← Apex Mountain

Samuel L. Jackson

Apex — Captain Marvel (2019)
23,900 feet (Camp III)
81st highest of 108

A $200m action hit in the middle of the busiest decade any actor has worked. The Negotiator is the better showcase.

The career, climbed — every film on the shared Everest scale; hover for detail

Summit · 28,000Death Zone · 26,247Camp III · 23,500Camp II · 20,5001980818283841985868788891990919293941995969798992000010203042005060708092010111213142015161718192020212223242025

Filmography

FilmYearElevation
Captain Marvel ▲ apex201922,442 ft
Pulp Fiction199422,419 ft
The Hateful Eight201522,248 ft
Die Hard: With a Vengeance199522,228 ft
Captain America: The Winter Soldier201422,178 ft
Coach Carter200522,156 ft
Shaft201922,146 ft
Shaft200022,123 ft
Kong: Skull Island201722,123 ft
Jackie Brown199722,098 ft
The Red Violin199822,089 ft
The Avengers201222,084 ft
Death to 2020202022,069 ft
One Eight Seven199722,066 ft
Spider-Man: Far From Home201922,058 ft
Unbreakable200022,057 ft
Unthinkable201022,057 ft
The 51st State200122,049 ft
S.W.A.T.200322,048 ft
Cleaner200722,041 ft
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith200522,035 ft
The Man200522,026 ft
Snakes on a Plane200622,024 ft
Resurrecting the Champ200722,016 ft
Reasonable Doubt201422,009 ft
Soul Men200822,006 ft
The Negotiator199822,005 ft
Big Game201421,992 ft
The Caveman's Valentine200121,985 ft
The Hitman's Bodyguard201721,977 ft
Amos & Andrew199321,975 ft
Freedomland200621,968 ft
In My Country200421,967 ft
Kite201421,965 ft
Lakeview Terrace200821,963 ft
No Good Deed200221,956 ft
Damaged202421,954 ft
Home of the Brave200621,950 ft
The Great White Hype199621,946 ft
Django Unchained201221,932 ft
Kingsman: The Secret Service201521,929 ft
Changing Lanes200221,924 ft
The Samaritan201221,919 ft
Avengers: Age of Ultron201521,918 ft
1408200721,910 ft
Jurassic Park199321,901 ft
The Long Kiss Goodnight199621,895 ft
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard202121,885 ft
The Banker202021,874 ft
Rules of Engagement200021,862 ft
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1199321,856 ft
xXx: State of the Union200521,856 ft
The Protégé202121,850 ft
Black Snake Moan200621,847 ft
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children201621,847 ft
Spiral: From the Book of Saw202121,843 ft
Unicorn Store201721,836 ft
Twisted200421,829 ft
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones200221,828 ft
The Legend of Tarzan201621,827 ft
Glass201921,827 ft
Cell201621,821 ft
The Sunset Limited201121,815 ft
Against the Wall199421,807 ft
The Unholy Trinity202521,805 ft
A Time to Kill199621,795 ft
Jumper200821,772 ft
Afro Samurai: Resurrection200921,772 ft
Meeting Evil201221,761 ft
Basic200321,751 ft
Zambezia201221,748 ft
Eve's Bayou199721,745 ft
Avengers: Endgame201921,744 ft
xXx200221,737 ft
The Garfield Movie202421,735 ft
Sphere199821,732 ft
Fresh199421,730 ft
The Incredibles200421,720 ft
Eddie Murphy Raw198721,711 ft
Do the Right Thing198921,709 ft
Kiss of Death199521,706 ft
The Spirit200821,703 ft
The Kill Room202321,701 ft
Iron Man 2201021,699 ft
The Piano Lesson202421,691 ft
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank202221,690 ft
Incredibles 2201821,685 ft
Deep Blue Sea199921,684 ft
The Marvels202321,683 ft
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace199921,680 ft
Hard Eight199721,663 ft
Barely Lethal201521,659 ft
White Sands199221,650 ft
Oldboy201321,650 ft
Afterburn202521,648 ft
Def by Temptation199021,636 ft
Avengers: Infinity War201821,634 ft
Menace II Society199321,633 ft
Arena201121,631 ft
Turbo201321,625 ft
xXx: Return of Xander Cage201721,621 ft
Captain America: The First Avenger201121,618 ft
Chi-Raq201521,616 ft
GoodFellas199021,615 ft
Mother and Child200921,615 ft
Jungle Fever199121,614 ft
Strictly Business199121,606 ft
Kill Bill: Vol. 2200421,603 ft
Juice199221,602 ft
The Last Full Measure202021,600 ft
Coming to America198821,589 ft
Iron Man200821,589 ft
The Return of Superfly199021,588 ft
The Search for One-eye Jimmy199421,588 ft
The Other Guys201021,587 ft
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker201921,585 ft
Patriot Games199221,584 ft
Thor201121,583 ft
Losing Isaiah199521,581 ft
Sea of Love198921,578 ft
Hail Caesar199421,576 ft
RoboCop201421,574 ft
True Romance199321,572 ft
Out of Sight199821,572 ft
The Exorcist III199021,571 ft
Ragtime198121,570 ft
Mo' Better Blues199021,570 ft
Fluke199521,570 ft
Trees Lounge199621,570 ft
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair201121,570 ft
Argylle202421,570 ft
A Shock to the System199021,569 ft
Betsy's Wedding199021,569 ft
The Exterminator198021,568 ft
School Daze198821,568 ft
Johnny Suede199121,568 ft
The New Age199421,567 ft
Gospel Hill200821,567 ft
Star Wars: The Clone Wars200821,565 ft
Astro Boy200921,564 ft