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Also known as Samuel Jerald Jones, Samuel Gerald " Sam J. " Jones, Samuel Gerald Jones

American actor, model and militar

OverviewAI-generated

Sam J. Jones is an American actor who has worked as a television actor, model and film actor, and holds United States citizenship. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 12 August 1954, served in the United States Marine Corps, and began his acting career in 1975.

Jones was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor, and speaks English.

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Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Breaking The Spirit Of Addiction

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Samuel Gerald Jones, known professionally as Sam J. Jones, is an American actor and former football player. He is known for playing the title character in the 1980 film Flash Gordon and for starring in the short-lived TV series The Highwayman (1987–1988).

Known for

  • Roswell Delirium — Mr. Leonard2025
  • In Search of Tomorrow — Self - Interviewee2022
  • An Unlikely Angel — Buck Hanson2022
  • Decapitarium — Dean Usher2021
  • Axcellerator — Brink2019
  • The Silent Natural — Jacob Hoy2019
  • Making Fun: The Story of Funko — Self2018
  • Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece — Flash/Man with the Golden Fleece2018
  • Life After Flash — Self2017
  • Ted 2 — Sam J. Jones2015

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Dallas

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
25
Total plays
42

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sam+J.+Jones">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,548x

  2. Geant4—a simulation toolkit

    · 2003 · cited 21,297x

  3. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,622x

  4. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,794x

  5. Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas

    · 2005 · cited 16,646x

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Key facts

Born
Samuel Gerald Jones , ( 1954-08-12 ) August 12, 1954 (age 71) , Chicago , Illinois , U.S.
Occupations
Actor football player
Years active
1975–present
Spouses
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Allegiance
United States
Branch
United States Marine Corps
Years
1972–1974
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Sam
Family name
Jones
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Chicago
Occupation
film producer
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
Sam J. Jones (30810249013).jpg
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date of birth
1954-08-12
Commons category
Sam J. Jones
start of work period
1975-00-00
different from
Sam Jones III
writing language
English language
Sources (8)

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Encyclopedic overview

Samuel Gerald Jones (born August 12, 1954), known professionally as Sam J. Jones, is an American actor and former football player. He is known for playing the title character in the 1980 film Flash Gordon and for starring in the short-lived TV series The Highwayman (1987–1988).

Early life

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