After making his big-screen debut as rival rapper Papa Doc in the Eminem drama 8 Mile (2002), Mackie landed a leading role in Spike Lee's She Hate Me (2004), appearing that same year in Million Dollar Baby, The Manchurian Candidate and Brother to Brother (for which he received an Independent Spirit Award nod).
Continuing his heavy work schedule, Mackie made five films that premiered in 2006, including the football drama We Are Marshall and the award-winning indie Half Nelson. In 2008, the busy actor received his second Independent Spirit nod -- this time for his work opposite Ralph Fiennes and Jeremy Renner in the Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker.
The Hurt LockerKathryn Bigelow directs this gripping drama (winner of the Best Picture Oscar) following one of the U.S. Army's elite EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) teams operating in the ferocious war zone of Iraq. As the squad identifies and dismantles improvised explosive devices and other bombs, they must... Read More
NotoriousBased on the story of Christopher Wallace, better known as Notorious B.I.G. (played by Jamal Woolard), this insightful biopic chronicles the gangsta rapper's troubled life as a drug dealer, his artistic success and his unresolved murder at age 24. The film also delves into his close friendship with... Read More
CrossoverNoah Cruise (Wesley Jonathan) has the talent to be a professional cager but vows to use his sports scholarship to study medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, in this fast-paced urban drama. Meanwhile, Noah's buddy Tech (Anthony Mackie) is focused on getting his general equivalency... Read More
Night Catches UsAfter growing up during the tumultuous 1960s, ex-Black Panther Marcus (Anthony Mackie) returns to his home in Philadelphia in 1976 and reconnects with Pat (Kerry Washington), the widow of a Panther leader. Marcus befriends Pat's young daughter and attempts to conquer his demons. Interfering with... Read More
She Hate MeIn Spike Lee's take on the big, bad world of love and business, John (Anthony Mackie) blows the whistle on his corrupt bosses at a biotech company, touching off a maelstrom of investigations headed by the Securities and Exchange Commission and leaving him jobless. But when his ex-girlfriend (Kerry... Read More
Man on a Ledge (2012) | PG-13 | |
Gangster Squad (2012) | NR | |
NR | ||
Real Steel (2011) | PG-13 | |
The Adjustment Bureau (2011) | PG-13 | |
Ten Year (2011) | PG-13 | |
Night Catches Us (2010) | R | |
Bolden! (2010) | NR | |
R | ||
R | ||
Notorious (2009) | R | |
R | ||
Half Nelson (2006) | R | |
Heavens Fall (2006) | PG-13 | |
We Are Marshall (2006) | PG | |
Crossover (2006) | PG-13 | |
The Man (2005) | PG-13 | |
Freedomland (2005) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
She Hate Me (2004) | R | |
Brother to Brother (2004) | NR | |
Haven (2004) | R | |
Sucker Free City (2004) | R | |
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