Nick Fury in other media explained
Since his debut in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (May 1963), the Marvel Comics superhero Nick Fury has appeared in many different forms of media, including films, television programs and video games.
Television
1990s
Live action
Animated
- Nick Fury appears in Iron Man, voiced by Philip Abbott.[2]
- Nick Fury appears in Spider-Man, initially voiced again by Philip Abbott and later by Jack Angel. He confronts the identity-changing terrorist the Chameleon in the episodes "Day of the Chameleon", "The Cat", and "The Black Cat". He also appears in the "Six Forgotten Warriors" six-part episode.
- Nick Fury makes non-speaking cameo appearances in .
- Nick Fury appears in the Spider-Man Unlimited episode "Worlds Apart", voiced by Mark Gibbon.[3]
2000s
- Nick Fury is featured in , voiced by Jim Byrnes.[4] While he is shown to have connections with Wolverine (Logan), later episodes had him releasing Bolivar Trask from prison under orders of his superiors to help deal with the threat of Apocalypse. When Wolverine commented about Nick reviving the Sentinel project, Fury stated that it wasn't his choice to make. This show marks the last time that the character was depicted in animation as Caucasian; later appearances have modeled the character after Samuel L. Jackson as in the Ultimate Marvel comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies.
- A Nick Fury TV series was considered for development in 2001.[5]
- Nick Fury appears in Wolverine and the X-Men, voiced by Alex Désert. This version is an amalgam of the Earth-616 version and the Earth-1610 version. His patch is on the right eye, and not the left as in most iterations. In the episode "Wolverine vs. The Hulk", he uses his connections to call off the Mutant Response Division's attack on Wolverine who he persuaded to head to Canada to deal with the Hulk by mentioning that he obtained info on who each of the X-Men are. After Wolverine and Hulk defeated the Wendigoes, Wolverine scolds Fury about the Wendigoes being part of an attempt at a super-soldier program. Wolverine then punches Bruce Banner so that Hulk can "thank Fury." After Hulk throws Wolverine a distance, Wolverine quotes "Have fun Fury."
- Nick Fury appears in , voiced by Dean Redman.
- Nick Fury appears in The Super Hero Squad Show, voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.[6] [7]
2010s
Animation
- Alex Desert reprises his role in .[8] [9] This version initially appears as the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., but leaves the position to investigate an invasion by the Skrulls. While this version is depicted as African-American, his season one design is patterned after the character's classic look, while his season two design is based on Samuel L. Jackson.
- Alex Desert also voices the animated debut of Jack Fury. In addition to being depicted as African-American, this version takes his son's place in the Howling Commandos.
- Chi McBride voices Nick Fury in Ultimate Spider-Man,[10] and would later reprise his role in Avengers Assemble, ,[11] Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.,[12] and .
- Nick Fury appears in , voiced by Hisao Egawa in Japanese and John Eric Bentley in English.
Film
Live-action
- In the audio commentary of , director Tim Story said the script originally contained Nick Fury, but the role eventually became that of General Hager (played by Andre Braugher), as having Nick Fury would have forced Fox to purchase that character's rights; some of Hager's lines in the film originate from Nick Fury in Ultimate Extinction.[13] [14]
Animation
- Andre Ware voiced Nick Fury's Ultimate version in the direct-to-video animated features Ultimate Avengers (2006) and Ultimate Avengers 2 (2008).
- Nick Fury appears in the film , voiced by John Eric Bentley in English and Hideaki Tezuka in Japanese.[15]
- Nick Fury appears in the anime film , with John Eric Bentley reprising the role.[16]
Marvel Cinematic Universe
See main article: Nick Fury (Marvel Cinematic Universe). Samuel L. Jackson signed a nine-film contract with Marvel to portray Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[17] Jackson has also confirmed that 2019's Captain Marvel marked the end of his nine-film contract with Marvel. However, he continued to portray the character in and .[18] Additionally, Jackson reprises his role in guest appearances in two episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and reprises the role in the Disney+ series What If...? and Secret Invasion.[19] [20] In August 2020, actor Jeff Ward revealed that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. series writer DJ Doyle had pitched a post-credits scene for the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. series finale that was not shot, that featured Ward's character Deke Shaw (introduced in the fifth season) sitting in a S.H.I.E.L.D. office in the alternate timeline he ends the series trapped in, serving as the organization's Director and wearing an eye patch. Ward added, since it was unclear if the alternate timeline's Nick Fury was still alive in the alternate timeline following the events of the seventh season, Deke would have worn it because it felt like "a power and cool thing", with Deke ultimately serving as a partial adaptation of the original version of the character.[21]
Video games
- Nick Fury appears in two The Punisher games:
- Nick Fury is featured in the 2005 video game adaptation of Fantastic Four, voiced by Andre Ware.[24]
- Nick Fury appears in , voiced by Khary Payton.
- Nick Fury appears in many Spider-Man games. Most of these appearances are based on his Ultimate Marvel incarnation:
- The Ultimate version of Nick Fury appears in the Ultimate Spider-Man video game, voiced by Dave Fennoy.[25]
- Nick Fury appears as a non-playable character in , voiced by Marc Graue. At the start of the game, he rescues Spider-Man from the P.H.A.N.T.O.M.s and recruits him into S.H.I.E.L.D. to help find the P.H.A.N.T.O.M.s' creator and stop them. He briefs Spider-Man and his team at the beginning of their missions. A running gag in the game is that Fury tends to deal with the antics of the Helicarrier's computer.
- Nick Fury appears in the PSP and PS2 versions of .[26]
- The Ultimate version of Nick Fury is mentioned in the final Ultimate segment of . He ordered his scientists not to experiment with the fragment of the Tablet of Order and Chaos that they found, but they ended up doing so anyway, and tried fusing it with the Carnage symbiote, which allowed him to absorb the fragment's power and break free. Fury called Spider-Man for assistance, but by the time he arrives, most of the Triskellion is already under Carnage's control, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are struggling to fight the splintered forms. Fury is mentioned by Spider-Man several times throughout the level.[27]
- Nick Fury appears in the Spider-Man Unlimited video game and would later be made a playable character, voiced by John Eric Bentley.
- Nick Fury is a recurring character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance series:
- Nick Fury Sr. appears in , voiced by Scott MacDonald. When Doctor Doom's Masters of Evil attacks the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier U.N.N. Alpha, he sends a distress signal to all heroes to come defend the Helicarrier. He is a playable character after completing the game for the first time.[28] He has two costumes based on the mainstream Marvel universe version and two costumes based on the Ultimate Marvel iteration.
- Nick Fury Sr. appears in , voiced by David Kaye.[29] His role in Secret War is intact, but he resurfaces when it comes to the Fold and has the heroes evacuate from Negative Zone Prison Alpha so that he can have it self-destruct. When the heroes are in Wakanda, it was discovered that Nick has been absorbed into the Fold. In the final battle, Fury attacks the heroes in his Nanite form using the powers of Electro, Havok, Multiple Man, Firestar, Bishop, and A-Bomb. In both endings, a banner shown across the news reports states that Fury has been pardoned by the President. Upon completing the game, his Nanite form is unlocked as a playable character.
- Nick Fury Jr. appears in a different continuity depicted in albeit as a NPC, voiced again by John Bentley.
- Nick Fury appears in the video game adaption of Iron Man 2, voiced by Samuel L. Jackson with additional dialogue provided by John Eric Bentley.
- Nick Fury's Ultimate version appears in Crimson Viper's ending for where he offers a job with S.H.I.E.L.D. He later reappeared in Ultimate ending of Captain America, in taking Barack Obama's place from original version.[30]
- Two versions of Nick Fury appear as playable characters in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online: one based on his appearance in The Super Hero Squad Show animated series, and one based on Samuel L. Jackson's portrayal in the 2012 film The Avengers.[31]
- Nick Fury appears as a non-playable character in the Facebook game .[32]
- Nick Fury appears in every Lego Marvel games:
- Nick Fury appears as a playable character in Marvel Heroes, voiced by Keith David.[36]
- Nick Fury is a non-playable character in Marvel Avengers Alliance Tactics.[37]
- Nick Fury is a playable character in Disney Infinity 2.0 and Disney Infinity 3.0, with Samuel L. Jackson reprising his role.[38] [39] [40]
- Nick Fury is a playable character in Marvel Puzzle Quest.[41]
- Nick Fury is a playable character in .[42]
- Nick Fury is a playable character in Marvel Mighty Heroes.[43]
- Nick Fury appears extensively, and is a playable character (albeit rather difficult to obtain) in Marvel Strike Force.
- Nick Fury appears as a playable characters in Marvel Contest of Champions.
- Nick Fury appears as a supporting character in Iron Man VR, voiced by Ike Amadi.
- Nick Fury appears in the 2020 Avengers game, voiced by Charles Parnell. Once an ally of the Avengers and the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., he disappeared without trace after the agency was forced to go underground as a result of the "A-Day" tragedy. Before his disappearance, Fury hid copies of resources and protocols to enable S.H.I.E.L.D. to rebuild itself. It is revealed in DLC expansion that Fury is alive and currently being sent to the future where Kree invaded Earth. He tasked Hawkeye to find him in that timeline, then inform their allies of the Kree’s upcoming invasion which about to be occurred in the present. Sometimes after Avengers retrieves the Cosmic Cube from Monica’s hand and prevent Future Imperfect (where Hawkeye, Taskmaster and Hulk (Maestro in that timeline) survives) from happening in their timeline, as well as their alliance with Wakandan forces, Fury returns to lead S.H.I.E.L.D. once more.
- Nick Fury appears in Marvel Future Revolution, with John Bentley reprising his role from various Marvel media.
Live performance
Nick Fury appears in the Marvel Universe: LIVE! arena show.[44]
Novels
Web series
Nick Fury appears in several episodes of the stop-motion animated web series .[47]
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