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