Samuel L. Jackson Vs Keith David
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SLJ:
Films = 141
TV = 51
Theater = 3
Video games = 10
Audiobooks = 2
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Films = 141, 1 due out this yr, 1 TBA
TV = 51, 2 due out this yr
Theater = 3, 1 due out this yr
Video Games = 10
Audiobooks = 2
Films = 141
TV = 51
Theater = 3
Video games = 10
Audiobooks = 2
List of Samuel L. Jackson performances - Wikipedia
Films = 141, 1 due out this yr, 1 TBA
TV = 51, 2 due out this yr
| Year | Title | Role | |
1976 | Movin' On | Patrolman | |
1977 | The Displaced Person | Unknown | |
1978 | Milo Muse the Rabbit | Johnson Whitaker | |
| 1986–1987 | Spenser: For Hire | Leroy Clancy / Ned | |
1987 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | George Harris | |
1989 | Dead Man Out | Calvin Fredricks | |
| A Man Called Hawk | Cutter | ||
| The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Brother Elvis | ||
1991 | Law & Order | Louis Taggert | |
| Roc | Larry | ||
1992 | Ghostwriter | Reggie Jenkins | |
| I'll Fly Away | Walter Harper | ||
1994 | Against the Wall | Jamaal | |
1995 | Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life | Narrator | |
1996 | 11th Independent Spirit Awards | Himself (host) | |
1997 | 12th Independent Spirit Awards | Himself (host) | |
1997 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Mayor of Hamelin | |
1998 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | |
1999 | 1999 ESPY Awards | Himself (host) | |
2001 | The Proud Family | Joseph | |
2001 | 2001 ESPY Awards | Himself (host) | |
2002 | 2002 ESPY Awards | Himself (host) | |
2002 | Fighting for Freedom: Revolution & Civil War | Narrator | |
| The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies | Himself (host) | ||
| Unchained Memories | Narrator | ||
2005 | 20th Independent Spirit Awards | Himself (host) | |
| 2005–2010 | The Boondocks | Gin Rummy | |
2005 | 2005 Spike Video Game Awards | Himself (host) | |
2006 | 2006 Spike Video Game Awards | Himself (host) | |
2006 | Honor Deferred | Narrator | |
2007 | Afro Samurai | Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja | |
| Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story | Narrator | ||
| 2007 Spike Video Game Awards | Himself (host) | ||
2009 | Afro Samurai: Resurrection | Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja | |
| 2009 ESPY Awards | Himself (host) | ||
| Uneven Fairways | Narrator | ||
2011 | The Sunset Limited | Black | |
| Prohibition | Reader | ||
| Curiosity | Himself (host) | ||
2012 | BET Awards 2012 | Himself (host) | |
| 2012 Spike Video Game Awards | Himself (host) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Nick Fury | |
2014 | Black Dynamite | Captain Quinton | |
2020 | Staged | Himself | |
| A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote | Himself | ||
| Enslaved | Himself | ||
| Death to 2020 | Dash Bracket | ||
| Amend: The Fight for America | Himself | |
| What If...? | Nick Fury | ||
2022 | The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | Ptolemy Grey | |
| Secret Invasion | Nick Fury |
Theater = 3, 1 due out this yr
| Year(s) | Title |
1980 | Mother Courage and Her Children |
| 1981–1983 | A Soldier's Play |
| 2011–2012 | The Mountaintop |
2022 | The Piano Lesson |
Video Games = 10
| Year | Title | Role |
2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Officer Frank Tenpenny |
| The Incredibles | Lucius Best / Frozone | |
| The Incredibles: When Danger Calls | Lucius Best / Frozone | |
2008 | Afro Samurai | Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja |
2010 | Heroes of Newerth | Samuel Jackson announcer |
| Iron Man 2 | Nick Fury | |
2011 | Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars | Mace Windu |
2014 | Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes | Nick Fury |
2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0 | Nick Fury |
2021 | Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition | Officer Frank Tenpenny |
Audiobooks = 2
| Year | Title |
2011 | Go the Fuck to Sleep |
2012 | A Rage in Harlem |
KD:
Films = 140
TV = 120
Theater = 15
Video games = 24
Theme parks = 1
en.wikipedia.org
Films = 140, 1 due out this yr, 1 TBA
TV = 120
Theater = 15
Video Games = 24
Theme parks = 1
Films = 140
TV = 120
Theater = 15
Video games = 24
Theme parks = 1
Keith David - Wikipedia
Films = 140, 1 due out this yr, 1 TBA
| Year | Title | Role |
1979 | Disco Godfather | Club Patron |
1982 | The Thing | Childs |
1986 | Platoon | King |
| The Whoopee Boys | Washington Square Peddler | |
1987 | Hot Pursuit | Alphonso |
1988 | Braddock: Missing in Action III | Embassy Gate Captain |
| Off Limits | Maurice | |
| Stars and Bars | Eugene Teagarden | |
| Bird | Buster Smith | |
| They Live | Frank | |
1989 | Road House | Ernie Bass |
| Always | "Powerhouse" | |
1990 | Men at Work | Louis Fedders |
| Marked for Death | Max Keller | |
1992 | Final Analysis | Detective Huggins |
| Nails | Noah Owens | |
| Article 99 | Luther Jermoe | |
1994 | Reality Bites | Roger |
| The Puppet Masters | Alex Holland | |
1995 | Clockers | Trence "The Giant" Ashley |
| Dead Presidents | Kirby | |
| The Quick and the Dead | Sergeant Cantrell | |
| Blue in the Face | Jackie Robinson | |
1996 | Loose Women | Stylist |
| The Grave | The Priest | |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Frollo's Soldiers (voice) | |
| Eye for an Eye | Martin | |
| Larger than Life | Hurst | |
| Never Met Picasso | Larry | |
| Johns | Homeless John | |
1997 | Volcano | Police Lieutenant Ed Fox |
| Hercules | Apollo the Sun God (voice) | |
| Executive Target | Lamar | |
| Flipping | Leo Richards | |
1998 | Armageddon | General Kimsey |
| There's Something About Mary | Mary's Dad | |
1999 | Princess Mononoke | Okkoto / Narrator (voices) |
2000 | Dark Summer | Detective Davis |
| Pitch Black | Abu "Imam" Al-Walid | |
| Requiem for a Dream | Tim "Big Tim" | |
| Where the Heart Is | Moses Whitecotten | |
| The Replacements | Lindell | |
2001 | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Council Member #1 (voice) |
| Novocaine | Detective Lunt | |
| Pretty When You Cry | Detective Charles Desett | |
2002 | 29 Palms | The Sheriff |
| Barbershop | Lester Wallace | |
2003 | Kaena: The Prophecy | Voxem (voice) |
| Agent Cody Banks | CIA Director | |
| Head of State | Bernard Cooper | |
| Hollywood Homicide | Captain Leon | |
| The Hard Road | Narrator | |
2004 | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London | CIA Director |
| The Chronicles of Riddick | Imam | |
| The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury | Imam Abu Al-Walid (voice) | |
| Crash | Lieutenant Dixon | |
| Beef II | Narrator | |
2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Father |
| Transporter 2 | FBI Agent Stappleton | |
| Dirty | Captain Spain | |
2006 | The Oh in Ohio | Coach Popovitch |
| Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil | MCPO Scott Boytano | |
| ATL | John Garnett | |
2007 | If I Had Known I Was a Genius | Dad |
| Delta Farce | Sergeant Kilgore | |
| The Last Sentinel | Colonel Norton / Gun Voice 2 | |
2008 | Beautiful Loser | Morgan - Adult |
| First Sunday | Judge B. Bennet Galloway | |
| Justice League: The New Frontier | The Centre (voice) | |
| Superhero Movie | The Chief of Police | |
| My Mom's New Boyfriend | FBI Chief Conrad | |
| The Fifth Commandment | Max "Coolbreeze" Templeton | |
| No Bad Days | Terrence | |
| The Sensei | The Minister | |
2009 | Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia | Commander Scott Boytano |
| Coraline | The Cat (voice) | |
| Against the Dark | Lieutenant Waters | |
| Charlie Valentine | Sal | |
| Don McKay | Otis Kent | |
| The Butcher | Larry Cobb | |
| The Princess and the Frog | Dr. Facilier (voice) | |
| Gamer | Agent Keith | |
| All About Steve | Corbitt | |
| Pastor Brown | Pastor Brown | |
2010 | Death at a Funeral | Reverend Davis |
| Lottery Ticket | "Sweet Tee" | |
| Chasing 3000 | Officer L. | |
| Stomp the Yard: Homecoming | Terry Harris | |
| Something Like a Business | Sebastian | |
| Chain Letter | Detective Jim Crenshaw | |
| Meet Monica Velour | Claude | |
2011 | The Inheritance | Uncle Melvin |
| No Saints for Sinners | Victor | |
| Spork | Coach Jenkins | |
| The Greening of Whitney Brown | Clerk | |
| Snowflake, the White Gorilla | Anvil (voice) | |
| Hopelessly In June | Dalbert Myers | |
2012 | Cloud Atlas | Kupaka / Joe Napier / An-kor Apis / Prescient |
| Smiley | Diamond | |
| Hillbilly Highway | Mustafa | |
| Don't Pass Me By | David Knox | |
| The Last Fall | Sydney Bishop | |
| The Undershepherd | Brother Wilks | |
| Christmas in Compton | Earl "Big Earl" | |
2013 | Assault on Wall Street | Freddy |
| Free Birds | Chief Broadbeak (voice) | |
| The Frog Kingdom | Frog King (voice) | |
| Sons of Liberty | Nathan Reynolds | |
| H4 | Worcester | |
2014 | Field of Lost Shoes | Old Judge |
| Secrets of the Magic City | Mr. Daniels | |
| Birds of Paradise | Old Buzzard (voice) | |
2015 | Kids vs Monsters | Barry |
| Boiling Pot | Agent Long | |
| Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure | Don Alfonso (voice) | |
| Union Furnace | Pin Stripe | |
2016 | Range 15 | Colonel Holloway |
| The Nice Guys | Older Guy | |
| Nina | Clifton's Father | |
| Dirty Lies | Doc | |
2017 | Savage Dog | Valentine |
2018 | American Dresser | Charlie Wild |
| Tales from the Hood 2 | Portifoy Simms | |
| Night School | Gerald Walker | |
| You Might Be the Killer | Sheriff James (voice) | |
| Love Jacked | Ed | |
| Sharon 1.2.3. | Tyrone | |
2019 | Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror | Himself |
| The Wedding Year | Preston | |
| In Search of Darkness | Himself | |
| 21 Bridges | Deputy Chief Spencer | |
2020 | Horizon Line | Wyman |
| In Search of Darkness: Part II | Himself | |
| Most Guys Are Losers | Al | |
2021 | The Seventh Day | Father Louis |
| The Gateway | Terry | |
| Black as Night | Babineaux | |
| Pups Alone | The Wise Bartender | |
2022 | Catwoman: Hunted | Tobias Whale (voice) |
| TBA | The Gettysburg Address | Frederick Douglass (voice) |
| Unplugging | T-Bone |
TV = 120
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1983–1985 | Mister Rogers' Neighborhood | Keith, The Handyman |
1988 | The Equalizer | Cristo |
| Ladykillers | Abe | |
| Christmas in Tattertown | Saxophone / Additional Voices | |
1989 | A Man Called Hawk | Jesse |
1990 | Murder in Black and White | Martin |
| Against the Law | Otis Turnbull | |
1991 | 3×3 Eyes | Mama / Additional Voices |
1993 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | King Oliver |
| TriBeCa | The Reader | |
| The Last Outlaw | Lovecraft | |
| American Playhouse | Big Willie | |
| There Are No Children Here | John Paul Rivers | |
| 1994–1995 | Aladdin | Minos / King Zahbar (voices) |
| 1994–1997 | Gargoyles | Goliath / Thailog / Officer Morgan (voices) |
1995 | Fantastic Four | Black Panther (voice) |
| 1995–1996 | The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat | Additional voices |
1996 | New York Undercover | Reverend Harris |
| Timon & Pumbaa | Mr. Pig (voice) | |
1997 | Vanishing Point | Warren Taft |
| Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest | Algric Bartles | |
| Don King: Only in America | Jabir Herbert Muhammad | |
| 1997–1999 | Todd McFarlane's Spawn | Lieutenant Colonel Al Simmons / Spawn (voice) |
1998 | Hercules: The Animated Series | Apollo (voice) |
| The Tiger Woods Story | Earl Woods | |
1999 | A.T.F. | F.B.I. Director Richard Long |
2000 | The Outer Limits | Captain Ira Merit |
| The Race for the Poles | Narrator (voice) | |
2001 | Law & Order | John Robertson |
| Semper Fi | Gunnery Sergeant Brinkloff | |
| Going to California | Paradise | |
| Jazz | Narrator (voice) | |
| The Legend of Tarzan | Tublat (voice) | |
| 2001–2002 | The Job | Lieutenant Williams |
| Disney's House of Mouse | Additional Voices | |
2002 | Arliss | Cecil Pickett |
2003 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Matt Phelps |
| Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Agent Mosely (voice) | |
| Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites | Narrator (voice) | |
| Justice League | Despero (voice) | |
| Inside Mecca | Narrator (voice) | |
2004 | The Big House | Clarence Cleveland |
| Teen Titans | Atlas (voice) | |
| 2004–2005 | City Confidential | Narrator (voice) |
2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Lloyd Mackie |
| Everwood | Brian | |
| The Proud Family Movie | Bebe Clone (voice) | |
| The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross | Narrator (voice) | |
| 2006–2007 | ER | Pastor Watkins |
| 7th Heaven | Stanley Sunday | |
2007 | The War | Narrator (voice) |
2008 | The Spectacular Spider-Man | Big Man (voice) |
| Canterbury's Law | Miles Grant | |
| World War II Behind Closed Doors | Narrator (voice) | |
| SIS | Joseph Armstrong | |
| Psych | Mr. Guster | |
2009 | Numbers | Jeremiah Miller |
2010 | Funny or Die Presents | Sleeping Celebrity |
| Ken Burns' Baseball: The Tenth Inning | Narrator | |
2011 | The Cape | Max Malini |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Jimmy Cannon | |
| Allen Gregory | Carl Trent D'Avis "Cole Train" (voice) | |
| WWE The True Story of WrestleMania | Narrator (voice) | |
2012 | Robot Chicken | Various Voices |
| WWE WrestleMania XXVIII | Narrator (voice) | |
| 2012-2015 | Community | Narrator / Elroy Patashnik |
| 2012–2017 | Adventure Time | Flame King / Balthus (voices) |
2013 | Belle's | William "Big Bill" Cooper |
| Young Justice | Mongul (voice) | |
| Touch | Dutch | |
| The Bible | Narrator (voice) | |
| Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | The Cheshire Cat (voice) | |
2014 | Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight | Dean |
| Enlisted | Sergeant Major Donald Cody | |
| Scorpion | Warden | |
2015 | Archer | Lemuel Kane (voice) |
| Big Time in Hollywood, FL | Agent Everett Malloy | |
| Mr. Robot | Qwerty (voice) | |
| 2015–present | Rick and Morty | The President / Curtis, Reverse Giraffe (voices) |
2015 | Extant | Nicholas Calderon |
| Black Jesus | Reverend Otis | |
| Uncle Grandpa | Santa Claus (voice) | |
| 2015–2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Sal Commander / G'Throkka (voices) |
2016 | Person of Interest | Terence Beale |
| Kulipari: An Army of Frogs | Lord Marmoo (voice) | |
| The 600: The History of NASCAR's Toughest Race | Narrator (voice) | |
| 2016–2020 | Greenleaf | Bishop James Greenleaf |
2017 | Regular Show | Streaming (voice) |
| OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes | Crinkly Wrinkly (voice) | |
| Ben 10 | Yawk (voice) | |
| BoJack Horseman | Lion Musician (voice) | |
| Future Man | Dr. Kronish | |
| We Bare Bears | Barry's Dad (voice) | |
| Speechless | Colonel | |
| Superior Donuts | John | |
| 2017-2020 | The Flash | Solovar (voice) |
| 2017–2018 | Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters | Malcolm Kane (voice) |
| 2018–2021 | Final Space | Bolo (voice) |
2018 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Gary's Collar (voice) |
| New Warriors | Ernest Vigman / MODOK | |
| Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure | Additional Voices | |
| Champaign ILL | Lafonso | |
| 2018–2019 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Glossaryck (voice) |
2019 | Avengers Assemble | T'Chaka (voice) |
| Fresh Off the Boat | Clyde Roses | |
| Craig of the Creek | Narrator (voice) | |
| 2019–2020 | The Last Kids on Earth | Thrull (voice) |
2020 | Family Guy | Jazz Documentary Narrator (voice) |
| NCIS: New Orleans | Gene Holloway | |
| MacGyver | Agent Burke | |
| Black-ish | Loose Craig | |
| JJ Villard's Fairy Tales | Lionel (voice) | |
| 2020–Present | Amphibia | King Andrias Leviathan (voice) |
2020 | Woke | Bible (voice) |
| The Good Lord Bird | Herbert | |
| 2020–2021 | Summer Camp Island | Lithophone / Tummy (voice) |
2021 | Close Enough | Campbell's Mug (voice) |
| DuckTales | Manny The Headless Man-Horse (voice) | |
| Creepshow | Mr. Murdoch | |
| Central Park | Ward Wittlinger (voice) | |
| 2021-present | Stargirl | Mister Bones (voice) |
Theater = 15
| Year | Title | Role |
1979 | The Haggadah | Performer |
1980 | The Lady from Dubuque | Oscar |
1982 | Alec Wilder - Clues To A Life | Performer |
1986 | The Tale of Madame Zora | |
1986 | Romeo and Juliet | Capulet |
1986 | As You Like It | Jaques |
1986 | Macbeth | Macbeth (alternate) |
1991 | Jelly's Last Jam | Performer |
1992 | Jelly's Last Jam | Chimney Man |
1994 | Hedda Gabler | Judge Brack |
1996 | Seven Guitars | Floyd Barton |
2006 | Hot Feet | Victor |
2013 | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Seth Holly |
2014 | Paul Robeson | Paul Robeson |
2015 | ToasT | Dolomite |
Video Games = 24
| Year | Title | Role |
1997 | Fallout | Decker |
1998 | Disney's Hades Challenge | Apollo |
1999 | Planescape: Torment | Vhailor |
2003 | Lords of EverQuest | Lord Vekk |
2004 | Halo 2 | Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee |
2006 | Saints Row | Julius Little |
2007 | Transformers: The Game | Barricade |
| Halo 3 | Arbiter Thel 'Vadam | |
| Mass Effect | David Anderson | |
2008 | Saints Row 2 | Julius Little |
| Dissidia Final Fantasy | Chaos | |
2009 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Sergeant Foley |
| The Princess and the Frog | Dr. Facilier | |
| Coraline | Narrator / The Cat | |
2010 | Mass Effect 2 | David Anderson |
| Megamind | Psycho Delic | |
2011 | Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy | Chaos |
| 2012–2013 | Mass Effect 3 | David Anderson |
2013 | Marvel Heroes | Nick Fury |
| Saints Row IV | Vice President Keith David / Julius Little | |
2014 | Halo: The Master Chief Collection | Arbiter Thel 'Vadamee / Thel 'Vadam |
2015 | Halo 5: Guardians | Arbiter Thel 'Vadam |
2019 | Darksiders: Genesis | Moloch |
2020 | Mortal Kombat 11 | Al Simmons / Spawn |
Theme parks = 1
| Year | Title | Role |
2012 | Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom | Dr. Facilier |
SLJ:
Films = 141
TV = 51
Theater = 3
Video games = 10
Audiobooks = 2
KD:
Films = 140
TV = 120
Theater = 15
Video games = 24
Theme parks = 1
Clearly, KD has the larger catalog.
Films = 141
TV = 51
Theater = 3
Video games = 10
Audiobooks = 2
KD:
Films = 140
TV = 120
Theater = 15
Video games = 24
Theme parks = 1
Clearly, KD has the larger catalog.
But the ?uestion was iconic catalog and depending on what is meant by iconic whether it is based on acting ability or relation to pop culture. Sam is clearly the pop culture favorite, but Keith is a better actor.
Fair enough.
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