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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 Ultimate Alliance 4 Rise of Kang
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Kang the Conqueror has launched his greatest invasion yet. Using technology capable of tearing apart the timeline itself, Kang begins merging different eras, worlds, and realities into a single empire under his control. New York, Wakanda, Attilan, mystical dimensions, and distant reaches of space become trapped within Kang's expanding temporal kingdom.With reality collapsing around them, Nick Fury calls together the largest alliance of Marvel heroes ever assembled. The Avengers, X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy, Inhumans, street-level heroes, mystics, and independent heroes must put aside their differences and fight together.Players assemble a four-hero squad, freely switching between characters during combat and combining their abilities for devastating Alliance Attacks. Every hero brings a different playstyle—from Colossus' raw strength and Rocket Raccoon's weaponry to Nico Minoru's magic, Falcon's aerial combat, and White Tiger's martial arts.But Kang isn't fighting alone.Across the fractured timeline, the heroes encounter an army of villains including Ronan the Accuser, Maximus, Mordo, Killmonger, Attuma, Klaw, Crossbones, Juggernaut, Morgan le Fay, Whiplash, Shocker, Hammerhead, Sabretooth, Bullseye, and many more. Some willingly serve Kang. Others have been manipulated into helping him, while several villains have plans of their own. As the Alliance discovers the true scale of Kang's plan, they learn that simply defeating his armies won't be enough. Kang intends to reach the heart of time itself and rewrite history so that every Marvel victory, every heroic legacy, and every possible future leads to one outcome: Kang wins.The final battle takes the Alliance into Kang's temporal fortress, where past, present, and future collide. To restore reality, Marvel's heroes must accomplish something Kang believes impossible:
