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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 Marvel Cinematic Universe -- Legends One
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Every canon events in MCU will definitely happen in Legends. The Legends will majority describe about the origin stories of heroes and villains and some horrible events in the future. There's very moments in the timeline: Sometime in ancient, Species extended by Eternals, included Titans; 1940s, human started the Tesseract's research; 1960s, Carol Danvers, Karla Sofen, Maria Rambeau were born. Years after, they'd joined the U.S. Military; 1980s, Oscorp started, for high technologies. Carol absorbed the Tesseract's power; 1990s, Carol brought Skrulls to their new home. Maria Hill, Natasha Romanoff, Karla Sofen joined the S.H.I.E.L.D.. SHIELD ignored opposition to transform Karla as her cousin's substitute; 2000s, U.S. Waged Iraq War. Karla found out the truth and started to slaughter the U.S. soldiers. Reed Richards and Ben Grimm started their first research, found out about mutants' gene; 2010s, Karla destroyed the P.E.G.A.S.U.S. base , even if joined NY battle, but she'd arrested by Maria Hill. Some years after she started her flight test into the space, brought Natasha's future body to Earth. During the Snap, some heroes saved passengers of planes; 2031, Some avengers including Karla disappointed at their country. Determined to destroy the politicians and their secret bases. Attacked America and Asia. Karla's father and Maria Hill sacrificed during Downtown Macau destroyed. For atonement and save the universe, Karla was seriously injured and coma. U.S. lost its hegemony.
