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Anthony Mackie

Anthony Mackie

Actor and producer · Born September 23, 1978 (48) · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Primetime Emmy nominee · Screen Actors Guild Award nominee · 1 other major award body

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
September 23, 1978 (48)
From
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Works as
Actor and producer
Titles
73 on MovieCove · 86 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 33% in 30 days

What are Anthony Mackie's films like?

Across their 58 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Action19 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Biography6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 43rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 63rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
22%
Morality
21%
Bonds
20%
Survival
15%
Power
13%
Society
7%
Ideas
3%
Family bonds15 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity11 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival10 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice8 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal8 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 55 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 19 · Dark 22

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 32 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 7

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 17 · Intense 32

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 12 · Shifting 34 · Whiplash 9

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 38 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 7

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 30 · Relentless 13

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 15 · Engaged 24 · Full focus 16

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 14 · Affecting 17 · Heavy 24

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 35 · Open-ended 17 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

36 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 14 of 36 analyzed roles.

Hero
14 of 36
Ally
11 of 36
Mentor
4 of 36
Shadow
3 of 36
Herald
2 of 36
Shapeshifter
2 of 36
Show the 36 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
41
Melancholic
23
Thrilling
16
Hopeful
18
Dread
10
Other
46

How their films linger

Hopeful28 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 14 with a twist

  • Happy14
  • Bittersweet33
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous6
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Anthony Mackie's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 61 of their 73 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (17).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Anthony Mackie's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

86 credits, 73 with a MovieCove page; 39 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Avengers: Secret Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    as Sam Wilson / Captain America

  • Avengers: Doomsday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Sam Wilson / Captain America

  • 12 12 12 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer · as Jack Strickland

  • Desert Warrior(2025)

    as Hanzala

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Sneaks(2025)

    as Ty (voice)

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Studio(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as Anthony Mackie

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The Electric State(2025)

    as Herman (voice)

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Captain America: Brave New World(2025)

    Executive Producer · as Sam Wilson / Captain America

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Elevation(2024)

    Producer · as Will

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • If You Were the Last(2023)

    as Adam Gherrity

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Twisted Metal(2023)

    Show 22 episodes · Executive Producer · as John Doe

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Ghosted(2023)

    as Grandson of Sam

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • We Have a Ghost(2023)

    as Frank Presley

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Sam Wilson / Falcon / Captain America (archive footage)

  • What If...?(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Sam Wilson (voice)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Solos(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Tom

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows

  • The Woman in the Window(2021)

    as Ed Fox

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · as Sam Wilson / Falcon

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Outside the Wire(2021)

    Producer · as Leo

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Marvel Studios: Legends(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · as Sam Wilson / Falcon (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Synchronic(2019)

    as Steve Denube

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Banker(2020)

    Producer · as Bernard Garrett

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Seberg(2019)

    as Hakim Jamal

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Point Blank(2019)

    as Paul

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Avengers: Endgame(2019)

    as Sam Wilson / Falcon

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Miss Bala(2019)

    as Jimmy

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • IO(2019)

    Executive Producer · as Micah

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Hate U Give(2018)

    as King

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Avengers: Infinity War(2018)

    as Sam Wilson / Falcon

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Altered Carbon(2018)

    Show 8 episodes · Consulting Producer · as Takeshi Kovacs

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Detroit(2017)

    as Greene

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • All the Way(2016)

    as Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Captain America: Civil War(2016)

    as Sam Wilson / Falcon

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Triple 9(2016)

    as Marcus Belmont

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Animals.(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Receipt (voice)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • The Night Before(2015)

    as Chris

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Love the Coopers(2015)

    as Officer Percy Williams

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Our Brand Is Crisis(2015)

    as Ben

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Ant-Man(2015)

    as Sam Wilson / Falcon

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Avengers: Age of Ultron(2015)

    as Sam Wilson / The Falcon

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Black or White(2014)

    as Jeremiah Jeffers

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Playing It Cool(2014)

    as Bryan

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Shelter(2014)

    as Tahir

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier(2014)

    as Sam Wilson / Falcon

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Repentance(2013)

    as Tommy

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Fifth Estate(2013)

    as Sam Coulson

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete(2013)

    as Kris

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Runner Runner(2013)

    as Shavers

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Pain & Gain(2013)

    as Adrian Doorbal

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Gangster Squad(2013)

    as Coleman Harris

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • 10 Years(2011)

    as Andre

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter(2012)

    as Will Johnson

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Goose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Narrator

  • Man on a Ledge(2012)

    as Mike Ackerman

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Black Mirror(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Danny

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • What's Your Number?(2011)

    as Tom Piper

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Real Steel(2011)

    as Finn

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Adjustment Bureau(2011)

    as Harry Mitchell

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Night Catches Us(2010)

    as Marcus Washington

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Louis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Buddy Bolden

  • Desert Flower(2009)

    as Harold Jackson

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Notorious(2009)

    as Tupac "2Pac" Shakur

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Hurt Locker(2008)

    as Sergeant JT Sanborn

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Eagle Eye(2008)

    as William Bowman

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • American Violet(2008)

    as Eddie Porter (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • We Are Marshall(2006)

    as Nate Ruffin

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Crossover(2006)

    as Tech

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Half Nelson(2006)

    as Frank

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Heavens Fall(2006)

    as William Lee

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Freedomland(2006)

    as Billy Williams

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Man(2005)

    as Booty

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Million Dollar Baby(2004)

    as Shawrelle Berry

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Sucker Free City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as K-Luv

  • Haven(2004)

    as Hammer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • She Hate Me(2004)

    as Jack Armstrong

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Manchurian Candidate(2004)

    as PFC Robert Baker III

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Brother to Brother(2004)

    as Perry

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Hollywood Homicide(2003)

    as Killer 'Joker'

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • 8 Mile(2002)

    as Papa Doc

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Carl Hines

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Barracuda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Karl

  • Clybourne Park (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Raven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Spark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Producer

  • Speed the Plow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Bob Grant

  • The Ogun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 86 titles, 77 of them dated from 2001 to 2026; peak year 2020.

Biggest box office

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

$1.2B worldwide

Highest rated

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Film career

MilestoneNomination
20012026

Peak 2020 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 40 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting84 of 86: 76 only acting, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score56thDirecting1 of 86: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleProducing10 of 86: 1 only producing, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score26th

86 titles, 9 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 8 of them.

By decade

2000s20 · acting2010s38 · 38 acting · 2 crew2020s19 · 19 acting · 5 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 19% of 62 roles
0207121722

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

4 major nominations and no wins, 2005–2025.

  1. 2025
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
  2. 2010
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  3. 2009
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Supporting Male
  4. 2005
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Debut Performance

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Anthony Mackie's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 63; across their 55 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 55

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 55

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 55

Midcredits score across 73 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up24
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th19
  • Below 25th13

Shape of the crowd

29 of their 73 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser29
  • Broadly Agreed15
  • Mixed18

Most divisive · actor

Desert Warrior (2025)

99th percentile spread · 51% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Midcredits 99th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 53 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Anthony Mackie's work okay for kids?

Across up to 43 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore37 titles28–86 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity43 titles10–62 · median 23 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity41 titles36–89 · median 57 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs36 titles16–78 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense39 titles27–75 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Anthony Mackie work with?

People who share at least 2 of Anthony Mackie's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Henry Jackman shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles