Anthony Dwane Mackie is an American actor. Mackie made his film debut starring in the semi-biographical drama film
8 Mile (2002). He was later nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor for his performance in the LGBT drama
Brother to Brother (2004), and in the same year, appeared in psychological thriller
The Manchurian Candidate, the Spike Lee TV film
Sucker Free City, and the sports film
Million Dollar Baby. Mackie starred in
Half Nelson (2006); in 2008, Mackie both appeared in the action thriller
Eagle Eye and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in
The Hurt Locker. He portrayed Tupac Shakur in
Notorious (2009) and later starred in
Night Catches Us (2010), and
The Adjustment Bureau and
Real Steel.