Agent Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson, right) has come a long way in the Marvel cinematic universe. To date he has appeared in 11 films. Image: Marvel / The Walt Disney Company.
Which famous Hollywood star plays in two Disney universes with the MCU and Star Wars and is known for the particularly fervent use of a swear word with an M? Correct, We are of course talking about Samuel L. Jackson.
The now 75-year-old actor, who became world famous in 1994 for his performance as Killer Jules in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, has appeared in front of the camera for countless films over the years. In the Star Wars prequels, Jackson played the suspicious Jedi master Mace Windu.
However, Jackson was in front of the camera more often for no studio than for Marvel. The American has now shot a whopping twelve superhero films for the Disney studio in the role of SHIELD agent Nick Fury. He made his first appearance in the post-credit scene of Iron Man in 2008.
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How long do I have to survive to do this?
He never thought that Jackson would play the agent with the eye patch for so long. In the Interview with the American magazine GQ The actor recently revealed that he thought he would die before his contract ended.
Because when he was offered the role as Fury, Marvel boss Kevin Feige not only chose him for one, but for nine films at once want to sign a contract. At the time, Jackson asked himself how long he would have to stay alive before he could ever fulfill his contractual obligations.
Because, you know, filmmaking isn’t the fastest thing in the world. That takes time. So people don’t usually sign for nine films. But I didn’t know at the time that they would make these nine films in what felt like two years. This is completely crazy. And in the end I thought: Oh crap, my contract is running out.
Overall, however, Jackson was pleasantly surprised at how quickly the films were ultimately shot and extended his contract for a few more Fury appearances. Since you probably want to know in which Marvel films Jackson can be seen, we have summarized his appearances in a practical list below.
All Marvel Movies with Samuel L. Jackson:
- Iron Man (2008)
- Iron Man 2 (2010)
- Thor (2011)
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
- The Avengers (2012)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Captain Marvel (2019)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
- The Marvels (2023)
On top of that, he was also seen in the series spinoffs Agents of SHIELD (2013-2014) and Secret Invasion (2023). With his role as Nick Fury, Jackson has come a long way in recent years. Thanks to the great popularity of the Marvel films, he can now even be played as a character in Fortnite. However, he did not reveal in the interview whether Jackson is a big Fortnite fan.
It is currently unclear whether Jackson plans further appearances in the Marvel universe in the future. After over twelve films and two series appearances, he would have happily earned a break from the Avengers.
But who knows, maybe Jackson will be surprisingly reunited with his old pal Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) in the upcoming Marvel film Thunderbolts. You can find the trailer for Thunderbolts embedded above.
