Anthony Mackie

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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

All Movies (82)

Avengers: Secret Wars2027 · as Sam Wilson / Captain America
Avengers: Doomsday2026 · as Sam Wilson / Captain America
Desert Warrior2026 · as Hanzala
Sneaks2025 · as Ty (voice)
The Electric State2025 · as Herman (voice)
Captain America: Brave New World2025 · as Sam Wilson / Captain America
Elevation2024 · as Will
Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie2024 · as Self - Host
If You Were the Last2024 · as Adam Gherrity
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford2023 · as Self
Disney 100: Remember That2023 · as Self
Ghosted2023 · as Grandson of Sam
We Have a Ghost2023 · as Frank Presley
Celebrating Betty White: America's Golden Girl2022 · as Self
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special2021 · as Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America (archive footage)
The Woman in the Window2021 · as Ed Fox
Outside the Wire2021 · as Leo
Synchronic2020 · as Steve Denube
Creating a Character: The Moni Yakim Legacy2020 · as Self
The Banker2020 · as Bernard Garrett
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee2019 · as Self
Seberg2019 · as Hakim Jamal
Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe2019 · as Self
Point Blank2019 · as Paul
Avengers: Endgame2019 · as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Miss Bala2019 · as Jimmy
IO2019 · as Micah
The Hate U Give2018 · as King
Avengers: Infinity War2018 · as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Detroit2017 · as Greene
All the Way2016 · as Martin Luther King, Jr.
Captain America: Civil War2016 · as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Triple 92016 · as Marcus Belmont
The Night Before2015 · as Chris
Love the Coopers2015 · as Officer Percy Williams
Our Brand Is Crisis2015 · as Ben
Ant-Man2015 · as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Avengers: Age of Ultron2015 · as Sam Wilson / The Falcon
Black or White2015 · as Jeremiah Jeffers
Playing It Cool2014 · as Bryan
Shelter2014 · as Tahir
Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014 · as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe2014 · as Self
Repentance2014 · as Tommy
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete2013 · as Kris
The Fifth Estate2013 · as Sam Coulson
Runner Runner2013 · as Shavers
Pain & Gain2013 · as Adrian Doorbal
Gangster Squad2013 · as Coleman Harris
10 Years2012 · as Andre
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter2012 · as Will Johnson
Goose2012 · as Narrator
Man on a Ledge2012 · as Mike Ackerman
What's Your Number?2011 · as Tom Piper
Real Steel2011 · as Finn
The Adjustment Bureau2011 · as Harry Mitchell
Night Catches Us2010 · as Marcus Washington
Louis2010 · as Buddy Bolden
Desert Flower2009 · as Harold Jackson
Notorious2009 · as Tupac "2Pac" Shakur
The Hurt Locker2008 · as Sergeant JT Sanborn
Eagle Eye2008 · as William Bowman
American Violet2008 · as Eddie Porter (uncredited)
We Are Marshall2006 · as Nate Ruffin
Crossover2006 · as Tech
Half Nelson2006 · as Frank
Heavens Fall2006 · as William Lee
Freedomland2006 · as Billy Williams
The Man2005 · as Booty
Born to Fight2005 · as Self
Million Dollar Baby2004 · as Shawrelle Berry
Sucker Free City2004 · as K-Luv
Haven2004 · as Hammer
She Hate Me2004 · as Jack Armstrong
The Manchurian Candidate2004 · as PFC Robert Baker III
Brother to Brother2004 · as Perry
Hollywood Homicide2003 · as Killer 'Joker'
8 Mile2002 · as Papa Doc
Clybourne Park—
Raven—
Speed the Plow— · as Bob Grant
Barracuda— · as Karl

All TV Shows (42)

The Studio2025 · as Anthony Mackie
Hot Ones Versus2024 · as Self
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter2023 · as Self
Twisted Metal2023 · as John Doe
Rennervations2023 · as Self
Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self
Animal2021 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
What If...?2021 · as Sam Wilson (voice)
Solos2021 · as Tom
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier2021 · as Sam Wilson / Falcon
Marvel Studios Assembled2021 · as Self - Sam Wilson / The Falcon
The Eisen Hour2021 · as Self - Guest
Marvel Studios Legends2021 · as Sam Wilson / Falcon (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
Desus & Mero2019 · as Self
Altered Carbon2018 · as Takeshi Kovacs
Animals.2016 · as Receipt (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
Hot Ones2015 · as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
Running Wild with Bear Grylls2014 · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
Black Mirror2011 · as Danny
Conan2010 · as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2009 · as Self
The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
El hormiguero2006 · as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
CMT Music Awards2002 · as Self - Host
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Carl Hines
The Daily Show1996 · as Self - Guest
MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Performer
MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
The Grammys1959 · as Self
Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
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