Philanthropy

He's one of the snappiest dressers in Hollywood so it was no surprise that Samuel L. Jackson hosted one of the first parties at London Collections: Men.

A-list celebrities including Colin Firth, Margot Robbie and Simon Pegg attend an event raising money for a cancer charity chaired by actor Samuel L. Jackson.

No one likes to hear the word â??Cancerâ?, specially us men. We want to remove the myths and change the male mindset.

Each year, more than 175,000 children are diagnosed with cancer worldwide, and in the U.S., cancer is the number one disease killer of children. But we can c...

JAN. 9, 2014 (LOS ANGELES / NEW YORK) St. Baldrick's Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) will unveil a new print and broadcast public service announcement featuring actor Samuel L. Jackson. The PSA, entitled 'In Play,' is designed to increase awareness about childhood cancers and the critical importance for infants and children, and in particular teens and young adults with childhood cancers, to be treated by pediatric oncologists. Survival for teens and young adults is far greater when treated on pediatric cancer protocols.

'I'm doing this because I'm a proud graduate of Riverside High School in Chattanooga,' Jackson says in the video.'When I was in 9th grade, Riverside came into being because Chattanooga High School built a new school across the river, and we got their old school.'

Actor's family has a long, heartbreaking history with the devastating disease.

The Hollywood actor is hosting a celebrity fashion show in London this week to encourage men to be more aware of cancer risks

But Jackson said he is still not without his bad days. "I was on the set of Captain America, and they said 'Action!" and I said, 'G-g-g-et ...' It was a G day. So I have my days. I have G days, I have P days, I have B days, I have S days, and I'm still stuttering. But I figured out a way to do it. "

A former member of the Black Power movement, and an usher at the funeral of the slain Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., actor Samuel L. Jackson has long been involved with Los Angeles-based Artists For A New South Africa (ANSA), a non-profit organization whose original mission was to end the white apartheid regime, but now tackles AIDS/HIV and various medical and rights issues in Africa and the U.S., particularly for children.

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