Bio: Anthony Mackie is an American actor. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Martha (Gordon) and Willie Mackie, Sr., who owned a business, Mackie Roofing. Anthony has been featured in feature films, television series and Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, including Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Drowning Crow, McReele, A Soldier's Play, and Talk, by Carl Hancock Rux, for which he won an Obie Award in 2002. In 2002, he was featured in Eminem's debut film, 8 Mile, playing Papa Doc, a member of Leaders of the Free World. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards for his role in _The Hurt Locker (2009)_(QV). This is Mackie's second ISA nomination, the first coming for his work in _Brother to Brother (2003)_, where he was nominated for Best Actor. Also in 2009, Mackie portrayed rapper Tupac Shakur in the film Notorious (2009). He appears in the Matt Damon film The Adjustment Bureau (2011) where he plays Harry Mitchell, a sympathetic member of a shadowy supernatural group that controls human destiny.
Tivia: Was inspired by his late father, a contractor, not to work in manual labor. Mackie's father later died in New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina.He was roommates with Lee Pace at Juilliard.He opened a bar called NoBar in Brooklyn, New York in the summer of 2011.Married his longtime girlfriend, Sheletta Chapital, in December 2014. They have four children together.A graduate of The Juilliard School (Group 30).His brother is an engineer in New Orleans, Louisiana who appeared in Spike Lee's documentary on Hurricane Katrina, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006).He enjoys skydiving and has done it six times.He appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: Million Dollar Baby (2004) and The Hurt Locker (2008).Planned to be an engineer before falling in love with acting.His character in 8 Mile (2002) at one point has his rapping skills compared negatively to those of Tupac Shakur. 6 years later, Anthony played Tupac in Notorious (2009).Is currently (as of 2010) seeking a producer for a script he has about Olympic athlete Jesse Owens.Friends with Chadwick Boseman.Graduated high school from North Carolina School of the Arts with a concentration in acting.Attended New Orleans School for Creative Arts.Attended North Carolina School of the Arts, mid-90s.A featured player in Regina Taylor's play, Drowning Crow, at the Manhattan Theatre Club. (January 2004)Performing Martin McDonagh's "A Behanding in Spokane" at the Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway. (March 2010)