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