Anthony Mackie
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 Mackie at the premiere of Gangster Squad, Los Angeles, January 7, 2013 |
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| Born | Anthony D. Mackie[1] September 23, 1978 New Orleans, Louisiana United States |
| Education | Juilliard School (2001) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Anthony D. Mackie (born September 23, 1978)[2][3][4] is an American actor. He has been featured in feature films, television series, and Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, including Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Drowning Crow, McReele, A Soldier's Play, and Carl Hancock Rux's Talk, for which he won an Obie Award in 2002.
In 2002, he was featured in Eminem's debut film, 8 Mile, playing Papa Doc, a member of Leaders of the Free World. He was nominated for Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor for his role in Brother to Brother.[5] His second nomination was for Best Supporting Actor at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards for his role in The Hurt Locker.
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Early life[edit]
Mackie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana,[6] the son of Martha (née Gordon) and Willie Mackie, Sr., a carpenter who owned a roofing business, Mackie Roofing.[1][7][8] He attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) and graduated from the high school drama program at the North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA) in 1997.[9] He later graduated from the Juilliard School's Drama Division as a member of Group 30 (1997–2001), which also included actors Tracie Thoms and Lee Pace.[10][11]
Career[edit]
In 2002, Mackie worked as an understudy to Don Cheadle in Suzan-Lori Parks' play Topdog/Underdog and won an OBIE Award for his role in Carl Hancock Rux's play Talk. His first starring role in a feature film was in the 2003 independent film Brother to Brother, where he played Perry, a young African-American artist who struggles to adjust to the world as a black homosexual. He appeared in the 2002 film 8 Mile, as Papa Doc, Eminem's nemesis. Mackie would later go on to star as a man who struggles to adjust to the world he's created after becoming a corporate whistleblower and later starting a business impregnating lesbians for a fee in Spike Lee's 2004 film She Hate Me.
Mackie portrayed the rapper Tupac Shakur in the 2009 film Notorious. He first played Shakur on Off-Off Broadway (while still at Juilliard) in 2001 in the play Up Against the Wind, which also featured his classmate Thoms. Other films in the works include biopics of Olympian Jesse Owens, Antebellum slave revolt leader Nat Turner, and cornetist and jazz musician Buddy Bolden.
In March 2008, Mackie starred in three plays by playwright August Wilson at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the Washington DC: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, and Jitney – all part of "August Wilson's 20th Century", a month-long presentation of ten staged readings of Wilson's "Century Cycle". Mackie has participated several times in the "24-Hour Plays" held in New York City each fall.[12]
In the summer of 2009, he played the role of Pentheus in the New York City Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of The Bacchae.[13]
He starred with Christopher Walken in A Behanding in Spokane on Broadway, which opened February 15, 2010. Mackie also narrated The Best That Never Was, director Jonathan Hock's documentary for the ESPN 30 for 30 series about the Philadelphia, MS native and football star Marcus Dupree. He appeared in the 2011 Matt Damon film The Adjustment Bureau where he plays Harry Mitchell, a sympathetic member of a shadowy supernatural group that controls human destiny.
In July 2012 Mackie entered talks to star as the Falcon in the Marvel Studios sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier.[14] His casting was later confirmed by co-star Chris Evans during an interview with MTV.[15]
Personal life[edit]
Mackie and his longtime girlfriend welcomed a baby boy in the spring of 2009. In the summer of 2011, he opened the bar, NoBar, in Brooklyn, New York.[16]
His brother, Calvin Mackie, was an Associate Professor at Tulane University.[17]
Filmography[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "April 2006 Obituaries Orleans Parish Louisiana". usgwarchives.net. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ Mandell, Jonathan (February 23, 2003). "SPRING THEATER: PERFORMANCE; Class Clown Makes Good, Quietly". The New York Times. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ http://articles.nydailynews.com/2006-08-06/entertainment/18344525_1_drug-dealers-anthony-mackie-half-nelson[dead link]
- ^ Gajewski, Josh (December 22, 2006). "Up & Comers: Meet Anthony Mackie". Bangor Daily News. p. 12. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ Maxwell, Erin; Jones, Michael (December 2, 2008). "Film trio feel the Spirit". Variety.
- ^ "Anthony Mackie – Overview". Allmovie. Archived from the original on June 11, 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
- ^ "Anthony Mackie: Biography". TV Guide. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
- ^ Preiser, Amy. "Interview With Anthony Mackie, Bar Owner, Actor, DIY Enthusiast". Homesessive. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ "School of Drama Alumni". uncsa.edu. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ Pedlow, Amelia (April 2010). "Q&A With Anthony Mackie". The Juilliard School. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ "Alumni News for May 2008". The Juilliard Journal. May 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ "Anthony Mackie". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ Itzkoff, Dave (July 6, 2009). "Anthony Mackie Joins the Bacchae". New York Times (Artsbeat).
- ^ Graser, Marc (2012-07-16). "Mackie mulls Falcon in 'Captain America'". Variety. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
- ^ Obenson, Tambay A. (September 13, 2012). "Anthony Mackie Confirmed To Play Falcon In 'Captain America' Sequel". IndieWire. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ^ Mathias, Christopher (July 20, 2011). "Anthony Mackie Opens Up 'NoBar' In Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn". The Huffington Post.
- ^ "Calvin Mackie - About Calvin". channelzro.com. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
External links[edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Anthony Mackie |
- Anthony Mackie at the Internet Movie Database
- Feinberg, Scott (February 3, 2007). "The Best Actor You Haven't Heard of (Yet)". And the Winner Is. Archived from the original on May 15, 2009. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
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