Anthony Mackie

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**Anthony Mackie** (born September 23, 1978) is an American actor and film producer. 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*. 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  in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making his first appearance in *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014) and later in *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015), *Ant-Man* (2015), *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), and *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), as well as the upcoming Disney+ exclusive limited series, *The Falcon and the Winter Soldier*.

In May 2016, he co-starred in the HBO TV film *All the Way*, and starred in the second season of Netflix's *Altered Carbon* in 2020.

## Early life

Mackie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Martha (née Gordon) and Willie Mackie Sr., a carpenter who owned a roofing business, Mackie Roofing. He attended 35 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. 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.

## Career

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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 African-American artist who struggles to adjust to the world as a black homosexual. 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*, *We Are Marshall*, and *Crossover*.

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. 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*. He starred with Christopher Walken in *A Behanding in Spokane* on Broadway in February 2010.

Mackie portrayed the 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). He reprised the role in multiple Marvel Cinematic Universe films over the next several years, including 2015's *Avengers: Age of Ultron* and *Ant-Man*, 2016's *Captain America: Civil War*, and 2018's *Avengers: Infinity War*. He also features in 2019's *Avengers: Endgame*. It is through Marvel that Mackie met the bane of his existence, Tom Holland.

In 2016, Mackie portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. in the HBO TV drama *All the Way*. In 2018, Mackie appeared as gang leader King in *The Hate U Give*, an adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name. In 2019, Mackie had a role in the Netflix science-fiction film, *IO*.

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*. In March 2019, it was announced that Mackie was cast in the fifth season of Netflix's science-fiction anthology series, *Black Mirror*. 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 in August 2020. In June 2019, it was announced that Mackie will star in a lead role in the Netflix science-fiction film *Outside The Wire*.

## Personal life

Mackie opened a bar called NoBar in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn in the summer of 2011. He had plans to open a second NoBar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2013, but closed all NoBar locations in 2015.

His brother, Calvin Mackie, is a former associate professor of engineering at Tulane University who now works at the Louisiana Recovery Authority.

Mackie married his long-time girlfriend and childhood sweetheart, Sheletta Chapital, in 2014. They divorced in 2018. They have 3 children together.

## References

1. ↑ Mandell, Jonathan (February 23, 2003). "SPRING THEATER: PERFORMANCE; Class Clown Makes Good, Quietly", *The New York Times*. Retrieved on March 30, 2013.
2. ↑ Louie, Rebecca (6 August 2006). "Anthony Mackie goes full tilt in 'Half Nelson'". http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/class-act-anthony-mackie-full-tilt-nelson-article-1.568293. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
3. ↑ Gajewski, Josh (December 22, 2006). "Up & Comers: Meet Anthony Mackie", *Bangor Daily News*, p. 12. Retrieved on March 30, 2013.
4. ↑ Maxwell, Erin; Jones, Michael (December 2, 2008). "Film trio feel the Spirit". *Variety*. http://www.variety.com/awardcentral\_article/VR1117996677.html?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1.
5. ↑ "Anthony Mackie – Overview". *Allmovie*. Archived from the original on June 11, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090611043531/http://www.allmovie.com/artist/anthony-mackie-347951. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
6. ↑ "April 2006 Obituaries Orleans Parish Louisiana". *USGenWeb Archives*. http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/obits/2006/2006-04.txt. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
7. ↑ "Anthony Mackie". TV Guide. http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/anthony-mackie/140378/.
8. ↑ Preiser, Amy. "Interview With Anthony Mackie, Bar Owner, Actor, DIY Enthusiast". *Homesessive*. http://www.diylife.com/2011/07/20/anthony-mackie-nobar/. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
9. ↑ "UNCSA Alumni Nominated for Tony Awards". 4 May 2010. http://www.uncsa.edu/pressreleases/Releases2010/May10/TONY.htm. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
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12. ↑ "Anthony Mackie". *Internet Broadway Database*. http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=106420. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
13. ↑ Itzkoff, Dave (July 6, 2009). "Anthony Mackie Joins the Bacchae", *New York Times*, Artsbeat.
14. ↑ Graser, Marc (2012-07-16). "Mackie mulls Falcon in 'Captain America'". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118056643. Retrieved 2012-07-17.
15. ↑ Obenson, Tambay A. (September 13, 2012). "Anthony Mackie Confirmed To Play Falcon In 'Captain America' Sequel". *IndieWire*. http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/anthony-mackie-confirmed-to-play-falcon-in-captain-america-sequel. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
16. ↑ Lussier, Germain (February 24, 2015). "The Gang’s All Here in the Official ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Poster". /Film. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150225030819/http://www.slashfilm.com/the-gangs-all-here-in-the-official-avengers-age-of-ultron-poster/. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
17. ↑ Fleming Jr, Mike (November 14, 2014). "Daniel Bruhl To Play Villain In 'Captain America: Civil War'". Archived from the original on November 17, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141117014407/http://deadline.com/2014/11/daniel-bruhl-captain-america-robert-downey-jr-chris-evans-1201284648/. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
18. ↑ Fleming, Mike (June 30, 2015). "Anthony Mackie To Play MLK Opposite Bryan's Cranston's LBJ In HBO's 'All The Way'". http://deadline.com/2015/06/anthony-mackie-martin-luther-king-jr-bryans-cranston-all-the-way-hbo-1201465008/.
19. ↑ "Anthony Mackie joins the cast of film adaptation of BLM-inspired novel, 'The Hate U Give'" (in en). https://shadowandact.com/anthony-mackie-the-hate-u-give.
20. ↑ Kroll, Justin (October 6, 2016). "Anthony Mackie, Margaret Qualley, and Danny Huston Join Sci-Fi Drama ‘IO’", *Variety*.
21. ↑ Otterson, Joe (July 27, 2018). "*Altered Carbon* Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix With Anthony Mackie in Lead Role", *Variety*.
22. ↑ Petski, Denise (March 20, 2019). "'Black Mirror': Anthony Mackie & Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Cast In Season 5". *Deadline Hollywood*. https://deadline.com/2019/03/black-mirror-anthony-mackie-yahya-abdul-mateen-ii-cast-in-season-5-1202579630/. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
23. ↑ Couch, Aaron (April 11, 2019). "Marvel's Kevin Feige Promises "Major Storylines" for Disney+ Shows". *The Hollywood Reporter*. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvels-kevin-promises-major-storylines-disney-shows-1200815. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
24. ↑ Fleming Jr., Mike (May 20, 2019). "Kari Skogland To Direct 6-Part 'The Falcon And The Winter Soldier' Miniseries With Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Daniel Bruhl & Emily Van Camp". *Deadline Hollywood*. https://deadline.com/2019/05/kari-skogland-to-direct-6-part-the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-miniseries-with-anthony-mackie-sebastian-stan-daniel-bruhl-emily-van-camp-1202619197/. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
25. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (June 7, 2019). "Anthony Mackie To Star In Action-Sci-Fi ‘Outside The Wire’ For Netflix; ‘Captain America’ Star Will Produce With Automatik & 42". *Deadline Hollywood*. https://deadline.com/2019/06/netflix-anthony-mackie-captain-america-avengers-outside-wire-1202628679/. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
26. ↑ Mathias, Christopher (July 20, 2011). "Anthony Mackie Opens Up 'NoBar' In Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn", *The Huffington Post*.
27. ↑ "Anthony Mackie Opening Second NoBar in Williamsburg". http://www.grubstreet.com/2013/08/anthony-mackie-nobar-williamsburg.html. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Greer, Carlos (June 9, 2015). "Anthony Mackie quietly weds longtime girlfriend". http://pagesix.com/2015/06/08/anthony-mackie-secretly-wed-longtime-girlfriend-last-december/. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
29. ↑ "Calvin Mackie, Ph.D". *channelzro.com*. http://www.channelzro.com/about.htm. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
30. ↑ "It's Good That Spider-Man: Far From Home Cut Falcon's Captain America" (in en-US). 2019-07-11. https://screenrant.com/spiderman-far-home-falcon-captain-america-cut-good/.

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