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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's Agents of Shield (continuation)
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In the aftermath of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the team is still recovering from their previous battles, but a new and terrifying force rises in the form of Maximus the Mad, the brother of Black Bolt, and a rogue Inhuman with the power to manipulate minds. Maximus has been quietly building his own army of Inhumans, seeking to reshape the world into his vision of order through chaos. Using a mysterious artifact tied to time and reality, he starts destabilizing key global events, threatening to tear apart the fabric of reality itself. Coulson, Skye, Grant, Melinda and the remnants of S.H.I.E.L.D. are pulled back together to confront this dangerous new threat, with Luis, Jimmy, and Darcy rounding out the team to help uncover the artifact's secrets. As Maximus’s influence spreads, turning once-innocent people into unwitting pawns, the team must battle their own fears and insecurities while trying to stop him from achieving his ultimate goal: a world ruled by the Inhumans, with Maximus at the head of a new age of domination. Along the way, the lines blur between what’s right and wrong, and the agents must come to terms with the cost of saving the world once again. Maximus’s ability to play mind games creates intense personal conflicts, and just when all seems lost, the team makes a shocking discovery about the true source of his power—setting the stage for an epic confrontation that will change the course of S.H.I.E.L.D. forever.
