Anthony Mackie
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 23, 1978 (age 48)
- Birthplace
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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). 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anthony Mackie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
Clybourne Park
Movie
Raven
Movie
Speed the Plow
Movie · as Bob Grant
Barracuda
Movie · as Karl
Avengers: Secret Wars
Movie · as Sam Wilson / Captain America
Desert Warrior
Movie · as Hanzala
Avengers: Doomsday
Movie · as Sam Wilson / Captain America
Matīss Kaža. The Impossible Self-Portrait
Movie · as Self (archival footage)
12 12 12
TV · as Jack Strickland · 8 eps
Sneaks
Movie · as Ty (voice)
The Electric State
Movie · as Herman (voice)
Captain America: Brave New World
Movie · as Sam Wilson / Captain America
The Studio
TV · as Anthony Mackie · 1 ep
Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie
Movie · as Self - Host
Elevation
Movie · as Will
If You Were the Last
Movie · as Adam Gherrity
Hot Ones Versus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ghosted
Movie · as Grandson of Sam
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Movie · as Self
We Have a Ghost
Movie · as Frank Presley
Disney 100: Remember That
Movie · as Self
Rennervations
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Twisted Metal
TV · as John Doe · 22 eps
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
Movie · as Self
Sherri
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
Movie · as Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America (archive footage)
The Woman in the Window
Movie · as Ed Fox
Outside the Wire
Movie · as Leo
The Eisen Hour
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Marvel Studios Assembled
TV · as Self - Sam Wilson / The Falcon · 1 ep
Solos
TV · as Tom · 1 ep
Marvel Studios Legends
TV · as Sam Wilson / Falcon (archive footage) (uncredited) · 6 eps
Animal
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
TV · as Sam Wilson / Falcon · 6 eps
What If...?
TV · as Sam Wilson (voice) · 1 ep
Synchronic
Movie · as Steve Denube
The Banker
Movie · as Bernard Garrett
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
Movie · as Self
IO
Movie · as Micah
Seberg
Movie · as Hakim Jamal
Point Blank
Movie · as Paul
Miss Bala
Movie · as Jimmy
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Movie · as Self
Avengers: Endgame
Movie · as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
Movie · as Self
Desus & Mero
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Avengers: Infinity War
Movie · as Sam Wilson / Falcon
The Hate U Give
Movie · as King
Altered Carbon
TV · as Takeshi Kovacs · 8 eps
Detroit
Movie · as Greene
Triple 9
Movie · as Marcus Belmont
Captain America: Civil War
Movie · as Sam Wilson / Falcon
All the Way
Movie · as Martin Luther King, Jr.
Animals.
TV · as Receipt (voice) · 1 ep
The Night Before
Movie · as Chris
Love the Coopers
Movie · as Officer Percy Williams
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Movie · as Sam Wilson / The Falcon
Our Brand Is Crisis
Movie · as Ben
Ant-Man
Movie · as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Black or White
Movie · as Jeremiah Jeffers
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
Repentance
Movie · as Tommy
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Movie · as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Playing It Cool
Movie · as Bryan
Shelter
Movie · as Tahir
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Movie · as Self
On Set with Anthony Mackie: Cut the Check!
Movie · as Self
Steve Rogers' Notebook
Movie · as Self
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Gangster Squad
Movie · as Coleman Harris
Runner Runner
Movie · as Shavers
Pain & Gain
Movie · as Adrian Doorbal
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Movie · as Kris
The Fifth Estate
Movie · as Sam Coulson
Man on a Ledge
Movie · as Mike Ackerman
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Movie · as Will Johnson
10 Years
Movie · as Andre
Goose
Movie · as Narrator
The Adjustment Bureau
Movie · as Harry Mitchell
What's Your Number?
Movie · as Tom Piper
Real Steel
Movie · as Finn
Black Mirror
TV · as Danny · 1 ep
Night Catches Us
Movie · as Marcus Washington
Louis
Movie · as Buddy Bolden
Conan
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Desert Flower
Movie · as Harold Jackson
Notorious
Movie · as Tupac "2Pac" Shakur
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Hurt Locker
Movie · as Sergeant JT Sanborn
Eagle Eye
Movie · as William Bowman
American Violet
Movie · as Eddie Porter (uncredited)
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
We Are Marshall
Movie · as Nate Ruffin
Half Nelson
Movie · as Frank
Freedomland
Movie · as Billy Williams
Heavens Fall
Movie · as William Lee
Crossover
Movie · as Tech
El hormiguero
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Man
Movie · as Booty
Born to Fight
Movie · as Self
Million Dollar Baby
Movie · as Shawrelle Berry
She Hate Me
Movie · as Jack Armstrong
Haven
Movie · as Hammer
Brother to Brother
Movie · as Perry
Sucker Free City
Movie · as K-Luv
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie · as PFC Robert Baker III
Hollywood Homicide
Movie · as Killer 'Joker'
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
8 Mile
Movie · as Papa Doc
CMT Music Awards
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Carl Hines · 1 ep
The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV · as Self - Performer, Self - Presenter · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Grammys
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep