There are two other characters in the Marvel Multiverse who work under the name Nick Fury, and both of them are one-eye wonders as well. ET on Wednesday (February 22, 2023), our beloved actor Samuel L. Jackson passed away. The dialogue in Captain America: The Winter Soldier does not explicitly state what year either the Bogot incident, or Furys swearing in, took place. Along with Dwayne Johnson, he also encouraged those who had recovered from COVID-19 to donate their blood to help others fighting the virus. he wrote in a guest column forThe Hollywood Reporter. And in late 1965 or early 1966 (comic book publishing dates can get a little hazy), Stan Lee and Dick Ayers canonized how he lost his eye in Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos #27. Derudover har han vundet mange andre priser. He said, "Barack Obama represents everything I was told I could be growing up. The tough guy actor got hooked on the game when he got clean, and playing regularly has helped him stay that way. This isn't the only health-based charity he's involved with, either. 48 Copy quote. So how did Nick Fury lose his eye? [131] He voiced the main antagonist, Officer Frank Tenpenny, in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. You think you can do as good of a job as I did? [60] He began the next decade of his film career playing a Marine colonel put on trial in Rules of Engagement, co-starred with Bruce Willis for a third time in the supernatural thriller Unbreakable, and starred in the 2000 remake of the 1971 film Shaft. In 2010, he starred in the drama Mother and Child and portrayed an interrogator who attempts to locate several nuclear weapons in the direct-to-video film Unthinkable. Anyone who tells you money can't buy happiness never had any. Yearly doses of the Infinity Formula, a diluted version of the Infinity Elixir, which was developed by Sir Isaac Newton to give Nostradamus immortality. He will be missed but not forgotten. Actor Samuel L. Jackson celebrated his 74th birthday on Wednesday, and the greatest gift he may have received was an important life lesson: The things you like on Twitter can be seen by the general public. ", Samuel L. Jackson has openly admitted that he dabbled withhallucinogenics during his college years. Although Jackson never went to Vietnam as a soldier (college students were safe from the draft at this stage), he would later visit as an actor. A few days later Jackson was on a plane headed for Memphis to march with the striking sanitation workers that King had been in town to support. The actor denied this was true during a 2018 interview with Vogue,but he did admit that he and his peers were stockpiling weapons in anticipation of an "armed rebellion" in the United States. The body of a Flerken contains pocket dimensions with enough space to store entire universes, according to Marvel.com. Everybody has to learn that the world works in very specific ways, and you're not in charge of it. Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor. During an interview with The Mercury News in 2017, Samuel L. Jackson opened up about what life was really like growing up in segregated Tennessee during the 1950s. [21] Before graduating in 1972, he co-founded the Just Us Theatre. Bookmark. . I 1991 oprettede Cannes Film Festival en Supporting Actor -pris alene for hans skyld, s den kunne blive overrakt ham for hans prstation i Jungle Fever. [129][130] He was in the Pilot for Ghostwriter. Being the most bankable star in Hollywood doesn't make you or your loved ones immune to illness, as Jackson knows all too well. [112] He reprised the role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)[113] and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). "[47] With a succession of poor-performing films such as Kiss of Death, The Great White Hype, and Losing Isaiah, Jackson began to receive poor reviews from critics who had praised his performance in Pulp Fiction. [156] He has supported English football team Liverpool FC since appearing in The 51st State, which was shot in Liverpool,[157] and also supports Irish football team Bohemian FC. I had to sometimes not make direct eye contact." - Samuel L. Jackson 2. It might seem anti-climactic, but this reason also deftly explains why nobody in the modern MCU knows how Fury lost his eye. By submitting your email, you agree to our, Sign up for the 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. Descubre todas las pelculas y series de la filmografa de Samuel L. Jackson. Thankfully, he doesnt seem to blame Goose. "I was a f***ing drug addict and I was out of my mind a lot of the time, but I had a good reputation," he told The Guardian. According to Nerdist, the original comic book incarnation of Fury lost his eye due to a battlefield encounter with a piece of grenade shrapnel. Samuel Leroy Jackson Nick Name Sam, King of Cool, Mr. Speaking to Golf Digest, the actor revealed that used to take hislightsaberonto the green while filming Star Wars: Episode II. Captain Marvel is set in 1995. And thats the story of three spies and three eyes. Fury makes a comment remark in Captain America: The Winter Soldier about how the last time he trusted someone, he lost an eye. He also received Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for the performance as well. On December 2, 2006, Jackson won the German Bambi Award for International Film, based on his many film contributions. Fury tells Alexander Pierce that If you wanna stay ahead of me, Mr. Secretary, you need to keep both eyes open. After making that declaration, Fury reveals his damaged eye to the computer interface, and scans his bad eye to remove the encryption safeguards that help the heroes win the day. [11][13][15] According to DNA tests, Jackson partially descends from the Benga people of Gabon, and he became a naturalized citizen of Gabon in 2019. The . "The cashier said, 'Dr. Something went wrong. [151], Jackson is bald but enjoys wearing wigs in his films. Richardson studied at Spelman, the women-only college affiliated with Morehouse. "She forced me to do a lot of things that I didn't want to do when I was a kid," the actor said during an appearance onLive with Kelly and Michael. 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. [114] In February 2015, Jackson stated that he only has two movies left on his Marvel contract following Age of Ultron. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching,. Oops. [13] The couple have a daughter named Zoe (born 1982). But MCU fans arent the first people to wonder how Nick Fury lost his left eye. There were only a few actors of color for Jackson to look up to at the time, and they never seemed to make it to the end of a picture. I got it, at that point. This is heavily implied by Pierces own dialogue. Unnamed Man - Shot to death by Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega. Marquis Warren in The Hateful Eight (2015) Available on Netflix. The short answer is, he caught a Nazi grenade, but didnt throw it away fast enough to evade the blast. Is Coulson a Skrull? Marvels Battle Scars miniseries made several moves that nudged the Marvel Comics Universe closer to the Cinematic one, including Agent Phil Coulsons comic book debut. "Even the movie theaters I was going to were all-black theaters My whole existence was black." "[36] His performance was so acclaimed that the jury of 1991 Cannes Film Festival added a special "Supporting Actor" award just for him. Edna's influence helped Jackson stand apart from his peers at a young age, but being the clever one didn't exactly make him popular with the other kids. [103][104] In 2009, he again worked with Quentin Tarantino when he narrated several scenes in the World War II film Inglourious Basterds.[105]. "[160][161] In December 2012, he compared his Django Unchained character, a villainous house slave who sides with his white oppressors, to black conservative Justice Clarence Thomas and said that the character had "the same moral compass as Clarence Thomas does". In fact, Edna could claim to have cast Samuel L. Jackson in his very first role. "That was the first time [my wife] LaTanya realized I was doing something that was greater than just smoking weed and drinking." "Her mother had it, her brother had it, her sister had it, and so did my aunt on my father's side. Fans of Marvel Comics know that the comics version of Nick Fury also wears an eye patch. [65][66] Jackson then acted as an NSA agent, alongside Vin Diesel in XXX, and as a kilt-wearing drug dealer in The 51st State. "Showed up on time, knew my lines, hit my marks.". And, unfortunately, Samuel L. Jackson noticed it and. WIN A TRIP + OFFER. Fury started his comic book life in Sgt. Happiness, Money Can't Buy Happiness. "[42] For the Academy Awards, Miramax Films pushed for, and received, the Best Supporting Actor nomination for Jackson. "It's not the context, dude it's that he was comfortable doing it. ), Busta Rhymes (Shaft), Eve (xXx), Ice Cube (xXx: State of the Union), Xzibit (xXx: State of the Union), David Banner (Black Snake Moan), and 50 Cent (Home of the Brave). The same happened with Jackson's mother soon after she was diagnosed. Jackson had a small part in the Public Enemy music video for "911 Is a Joke". It is so cruel having someone who has nurtured you and taken care of you reach a point where they can't even recall your name," he said. "We were in violation of a whole bunch of laws," Jackson explained. One poster for the film Spider-Man: Far From Home featured Furys eye patch on his right eye, which is incorrect. Throughout Jackson's career, he has appeared in many films alongside mainstream rappers. "You have to have a big heart and the Lord," she said. [13] He returned for Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, seeing his minor supporting role develop into a major character. (1948 - ???) "It is something I can do that occupies time I would otherwise have spent doing very destructive things," he told The Independent. Samuel L. Jackson. This may explain the in-universe reason other characters might assume Furys eye is missing, as opposed to being intact but badly damaged. Reddit user Ikeblueflamess post contains a fan-created timeline that aims to tie the hints about Furys early days at SHIELD together. Anyone can grow up to be a president. He would later return to the college to earn a BA in drama in 1972. [28] He decided to return to Atlanta, where he met with Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, and others active in the Black Power movement. The couple has been married for over 40 years, but not all of those years have been happy ones. [86] On November 4, 2005, he was presented with the Hawaii International Film Festival Achievement in Acting Award. In 2019, Jackson reprised his Unbreakable role as Mr. Glass in the film Glass, and his Shaft role in Shaft, both sequels to his 2000 films. Oh, and that includes hardcore porn. [64] In 2002, he played a recovering alcoholic, attempting to keep custody of his kids while fighting a battle of wits (in Changing Lanes) with Ben Affleck's character. [34] His family entered him into a New York rehabilitation clinic. Samuel L. Jackson has been a part of the MCU from the beginning, appearing in an "Iron Man" scene that foreshadowed the creation of the Avengers. In 2002, Jackson gave his consent for Marvel Comics to design their "Ultimate" version of the character Nick Fury after his likeness. The actor's family has been decimated by Alzheimer's disease over the years, something he discussed during a 2019 interview withEvening Standard. The 2022 production will be directed by Jackson's wife LaTanya Richardson Jackson. At the 48th Berlin International Film Festival, he received Silver Bear for Best Actor for his leading performance in Tarantino's Jackie Brown (1997). [168][169], He was given Gabonese citizenship in 2019 as he descends partially from the country's Benga ethnic group. The exact plot details of . In a guest column forThe Hollywood Reporter, Jackson wrote, "We were buying guns, which kind of put me on the radar of the powers that be. Another reason Samuel L. Jackson isn't too keen on nude scenes is that he got an injury while filming. Captain America: The Winter Soldier was released in 2014, with Captain Marvel not hitting theatres until 2019, so fans had plenty of time between the two films to craft their own theories about how Nicky Fury came to wear his signature eye patch. Jackson has become the undisputed king of the box office and a true living legend in Tinseltown, which is quite incredible when you consider everything that he's had to endure in his personal life. [94] In December 2006, Jackson starred in Home of the Brave, as a doctor returning home from the Iraq War. In that same scene, Fury refuses to either confirm or deny the rumor that the Kree burned out his eye when speaking with Coulson. In his transition from a WWII grunt in a period comic to a modern sci-fi super spy, Fury earned one major change: an eyepatch. For the record, the correct eye is Furys left one. Combined, they've generated over $13 billion at the worldwide box office, more than any other actor in history, according to aBox Office Mojo study (via The Hollywood Reporter). A weekly roundup of the best things from Polygon. [9] He launched a campaign called "One for the Boys", which teaches men about testicular cancer and urges them to "get themselves checked out". Samuel L. Jackson was charged witha second-degree felony for his part in the Morehouse hostage situation, but he was apparently already known to the authorities at this stage. 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