Nick Fury — Captain Marvel Character Profile

About Nick Fury

Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and key architect of the Avengers Initiative.

Nick Fury — Character Profile

Affiliations

• Central Intelligence Agency
• S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Marvel Cinematic Universe

Quick Facts about Nick Fury

Full Name

Nicholas Joseph Fury

Eye Color

Brown

Hair Color

Black hair

First Appearance

Iron Man

Nationality

African-American

Nick Fury's Known Relations

• Central Intelligence Agency — Member of
• S.H.I.E.L.D. — Member of

Nick Fury appears in 12 titles

• Iron Man (2008) — character page
• Iron Man 2 (2010) — character page
• Thor (2011) — character page
• Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) — character page
• The Avengers (2012) — character page
• Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) — character page
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) — character page
• Avengers: Infinity War (2018) — character page
• Captain Marvel (2019)
• Avengers: Endgame (2019) — character page
• Secret Invasion (2023) — character page
• The Marvels (2023) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Samuel L. Jackson

Appears in

Captain Marvel (2019)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (5)

• Nick Fury — Alliance Partner — Carol Danvers / Vers / Captain Marvel (Brie Larson)

  Forms a tactical partnership to uncover Carol's origins and evade Kree forces.

• Nick Fury — Conflict Deceived Target — Talos / Keller (Ben Mendelsohn)

  Manipulates Fury under a false identity to monitor Carol Danvers.

• Nick Fury — Social Respectful Acquaintance — Maria Rambeau (Lashana Lynch)

  Maintains a professional yet respectful dynamic during the investigation.

• Nick Fury — Conflict Injured Victim — Goose (Reggie)

  Causes permanent physical injury that shapes Fury's iconic appearance.

• Nick Fury — Narrative Observer — Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson (Annette Bening)

  Recognizes the cosmic threat posed by entities like the Supreme Intelligence.

Explore the full interactive character relationship map of Captain Marvel

More characters from Captain Marvel

• Carol Danvers / Vers / Captain Marvel (Brie Larson)
• Talos / Keller (Ben Mendelsohn)
• Supreme Intelligence / Dr. Wendy Lawson (Annette Bening)
• Korath (Djimon Hounsou)
• Yon-Rogg (Jude Law)
• Minn-Erva (Gemma Chan)
• Bron-Charr (Rune Temte)
• Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg)
• Maria Rambeau (Lashana Lynch)
• Ronan (Lee Pace)
• Hero Torfan (Vik Sahay)
• Joseph Danvers (Kenneth Mitchell)