BAFTA LA is to present Samuel L Jackson with this year’s Albert R Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles is giving this year’s Albert R Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment to Samuel L Jackson.

Jackson, most recently seen in The Hateful Eight and a 1995 best supporting actor winner for Pulp Fiction, will be presented with the award at this year’s British Academy Britannia Awards. The gala is set for October 28 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

The event will be hosted for a second time by British actor and comedian Jack Whitehall and Ang Lee will be presented with the John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing.

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