Samuel L Jackson voices Xander in The Boys Season 5 Episode 7
samuel l jackson turns up in The Boys Season 5 Episode 7 as the voice of Xander, the shark who stops The Deep from reaching the water in "The Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother's Milk." The cameo lands as a sharp franchise crossover moment for a series that has already used celebrity drops as part of its appeal.
Xander tells The Deep he is not welcome near water anymore because of the pipeline fiasco, and the joke depends on Jackson’s voice being instantly recognizable. That choice pushes the episode beyond a one-off gag: it gives the show a name with superhero weight, not just a stunt casting credit.
How The Boys stages the cameo
The Deep visits a body of water to clear his mind, only for Xander to surface before he can get in. The setup gives the scene a clean comic beat and keeps the cameo tied to the character rather than floating in as a random celebrity drop.
Eric Kripke’s show has already leaned on guest names such as Will Ferrell in Season 4 and Charlize Theron in Season 3, so Jackson fits a pattern rather than a one-off experiment. The difference here is that the voice belongs to someone with a long superhero résumé, which makes the appearance feel larger than a standard pop-in.
Jackson's franchise track record
In the 2000s, Jackson played Nick Fury at the end of Iron Man, then returned in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Secret Invasion, and The Marvels. He also voiced Frozone in The Incredibles and reprised the role in The Incredibles 2 in 2018.
Back in 2000, he played Mr. Glass in Unbreakable, and Brad Bird later recruited him for The Incredibles in the early 2000s. That mix explains why a shark cameo in The Boys reads less like novelty and more like a clean extension of a career built on franchise continuity.
Xander and the next franchise move
"Honey, where's my supersuit?" remains one of the signature Jackson-linked voice lines in the mix, and it sits naturally beside a role like Xander. With Incredibles 3 in the works for June 2028, Jackson’s latest appearance keeps him active across superhero and animated properties at once.
For viewers, the practical takeaway is simple: The Boys is still using big-name voices to sharpen its joke engine, and Jackson is exactly the kind of actor who makes that strategy land fast. If the show wants another celebrity that audiences recognize in one second, it has already shown the standard.
