Anthony Mackie
75 movies · 11 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 23, 1978 (age 48)
- Place of birth
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Also known as
- Anthony Dwane Mackie
Biography
Anthony Dwane Mackie (born September 23, 1978) is an American actor. He gained wide recognition for portraying Sam Wilson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and later starring as the titular character in Captain America: Brave New World (2025). By 2026, he had also gained widespread internet recognition through the viral "Son" meme.
Mackie made his film debut in 8 Mile (2002) and earned critical recognition for his roles in Brother to Brother (2004), which garnered him an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actor, and The Hurt Locker (2008), which earned him nominations for Best Supporting Actor at the AAFCA Awards and the Independent Spirit Awards. He also played Tupac Shakur in Notorious (2009) and Martin Luther King Jr. in the HBO film All the Way (2016).
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On television, Mackie starred as Takeshi Kovacs in the second season of Netflix's Altered Carbon (2020), a delivery driver in the Peacock series Twisted Metal (2023–present), and a fictionalised version of himself in the Apple TV+ series The Studio (2025), which earned him his first Primetime Emmy nomination. In theatre, he has performed in Broadway and Off-Broadway adaptations, including Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, A Soldier's Play and Carl Hancock Rux's Talk, for which he won an Obie Award in 2002.
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Known for
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★ 8.2 Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Film
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★ 8.2 Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Film
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★ 7.3 Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 · Film
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★ 7.5 Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Film
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★ 7.1 Ant-Man
2015 · Film
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★ 7.7 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014 · Film
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★ 8.0 Million Dollar Baby
2004 · Film
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★ 7.2 Real Steel
2011 · Film
Anthony Mackie: movies and TV shows
Acting (84)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Avengers: Doomsday
as Sam Wilson / Captain America
- Upcoming Avengers: Secret Wars
as Sam Wilson / Captain America
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Speed the Plow
as Bob Grant
- Upcoming Barracuda
as Karl
- 2026 Desert Warrior
as Hanzala
- 2025 Sneaks
as Ty (voice)
- 2025
- 2025 The Electric State
as Herman (voice)
- 2025 Captain America: Brave New World
as Sam Wilson / Captain America
- 2024 Elevation
as Will
- 2024 If You Were the Last
as Adam Gherrity
- 2023
- 2023 Ghosted
as Grandson of Sam
- 2023 We Have a Ghost
as Frank Presley
- 2021 Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America (archive footage)
- 2021
- 2021
- 2021 The Woman in the Window
as Ed Fox
- 2021
- 2021 Outside the Wire
as Leo
- 2021
- 2020 Synchronic
as Steve Denube
- 2020 The Banker
as Bernard Garrett
- 2019 Seberg
as Hakim Jamal
- 2019 Point Blank
as Paul
- 2019 Avengers: Endgame
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
- 2019 Miss Bala
as Jimmy
- 2019 IO
as Micah
- 2018 The Hate U Give
as King
- 2018 Avengers: Infinity War
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
- 2018
- 2017 Detroit
as Greene
- 2016 All the Way
as Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 2016 Captain America: Civil War
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
- 2016 Triple 9
as Marcus Belmont
- 2016
- 2015 The Night Before
as Chris
- 2015 Love the Coopers
as Officer Percy Williams
- 2015 Our Brand Is Crisis
as Ben
- 2015 Ant-Man
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
- 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Sam Wilson / The Falcon
- 2015 Black or White
as Jeremiah Jeffers
- 2014 Playing It Cool
as Bryan
- 2014 Shelter
as Tahir
- 2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
- 2014 Repentance
as Tommy
- 2013
- 2013 The Fifth Estate
as Sam Coulson
- 2013 Runner Runner
as Shavers
- 2013 Pain & Gain
as Adrian Doorbal
- 2013 Gangster Squad
as Coleman Harris
- 2012 10 Years
as Andre
- 2012 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
as Will Johnson
- 2012 Goose
as Narrator
- 2012 Man on a Ledge
as Mike Ackerman
- 2011
- 2011 What's Your Number?
as Tom Piper
- 2011 Real Steel
as Finn
- 2011 The Adjustment Bureau
as Harry Mitchell
- 2010 Night Catches Us
as Marcus Washington
- 2010 Louis
as Buddy Bolden
- 2009 Desert Flower
as Harold Jackson
- 2009 Notorious
as Tupac "2Pac" Shakur
- 2008 The Hurt Locker
as Sergeant JT Sanborn
- 2008 Eagle Eye
as William Bowman
- 2008 American Violet
as Eddie Porter (uncredited)
- 2006 We Are Marshall
as Nate Ruffin
- 2006 Crossover
as Tech
- 2006 Half Nelson
as Frank
- 2006 Heavens Fall
as William Lee
- 2006 Freedomland
as Billy Williams
- 2005 The Man
as Booty
- 2004 Million Dollar Baby
as Shawrelle Berry
- 2004 Sucker Free City
as K-Luv
- 2004 Haven
as Hammer
- 2004 She Hate Me
as Jack Armstrong
- 2004 The Manchurian Candidate
as PFC Robert Baker III
- 2004 Brother to Brother
as Perry
- 2003 Hollywood Homicide
as Killer 'Joker'
- 2002 8 Mile
as Papa Doc
- 2001
Behind the camera (10)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming Spark
Director, Producer
- Upcoming The Ogun
Producer
- 2025 Captain America: Brave New World
Executive Producer
- 2024 Elevation
Producer
- 2023
- 2021 Outside the Wire
Producer
- 2020 The Banker
Producer
- 2019 IO
Executive Producer
- 2018
Talk shows and appearances (37)
- 2024
- 2024 Hot Ones Versus
1 episode
- 2023 Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
1 episode
- 2023
- 2023
- 2023 Rennervations
1 episode
- 2022 Sherri
1 episode
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show
1 episode
- 2022
- 2021 Animal
1 episode
- 2021 Marvel Studios Assembled
1 episode
- 2021 The Eisen Hour
1 episode
- 2020
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
2 episodes
- 2019 Desus & Mero
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
3 episodes
- 2015 Hot Ones
1 episode
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2 episodes
- 2014 Running Wild with Bear Grylls
1 episode
- 2014
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
2 episodes
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
6 episodes
- 2010 Conan
1 episode
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2 episodes
- 2009 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
1 episode
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
1 episode
- 2006 El hormiguero
1 episode
- 2005
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1 episode
- 2002 CMT Music Awards
1 episode
- 1996 The Daily Show
2 episodes
- 1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards
2 episodes
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 episode
- 1959 The Grammys
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
1 episode