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Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized actors of his generation, the films in which he has appeared have collectively grossed over $27 billion worldwide, making him the second highest-grossing actor of all time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him an Academy Honorary Award in 2022 as "A cultural icon whose dynamic work has resonated across genres and generations and audiences worldwide". Jackson started his career on stage making his professional theatre debut in Mother Courage and her Children in 1980 at The Public Theatre. From 1981 to 1983 he originated the role of Private Louis Henderson in A Soldier's Play Off-Broadway. He also originated the role of Boy Willie in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson in 1987 at the Yale Repertory Theatre. He returned to the play in the 2022 Broadway revival playing Doaker Charles. Jackson early film roles include Coming to America (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Patriot Games (1992), Juice (1992), True Romance (1993), and Jurassic Park (1993), Menace II Society (1993), and Fresh (1994). His collaborations with Spike Lee led to greater prominence with films such as School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Oldboy (2013), and Chi-Raq (2015). Jackson's breakout role was in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994) which earned him a BAFTA Award win and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He further collaborated with Tarantino, acting in Jackie Brown (1997), Django Unchained (2012), and The Hateful Eight (2015). He's known for having appeared in a number of big-budget films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), A Time to Kill (1996), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), The Negotiator (1997), Deep Blue Sea (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000) and its reboot (2019), XXX (2002), S.W.A.T. (2003), Coach Carter (2005), Snakes on a Plane (2006), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), and Glass (2019). He also gained widespread recognition as the Jedi Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005), later voicing the role in the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) and the video game Lego Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011). With his permission, his likeness was used for the Ultimate version of the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury; he subsequently played Fury in 11 Marvel Cinematic Universe films, beginning with a cameo appearance in Iron Man (2008), as well as guest-starring in the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He will reprise this role in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion, which is set to premiere on June 21, 2023. Jackson has provided his voice for several animated films, documentaries, television series, and video games, including Lucius Best / Frozone in the Pixar films The Incredibles (2004) and Incredibles 2 (2018).
Samuel L. Jackson
Nick Fury
for Nick Fury in Avengers and Fantastic Four: Time War
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After the Avengers defeated the Masters of Evil and the Fantastic Four triumphed over Doctor Doom, a new, unexpected, and far more dangerous crisis forces the two teams to unite to save the world, all of reality, and the timeline. Strange temporal anomalies begin to occur around the planet, with the emergence of impossible technologies, armies, and creatures from the past and future. The world descends into chaos. The Fantastic Four begin to investigate these disturbances, leading them to Egypt, where a pyramid-shaped ship materializes, forcing the team to confront Rama-Tut, a mysterious pharaoh and time traveler with technology advanced even for the 21st century. At the same time, the Avengers in France confront the Scarlet Centurion, a masked conqueror from the future who emerges imposing military dominance over European countries. Both believe that the present should be shaped by their visions of absolute order. As if that weren't enough, the real threat is yet to come: Kang the Conqueror, a time traveler who dominates his era centuries in the future, is coming to dominate the present, since the 21st century, the age of heroes, is a central axis in the timeline, and whoever controls it holds the future of humanity in their hands. That's when the great revelation is made: the three figures are actually the same being from long periods of different time. To stop Kang, the Avengers and the Fantastic Four unite, taking the fight to Kang's time, knowing that if they fail, everything they have fought for will have been in vain. They operate on several fronts, with Steve leading both groups, Reed, Tony, and Hank being the brains, Johnny and Thor the firepower, Susan and Jan the reason and emotion, while Ben and Hulk are the brute force.
