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His adorable first Oscar win -

At 73, Jackson received his first-ever Oscar! Denzel Washington handed him his honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement at the Governors Awards in a non-televised ceremony on March 25, but it was such a sweet moment of joy between the longtime friends that we wish it had been made public.

Upon accepting the award, Jackson spoke on his long friendship with Washington, saying, "We've come a long way and done a lot of things." He said he was "really, really proud" to receive the statuette and concluded, "Thanks to every person who has ever bought a ticket to any movie I was in. It's truly been an honor and a pleasure to entertain you."

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How he overcame his stutter - The star wouldn’t let a speech impediment slow him down. Instead, he dealt with it in the most hardcore way: by repeatedly saying his favorite curse word.

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He makes swearing sound so good - So good, in fact, that someone took the time to compile every moment where Jackson says his favorite curse word on screen. Enjoy.

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He bent the 'Star Wars' rules - In 'Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace' (1999), Jackson, who plays Mace Windu, noticed that it was hard to identify himself among the many Jedi present during the Battle of Geonosis because all the lightsabers were the same colors.

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He bent the 'Star Wars' rules - So he asked creator George Lucas if he could have a purple lightsaber to allow himself to stick out more.

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He bent the 'Star Wars' rules - Lucas originally turned him down, claiming that lightsabers could only be certain colors, but eventually he gave in. There are even rumors that the letters BMF ("Bad Mother ... you can guess the rest!) were also inscribed on it.

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He was an usher at Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral - At Morehouse College on April 9, 1968, Jackson volunteered to help people find their way around campus, becoming an usher in the process. "I remember seeing people like Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "People that I thought I'd never see, let alone have a relationship with later on in life."

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He was expelled for participating in a lock-in - A spring 1969 protest, in which students locked themselves inside a college building with Morehouse trustees, lasted a day and a half, and got Jackson kicked out of school.

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The FBI informed him his life was in danger - Jackson recounted the summer of '69 as a time of impending revolution. He says somebody from the FBI actually told his mother that he needed to leave Georgia before he got killed. As a result, she picked him up from school and drove him to the airport, with only the instructions to get on a plane to Los Angeles, and the assurance that she'd explain everything once he landed.

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The way he deals with ignorance - KTLA anchor Sam Rubin interviewed the actor on live TV and asked him if he'd gotten a lot of reaction from his Superbowl commercial. Jackson was quiet for a moment, then asked, "What Superbowl commercial?" Jackson hadn't ever been in one—but the 'Matrix' actor Laurence Fishburne had...

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The way he deals with ignorance - Someone off-screen clued Rubin in and he quickly apologized, but Jackson wasn't satisfied. "I'm not Laurence Fishburne! We don't all look alike!" he clapped back. "We may all be black and famous, but we all don't look alike!"

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The way he deals with ignorance -

Rubin kept trying to change the subject, but Jackson wouldn't let him. "You're the entertainment reporter? And you don't know the difference?" It was gloriously awkward for Rubin and taught everyone a lesson. Or at least it should have.

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It happened again, even when he wore a t-shirt that cleared things up - While doing an interview for 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier,' another reporter made the same mistake, but this time while Jackson was wearing a shirt that literally read, "I'm not Laurence Fishburne."

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He's on Trump's insult list - Donald Trump took issue with the prolific actor, tweeting, "Don't like @SamuelLJackson's golf swing. Not athletic," as well as complaining that the actor "does too many TV commercials – boring."

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The man really loves golf - Apparently the actor has a clause written into his movie contracts that says he must be given two days off every week to play golf.

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He influenced a film name - The name of 'Snakes on a Plane' (2006) was almost changed to 'Pacific Air Flight 121,' but Jackson intervened and convinced the executives to leave it as was, which proved to save them from the worst decision they could have ever made.

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And he convinced them to make it R-rated -

Jackson also persuaded the studio to add more violence and bump the movie up to an R rating. You know, just because.

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One of the greatest actor-director duos - Jackson has worked with the likes of Spike Lee, Steven Spielberg, and Martin Scorsese, but his most fruitful partnership has been with Quentin Tarantino. The two have made seven spectacular films together.

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One of the greatest actor-director duos -

Jackson is widely acclaimed for his role in 'Pulp Fiction' (1994), which, as it turns out, was written with him in mind.

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One of the greatest actor-director duos - Their other films include 'Jackie Brown' (1997), 'Kill Bill: Vol. 2' (2003), 'Inglourious Basterds' (2009), 'Django Unchained' (2012), and 'The Hateful Eight' (2015). There was also 'True Romance' (1993), which Tarantino wrote but did not direct.

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He made it big quite late -

Jackson started acting on stage in the '70s and appearing in small TV and film roles in the late '80s, but he only cracked the A-list with his role in 'Pulp Fiction.' And by then he was 45!

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He's charitable and health-conscious - He helped launch One For The Boys, a male cancer awareness campaign. He's not afraid to tell guys that, "Sometimes you just need to man up and get yourself a tune up."

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A man of many hats - Both literally and figuratively. Think about it: how many times have you seen him rock a hat?

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He can look this casual sitting next to Prince - Courtside at a Lakers game, wearing a baby blue tracksuit no less.

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The new "high priest of hypebeasts" - Esquire praised this older gentleman for rocking streetwear for grown-ups. "Unshackled to the brand hysteria," but still incorporating the holy trinity of "hypebeasts," which is a pop of color, a beanie, and some glasses.

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His box-office numbers are staggering - Jackson is one of the highest-grossing actors in the history of the US box office!

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He has grossed more than US$13 billion worldwide - He surpasses the likes of Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman, and his good friend Scarlett Johansson.

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He's been everywhere - He's been in the Marvel Universe and the 'Star Wars' Universe. He's been a Pixar voice-over star. He's a Tarantino legend, and he was even in the Tim Burton sphere in 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' (2016).

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He knows he's awesome -

At his pre-birthday celebration bash in 2018, the actor wore a custom waistcoat that had the names of all the movies he's starred in printed on the back. If that's not cool, then we don't know what is.

See also: How to watch the 'Avengers' movies

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