Anthony Mackie

Anthony Mackie is an American actor. He was born on September 23, 1978 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been featured in feature films, television series and Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, including Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Drowning Crow, McReele. Soldier's Play.

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). Mackie starred in a lead role in the Netflix science-fiction film Outside the Wire as Leo.

Biography
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. 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.

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 the 2003 independent film Brother to Brother, where he played Perry. 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.

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.

Movies

 * IO
 * Point Blank
 * Outside the Wire