Anthony Mackie

'Anthony Mackie' (qv) 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' (qv) 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' (qv) in the film _Notorious (2009)_ (qv). He appears in the 'Matt Damon' (qv) film _The Adjustment Bureau (2011)_ (qv) where he plays Harry Mitchell, a sympathetic member of a shadowy supernatural group that controls human destiny.::Danny Fleet