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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

Joseph Paulus
for Joseph Paulus in Leilani: Mystery Island
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Ben Sinclair sailed across the Pacific ten years ago and was shipwrecked, on his mysterious and adventurous journey home he sailed on the wreck of his ship, he had not enough food or water, after his journey he allegedly, as he later wrote in his book, got into a mysterious island that is not charted anywhere and on which is located, as he calls paradise on earth, he says that he has seen species of animals that do not live elsewhere, but because he has no proof of the existence of this island, no one believes him. He doesnt give up on his dream island, for 10 years he tries to find and map it, he named it Leilani, means Heavenly Flower. Finally, they manage to find out the location of the island, they assemble a team for their expedition. Team: James Wong, Mike Webster, André Magnusson, Charles LaFrance, Richard Gilmour, José Florés and Julia Jacobs. They embark on a voyage across the Pacific to a mysterious, unexplored island. On the island facing dangerous animals and plants. Ben and Julia fall in love. The adventurous expedition gained a lot of knowledge, soil sample, a herbarium, and photographic records of all the animals discovered there. Among the animals are various new species such as Golden Frigatebird, Pacific Puffin, Gold Panda, Leilanian Jaguar, Lemur, Leilan Devil, Leilan Tiger, Kangaroo, Koala, Pacific Elephant, also extinct species such as Moa, Dodo, Joseph Paulus, Meganeura, Titanoboa, Haast's eagle, Tasmanian Tiger, Gigantopitecus, Megatherium


