"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"
"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"
"Alex Désert Alex Désert (born July 18, 1968) is an American actor and musician known for his roles in the TV series ""The Flash"", ""The Heights"" with Jamie Walters, ""Becker"" with Ted Danson, and ""Boy Meets World"", as well as the voice of Nick Fury for the animated series """". Désert has more recently been seen in ""Mom"" and ""Grey's Anatomy"". His recent television credits also include ""Tyler Perry's House of Payne"", ""House M.D."", ""Reno 911!"", and ""The Sarah Silverman Program"". His motion picture credits include the independent hit ""Swingers"", ""Playing God"", ""High Fidelity"", ""Bob Funk"" and ""PCU"" with Jeremy"
"""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"
"1998. From 2001-2005, Furey guest starred as Craig Taylor on ""Queer as Folk"". He is married to actress Denise Galik. Furey's sister, Kathleen Furey, is an actress/casting director. She teaches teen acting courses in many places on Long Island, New York. John Furey John Furey (born April 13, 1951) is an American actor who has starred in film and on television. His film credits include ""Friday the 13th Part 2"" (1981), ""Black Thunder"" (1998) and ""Land of the Free"" (1998). Outside of film, Furey has starred on several television series such as ""Queer as Folk"" (2001–05) In 1976, Furey made"
"""Ursus in the Valley of the Lions"" (1961), and ""Ursus in the Land of Fire"" (1963), before the popularity of ""sword-and-sandal"" films waned. Fury returned to acting in the early 1970s and appeared mostly in small parts in television series. Ed Fury Ed Fury (born Rupert Edmund Holovchik; June 6, 1928) is an American bodybuilder, actor, and model. He is best known for starring in a number of ""sword-and-sandal"" films in the 1950s and 1960s. Born in Long Island, New York, Fury moved to Los Angeles, California in the late 1940s and competed in numerous bodybuilding competitions, such as ""Mr."
"Hidden"". He also starred opposite Julie Andrews as King Marchand in the 1995 Broadway adaptation of ""Victor/Victoria."" Michael Nouri Michael Nouri (born December 9, 1945) is an American television and film actor. His father was born in Iraq. He may be best known for his role as Nick Hurley in the 1983 film ""Flashdance"". He has had recurring roles in numerous television series, including ""NCIS"" as Eli David, the father of Mossad officer (later Special Agent) Ziva David, ""The O.C."" as Dr. Neil Roberts, and ""Damages"" as Phil Grey. He also appeared as Congressman Stewart with Queen Latifah in the"
"for several other blockbusters, including ""Flashdance"" (1983) and ""Jagged Edge"" (1985). Gary Goldman was subsequently hired to do a minor re-write on the script. Al Pacino, Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, Robert De Niro, Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Christopher Lloyd, Jack Nicholson, Charlie Sheen, Richard Gere, John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Denzel Washington, Kevin Costner and several other famous actors were considered for the role of Nick Curran. In preparation for the car chase scene, Douglas reportedly drove up the steps on Kearny Street in San Francisco for four nights by himself. Douglas recommended Kim Basinger for the role of"
"Fury (TV series) Fury (retitled Brave Stallion in syndicated reruns) is an American western television series that aired on NBC from 1955 to 1960. It stars Peter Graves as Jim Newton, who operates the Broken Wheel Ranch in California; Bobby Diamond as Jim's adopted son, Joey Clark Newton, and William Fawcett as ranch hand Pete Wilkey. Roger Mobley co-starred in the two final seasons as Homer ""Packy"" Lambert, a friend of Joey's. The frequent introduction to the show depicts the beloved stallion running inside the corral and approaching the camera as the announcer reads: ""FURY!..The story of a horse..and a"
"Blind Fury Blind Fury is a 1989 American samurai action comedy film written by Charles Robert Carner (of ""Gymkata"" fame) and directed by Phillip Noyce. It is a loosely based, modernized remake of ""Zatoichi Challenged"", the 17th film in the Japanese ""Zatoichi"" film series. The film stars Rutger Hauer as Nick Parker, a blind, sword-wielding Vietnam War veteran, who returns to the United States and befriends the son of an old friend. Parker decides to help the boy find his father, who has been kidnapped by a major crime syndicate. While serving in Vietnam, American soldier Nick Parker (Rutger Hauer)"
"Michael Nouri Michael Nouri (born December 9, 1945) is an American television and film actor. His father was born in Iraq. He may be best known for his role as Nick Hurley in the 1983 film ""Flashdance"". He has had recurring roles in numerous television series, including ""NCIS"" as Eli David, the father of Mossad officer (later Special Agent) Ziva David, ""The O.C."" as Dr. Neil Roberts, and ""Damages"" as Phil Grey. He also appeared as Congressman Stewart with Queen Latifah in the 2006 comedy movie ""Last Holiday"" and LAPD Detective Thomas Beck in the science fiction action film ""The"
"early talks with Emily Blunt to play the Black Widow, though she was unable to take the role due to a previous commitment to star in ""Gulliver's Travels"". Samuel L. Jackson confirmed that he had been in discussions to reprise the role of Nick Fury from the first film's post-credits scene, but that contract disputes were making a deal difficult. Jackson claimed that ""There was a huge kind of negotiation that broke down. I don't know. Maybe I won't be Nick Fury."" In February, Jackson and Marvel came to terms, and he was signed to play the character in up"
"real audition and he legitimately beat out the other actors (including Ford, Pitt, De Niro and Daly) to win the Stone Fury role. He also gets emotional watching the scene at the film's premiere when he receives the trophy from the ""President of Show Business,"" and says that he cries every time he watches it. When the DVD of the film was released in 2006, the cover is listed as starring ""Perry Karavello"", continuing the running gag of misspelling Caravello's name. On June 1, 2007, Caravello filed a lawsuit against ""Jackass"" star Johnny Knoxville, alleging that Knoxville, along with Jimmy"
"plays Andrea von Strucker / Viper. It was released on DVD on September 30, 2008. The film was met with a mixed to poor reception. Nick Fury, retired, is approached to return to duty to take down agents of the terrorist organization HYDRA, led by the children of Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, an old enemy of his. HYDRA has reconstituted a pathogen known as the Death's Head virus, and threatens to attack Manhattan with it, barring payment of US $1 billion. Reception to the film was mixed. With praises for its performances such as David Hasselhoff; but lack of execution"
"(1957) and ""The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock"" (1959) and the television series, ""Bonanza"" and ""Cimarron Strip,"" before it burned to the ground in the massive Newhall/Malibu fire of 1970. The series continued in reruns on NBC until 1966 and was syndicated throughout the 1960s and 1970s by ITC Entertainment, which produced the series. Fury (TV series) Fury (retitled Brave Stallion in syndicated reruns) is an American western television series that aired on NBC from 1955 to 1960. It stars Peter Graves as Jim Newton, who operates the Broken Wheel Ranch in California; Bobby Diamond as Jim's adopted son,"
"Ed Fury Ed Fury (born Rupert Edmund Holovchik; June 6, 1928) is an American bodybuilder, actor, and model. He is best known for starring in a number of ""sword-and-sandal"" films in the 1950s and 1960s. Born in Long Island, New York, Fury moved to Los Angeles, California in the late 1940s and competed in numerous bodybuilding competitions, such as ""Mr. Muscle Beach"" in 1951 and 1953, coming in third and second respectively. In addition, he worked as a physique model for photographers Bob Mizer and Bruce Bellas, and also made a couple of loops for Mizer's male erotica studio Athletic"
"David Fury David Fury is an American television writer, producer, actor and director. He is well known for his work on ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"", ""Angel"", ""Lost"", ""24"", ""Fringe,"" ""Hannibal and ""The Tick"". Fury was a co-executive producer and writer for the first season of ""Lost"". He was nominated for a Best Writing Emmy for his episode ""Walkabout."" He and the writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2006 ceremony for their work on the first season. Fury was born in New York City, the son of a model and"
"John Furey John Furey (born April 13, 1951) is an American actor who has starred in film and on television. His film credits include ""Friday the 13th Part 2"" (1981), ""Black Thunder"" (1998) and ""Land of the Free"" (1998). Outside of film, Furey has starred on several television series such as ""Queer as Folk"" (2001–05) In 1976, Furey made his acting debut on the television series ""The Blue Knight"". The following year, he had guest roles in the television series ""Eight Is Enough"" and ""Rafferty"", and starred in the television film ""Just a Little Inconvenience"". In 1978, Furey had guest"
"Gun Fury Gun Fury is a 1953 3-D western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Rock Hudson and Donna Reed, with major supporting roles for Philip Carey and Leo Gordon. The film is based on the novel ""Ten Against Caesar"" by Kathleen B. George and Robert A. Granger. The supporting cast includes Lee Marvin and Neville Brand. It was filmed in the Red Rocks area of Sedona, Arizona. After a stagecoach holdup, Frank Slayton's (Philip Carey) notorious gang leave Ben Warren (Rock Hudson) for dead and head off with his fiancée. Warren follows, and although none of the townspeople"
"before the actor's portrayal in the films. Nick Fury Jr. appears in the 2013 ""Secret Avengers"" series by Nick Spencer and Luke Ross. In January 2017 Marvel announced that the character would get his first ongoing solo series, named ""Nick Fury"". While serving in the Middle East, Marcus Johnson is told that his mother Nia Jones has been murdered back in the United States. He returns home and is attacked by the men who killed her, and by Taskmaster, but is saved by Captain America. S.H.I.E.L.D. agents arrive and take him to a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility, after a while Johnson comes"
"like Samuel L. Jackson, the actor who later went on to portray Nick Fury in several Marvel movies and television shows set in the established Marvel Cinematic Universe. When Nick Fury first made his appearance in the Ultimate Universe, he had a vastly different design, resembling more the original mainstream version with notable differences, featuring a full head of close-cropped hair, a clean-shaven, younger appearance (particularly as depicted in ""Ultimate Marvel Team-Up"") and less visible scarring around his eye-patch, not to mention lacking a specific resemblance to any actor. He wore seemingly normal clothing which integrated outlandishly high-tech capabilities such"
"Mike Manning (actor) Michael Christopher Manning (born April 12, 1987) is an American actor, producer, television personality and activist. Manning first gained fame as a cast member on the MTV series """" Since then he has starred in a number of films and television programs, such as the 2014 Disney Channel original movie ""Cloud 9"", in which he played Nick Swift, Hawaii Five-0 and Love Is All You Need? and produced the documentary ""Kidnapped for Christ"". Michael Christopher Manning is from Thornton, Colorado. His parents are Michael Sr. and Susan Manning. He is the oldest of three children; he has"
"Tapes"". He later became a fixture in many of Arnold Schwarzenegger's films, stood up to Steven Seagal in ""Out for Justice"", and doubled for the one arm man in the big screen version of ""The Fugitive"". Nick Dimitri Nick Dimitri (born December 27, 1932), is a stuntman and actor best known as Charles Bronson's black leather blazer wearing opponent in the climax of ""Hard Times"". In addition to fisticuffs, his speciality was dying violently on screen. He was a regular stuntman on the World War II TV series ""The Rat Patrol"" and a double for action actors Sean Connery and"
"publications have additionally focused on Nick Fury's solo adventures, such as the graphic novels and one-shots """" (1989), """" (Oct. 1994), """" and """" (both Feb. 1995), and """" (Oct. 2001). He starred in the 2004–2005 ""Secret War"" miniseries. In the 2018 ""Exiles"" series ""the Unseen"" will recruit characters to combat an unknown galactic threat. Nicholas Joseph Fury is the eldest of three children born to Jack Fury in New York City. His father is a United States citizen who enlists in the United Kingdom's Royal Flying Corps during World War I. Jack enlists in 1916 and is stationed in"
"he comes across are prepared to help, he manages to recruit two men who have sworn revenge on the ruthless Slayton. Gun Fury Gun Fury is a 1953 3-D western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Rock Hudson and Donna Reed, with major supporting roles for Philip Carey and Leo Gordon. The film is based on the novel ""Ten Against Caesar"" by Kathleen B. George and Robert A. Granger. The supporting cast includes Lee Marvin and Neville Brand. It was filmed in the Red Rocks area of Sedona, Arizona. After a stagecoach holdup, Frank Slayton's (Philip Carey) notorious gang"
"real name is Nick Fury, Jr.. Fury Jr. closely resembles the Ultimate version of Fury. When the original Nick Fury decided to retire as director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the mantle was handed onto Fury Jr., who had recently lost his left eye and took to wearing an eye patch. Nicholas Fury fought for the United States in World War II. During the invasion of Sicily, he, along with Private Fisk and Canadian paratrooper Corporal Howlett, attempted to loot a house. American military police arrived to arrest them, and all three were subdued. Fisk was grazed by a bullet, while Fury was"
"The Veteran (2006 film) The Veteran is a 2006 American made-for-TV war film directed by Sidney J. Furie. It stars Ally Sheedy, Bobby Hosea, Michael Ironside, Casper Van Dien, Colin Glazer, Sean Baek, Jim Codrington and Donald Burda. It is a follow up to ""Under Heavy Fire"". The film is the third in Sidney J. Furie's Vietnam War trilogy along with 1977's ""The Boys in Company C"" and 2001's ""Under Heavy Fire"", resembling Oliver Stone and his Vietnam War trilogy of 1986's ""Platoon"", 1989's ""Born on the Fourth of July"" and 1993's ""Heaven & Earth"". 30 years since the Fall"
"award ceremony. Director Jon Favreau plays Happy Hogan, Stark's bodyguard and chauffeur, and Samuel L. Jackson makes a cameo appearance as Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D., in a post-credits scene. Jackson's face was previously used as the model for the Ultimate Marvel imprint version of Nick Fury. Other cameos in the film include Stan Lee as himself, being mistaken for Hugh Hefner by Stark at a party; Tom Morello, who provided guitar music for the film, as a terrorist guard; and Jim Cramer as himself. Ghostface Killah had a cameo in a scene where Stark briefly stays in Dubai, but"
"to f---'"". The role of Nick Hurley was originally offered to KISS lead man Gene Simmons, who turned it down because it would conflict with his ""demon"" image. Pierce Brosnan, Robert De Niro, Richard Gere, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, and John Travolta were also considered for the part. Kevin Costner, a struggling actor at the time, came very close for the role of Nick Hurley, that went to Michael Nouri. ""Flashdance"" was the first success of a number of filmmakers who became top industry figures in the 1980s and beyond. The film was the first collaboration between Don Simpson and"
"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"
"Tim Curry Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor and singer. He is best known for working in a diverse range of theatre, film, and television, most often portraying villainous characters. Curry rose to prominence with his portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"" (1975), reprising the role he had originated in the 1973 London and 1974 Los Angeles stage productions of ""The Rocky Horror Show"". His other stage work includes various roles in the original West End production of ""Hair"", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1980 Broadway production of ""Amadeus"", the Pirate"
"for him because with Takeru on the loose, it's only a matter of time before the clone finds them all! Shadow Fury Shadow Fury is an action/science-fiction film released in Japan on October 30, 2001, starring Sam Bottoms. This is the feature film debut of both Taylor Lautner and Jennette McCurdy. A discovery in the near future makes it possible to create genetically engineered and enhanced human clones. The consequence of this discovery results in bio-ethical chaos. In order to right this wrong, the World Health Organization imposes a global ban on all human cloning activity. A group of scientists"
"Peter Krause Peter William Krause (; born August 12, 1965) is an American television and film actor. He has played lead roles in multiple television series, portraying Casey McCall on ""Sports Night"" (1998–2000), Nate Fisher on ""Six Feet Under"" (2001–2005), Nick George on ""Dirty Sexy Money"" (2007–2009), Adam Braverman on ""Parenthood"" (2010–2015), Benjamin Jones on ""The Catch"" (2016–2017), and Bobby Nash on ""9-1-1"" (2018–present). For his work on ""Six Feet Under"", Krause was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning twice for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama"