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Anthony Mackie

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Anthony Mackie

Born September 23, 1978 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA71 films

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.

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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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Essential films

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Filmography

71 films as actor
  1. TBAClybourne Park
  2. TBARaven
  3. TBASpeed the PlowBob Grant
  4. TBABarracudaKarl
  5. 2027Avengers: Secret WarsSam Wilson / Captain America
  6. 2026Avengers: DoomsdaySam Wilson / Captain America
  7. 2026Desert WarriorHanzala
  8. 2025SneaksTy (voice)
  9. 2025The Electric StateHerman (voice)
  10. 2025Captain America: Brave New WorldSam Wilson / Captain America
  11. 2024ElevationWill
  12. 2024If You Were the LastAdam Gherrity
  13. 2023GhostedGrandson of Sam
  14. 2023We Have a GhostFrank Presley
  15. 2021The Woman in the WindowEd Fox
  16. 2021Outside the WireLeo
  17. 2020SynchronicSteve Denube
  18. 2020The BankerBernard Garrett
  19. 2019SebergHakim Jamal
  20. 2019Point BlankPaul
  21. 2019Avengers: EndgameSam Wilson / Falcon
  22. 2019Miss BalaJimmy
  23. 2019IOMicah
  24. 2018The Hate U GiveKing
  25. 2018Avengers: Infinity WarSam Wilson / Falcon
  26. 2017DetroitGreene
  27. 2016All the WayMartin Luther King, Jr.
  28. 2016Captain America: Civil WarSam Wilson / Falcon
  29. 2016Triple 9Marcus Belmont
  30. 2015The Night BeforeChris
  31. 2015Love the CoopersOfficer Percy Williams
  32. 2015Our Brand Is CrisisBen
  33. 2015Ant-ManSam Wilson / Falcon
  34. 2015Avengers: Age of UltronSam Wilson / The Falcon
  35. 2015Black or WhiteJeremiah Jeffers
  36. 2014Playing It CoolBryan
  37. 2014ShelterTahir
  38. 2014Captain America: The Winter SoldierSam Wilson / Falcon
  39. 2014RepentanceTommy
  40. 2013The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & PeteKris
  41. 2013The Fifth EstateSam Coulson
  42. 2013Runner RunnerShavers
  43. 2013Pain & GainAdrian Doorbal
  44. 2013Gangster SquadColeman Harris
  45. 201210 YearsAndre
  46. 2012Abraham Lincoln: Vampire HunterWill Johnson
  47. 2012Man on a LedgeMike Ackerman
  48. 2011What's Your Number?Tom Piper
  49. 2011Real SteelFinn
  50. 2011The Adjustment BureauHarry Mitchell
  51. 2010Night Catches UsMarcus Washington
  52. 2010LouisBuddy Bolden
  53. 2009Desert FlowerHarold Jackson
  54. 2009NotoriousTupac "2Pac" Shakur
  55. 2008The Hurt LockerSergeant JT Sanborn
  56. 2008Eagle EyeWilliam Bowman
  57. 2008American VioletEddie Porter (uncredited)
  58. 2006We Are MarshallNate Ruffin
  59. 2006CrossoverTech
  60. 2006Half NelsonFrank
  61. 2006Heavens FallWilliam Lee
  62. 2006FreedomlandBilly Williams
  63. 2005The ManBooty
  64. 2004Million Dollar BabyShawrelle Berry
  65. 2004Sucker Free CityK-Luv
  66. 2004HavenHammer
  67. 2004She Hate MeJack Armstrong
  68. 2004The Manchurian CandidatePFC Robert Baker III
  69. 2004Brother to BrotherPerry
  70. 2003Hollywood HomicideKiller 'Joker'
  71. 20028 MilePapa Doc