Nick Fury — Captain America: The First Avenger Character Profile

About Nick Fury

Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and mastermind behind the Avengers Initiative, orchestrating Earth's defense against extraterrestrial threats.

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)
• 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) — character page
• 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 America: The First Avenger (2011)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Nick Fury — related — Dr. Arnim Zola (Toby Jones)
• Nick Fury — related — Johann Schmidt / Red Skull (Hugo Weaving)

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• Colonel Chester Phillips (Tommy Lee Jones)
• Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper)
• Timothy 'Dum Dum' Dugan (Neal McDonough)
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