Anthony Mackie
Known for Acting · 122 credits
- Born
- 1978-09-23 (age 47)
- 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).
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
TV Shows (39)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self / Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Carl Hines
Conan
2010
as Self
Black Mirror
2011
as Danny
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
El hormiguero
2006
as Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
Altered Carbon
2018
as Takeshi Kovacs
What If...?
2021
as Sam Wilson (voice)
Desus & Mero
2019
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self - Performer / Self - Presenter
The Studio
2025
as Anthony Mackie
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self
Twisted Metal
2023
as John Doe
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Hot Ones Versus
2024
as Self
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as Sam Wilson / Falcon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Animals.
2016
as Receipt (voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled
2021
as Self - Sam Wilson / The Falcon
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
as Self
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
Solos
2021
as Tom
CMT Music Awards
2002
as Self - Host
Rennervations
2023
as Self
Animal
2021
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Eisen Hour
2021
as Self - Guest
12 12 12
The Grammys
1959
as Self
Movies (83)
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015
as Sam Wilson / The Falcon
Avengers: Doomsday
2026
as Sam Wilson / Captain America
Captain America: Brave New World
2025
as Sam Wilson / Captain America
Real Steel
2011
as Finn
Captain America: Civil War
2016
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Ant-Man
2015
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Desert Warrior
2026
as Hanzala
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
The Electric State
2025
as Herman (voice)
Avengers: Secret Wars
2027
as Sam Wilson / Captain America
Pain & Gain
2013
as Adrian Doorbal
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
2012
as Will Johnson
Elevation
2024
as Will
8 Mile
2002
as Papa Doc
The Hate U Give
2018
as King
Million Dollar Baby
2004
as Shawrelle Berry
The Adjustment Bureau
2011
as Harry Mitchell
The Hurt Locker
2008
as Sergeant JT Sanborn
Ghosted
2023
as Grandson of Sam
Gangster Squad
2013
as Coleman Harris
Playing It Cool
2014
as Bryan
Eagle Eye
2008
as William Bowman
Man on a Ledge
2012
as Mike Ackerman
Outside the Wire
2021
as Leo
The Fifth Estate
2013
as Sam Coulson
Runner Runner
2013
as Shavers
What's Your Number?
2011
as Tom Piper
Triple 9
2016
as Marcus Belmont
Detroit
2017
as Greene
Desert Flower
2009
as Harold Jackson
The Woman in the Window
2021
as Ed Fox
IO
2019
as Micah
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as PFC Robert Baker III
Synchronic
2020
as Steve Denube
The Banker
2020
as Bernard Garrett
The Night Before
2015
as Chris
We Have a Ghost
2023
as Frank Presley
Barracuda
as Karl
Love the Coopers
2015
as Officer Percy Williams
Miss Bala
2019
as Jimmy
Notorious
2009
as Tupac "2Pac" Shakur
Black or White
2015
as Jeremiah Jeffers
She Hate Me
2004
as Jack Armstrong
Haven
2004
as Hammer
Sneaks
2025
as Ty (voice)
The Man
2005
as Booty
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
2014
as Self
If You Were the Last
2024
as Adam Gherrity
Repentance
2014
as Tommy
Clybourne Park
Shelter
2014
as Tahir
We Are Marshall
2006
as Nate Ruffin
Freedomland
2006
as Billy Williams
Hollywood Homicide
2003
as Killer 'Joker'
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
2019
as Self
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
2013
as Kris
Goose
2012
as Narrator
Point Blank
2019
as Paul
Our Brand Is Crisis
2015
as Ben
Half Nelson
2006
as Frank
All the Way
2016
as Martin Luther King, Jr.
10 Years
2012
as Andre
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
2023
as Self
Seberg
2019
as Hakim Jamal
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe
2019
as Self
Speed the Plow
as Bob Grant
Sucker Free City
2004
as K-Luv
American Violet
2008
as Eddie Porter (uncredited)
Brother to Brother
2004
as Perry
Heavens Fall
2006
as William Lee
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy
2020
as Self
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special
2021
as Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America (archive footage)
Disney 100: Remember That
2023
as Self
Night Catches Us
2010
as Marcus Washington
Born to Fight
2005
as Self
Signal Hill
as Johnnie Cochran
Crossover
2006
as Tech
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl
2022
as Self
Louis
2010
as Buddy Bolden
Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie
2024
as Self - Host
Raven
About Anthony 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 Spi… With 122 credits spanning from 1944 to 2027, Anthony Mackie has appeared in 83 films and 39 TV shows.
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- Avengers: Infinity War (2018) — as Sam Wilson / Falcon
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) — as Sam Wilson / The Falcon
- Avengers: Doomsday (2026) — as Sam Wilson / Captain America
- Captain America: Brave New World (2025) — as Sam Wilson / Captain America
- Real Steel (2011) — as Finn
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