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Million Dollar Baby ''Million Dollar Baby'' is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, scored by and starring Clint Eastwood from a screenplay written by Paul Haggis, based on stories from the 2000 collection ''Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner ...

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The Hurt Locker ''The Hurt Locker'' is a 2008 American war thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. The film f ...

Tupac Shakur Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. Shakur is among the b ...

Night Catches Us ''Night Catches Us'' is a 2010 drama film directed and written by Tanya Hamilton and stars Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie, Jamie Hector, Wendell Pierce and Novella Nelson. Plot In 1976, former Black Panther Marcus ( Anthony Mackie) returns to ...

The Adjustment Bureau ''The Adjustment Bureau'' is a 2011 American science fiction romantic thriller film written and directed by George Nolfi, based on the 1954 Philip K. Dick short story " Adjustment Team". Starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John S ...

Real Steel ''Real Steel'' is a 2011 American science fiction sports drama film starring Hugh Jackman and Dakota Goyo and co-produced and directed by Shawn Levy for DreamWorks Pictures. The film is based on the short story "Steel", written by Richard Mathe ...

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Calvin Mackie, is a former associate professor of engineering at

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pu ...

who now works at the

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. Mackie attended Warren Easton Sr High School and the

New Orleans Center for Creative Arts New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, or NOCCA, is the regional, pre-professional arts training center for high school students in Louisiana. NOCCA opened in 1973 as a professional arts training center for secondary school-age children. Locat ...

(NOCCA) and graduated from the high school drama program at the

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(NCSA) in 1997. He later graduated from the

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most ...

's Drama Division as a member of ''Group 30'' (1997–2001), which also included actors

Tracie Thoms Tracie Nicole Thoms is an Emmy-nominated American television, film, and stage actress and singer. She is known for her roles in '' Rent'', '' Cold Case'', '' The Devil Wears Prada'', '' Death Proof'', and the short-lived Fox television series ' ...

and Lee Pace.

Career

In 2002, Mackie worked as an

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to

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in

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' play '' Topdog/Underdog'' and won an OBIE Award for his role in

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's play ''

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''. 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 ''Million Dollar Baby'' is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, scored by and starring Clint Eastwood from a screenplay written by Paul Haggis, based on stories from the 2000 collection ''Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner ...

'', which won the

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, and starred in

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's ''

She Hate Me ''She Hate Me'' is a 2004 American independent comedy drama film directed by Spike Lee and starring Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin, Monica Bellucci, Brian Dennehy, Woody Harrelson, Bai Ling, John Turturro, and Ossie Davis in his ...

''. In 2006, Mackie starred in '' Half Nelson'', ''

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'', and '' We Are Marshall''. In March 2008, Mackie starred in three plays by playwright

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at the

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for the Performing Arts in Washington DC: ''

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' is a 1982 play – one of the ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle by August Wilson, and the only one not set in Pittsburgh – that chronicles the 20th-century African-American experience. The play is set in a recording stud ...

'', '' 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

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in the New York City

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's

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production of ''

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''. He starred with

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in '' A Behanding in Spokane'' on Broadway in February 2010. Mackie portrayed late American

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

Tupac Shakur Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. Shakur is among the b ...

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 ''The Hurt Locker'' is a 2008 American war thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. The film f ...

''. Mackie also narrated ''The Best That Never Was'', a documentary about football player

Marcus Dupree Marcus L. Dupree (born May 22, 1964) is a former American football player. He was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Mississippi, where his playing in high school attracted national attention. A highly touted and sought-after college football re ...

. He appeared in the 2011 film ''

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'' as Harry Mitchell, a sympathetic member of a shadowy supernatural group that controls human destiny. Mackie co-starred, as Sam Wilson / Falcon, in the

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'' Captain America: The Winter Soldier'' (2014). He reprised the role in multiple

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films over the next several years, including 2015's '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'' and ''

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'', 2016's '' Captain America: Civil War'', 2018's '' Avengers: Infinity War'', and 2019's '' Avengers: Endgame''. 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'', a film adaptation of the bestselling novel of the same name. In 2019, Mackie had a role in the

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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 ''Altered Carbon'' is a 2002 cyberpunk novel by the English writer Richard K. Morgan. Set in a future in which interstellar travel and relative immortality is facilitated by transferring consciousnesses between bodies ("sleeves"), it follows t ...

''. In March 2019, it was announced that Mackie was cast in the fifth season of Netflix's science-fiction anthology series, ''

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''. The following month,

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confirmed a Marvel television series starring Mackie and

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, called ''

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier ''The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'' is an American television miniseries created by Malcolm Spellman for the streaming service Disney+, based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Sam Wilson / Falcon and Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier. ...

'', would be aired on their upcoming

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streaming service, debuting on March 19, 2021. Mackie starred in and produced the science fiction film '' Outside the Wire'' which was released by Netflix on January 15, 2021. In August 2021, Mackie closed the deal to reprise the role in ''

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''. In January 2022, it was announced that Mackie will helm the drama film ''Spark'', starring Saniyya Sidney, as his directorial debut project. In February 2022, he was set to lead action film ''Ending Things'' along with Priyanka Chopra Jonas, directed by Kevin Sullivan and star in a live-action series adaptation of ''Twisted Metal'' game at Peacock. In 2022, it was announced Mackie would be attached to a film based on the

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which feature's his brother's Alma mater

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.

Personal life

In 2014, Mackie married his long-time girlfriend and childhood sweetheart Sheletta Chapital. They divorced in 2018. The couple has four children together. Mackie opened a bar called NoBar in Bed-Stuy,

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in the summer of 2011. He had plans to open a second NoBar in

Williamsburg, Brooklyn Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordered by Greenpoint to the north; Bedford–Stuyvesant to the south; Bushwick and East Williamsburg to the east; and the East River to the west. As of the 2020 Unit ...

in 2013, but closed all NoBar locations in 2015. In November 2013, Mackie was arrested for driving while intoxicated after he was initially stopped by police for having tinted windows, which is illegal in New York. He was pulled over at 1:22 a.m., officers noticed an odor of alcohol and observed that Mackie had bloodshot eyes, He was fined $300, ordered to complete a drunk driving program and was banned from the road for 90 days in New York state for the violation.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Theme park attractions

Stage

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mackie, Anthony 1978 births Living people 21st-century American male actors African-American male actors American male film actors American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors Juilliard School alumni Male actors from New Orleans University of North Carolina School of the Arts alumni 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people

Early life