Anthony Mackie Biography

Fast Facts

• Before deciding to pursue acting, Mackie studied to become an oil-refinery engineer at a New Orleans trade school
• While studying at Juilliard, Mackie and his classmates frequently went into the subway on weekends to perform short scenes, poems and songs
• Shared an Obie Award for Best Ensemble Performance with the cast of Talk in 2002
• Made his big-screen debut as one of Eminem's rap rivals in the 2002 hip-hop drama 8 Mile
• Broadway debut came in 2003, when he starred opposite Whoopi Goldberg in a revival of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
• Was nominated for Independent Spirit Awards for Best Debut Performance for Brother to Brother (2004) and Best Supporting Male for The Hurt Locker (2009)
• Opened a bar in Brooklyn called NoBar in 2011