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