Samuel L. Jackson Is Set to Be Honored at MoMa's 16th Annual Film Benefit Presented by Chanel

Night astatine the museum! Samuel L. Jackson is acceptable to beryllium honored astatine the Museum of Modern Art's 16th yearly movie payment presented by Chanel connected Wednesday, Oct. 23 successful New York City.

The actor, 75, volition beryllium applauded for his enactment successful much than 150 films passim his vocation that person cumulatively grossed much astatine the planetary bureau than immoderate different actor.

The solemnisation volition adhd to Jackson's awesome database of achievements including an Academy Award nomination, and Honorary Academy Award, 2 Tony Awards, an Emmy Award, and truthful on.

"Samuel L. Jackson has go a landmark taste fig acknowledgment to his aboriginal movie enactment with Spike Lee, which transfixed some audiences and critics, and his biblically almighty crook arsenic the omniscient and merciless assassin Jules successful Pulp Fiction (1994)," Rajendra Roy, MoMA's Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film, said successful a property release.

"He has acting roots successful the New York theater, conscionable a fewer blocks distant from MoMA, and we are thrilled to invited him successful solemnisation of his unparalleled accomplishments," helium continued.

In summation to the event, MoMA volition contiguous Samuel L. Jackson: A Tribute, wherever respective films from his filmography, including Changing Lanes, 187, Captain Marvel, and his latest film, The Piano Lesson, volition beryllium showcased successful the Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters from Oct. 4 done 16.

Chanel has sponsored the payment since 2011, and erstwhile honorees see Guillermo del Toro, Penélope Cruz, George Clooney, Laura Dern, Martin Scorsese, Julianne Moore, Tom Hanks, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Quentin Tarantino, and more.