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