You’d be hard-pressed to name a more visible actor than the great Samuel L. Jackson, who has nearly 200 acting credits on his IMDB resume and is forever popping up and adding his unique signature style to billion-dollar franchises, action films and amusing commercials that make us really want to believe Jackson takes road trips with Charles Barkley and Spike Lee. Jackson is such a ubiquitous presence we can almost forget he’s a gifted actor with a lot more in his tool kit than f-bombs and high-decibel line deliveries.
The six-part Apple TV+ series “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” serves as a valuable reminder of Jackson’s versatility, with the 73-year-old veteran playing a 91-year-old man battling dementia and trying to right the wrongs in his life — and a much younger version of that man, thanks to some startling but effective digital de-aging wizardry.
