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