Here, we try to look at them all.

Samuel L. Jackson's films had grossed more box office money than any other actor in filmmaking history by 2011, maybe because he's been in more than 120 movies since breaking into the business in the early '90s.

At the moment, he's in two films out at the same time: he's got a supporting role in "Chi-Raq" and plays a bounty hunter in Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight," his sixth collaboration with the director.

Whether he's Tarantino's muse, Nick Fury in half the Marvel movies, Mace Windu in those Star Wars prequels, or saving a plane from a knot of pissed-off snakes, the only thing Jackson has more of than movie credits has got to be hats.

Seems like he doesn't step out of the house, in front of a camera, or to a movie premiere without wearing a hat, usually a Kangol. He wore a Kangol in "Jackie Brown" and has since partnered with the brand on a line.

How many does he have? We asked, but Jackson's publicist wouldn't say -- seems it's a secret he wants to keep under his cap.

Here, we try to guess by looking back at his life in hats.

1993
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Ron Galella via Getty Images
Ron Galella via Getty Images
1995
Ron Galella via Getty Images
NBC via Getty Images
1996
Ron Galella via Getty Images
1997
SGranitz via Getty Images
1998
SGranitz via Getty Images
Frank Micelotta Archive via Getty Images
1999
Jeff Kravitz via Getty Images
2000
LUCY NICHOLSON via Getty Images
2001
Andrew Redington via Getty Images
Dave Benett via Getty Images
2002
Scott Gries via Getty Images
Justin Sullivan via Getty Images
Albert L. Ortega via Getty Images
2003
Vinnie Zuffante via Getty Images
Vera Anderson via Getty Images
Kevin Winter via Getty Images
2004
SGranitz via Getty Images
Scott Cunningham via Getty Images
Dimitrios Kambouris via Getty Images
Andrew D. Bernstein via Getty Images
2005
SGranitz via Getty Images
Kevin Winter via Getty Images
SGranitz via Getty Images
Dimitrios Kambouris via Getty Images
Evan Agostini via Getty Images
2006
Sam Greenwood via Getty Images
Paul Hawthorne via Getty Images
Peter Kramer via Getty Images
L. Cohen via Getty Images
Jason Merritt via Getty Images
J. Vespa via Getty Images
Alberto E. Rodriguez via Getty Images
2007
Rebecca Sapp via Getty Images
Steve Granitz via Getty Images
2008
Alberto E. Rodriguez via Getty Images
Photoshot via Getty Images
Marc Ausset-Lacroix via Getty Images
2009
Lester Cohen via Getty Images
Kevork Djansezian via Getty Images
2010
Steve Granitz via Getty Images
Kevin Winter via Getty Images
Justin Hession via Getty Images
Alberto E. Rodriguez via Getty Images
2011
Mike Coppola via Getty Images
Donna Ward via Getty Images
Bobby Bank via Getty Images
2012
Gabriel Olsen via Getty Images
Steve Granitz via Getty Images
Albert L. Ortega via Getty Images
Michael Buckner via Getty Images
Jeff Kravitz via Getty Images
Ray Mickshaw via Getty Images
Jim Spellman via Getty Images
2013
Earl Gibson III via Getty Images
Alan Chapman via Getty Images
John Phillips via Getty Images
Foto24 via Getty Images
JB Lacroix via Getty Images
Donna Ward via Getty Images
Ilya S. Savenok via Getty Images
Ethan Miller via Getty Images
2014
David M. Benett via Getty Images
AFP via Getty Images
David M. Benett via Getty Images
Jamie McCarthy via Getty Images
SAV via Getty Images
Jeff Kravitz via Getty Images
Tommaso Boddi via Getty Images
Michael Stewart via Getty Images
David M. Benett via Getty Images
Chelsea Lauren via Getty Images
2015
Alberto E. Rodriguez via Getty Images
Pierre Suu via Getty Images
Jason Merritt via Getty Images
Cindy Ord via Getty Images
Mike Marsland via Getty Images
Eamonn McCormack via Getty Images
John Sciulli via Getty Images
JB Lacroix via Getty Images

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