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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
Norman Rader
for Norman Rader in Mythological Legacy
Suggested by jeanpaulvalley
A year and a half after the events of "Mythological Apocalypse", mankind has moved on, as nothing happen. However, although Typhon, Echidna and several children were taken away by the powerful Pandora's Box in Washington, before the artifact was taken to a Ouranos top-secret base, there still members of this family on the loose. Most countries search them, but in Cuba their seen as heroes ! Cerberus, Nemea, Sphinx, Orthos, Manticore and Asterio, with their friend Gloria, live as political refugees there, hoping to find a way to reunite their family. Ladon and Colchi were intercepted by soldiers before being locked up in a secure complex. While the Evil Winds and Echidnadess remain untraceable... because in reality they found Loki, his children, but also Thor, who decided to help his brother. At the same time, the last remaining child of the family, the literally uncatchable and very mischievous Fox of Teumesse, was released during underground research in Greece, where he had been in hibernation for so long. Thanks to his super-speed, as well as the help of some members of the research team, former enemies wanting to redeem themselves, they find Cerberus group. Together, they decide to go recover an old plant hiden in Egypt, in order to find the mythical Shangri-La. Thus, when the whole family will be free and reunited again, they'll all be able to live in peace in this mythical Himalaya's place... but, once again, enemies will get in their way.
