Actor Samuel L. Jackson and his actress wife, LaTanya Richardson, have put their Encino home of six years on the market at $2.8 million.
Because they traveled so much, they lacked time until now to move into the Beverly Hills-area home they bought last summer from Roseanne for close to $8.9 million. Roseanne and her husband moved to Palos Verdes.
Jackson and Richardson's Encino home has a four-bedroom, 5,000-square-foot main house and a three-bedroom, 3,000-square-foot guest house with a full kitchen. The main house has a two-story family room with a bar. There are also three fireplaces in the home.
Built in 1981, the English Tudor-style home is on about an acre, behind gates in Amestoy Estates. The home also has a tennis court, 66-by-20-foot pool, five-car garage and putting green. Jackson hosts the Samuel L. Jackson Celebrity Golf Classic, which will be held in California in July.
He, his wife and daughter now live in a home on two acres in a gated community. The nine-bedroom, 11,000-square-foot estate, built in 1987, also has a pool, spa, tennis court and rose garden.
Jackson, 52, had the title role in the 2000 remake of the 1971 classic "Shaft." Last year, he also played a Marine colonel in "Rules of Engagement" and a comic-art dealer in "Unbreakable."
The actor, who earned an Oscar nomination for "Pulp Fiction" (1994), stars in "The Caveman's Valentine," released at the Sundance Festival this year, and the upcoming movies "The 51st Stage," 'Changing Lanes," 'Truck 44" and "Star Wars: Episode II," expanding his cameo role in "The Phantom Menace."
Richardson, married to Jackson since 1980, co-stars with Alan Arkin in A&E's first original weekly drama series, "100 Centre Street." She appeared with Jackson in the movie "Losing Isaiah" (1995), and she was in "U.S. Marshals" (1998), "When a Man Loves a Woman" (1994), "Sleepless in Seattle" (1993) and "Malcolm X" (1992).
Alfie and Myrna Shanfeld at Coldwell Banker Previews, Encino, have the Encino listing.
KABC-AM (790) radio talk-show host Larry Elder has purchased a home in the Hollywood Hills for about $1.6 million, and he has sold his former home nearby for $625,000.
The home he sold has three bedrooms in 2,200 square feet. Built in the '50s, the house has a black-bottom pool, spa and views of Lake Hollywood.
The home Elder bought has four bedrooms in 4,500 square feet. Also built in the '50s, the house sits on a knoll behind gates.
