Anthony Mackie
Anthony Mackie | |
|---|---|
 Mackie at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con | |
| Born | September 23, 1978 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Education | Juilliard School (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Spouse |
Sheletta Chapital
(m. 2014; div. 2018) |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Calvin Mackie (brother) |
Anthony Dwane Mackie (born September 23, 1978)[1][2][3] is an American actor. He has been featured in 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 film debut, 8 Mile. He was nominated for Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor for his role in Brother to Brother.[4] His second nomination was for Best Supporting Actor at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards for his role in The Hurt Locker.
He achieved global recognition with his portrayal of Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making his first appearance in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Ant-Man (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019), as well as the Disney+ exclusive limited series, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021).
In May 2016, he co-starred in the HBO TV film All the Way, and starred as Takeshi Kovacs in the second season of Netflix's Altered Carbon in 2020.
Early life
Mackie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana,[5] the son of Martha (née Gordon) and Willie Mackie Sr., a carpenter who owned a roofing business, Mackie Roofing.[6][7][8] His brother, Calvin Mackie, is a former associate professor of engineering at Tulane University who now works at the Louisiana Recovery Authority.[9] Mackie attended Warren Easton Sr High School and 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.[10] 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.[11][12]
Career
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. He appeared in the 2002 film 8 Mile as the main antagonist, Papa Doc. His first starring role in a feature film was the 2003 independent film Brother to Brother, where he played Perry, a young artist who struggles to adjust to the world as a gay black man. The following year, Mackie appeared in Million Dollar Baby, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and starred in Spike Lee's She Hate Me. In 2006, Mackie starred in Half Nelson, and Crossover, We Are Marshall.[13][14]
In March 2008, Mackie starred in three plays by playwright August Wilson at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 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.[15] In mid-2009, he played the role of Pentheus in the New York City Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park production of The Bacchae.[16] He starred with Christopher Walken in A Behanding in Spokane on Broadway in February 2010.[17]
Mackie portrayed late American rapper Tupac Shakur in the 2009 film Notorious. He had previously portrayed Shakur in the play Up Against the Wind in 2001, while attending Juilliard. In 2009, he appeared in The Hurt Locker. Mackie also narrated The Best That Never Was, a documentary about football player Marcus Dupree. He appeared in the 2011 film The Adjustment Bureau as Harry Mitchell, a sympathetic member of a shadowy supernatural group that controls human destiny. Mackie co-starred, as Sam Wilson / Falcon, in the Marvel Studios sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).[18][19] He reprised the role in multiple Marvel Cinematic Universe films over the next several years, including 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron[20] and Ant-Man, 2016's Captain America: Civil War, 2018's Avengers: Infinity War, and 2019's Avengers: Endgame.[21]
In 2016, Mackie portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. in the HBO TV drama All the Way.[22] In 2018, Mackie appeared as gang leader King in The Hate U Give, a film adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name.[23] In 2019, Mackie had a role in the Netflix science-fiction film, IO.[24]
In July 2018, it was announced that Mackie was cast in the role of Takeshi Kovacs for the second season of Netflix's science-fiction series, Altered Carbon.[25] In March 2019, it was announced that Mackie was cast in the fifth season of Netflix's science-fiction anthology series, Black Mirror.[26] The following month, Disney confirmed a Marvel television series starring Mackie and Sebastian Stan, called The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, would be aired on their upcoming Disney+ streaming service, debuting on March 19, 2021.[27][28] Mackie starred in and produced the science fiction film Outside the Wire which was released by Netflix on January 15, 2021.[29]
Personal life
In 2014, Mackie married his long-time girlfriend and childhood sweetheart Sheletta Chapital.[30] They divorced in 2018. The couple have four children together.[31]
Mackie opened a bar called NoBar in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn in the summer of 2011.[32] He had plans to open a second NoBar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2013, but closed all NoBar locations in 2015.[30][33]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 8 Mile | Papa Doc / Clarence | |
| 2003 | Crossing | Cass | |
| Hollywood Homicide | Killer "Joker" | ||
| 2004 | Brother to Brother | Perry | |
| The Manchurian Candidate | PFC Robert Baker | ||
| She Hate Me | John Henry "Jack" Armstrong | ||
| Haven | Hammer | ||
| Million Dollar Baby | Shawrelle Berry | ||
| 2005 | The Man | Booty | |
| 2006 | Freedomland | Billy Williams | |
| Half Nelson | Frank | ||
| Heavens Fall | William Lee | ||
| We Are Marshall | Nate Ruffin | ||
| Crossover | Tech | ||
| 2007 | Ascension Day | Nathaniel "Nat" Turner | |
| 2008 | Eagle Eye | Major William Bowman | |
| 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Sergeant J. T. Sanborn | |
| American Violet | Eddie Porter | ||
| Notorious | Tupac Shakur | ||
| Desert Flower | Harold Jackson | ||
| 2010 | Night Catches Us | Marcus Washington | |
| 2011 | The Adjustment Bureau | Harry Mitchell | |
| 10 Years | Andre Irine | ||
| What's Your Number? | Tom Piper | ||
| Real Steel | Finn | ||
| 2012 | Man on a Ledge | Mike Ackerman | |
| Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter | Will Johnson | ||
| 2013 | Gangster Squad | Coleman Harris | |
| Repentance | Tommy Carter | ||
| Pain & Gain | Adrian Doorbal | ||
| The Fifth Estate | Sam Coulson | ||
| Runner Runner | Agent Eric Shavers | ||
| The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete | Kris | ||
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Sam Wilson / Falcon | |
| Black or White | Jeremiah Jeffers | ||
| Shelter | Tahir | ||
| Playing It Cool | Bryan | ||
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Sam Wilson / Falcon | |
| Ant-Man | |||
| Our Brand Is Crisis | Ben | ||
| Love the Coopers | Officer Percy Williams | ||
| The Night Before | Chris Roberts | ||
| 2016 | Triple 9 | Marcus Belmont | |
| Captain America: Civil War | Sam Wilson / Falcon | ||
| 2017 | Detroit | Karl Greene | |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Sam Wilson / Falcon | |
| The Hate U Give | King | ||
| 2019 | Io | Micah | |
| Miss Bala | Jimmy | ||
| Avengers: Endgame | Sam Wilson / Falcon | ||
| Point Blank | Paul Booker | ||
| Synchronic | Steve Denube | ||
| Seberg | Hakim Jamal | ||
| 2020 | The Banker | Bernard Garrett | |
| 2021 | Outside the Wire | Captain Leo | |
| The Woman in the Window | Edward "Ed" Fox |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | As If | Bar Patron | Episode: "Seven"; uncredited |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Carl Hines | Episode: "Pravda" |
| 2004 | Sucker Free City | K-Luv (Keith) | TV movie |
| 2010 | 30 for 30 | Narrator | Episode: "The Best That Never Was" |
| 2016 | All the Way | Martin Luther King Jr. | TV movie |
| 2018 | Animals | Receipt (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Black Mirror | Danny Parker | Episode: "Striking Vipers" |
| 2020 | Altered Carbon | Takeshi Kovacs | 8 episodes |
| 2021 | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America[34] | Main role Pending—MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Hero |
| Marvel Studios: Assembled | Himself | Documentary; Episode: "Assembled: The Making of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" | |
| Solos | Tom | Anthology series[35] |
Video games
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | NBA 2K19 | Big Tunney | Also motion capture |
Awards and nominations
| Association | Year | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2004 | Brother to Brother | Best Debut Performance | Nominated | |
| Gotham Independent Film Awards | Breakthrough Actor | Nominated | |||
| Black Reel Awards | She Hate Me | Best Breakthrough Performance | Nominated | ||
| 2006 | Sucker Free City | Outstanding Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series | Nominated | ||
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards | Best Ensemble Cast | Won | |||
| Gotham Independent Film Award | Best Ensemble Cast | Won | |||
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble | Won | |||
| Online Film Critics Society Award | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |||
| AAFCA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Won | |||
| Black Reel Awards | 2010 | Best Supporting Actor | Won | ||
| NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
| Black Reel Awards | Night Catches Us | Best Actor | Won | ||
| Outstanding Ensemble | Nominated | ||||
| NAACP Image Award | 2011 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Nominated | ||
| Black Reel Awards | 2012 | The Adjustment Bureau | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
| NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
| Saturn Awards | 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | |
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Scene Stealer | Nominated | |||
| MTV Movie Awards | 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Ensemble Cast | Nominated | |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Choice Movie: Chemistry (shared with Sebastian Stan, Chris Evans, Elizabeth Olsen, and Jeremy Renner) | Nominated | |
| Kids' Choice Awards | #SQUAD (shared with cast) | Nominated | |||
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | 2021 | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Best Hero | Won | [36] |
| Best Duo (shared with Sebastian Stan) | Won |
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External links
- Anthony Mackie at IMDb
- 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.
