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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: Heroes, Power and Fame
Suggested by bighero616
Despite the unlikely union of those five heroes saving the world from Loki's threat, many doubts and questions remain about the Avengers. People, whether from the public or the media, still have difficulty seeing them as heroes. But can you blame them? They have in their ranks a pagan god, a creature responsible for death and destruction, who until yesterday was an enemy of the state, a pair of heroes who aren't all that great, and a man known for his lack of common sense and arrogance. It's not exactly a dream team. Wanting to recreate the experiment that gave the Fantastic Four their powers, Simon Utrecht and his colleagues try to replicate it, generating an explosion that caught the attention of the Avengers. Even with the heroes' interference, it somehow worked, with their physiognomies changing thanks to the radiation exposure, gaining powers. They soon become the U-Foes, a team of heroes, sharing the spotlight with the Avengers. They quickly become New York's favorite heroes, despite the mess they usually leave behind when involved, which doesn't usually make it into the media. It's then that the Avengers discover that many of the incidents the U-Foes are involved in are staged, all just publicity stunts, putting other people's lives at risk for fame. This makes a confrontation between the teams inevitable. Especially when the U-Foes decide that New York is too small for them and the Avengers, leading them to attack the team.
