Anthony Mackie
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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
Credits
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Real Steel (2011)
as Finn
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
as Sam Wilson / The Falcon
Avengers: Doomsday (2026)
as Sam Wilson / Captain America
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
as Sam Wilson / Captain America
Ant-Man (2015)
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Elevation (2024)
as Will
Avengers: Secret Wars (2027)
as Sam Wilson / Captain America
Desert Warrior (2026)
as Hanzala
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
as Sam Wilson / Falcon
8 Mile (2002)
as Papa Doc
The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
as Harry Mitchell
Ghosted (2023)
as Grandson of Sam
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
as Shawrelle Berry
The Electric State (2025)
as Herman (voice)
Eagle Eye (2008)
as William Bowman
The Hurt Locker (2008)
as Sergeant JT Sanborn
Pain & Gain (2013)
as Adrian Doorbal
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
as Will Johnson
The Hate U Give (2018)
as King
The Banker (2020)
as Bernard Garrett
Gangster Squad (2013)
as Coleman Harris
Man on a Ledge (2012)
as Mike Ackerman
Triple 9 (2016)
as Marcus Belmont
Outside the Wire (2021)
as Leo
Miss Bala (2019)
as Jimmy
What's Your Number? (2011)
as Tom Piper
We Have a Ghost (2023)
as Frank Presley
Sneaks (2025)
as Ty (voice)
Playing It Cool (2014)
as Bryan
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
as PFC Robert Baker III
The Woman in the Window (2021)
as Ed Fox
The Night Before (2015)
as Chris
The Fifth Estate (2013)
as Sam Coulson
Half Nelson (2006)
as Frank
Runner Runner (2013)
as Shavers
The Man (2005)
as Booty
Detroit (2017)
as Greene
She Hate Me (2004)
as Jack Armstrong
Synchronic (2020)
as Steve Denube
Freedomland (2006)
as Billy Williams
Point Blank (2019)
as Paul
Love the Coopers (2015)
as Officer Percy Williams
Notorious (2009)
as Tupac "2Pac" Shakur
We Are Marshall (2006)
as Nate Ruffin
All the Way (2016)
as Martin Luther King, Jr.
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford (2023)
as Self
Desert Flower (2009)
as Harold Jackson
Hollywood Homicide (2003)
as Killer 'Joker'
Our Brand Is Crisis (2015)
as Ben
IO (2019)
as Micah
10 Years (2012)
as Andre
Haven (2004)
as Hammer
Seberg (2019)
as Hakim Jamal
Black or White (2015)
as Jeremiah Jeffers
Shelter (2014)
as Tahir
Heavens Fall (2006)
as William Lee
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (2014)
as Self
Repentance (2014)
as Tommy
Disney 100: Remember That (2023)
as Self
Barracuda (—)
as Karl
Brother to Brother (2004)
as Perry
American Violet (2008)
as Eddie Porter (uncredited)
If You Were the Last (2024)
as Adam Gherrity
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013)
as Kris
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee (2019)
as Self
Night Catches Us (2010)
as Marcus Washington
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special (2021)
as Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America (archive footage)
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl (2022)
as Self
Crossover (2006)
as Tech
Sucker Free City (2004)
as K-Luv
Clybourne Park (—)
Actor
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe (2019)
as Self
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy (2020)
as Self
Born to Fight (2005)
as Self
Speed the Plow (—)
as Bob Grant
Goose (2012)
as Narrator
Raven (—)
Actor
Louis (2010)
as Buddy Bolden
Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie (2024)
as Self - Host