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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

Toad
for Toad in Flushed Away Live-Action
Suggested by rodrigoandrescardenasromero

Roddy is alone at home after the family who takes care of him leaves. He enjoys it very much, but then another rat, Sid, enters the house through the pipes. When he tells him he wants to stay in the house, Roddy ask him if he wants to go to the hot tub. He takes him to the toilet seat and tells him that is a hot tub, but Sid is not stupid and push roddy in. When he gets up, he finds himself in an town with many other rats. There he meets Rita. Spike wants a ruby from Rita, but she says no one has the ruby stolen from her by Roddy, he's a thief. Eventually, however, Rita Ruby falls out of his pants. Bruno therefore takes it and takes it to his boss, Toad. However, Rita claims to be a ruby of her father. That's why he pulls Rita and Roddy off and wants to freeze them. She steals the ruby back, steals the main cable, has to turn off the power, and starts running with Roddy. However, they are followed by White and Spike. They manage to escape, but Rita leaves Roddy. Then Roddy tells her that her ruby is not real and breaks it. Rita is very upset, so Roddy offers to get rich by taking him back home. They have real rubies. He wants his cable back, so he sends Spike and Whitey to found them. Whitey and Spike start chasing them. However, they escape them, which makes Toad very angry. That's why he will bring his cousin Le Frog to help. He wants the electric cable back, he must have a plan when the hlad time of the football match begins.
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