Anthony Mackie
- Acting
- September 23, 1978 · 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
Filmography
- Avengers: Secret Wars · Sam Wilson / Captain America
- Avengers: Doomsday · Sam Wilson / Captain America
- 12 12 12 · Jack Strickland, Executive producer
- Desert Warrior · Hanzala
- Sneaks · Ty (Voice)
- The Studio · Anthony Mackie
- The Electric State · Herman (Voice)
- Captain America: Brave New World · Sam Wilson / Captain America, Executive producer
- Elevation · Will, Producer
- Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie · Self
- If You Were the Last · Adam Gherrity
- Hot Ones Versus · Self
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford · Self
- Disney 100: Remember That · Self
- Twisted Metal · John Doe, Executive producer
- Ghosted · Grandson of Sam
- Rennervations · Self
- We Have a Ghost · Frank Presley
- Sherri · Self
- The Jennifer Hudson Show · Self
- Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl · Self
- Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special · Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America (archive footage)
- Animal · Self
- What If...? · Sam Wilson (Voice)
- Solos · Tom
- The Woman in the Window · Ed Fox
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier · Sam Wilson / Falcon
- Marvel Studios Assembled · Self
- The Eisen Hour · Self
- Outside the Wire · Leo, Producer
- Marvel Studios Legends · Sam Wilson / Falcon (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Synchronic · Steve Denube
- Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy · Self
- The Banker · Bernard Garrett, Producer
- Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee · Self
- Seberg · Hakim Jamal
- Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Point Blank · Paul
- Avengers: Endgame · Sam Wilson / Falcon
- Desus & Mero · Self
- Miss Bala · Jimmy
- IO · Micah, Executive producer
- The Hate U Give · King
- Avengers: Infinity War · Sam Wilson / Falcon
- Altered Carbon · Takeshi Kovacs, Consulting Producer
- Detroit · Greene
- All the Way · Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Captain America: Civil War · Sam Wilson / Falcon
- Triple 9 · Marcus Belmont
- Animals. · Receipt (Voice)
- The Night Before · Chris
- Love the Coopers · Officer Percy Williams
- Our Brand Is Crisis · Ben
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Ant-Man · Sam Wilson / Falcon
- Avengers: Age of Ultron · Sam Wilson / The Falcon
- Hot Ones · Self
- Black or White · Jeremiah Jeffers
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Playing It Cool · Bryan
- Shelter · Tahir
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls · Self
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier · Sam Wilson / Falcon
- Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe · Self
- Repentance · Tommy
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete · Kris
- The Fifth Estate · Sam Coulson
- Runner Runner · Shavers
- Pain & Gain · Adrian Doorbal
- Gangster Squad · Coleman Harris
- 10 Years · Andre
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter · Will Johnson
- Goose · Narrator
- Man on a Ledge · Mike Ackerman
- Black Mirror · Danny
- What's Your Number? · Tom Piper