1364990.php |archive-date=September 7, 2008}}</ref> He said about his decision to [[Head shaving|shave his head]], "I keep ending up on those 'bald is beautiful' lists. It's cool. You know, when I started [[Pattern hair loss|losing my hair]], it was during the era when everybody had lots of hair. All of a sudden, I felt this big hole in the middle of my [[afro]]. I couldn't face having a [[comb over]] so I had to quickly figure what the haircut for me was."<ref name="Bald R Us" /> His first bald role was in ''[[The Great White Hype]]''.<ref name="WigsPlay">{{cite news|last=Walton|first=A. Scott|title=Wigs Often Play Supporting Roles in Films With Samuel L. Jackson|work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F6CEC32D01EB37B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D|format=Fee required|date=October 21, 2002|access-date=January 26, 2010}}</ref> He usually gets to pick his own hairstyles for each character he portrays.<ref name="WigsPlay" /><ref name="BlackSnakeHair">{{cite news|last=Alvarez |first=Antoinette |title=Interview: Samuel L. On Black Snake Moan |publisher=LatinoReview.com |url=http://www.latinoreview.com/news/interview-samuel-l-on-black-snake-moan-1467 |date=February 14, 2007 |access-date=May 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815091344/http://www.latinoreview.com/news/interview-samuel-l-on-black-snake-moan-1467 |archive-date=August 15, 2015 }}</ref> He poked fun at his baldness the first time he appeared bald on ''[[The Tonight Show]]'', explaining that he had to shave his head for one role, but then kept receiving more and more bald roles and had to keep shaving his head so that wigs could be made for him. He joked that "the only way [he's] gonna have time to grow [his] hair back is if [he's] not working". He is noted for often wearing a [[Kangol]] hat in public.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brandchannel.com/2015/11/20/samuel-l-jackson-kangol-112015/|title=Samuel L. Jackson Kickstarts Kangol #Motherfunder Campaign for US Jobs|first=Sheila|last=Shayon|date=November 20, 2015|website=brandchannel|access-date=December 7, 2019|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808115926/https://www.brandchannel.com/2015/11/20/samuel-l-jackson-kangol-112015/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Jackson has a clause in his contracts that allows him to play golf during film shoots.<ref name="CleanBreak" /><ref name="ActuallyMeGQ" /><ref name="BestSupportPF" /> He has played in the Gary Player Invitational charity golf tournament to assist [[Gary Player]] in raising funds for children in South Africa.<ref name="tiscali.film & tv" /> He is a keen basketball fan, supporting the [[Toronto Raptors]] and the [[Harlem Globetrotters]].<ref name="The Windsor Star">{{cite news|last=Govani|first=Shinan|title=Raptors provide Jackson's action|work=[[The Windsor Star]] |url=http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/sports/story.html?id=1371686c-6b13-4df1-a6dd-b7f6c006af6b&k=33394|date=November 4, 2006|access-date=May 10, 2009}}</ref> He has supported English football team [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool FC]] since appearing in ''The 51st State'', which was shot in [[Liverpool]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/samuel-l-jackson-enjoys-liverpools-6688313 |title=Samuel L Jackson enjoys Liverpool's 5–1 win over Arsenal |newspaper=[[Liverpool Echo]]|date=February 9, 2014|access-date=May 17, 2015}}</ref> and also supports Irish football team [[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemian FC]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/here-are-just-some-of-the-many-reasons-why-samuel-l-jackson-is-the-coolest-motherfer-alive-456449 |title=Here are just some of the many reasons why Samuel L. Jackson is the coolest motherf***er alive |date=November 4, 2016 |website=[[Joe.ie]] |access-date=November 14, 2018}}</ref>

He was granted [[Gabon]]ese citizenship in 2019 after the results of a DNA test claimed to link him to the country's [[Benga people|Benga]] ethnic group.<ref name="GabonPassport" /> Jackson stopped drinking alcohol after having problems with addiction.<ref>{{cite web |date=2002 |title=Sam always has time for tee |url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/interviews/samuel_l_jackson.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021103032145/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/interviews/samuel_l_jackson.html |archive-date=3 November 2002 |work=Tiscali}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=10 May 2019 |title=40 Male Celebrities Who Don't Drink Alcohol |url=https://www.menshealth.com/health/g27372914/40-male-celebrities-dont-drink-alcohol/?slide=31 |access-date=26 September 2024 |work=[[Men's Health]]}}</ref>

=== Politics and activism ===
[[File:Samuel L. Jackson - Your Action Saves Lives.ogg|thumb|Jackson encouraging people to [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|wear masks]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in August 2020]]
Jackson campaigned during the [[2008 Democratic Primary]] for [[Barack Obama]] in [[Texarkana, Texas]]. He said, "Barack Obama represents everything I was told I could be growing up. I am a child of [[racial segregation|segregation]]. When I grew up and people told me I could be president, I knew it was a lie. But now we have a representative... the [[American Dream]] is a reality. Anyone can grow up to be a president."<ref name="JacksonCampaign">{{cite web|last=Martin |first=Marie |url=http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/localnews/2008/02/25/jackson-campaigns-for-obama-90.php |work=[[Texarkana Gazette]] |title=Jackson campaigns for Obama |date=February 25, 2008 |access-date=June 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717053957/http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/localnews/2008/02/25/jackson-campaigns-for-obama-90.php |archive-date=July 17, 2011}}</ref> He also said, "I voted for Barack because he was black. That's why other folks vote for other people{{emdash}}because they look like them."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/samuel-l-jackson-voted-barack-because-black-174806076.html |publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|title=Samuel L. Jackson: 'I Voted for Barack Because He Was Black'|date=February 11, 2012}}</ref> In December 2012, he compared his ''[[Django Unchained]]'' character, a villainous house slave who sides with his white oppressors, to black conservative Justice [[Clarence Thomas]] and said that the character had "the same moral compass as Clarence Thomas does".<ref>Ryzik, Melena. [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/movies/awardsseason/supporting-actor-category-is-thick-with-hopefuls.html Supporting Actor Category Is Thick With Hopefuls], ''[[The New York Times]]'' (December 19, 2012).</ref> Following the Supreme Court's [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|decision to overturn ''Roe v. Wade'']] in June 2022, he again criticized Thomas, referring to him as "[[Uncle Tom#Epithet|Uncle Clarence]]" and asking how Thomas{{emdash}}who is married to white attorney [[Ginni Thomas]]{{emdash}}feels about overturning ''[[Loving v. Virginia]]'', a Supreme Court ruling that prohibited states from outlawing interracial marriages.<ref>{{cite web |title=Samuel L. Jackson slams 'Uncle Clarence' Thomas after Roe v. Wade overturn |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-samuel-l-jackson-uncle-clarence-roe-wade-overturn-virginia-loving-20220626-wmteo7nf3zbqzmtdvrmesvxf2m-story.html |website=New York Daily News |date=June 26, 2022 |access-date=June 27, 2022}}</ref>

In June 2013, Jackson launched a joint campaign with [[Prizeo]] in an effort to raise money to fight [[Alzheimer's disease]]. As part of the campaign, he recited various fan-written monologues and a popular scene from the [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] series ''[[Breaking Bad]]''.<ref name="ut">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2013/06/06/samuel-jackson-alzheimers/2396213/|title=Samuel L. Jackson does 'Breaking Bad'|last=Matheson|first=Whitney|date=June 6, 2013|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=June 14, 2013}}</ref><ref name="cg">{{cite web |title=Samuel L. Jackson's 'Breaking Bad' monologue is just the beginning for charity platform prizeo |last1=Maglio |first1=Tony |agency=Reuters |date=June 11, 2013 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-media-samuelljackson-prizeobre95a0r8-20130611,0,7314400.story |access-date=June 14, 2013 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In August 2013, he started following a [[vegan]] diet for health reasons, explaining that he is "just trying to live forever".<ref>{{cite web|url = https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/video/samuel-l-jackson-9-movie-153239709.html|title = Samuel L Jackson on his 9 movie Marvel contract|date=March 25, 2014|access-date = September 2, 2014|website = Yahoo! Movies|publisher = Yahoo!}}</ref> He attributed his {{cvt|40|lb}} weight loss to the diet.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://metro.co.uk/2014/03/28/samuel-l-jackson-as-a-young-black-actor-my-character-always-died-4681027/|title = Samuel L Jackson: As a young black actor, my character always died|date = March 28, 2014|access-date = September 2, 2014|website = Metro News|last = Ivan-Zadeh|first = Larushka}}</ref> He had largely abandoned the diet by March 2017, but still praised and recommended it.<ref name="AutocompleteInterviewWIRED" /> He launched a campaign called "One for the Boys", which teaches men about testicular cancer and urges them to "get themselves checked out".<ref>{{cite news|title=Samuel L Jackson's testicular cancer awareness video is passionate and slightly menacing|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/samuel-l-jacksons-testicular-cancer-awareness-video-is-passionate-and-slightly-menacing-9278372.html|first=Ella|last= Alexander|date=April 23, 2014|access-date=April 24, 2014|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925151644/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/samuel-l-jacksons-testicular-cancer-awareness-video-is-passionate-and-slightly-menacing-9278372.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=One for the Boys|url=http://www.onefortheboys.com/}}</ref>

In 2020, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Jackson encouraged people to [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|wear face masks]] as part of California's "Your Actions Save Lives" campaign. Along with [[Dwayne Johnson]], he also encouraged those who had recovered from COVID-19 to donate their blood to help others fighting the virus.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/503431-the-rock-samuel-l-jackson-other-celebrities-urge-recovered|title= The Rock, Samuel L. Jackson among celebs urging recovered coronavirus patients to give blood|website= The Hill|first=Rebecca|last=Klar|date=June 18, 2020|access-date= November 27, 2020}}</ref> He additionally appeared on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' to read a satirical book, ''Stay the Fuck at Home'', which spread awareness of [[Social distancing measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic|social distancing]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Romano |first=Nick |date=April 1, 2020 |title=Stay the F— at Home: Samuel L. Jackson has a new book to read on Kimmel |url=https://ew.com/tv/samuel-l-jackson-coronavirus-stay-the-f-at-home-jimmy-kimmel/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref>

Jackson endorsed [[Kamala Harris]] in the [[2024 United States presidential election]] and spoke at one of her campaign rallies on October 24, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-24 |title=Spike Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Tyler Perry to join Kamala Harris at metro Atlanta event |url=https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/10/24/spike-lee-samuel-l-jackson-tyler-perry-join-kamala-harris-metro-atlanta-event/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Atlanta News First |language=en}}</ref>