Anthony Mackie


Anthony Mackie is an American actor and film producer. He has been featured in films, television series and Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, including Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Drowning Crow, McReele, A Soldier's Play and Carl Hancock Rux's Talk, for which he won an Obie Award in 2002.
In 2002, he was featured in Eminem's film debut, 8 Mile. He was nominated for Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor for his role in Brother to Brother. His second nomination was for Best Supporting Actor at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards for his role in The Hurt Locker.
He achieved global recognition with his portrayal of Sam Wilson / Falcon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making his first appearance in ' and later in ', Ant-Man, ', ', and , as well as the upcoming Disney+ exclusive limited series, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
In May 2016, he co-starred in the HBO TV film All the Way, and starred as Takeshi Kovacs in the second season of Netflix's Altered Carbon in 2020.

Early life

Mackie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Martha and Willie Mackie Sr., a carpenter who owned a roofing business, Mackie Roofing. He attended McDonogh 35 High School and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and graduated from the high school drama program at the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1997. He later graduated from the Juilliard School's Drama Division as a member of Group 30, which also included actors Tracie Thoms and Lee Pace.

Career

In 2002, Mackie worked as an understudy to Don Cheadle in Suzan-Lori Parks' play Topdog/Underdog and won an OBIE Award for his role in Carl Hancock Rux's play Talk. He appeared in the 2002 film 8 Mile as the main antagonist, Papa Doc. His first starring role in a feature film was the 2003 independent film Brother to Brother, where he played Perry, a young African-American artist who struggles to adjust to the world as a black homosexual. The following year, Mackie appeared in Million Dollar Baby, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and starred in Spike Lee's She Hate Me. In 2006, Mackie starred in Half Nelson, We Are Marshall, and Crossover.
In March 2008, Mackie starred in three plays by playwright August Wilson at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, and Jitney – 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. In mid-2009, he played the role of Pentheus in the New York City Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of The Bacchae. He starred with Christopher Walken in A Behanding in Spokane on Broadway in February 2010.
Mackie portrayed the rapper Tupac Shakur in the 2009 film Notorious. He had previously portrayed Shakur in the play Up Against the Wind in 2001, while attending Juilliard. In 2009, he appeared in The Hurt Locker. Mackie also narrated The Best That Never Was, a documentary about football player Marcus Dupree. He appeared in the 2011 film The Adjustment Bureau as Harry Mitchell, a sympathetic member of a shadowy supernatural group that controls human destiny. Mackie co-starred, as Sam Wilson / Falcon, in the Marvel Studios sequel '. He reprised the role in multiple Marvel Cinematic Universe films over the next several years, including 2015's ' and Ant-Man, 2016's ', 2018's ', and 2019's .
In 2016, Mackie portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. in the HBO TV drama All the Way. In 2018, Mackie appeared as gang leader King in The Hate U Give, a film adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name. In 2019, Mackie had a role in the Netflix science-fiction film, IO.
In July 2018, it was announced that Mackie was cast in the role of Takeshi Kovacs for the second season of Netflix's science-fiction series, Altered Carbon. In March 2019, it was announced that Mackie was cast in the fifth season of Netflix's science-fiction anthology series, Black Mirror. The following month, Disney confirmed a Marvel television series starring Mackie and Sebastian Stan, called The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, would be aired on their upcoming Disney+ streaming service, debuting in August 2020. In June 2019, it was announced that Mackie will star in a lead role in the Netflix science-fiction film Outside The Wire.

Personal life

Mackie opened a bar called NoBar in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn in the summer of 2011. He had plans to open a second NoBar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2013, but closed all NoBar locations in 2015.
His brother, Calvin Mackie, is a former associate professor of engineering at Tulane University who now works at the Louisiana Recovery Authority.
Mackie married his long-time girlfriend and childhood sweetheart, Sheletta Chapital, in 2014. They split amicably in 2017. They have 4 children together.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
20028 MilePapa Doc / Clarence
2003CrossingCass
2003Hollywood HomicideKiller "Joker"
2004Brother to BrotherPerryNominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance
Nominated — Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor
2004The Manchurian CandidatePFC Robert Baker
2004She Hate MeJohn Henry "Jack" ArmstrongNominated — Black Reel Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
2004HavenHammer
2004Million Dollar BabyShawrelle Berry
2005The ManBooty
2006FreedomlandBilly Williams
2006Half NelsonFrank
2006Heavens FallWilliam Lee
2006We Are MarshallNate Ruffin
2006CrossoverTech
2007Ascension DayNathaniel "Nat" Turner
2008Eagle EyeMajor William Bowman
2009The Hurt LockerSergeant J. T. SanbornAfrican-American Film Critics Association for Best Supporting Actor
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Ensemble
Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor
Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
2009American VioletEddie Porter
2009NotoriousTupac Shakur
2009Desert FlowerHarold Jackson
2010Night Catches UsMarcus WashingtonBlack Reel Award for Best Actor
Nominated — Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble
Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
2011The Adjustment BureauHarry MitchellNominated — Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
201110 YearsAndre Irine
2011What's Your Number?Tom Piper
2011Real SteelFinn
2012Man on a LedgeMike Ackerman
2012'Will Johnson
2013Gangster SquadColeman Harris
2013RepentanceTommy Carter
2013Pain & GainAdrian Doorbal
2013The Fifth EstateSam Coulson
2013Runner RunnerAgent Eric Shavers
2013The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & PeteKris
2014'Sam Wilson / FalconNominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Scene Stealer
2014Black or WhiteJeremiah Jeffers
2014ShelterTahir
2014Playing It CoolBryan
2015'Sam Wilson / FalconNominated — MTV Movie Award for Ensemble Cast
2015Ant-ManSam Wilson / Falcon
2015Our Brand Is CrisisBen
2015Love the CoopersOfficer Percy Williams
2015The Night BeforeChris Roberts
2016Triple 9Marcus Belmont
2016'Sam Wilson / FalconNominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Chemistry
Nominated — Kids' Choice Award for #SQUAD
2017DetroitKarl Greene
2018'Sam Wilson / Falcon
2018The Hate U GiveKing
2019IOMicah
2019Miss BalaJimmy
2019'Sam Wilson / Falcon
2019Point BlankPaul Booker
2019SynchronicSteve
2019SebergHakim Jamal
2020The BankerBernard Garrett
2020The Woman in the WindowEdward "Ed" FoxPost-production

Television

Video games