The actor, who has played Nick Fury in a dozen projects in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, looked back at some of his most iconic characters in a recent interview with GQ magazine. He first appeared as the master strategist and superspy in 2008’s Iron Man but went on to star in eight more MCU films within a decade timespan.

Samuel L. Jackson participated in a career retrospective interview for GQ magazine and admitted that he was shocked by the speed in which Marvel raced through his initial 9 picture deal. Jackson agreed to Marvel’s initial offer to play Nick Fury in nine movies,

Samuel L. Jackson is generally known for playing a badass, first strongly associated with Quentin Tarantino films, and now over the past sixteen years, the MCU’s Avengers founder and former leader of S.