On September 23, 1978, Anthony Mackie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is the child of Willie Mackie Sr. and Martha. His brother Calvin Mackie used to be an associate professor of engineering at Tulane University and is currently employed by the Louisiana Recovery Authority.
His father owned a roofing company called Mackie Roofing. Mackie attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) and Warren Easton Senior High School.
He earned his high school diploma in theater from the North Carolina School of the Arts (NCSA) in 1997, and in 2001, he earned his diploma from the Juilliard School’s theater Division as a part of Group 30, which also included Lee Pace and Tracie Thoms.
In the play Up Against the Wind in 2001, Mackie, then a student at Juilliard, played the late American rapper Tupac Shakur. In the 2009 film Notorious, he later played the part once more.
In 2009, he also had an appearance in The Hurt Locker and narrated The Best That Never Was, a film about Marcus Dupree, a football player.
When did Anthony Mackie start acting?
Mackie made his acting debut in the drama/semi-biopic film 8 Mile (2002).
Did Anthony Mackie play Captain America?
Since Chris Evans’ Captain America has superpowers, Anthony Mackie’s Captain America feels more authentically human. Audiences may expect a fresh perspective on the hero when Sam Wilson, played by Anthony Mackie, takes on the role of Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.