Anthony Mackie | |
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 Mackie in 2024 | |
| Born | Anthony Dwane Mackie (1978-09-23)September 23, 1978 (age 46) New Orleans,Louisiana, U.S. |
| Education | Juilliard School (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Calvin Mackie (brother) |
Anthony Dwane Mackie (born September 23, 1978) is an American actor. He gained wide recognition for portrayingSam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America in theMarvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with the filmCaptain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), and headlining theDisney+ miniseriesThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) and its continuation filmCaptain America: Brave New World (2025).
Mackie made his film debut in8 Mile (2002), and earned critical recognition for his roles inBrother to Brother (2004), which garnered him anIndependent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actor, andThe Hurt Locker (2008), which earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at theAAFCA Awards. He also playedTupac Shakur inNotorious (2009) andMartin Luther King Jr. in theHBO filmAll the Way (2016).
On television, Mackie starred asTakeshi Kovacs in the second season ofNetflix'sAltered Carbon (2020) and currently leads thePeacock seriesTwisted Metal (2023–present). In theater, he has performed inBroadway andOff-Broadway adaptations, includingMa Rainey's Black Bottom,A Soldier's Play andCarl Hancock Rux'sTalk, for which he won anObie Award in 2002.
Mackie was born on September 23, 1978,[1][2][3][4] inNew Orleans,Louisiana,[5] the son of Martha (née Gordon) and Willie Mackie Sr., a carpenter who owned a roofing business, Mackie Roofing.[6][7][8] His brother,Calvin Mackie, is a former associate professor of engineering atTulane University who now works at theLouisiana Recovery Authority.[9] Mackie attended Warren Easton Sr High School and theNew Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) and graduated from the high school drama program at theNorth Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA) in 1997.[10] He later graduated from theJuilliard School's Drama Division as a member ofGroup 30 (1997–2001), which also included actorsTracie Thoms andLee Pace.[11][12]
In 2002, Mackie worked as anunderstudy toDon Cheadle inSuzan-Lori Parks' playTopdog/Underdog and won anOBIE Award for his role inCarl Hancock Rux's playTalk. He appeared in the 2002 film8 Mile as the main antagonist, Papa Doc. His first starring role in a feature film was the 2003 independent filmBrother to Brother, where he played Perry, a young artist who struggles to adjust to the world as a gay black man. The following year, Mackie appeared inMillion Dollar Baby, which won theAcademy Award for Best Picture, and starred inSpike Lee'sShe Hate Me. In 2006, Mackie starred inHalf Nelson,Crossover, andWe Are Marshall.[13][14]
In March 2008, Mackie starred in three plays by playwrightAugust Wilson at theJohn F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC:Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,Fences, andJitney – all part of "August Wilson's 20th Century", a month-long presentation of ten staged readings of Wilson's "Century Cycle". Mackie has participated several times in the "24-Hour Plays" held in New York City each fall.[15] In mid-2009, he played the role ofPentheus in the New York CityPublic Theater'sShakespeare in the Park production ofThe Bacchae.[16] He starred withChristopher Walken inA Behanding in Spokane on Broadway in February 2010.[17]
Mackie portrayed late AmericanrapperTupac Shakur in the 2009 filmNotorious. He had previously portrayed Shakur in the playUp Against the Wind in 2001, while attending Juilliard. In 2009, he appeared inThe Hurt Locker. Mackie also narratedThe Best That Never Was, a documentary about football playerMarcus Dupree. He appeared in the 2011 filmThe Adjustment Bureau as Harry Mitchell, a sympathetic member of a shadowy supernatural group that controls human destiny. Mackie co-starred, asSam Wilson / Falcon, in theMarvel StudiossequelCaptain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).[18][19] He reprised the role in multipleMarvel Cinematic Universe films over the next several years, including 2015'sAvengers: Age of Ultron[20] andAnt-Man, 2016'sCaptain America: Civil War, 2018'sAvengers: Infinity War, and 2019'sAvengers: Endgame.[21]
In 2016, Mackie portrayedMartin Luther King Jr. in the HBO TV dramaAll the Way.[22] In 2018, Mackie appeared as gang leader King inThe Hate U Give, a film adaptation of the bestsellingnovel of the same name.[23] In 2019, Mackie had a role in theNetflixscience-fiction film,IO.[24]
In July 2018, it was announced that Mackie was cast in the role ofTakeshi Kovacs for the second season of Netflix's science-fiction series,Altered Carbon.[25] In March 2019, it was announced that Mackie was cast in the fifth season of Netflix's science-fictionanthology series,Black Mirror.[26] The following month,Disney confirmed a Marvel television series starring Mackie andSebastian Stan, calledThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier, would be aired on their upcomingDisney+ streaming service, debuting on March 19, 2021.[27][28] Mackie starred in and produced the science fiction filmOutside the Wire which was released by Netflix on January 15, 2021.[29] In August 2021, Mackie closed the deal to reprise the role in the fourthCaptain America film,[30]Captain America: Brave New World.[31]
In January 2022, it was announced that Mackie will helm the drama filmSpark, starring Saniyya Sidney, as his directorial debut project.[32] In February 2022, he was set to lead action filmEnding Things along withPriyanka Chopra Jonas, directed by Kevin Sullivan[33] and star in a live-action seriesadaptation of the gameTwisted Metal at Peacock.[34] In 2022, it was announced Mackie would be attached to a film based on the1956 Sugar Bowl which features his brother's Alma materGeorgia Tech.[35][36] Mackie also appears in the 2024 documentaryShark Beach with Anthony Mackie: Gulf Coast.
Mackie is set to reprise his role as Captain America in the upcomingAvengers movies,Avengers: Doomsday (2026) andAvengers: Secret Wars (2027).[37]
In 2014, Mackie married his long-time girlfriend and childhood sweetheart Sheletta Chapital. They divorced in 2018. The couple has four sons together[38] and the family lives inNew Orleans.[39] In February 2025, Mackie was asked about his current love life and said he was just focusing on raising his children because: "The idea of dating is really hard. How do you trust someone? How do you put yourself in a position to be vulnerable? How do you know what someone really [wants] from you when all you want is to just be loved and appreciated? What does that look like?”[40]
Mackie opened a bar called NoBar inBedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn in the summer of 2011.[41] He had plans to open a second NoBar inWilliamsburg, Brooklyn in 2013, but closed all NoBar locations in 2015.[42]
In November 2013, Mackie was arrested for driving while intoxicated after he was initially stopped by police for having tinted windows, which are illegal in New York. He was pulled over at 1:22a.m., officers noticed an odor of alcohol and observed that Mackie had bloodshot eyes. He was fined $300, ordered to complete a drunk driving program and banned from the road for 90 days in New York state for the violation.[43]
OnThe Kelly Clarkson Show, Mackie revealed that he hasdyslexia.[44]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | As If | Bar Patron | Episode: "Seven"; uncredited |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Carl Hines | Episode: "Pravda" |
| 2004 | Sucker Free City | K-Luv (Keith) | TV movie |
| 2010 | 30 for 30 | Narrator | Episode: "The Best That Never Was" |
| 2013 | Top Chef: New Orleans | Himself | Episode: “Like Mama Made” |
| 2016 | All the Way | Martin Luther King Jr. | TV movie |
| 2018 | Animals | Receipt (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Black Mirror | Danny Parker | Episode: "Striking Vipers" |
| 2020 | Altered Carbon | Takeshi Kovacs | 8 episodes |
| 2021 | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America[48] | Main role; 6 episodes |
| Marvel Studios: Assembled | Himself | Documentary; Episode: "Assembled: The Making ofThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier" | |
| Solos | Tom | Episode: "Tom"[49] | |
| 2021 ESPY Awards | Himself/host | Awards show | |
| 2023 | Rennervations | Himself | Guest |
| 2023–present | Twisted Metal | John Doe | Main role; also executive producer[50] |
| 2024 | What If...? | Sam Wilson / Captain America (voice) | Episode: "What If... the Hulk Fought the Mech Avengers?" |
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | NBA 2K19 | Big Tunney | Alsomotion capture |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Avengers: Quantum Encounter | Sam Wilson / Captain America | Disney Wish[51] |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Up Against the Wind | Tupac Shakur | Off-Broadway debut[52] |
| 2002 | Talk | Moderator | Off-Broadway[53] |
| 2003 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Sylvester, understudy Levee | Broadway debut[54] |
| 2004 | Drowning Crow | Constantine Trip | Broadway[55] |
| 2005 | McReele | Darius McReele | Off-Broadway[56] |
| 2005 | A Soldier's Play | Private First Class Melvin Peterson | Off-Broadway[57] |
| 2008 | The Good Negro | James Lawrence | Off-Broadway[58] |
| 2009 | The Bacchae | Pentheus | Off-Broadway[59] |
| 2010 | A Behanding in Spokane | Toby | Broadway[60] |
| Association | Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2004 | Brother to Brother | Best Debut Performance | Nominated | |
| Gotham Independent Film Awards | Breakthrough Actor | Nominated | |||
| Black Reel Awards | She Hate Me | Best Breakthrough Performance | Nominated | ||
| 2006 | Sucker Free City | Outstanding Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series | Nominated | ||
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards | Best Ensemble Cast | Won | |||
| Gotham Independent Film Award | Best Ensemble Cast | Won | |||
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | Won | |||
| Online Film Critics Society Award | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |||
| AAFCA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Won | |||
| Black Reel Awards | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Won | ||
| NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
| Black Reel Awards | Night Catches Us | Best Actor | Won | ||
| Outstanding Ensemble | Nominated | ||||
| NAACP Image Award | 2011 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Nominated | ||
| Black Reel Awards | 2012 | The Adjustment Bureau | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
| NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
| Saturn Awards | 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Scene Stealer | Nominated | |||
| MTV Movie Awards | 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Ensemble Cast | Nominated | |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Choice Movie: Chemistry(shared withSebastian Stan,Chris Evans,Elizabeth Olsen, andJeremy Renner) | Nominated | |
| Kids' Choice Awards | #SQUAD(shared with cast) | Nominated | |||
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | 2021 | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Best Hero | Won | [61] |
| Best Duo(shared with Sebastian Stan) | Won | ||||
| Saturn Awards | 2022 | Saturn Award for Best Actor in a Streaming Television Series | Nominated |
