"Nick Fury Jr. Nicholas Joseph Fury Jr. (originally known as Marcus Johnson) is a fictional comic book character appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. He is one of an unknown number of sons of Nick Fury, a former U.S. Army hero, super-spy, and later director of the intelligence agency S.H.I.E.L.D. Marcus Johnson was introduced in the mini-series ""Battle Scars"". He bears a strong resemblance to the Ultimate Marvel version of Nick Fury and the Marvel Cinematic Universe incarnation as portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson; the appearance of the Ultimate Universe version was based on that of Samuel L. Jackson"
"as Thaddeus Ross, who first appeared in ""The Incredible Hulk""; and Kerry Condon as the voice of Iron Man's A.I. assistant F.R.I.D.A.Y. Samuel L. Jackson and Cobie Smulders make uncredited cameos in the post-credits scene as Nick Fury and Maria Hill, who they respectively portrayed in several previous films. Jon Favreau was to reprise his role as Harold ""Happy"" Hogan, while co-director Joe Russo had a cameo appearance as a paparazzi photographer, but this scene did not make the theatrical cut of the film. In early January 2017, Peter Dinklage was in negotiations to appear in the films, and was"
"""The Negotiator"" (1998), ""Deep Blue Sea"" (1998), ""Unbreakable"" (2000), ""Shaft"" (2000), ""xXx"" (2002), ""Snakes on a Plane"" (2006), """" (2017) and the ""Star Wars"" prequel trilogy (1999–2005). With Jackson's permission, his likeness was used for the Ultimate version of the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury. He has also played Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films ""Iron Man"" (2008), ""Iron Man 2"" (2010), ""Thor"" (2011), """" (2011), ""The Avengers"" (2012), """" (2014), """" (2015) and """" (2018), as well as the TV show ""Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."". Jackson has provided his voice to several animated films, television series and"
"Fury in the film. In May, Toby Jones entered final negotiations to play Arnim Zola. ""Iron Man"" director Jon Favreau said a younger Howard Stark would appear in the film, played by Dominic Cooper. Atwell revealed that Tommy Lee Jones would have a role in the film. By June, Neal McDonough was in talks to play Dum Dum Dugan. Four days later, he confirmed he was taking the part. The same day, Stanley Tucci joined the cast as Dr. Abraham Erskine, the scientist who created the super-soldier serum. In November 2013, McDonough revealed that he is signed to appear in"
"Iron Man (2008 film) Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Jon Favreau, with a screenplay by the writing teams of Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby and Art Marcum and Matt Holloway. It stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man, alongside Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Shaun Toub, and Gwyneth Paltrow. In ""Iron Man"", Tony Stark, an industrialist and master engineer, builds"
"Ted Biaselli: Loki, Mole Man, Male Computer Voice, Moloids, Lava Men, Civilian 2 Steven Blum: Wolverine, Abomination, Wolverine Brown Suit, Heimdall David Boat: Thor, Thing, Modern Thor Grey DeLisle: Ms. Marvel, Female Computer Voice Jess Harnell: Crimson Dynamo Tom Kane: Magneto, Dark Magneto Josh Keaton: Spider-Man, Black Suit Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099 Mikey Kelley: Silver Surfer, Anti- Surfer Tom Kenny: Captain America, Iron Man, Juggernaut, M.O.D.O.K. Stan Lee: Mayor of Superhero City Nolan North: Asgardians, U.S. Agent, A.I.M Agent, S.H.I.E.L.D Soldier 1, Fireman 1, Civilian 1, War Machine, Frost Giants Liam O'Brien: Nightcrawler, Male Cop, S.H.I.E.L.D. Controller Tara Strong: Invisible Woman"
"Strong Iron Man- Tom Kenny Nova- Jason Marsden Quicksilver- Scott Menville Reptil- Antony Del Rio Scarlet Witch- Tara Strong She-Hulk- Cree Summer Spider-Man- Josh Keaton Silver Surfer- Mikey Kelley Thor- Dave Boat Wolverine- Steven Blum Winter Soldier- Rod Keller Abomination- Steven Blum Annihilus- Dee Bradley Baker Dark Surfer- Mikey Kelley Doctor Doom- Charlie Adler Enchantress- Grey DeLisle Galactus- George Takei Grandmaster- John O'Hurley Hercules- Jess Harnell Loki- Ted Biaselli Magneto- Maurice LaMarche MODOK- Tom Kenny Nebula- Jane Lynch Nightmare- Jim Parsons Red Skull- Mark Hamill Super-Skrull- Jim Cummings Thanos- Jim Cummings In July 2010, THQ unveiled the trailer for ""Marvel"
"the ""Iron Man"" films. Adriana Barraza plays diner owner Isabella Alvarez and Maximiliano Hernández plays S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Jasper Sitwell. Joseph Gatt, Joshua Cox, and Douglas Tait portray Frost Giants. Stan Lee and J. Michael Straczynski have cameo appearances as pick-up truck drivers, Walter Simonson has a cameo appearance as one of the guests at a large Asgardian banquet, and Samuel L. Jackson and Jeremy Renner have uncredited cameos as Nick Fury and Clint Barton, respectively. Sam Raimi originally envisioned the idea for ""Thor"" after making ""Darkman"" (1990); he met Stan Lee and pitched the concept to 20th Century Fox, but"
"end of May 2015, Asa Butterfield, Tom Holland, Judah Lewis, Matthew Lintz, Charlie Plummer and Charlie Rowe screen tested for the lead role, against Robert Downey Jr., who portrays Iron Man, for chemistry. The six were chosen out of a search of over 1,500 actors to test in front of Feige, Pascal and the Russo brothers. In June, Feige and Pascal narrowed the actors considered to Holland and Rowe. Both screen tested again with Downey, with Holland also testing with Chris Evans, who portrays Captain America, and emerged as the favorite. On June 23, 2015, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios"
"Iron Man 2 Iron Man 2 is a 2010 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Iron Man, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is the sequel to 2008's ""Iron Man"", and is the third film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Directed by Jon Favreau and written by Justin Theroux, the film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man, alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, and Samuel L. Jackson. Six months after the events of ""Iron Man"", Tony Stark is resisting calls by the United"
"Iron Man (1951 film) Iron Man is a 1951 American film noir drama sport film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes and Stephen McNally. The film features an early appearance by Rock Hudson playing a competing boxer. The film is a remake of a film produced two decades earlier by director Tod Browning, also called ""Iron Man"". Chandler plays a coal miner who is encouraged by his gambler brother (Stephen McNally) to become a boxer. The problem is when he boxes he is consumed by a murderous rage. Jeff Chandler trained as a boxer to play"
"Generation Iron Generation Iron is a 2013 documentary film which follows the world's leading professional bodybuilders as they train and compete for the 2012 Mr. Olympia. The film gives access to the lives of the top seven bodybuilders in the sport, including Phil Heath, Kai Greene, Branch Warren, and Dennis Wolf. Mickey Rourke narrates the film, with appearances by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno, and Jay Cutler. ""Generation Iron"" chronicles seven top bodybuilders as they train to compete in the 2012 Mr. Olympia. ""Generation Iron"" was released on September 20, 2013 on 53 screens across the U.S. The film expanded to"
"Iron Man 3 Iron Man 3 (stylized onscreen as Iron Man Three) is a 2013 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Iron Man, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2008's ""Iron Man"" and 2010's ""Iron Man 2"", and the seventh film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Shane Black from a screenplay he co-wrote with Drew Pearce, and stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man, alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stéphanie Szostak, James Badge"
"Ned, Isabella Amara as Sally, Tiffany Espensen as Cindy, and Ethan Dizon as Tiny; and Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther from ""Black Panther"", with Danai Gurira as Okoye, Letitia Wright as Shuri, Winston Duke as M'Baku, and Florence Kasumba as Ayo. Sebastian Stan also appears as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier from the ""Captain America"" films, along with Tom Hiddleston as Loki and Idris Elba as Heimdall from the ""Thor"" and ""Avengers"" films; ""Iron Man"" supporting actress Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts; Benicio del Toro as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector from ""Guardians of the Galaxy""; William Hurt"
"a recurring back injury. After Clooney's departure, actors including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Gosling, Channing Tatum, Alexander Skarsgård, Ewan McGregor, Robert Pattinson, Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Michael Fassbender, Bradley Cooper, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joel Kinnaman, Russell Crowe, Chris Pine, Ryan Reynolds, and Jon Hamm were considered for the lead role. On March 18, 2013, Tom Cruise was in early talks to take the lead in the film. Armie Hammer was cast in the second lead role as Illya Kuryakin on April 24, 2013, with Cruise set as Solo. Swedish actress Alicia Vikander joined the film on May 8, 2013, as the female"
"They later moved the release date to May 20, 2011, to distance the film's release from that of """", another Marvel Studios film that was scheduled to be released on July 22, 2011. In October 2008, Daniel Craig was offered the role, but ultimately turned it down, citing his commitments to the ""James Bond"" franchise. In February 2009, Samuel L. Jackson, who had briefly portrayed Nick Fury at the end of the film ""Iron Man"", signed on to reprise the role in ""Thor"" as part of an unprecedented nine-picture deal with Marvel Studios. However, in an April 2010 interview, Jackson"
"communism. Subsequent re-imaginings of Iron Man have transitioned from Cold War motifs to contemporary matters of the time. Throughout most of the character's publication history, Iron Man has been a founding member of the superhero team the Avengers and has been featured in several incarnations of his own various comic book series. Iron Man has been adapted for several animated TV shows and films. The character is portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. in the live action film ""Iron Man"" (2008), which was a critical and box office success. Downey, who received much acclaim for his performance, reprised the role in"
"Carter, Arnim Zola and Nick Fury, respectively. They are joined by Scarlett Johansson, Anthony Mackie, and Robert Redford as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, Sam Wilson / Falcon, and Alexander Pierce, respectively. ""Captain America: Civil War"" was released on May 6, 2016, and again is directed by the Russo brothers. Evans, Johansson, Stan and Mackie reprise their roles from ""The Winter Soldier"", and they are joined by Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man, Paul Bettany as Vision, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye, Don Cheadle as James ""Rhodey"" Rhodes / War Machine, Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda"
"Gary Daniels Gary Edward Daniels (born 9 May 1963) is an English actor and retired professional and amateur kickboxer who scored 33 knockout victories, and a former World Light-heavyweight Kickboxing Champion (P.K.A.); known for appearing in action-oriented martial arts B-films. Daniels has performed in over 50 films since his start as an extra in an episode of the 1980s television series ""Miami Vice"". He is best known for playing Kenshiro in the live-action version of ""Fist of the North Star"". He is also known for his roles in the Jackie Chan film ""City Hunter"", and as Bryan Fury in the"
"tone and a sense of balance."" Jon Favreau Jonathan Kolia Favreau (; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. As an actor, he is known for roles in films such as ""Rudy"" (1993), ""Swingers"" (1996) (which he also wrote), ""Very Bad Things"" (1998), ""The Break-Up"" (2006), ""Friends"" (1994-2004), ""Couples Retreat"" (2009), and ""Chef"" (2014) (which he also directed). He has additionally directed the films ""Elf"" (2003), """" (2005), ""Iron Man"" (2008), ""Iron Man 2"" (2010), ""Cowboys & Aliens"" (2011), and ""The Jungle Book"" (2016), and served as an executive producer on ""The Avengers"" (2012), ""Iron"
"and a third part was used for a Berlin location. Trent Opaloch served as director of photography, while Chad Stahelski, David Leitch, and Spiro Razatos were second unit directors. In early May, Marvel announced that Martin Freeman was cast in an unspecified role, while also reprising roles in the film would be Paul Bettany as Vision, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes / War Machine, Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man, Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter, and William Hurt as Thaddeus ""Thunderbolt"" Ross, respectively. Samuel L. Jackson, who appeared as Nick Fury in the two previous Captain America films, said"
"Jon Favreau Jonathan Kolia Favreau (; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. As an actor, he is known for roles in films such as ""Rudy"" (1993), ""Swingers"" (1996) (which he also wrote), ""Very Bad Things"" (1998), ""The Break-Up"" (2006), ""Friends"" (1994-2004), ""Couples Retreat"" (2009), and ""Chef"" (2014) (which he also directed). He has additionally directed the films ""Elf"" (2003), """" (2005), ""Iron Man"" (2008), ""Iron Man 2"" (2010), ""Cowboys & Aliens"" (2011), and ""The Jungle Book"" (2016), and served as an executive producer on ""The Avengers"" (2012), ""Iron Man 3"" (2013), """" (2015), """""
"suggestions from S.H.I.E.L.D. and publicly admits to being the superhero the press has dubbed ""Iron Man"". In a post-credits scene, S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury visits Stark at home, telling him that Iron Man is not ""the only superhero in the world"", and explaining that he wants to discuss the ""Avenger Initiative"". Additionally, Faran Tahir appears as Raza, the leader of the Ten Rings; Paul Bettany voices J.A.R.V.I.S., Stark's personal AI system; Leslie Bibb portrays Christine Everhart, a reporter for ""Vanity Fair""; and Clark Gregg appears as Phil Coulson, an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Will Lyman provides the voiceover during the opening"
"Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (film) Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (stylized as Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD) is an American television superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury. It was first broadcast on May 26, 1998 on Fox. Directed by Rod Hardy, the film stars David Hasselhoff as Fury, a retired super spy who is approached to return to duty to take down the terrorist organization HYDRA, who threaten to attack Manhattan with a pathogen they have reconstituted known as the Death's Head virus. Lisa Rinna plays Contessa Valentina ""Val"" Allegra de Fontaine, and Sandra Hess"
"""Zodiac"". Downey was cast as the role of Tony Stark / Iron Man in the 2008 Marvel Studios film ""Iron Man"", a role he later reprised in ""The Incredible Hulk"" (2008) (cameo), ""Iron Man 2"" (2010), ""The Avengers"" (2012), ""Iron Man 3"" (2013), """" (2015), """" (2016), """" (2017), """" (2018), and """" (2019). During that time he also starred in the films ""Tropic Thunder"" (2008) and ""The Soloist"" (2009), and played the title character in ""Sherlock Holmes"" (2009) and """" (2011). For his role in ""Tropic Thunder"", he was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best"
"Blue Sea""/""S.W.A.T.""), 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""). Additionally, Jackson has appeared in four films with actor Bruce Willis (National Lampoon's ""Loaded Weapon 1"", ""Pulp Fiction"", ""Die Hard with a Vengeance"", and ""Unbreakable"") and the actors were slated to work together in ""Black Water Transit"" before both dropped out. In 2002, Jackson gave his consent for Marvel Comics to design their ""Ultimate"" version of the character Nick Fury after his likeness. In the 2008 film ""Iron"
"gain more than 20 pounds of muscle in five months to look like he ""had the power to forge iron"". ""Iron Man"" was globally released between April 30 and May 3, 2008, grossing over $585 million worldwide and receiving rave reviews which cited Downey's performance as a highlight of the film. By October 2008, Downey had agreed to appear as Iron Man in two ""Iron Man"" sequels, as part of the Iron Man franchise, as well as ""The Avengers"", featuring the superhero team that Stark joins, based on Marvel's comic book series ""The Avengers"". He first reprised the role in"
"take their assignments seriously, but they are not creating a champion in their class. One is reminded of such noted predecessors as ""Champion"" but ""Iron Man"" is not of that blue-blooded company ... It is not the portrayals, however, that make the film less than memorable. The bouts are exciting enough, but the punches, which are fairly hard and straight, are telegraphed."" Rock Hudson's appearance in the film attracted favorable publicity. Iron Man (1951 film) Iron Man is a 1951 American film noir drama sport film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes and Stephen McNally. The"
"work and not blow the reality that we've created"". In March 2009, actress Scarlett Johansson replaced Emily Blunt in portraying Natasha Romanoff in ""Iron Man 2"", a deal that subsequently attached her to ""The Avengers"". The following day, Marvel announced that the film's release date had been pushed back to May 4, 2012, almost a full year later. Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston joined the film's cast in June, returning as Thor and Loki, respectively. In July 2009, Penn talked about the crossover process, stating, ""My job is to kind of shuttle between the different movies and make sure that"
"Terrace"", among other films. Jackson played Marvel Comics character Nick Fury in the films ""Iron Man"", ""Iron Man 2"", ""Thor"", """", ""The Avengers"", """", """", """" and ""Captain Marvel"", of his nine-film commitment as the character for Marvel Studios. He is also scheduled to appear in """". For his role in ""Pulp Fiction"", Jackson won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for ""Best Supporting Actor"" and was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 1994, he was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a miniseries for ""Against the"
"Eric Oram Eric Oram is an American Wing Chun Kung Fu practitioner and fight choreographer who introduced a new way of filming fight scenes in the film """" in which the actors fought with real strikes and attacks, which were then featured in slow motion at 500 frames per second in the final movie. He has trained well known actors in Wing Chun such as Christian Bale for ""Batman Begins"", Jake Gyllenhaal, and in particular Robert Downey Jr. in ""Iron Man"" and ""Sherlock Holmes"" as his personal on-set consultant in numerous movies. Oram has been credited for training Downey in"
"Shaun Toub Shaun Toub (, born April 6, 1963) is an Iranian American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Yinsen in 2008's ""Iron Man"", Farhad in the 2004 movie ""Crash"", Rahim Khan in the movie ""The Kite Runner"", and Majid Javadi in the Showtime TV series ""Homeland"". Toub, who is of Persian Jewish background, was born in Tehran, Iran. His parents were both podiatrists. At age 2, he moved to Manchester, England, where his mother attended podiatry school. He returned to Iran, where he lived until he was 13, before moving to Switzerland. He crossed the"
"Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, and Samuel L. Jackson. In the film, Nick Fury, director of the spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D., recruits Tony Stark, Captain America, the Hulk, and Thor to form a team that must stop Thor's brother Loki from subjugating Earth. The film's development began when Marvel Studios received a loan from Merrill Lynch in April 2005. After the success of the film ""Iron Man"" in May 2008, Marvel announced that ""The Avengers"" would be released in July 2011. With the signing of Johansson in March 2009, the film was pushed back for a 2012 release."