Acting
Anthony Mackie
EN, LV cinema · 87 credits
Born
23 September 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also known as Anthony Dwane Mackie
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
Speed the Plow
Speed the Plow
as Bob Grant
Spark
Spark
Director, Producer
The Ogun
The Ogun
Producer
Avengers: Secret Wars
as Sam Wilson / Captain America
Desert Warrior
as Hanzala
Avengers: Doomsday
as Sam Wilson / Captain America
Matīss Kaža. The Impossible Self-Portrait
as Self (archival footage)
Sneaks
as Ty (voice)
The Electric State
as Herman (voice)
Captain America: Brave New World
as Sam Wilson / Captain America, Executive Producer
Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie
as Self - Host
Elevation
as Will, Producer
If You Were the Last
as Adam Gherrity
Ghosted
as Grandson of Sam
We Have a Ghost
as Frank Presley
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
as Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America (archive footage)
The Woman in the Window
as Ed Fox
Outside the Wire
as Leo, Producer
Synchronic
as Steve Denube
The Banker
as Bernard Garrett, Producer
IO
as Micah, Executive Producer
Seberg
as Hakim Jamal
Point Blank
as Paul
Miss Bala
as Jimmy
Avengers: Endgame
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Avengers: Infinity War
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
The Hate U Give
as King
Detroit
as Greene
Triple 9
as Marcus Belmont
Captain America: Civil War
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
All the Way
as Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Night Before
as Chris
Love the Coopers
as Officer Percy Williams
Avengers: Age of Ultron
as Sam Wilson / The Falcon
Ant-Man
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Black or White
as Jeremiah Jeffers
Repentance
as Tommy
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Playing It Cool
as Bryan
Shelter
as Tahir
Gangster Squad
as Coleman Harris
Runner Runner
as Shavers
Pain & Gain
as Adrian Doorbal
The Fifth Estate
as Sam Coulson
Man on a Ledge
as Mike Ackerman
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
as Will Johnson
10 Years
as Andre
Goose
as Narrator
The Adjustment Bureau
as Harry Mitchell
What's Your Number?
as Tom Piper
Real Steel
as Finn
Night Catches Us
as Marcus Washington
Louis
as Buddy Bolden
Desert Flower
as Harold Jackson
Notorious
as Tupac "2Pac" Shakur
The Hurt Locker
as Sergeant JT Sanborn
Eagle Eye
as William Bowman
American Violet
as Eddie Porter (uncredited)
We Are Marshall
as Nate Ruffin
Half Nelson
as Frank
Freedomland
as Billy Williams
Heavens Fall
as William Lee
Crossover
as Tech
The Man
as Booty
Born to Fight
as Self
Million Dollar Baby
as Shawrelle Berry
She Hate Me
as Jack Armstrong
Haven
as Hammer
Brother to Brother
as Perry
Sucker Free City
as K-Luv
The Manchurian Candidate
as PFC Robert Baker III
Hollywood Homicide
as Killer 'Joker'
8 Mile
as Papa Doc