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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 The Underworld: Part IV
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Taking place 6 years after Part 3 in this we see Nick Fury, Matt Murdock, and Luke Cage as they travel to different countries recruiting the old Defenders like Hawkeye, Jessica Jones, and Iron Fist to stop Intelligencia who have returned and are now being led by Baron Zemo who in 1944 trapped himself in a super soldier chamber for 79 years and was finally woken up by Arnim Zola whose mind was uploaded into an immortal android. Throughout the movie the team tries and fails to infiltrate Intelligencia and eventually has to turn to an old friend. 4 years ago Spider-Man left the Defenders after Matt confronted him about his more brutal tactics which had become a problem about a year after having the symbiote. Peter being influenced by the symbiote saw this as a threat and got into a fight with Matt which ended in Peter leaving and Punisher taking his side and leaving too. In the present Matt goes and convinces Peter who recently got control back and rarely uses the symbiote anymore to come and help. The movie climaxes with Peter and Matt confronting Zemo who explains to them that his goal is to create the perfect world and the only way to do that is to eliminate all heroes who think they can stop him. It was then revealed that Intelligencia was a cover up and Zemo has brought back Hydra. The movie ends with Zemo releasing a gas into the room as he leaves which knocks out Peter and Matt who are put in a holding facility which takes away Peter's powers and blocks out Matt's senses.
