FrameThrower · Actors · Anthony Mackie
Anthony Mackie
13 films · 898 frames · top-billed in 7 · 2004–2019
Born 23 September 1978 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Anthony Dwane Mackie is an American actor. He gained wide recognition for portraying Sam Wilson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and later starring as the titular character in Captain America: Brave New World (2025). By 2026, he had also gained widespread internet recognition through the viral "Son" meme.
Mackie made his film debut in 8 Mile (2002) and earned critical recognition for his roles in Brother to Brother (2004), which garnered him an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actor, and The Hurt Locker (2008), which earned him nominations for Best Supporting Actor at the AAFCA Awards and the Independent Spirit Awards.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 898 frames from the 13 films we hold. This is the look of the work Anthony takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 13 films we hold, 47% of their frames are day, 43% low key — the look of the work Anthony takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Seberg
2019 · Hakim Jamal
Detroit
2017 · Greene
All the Way
2016 · Martin Luther King, Jr.
Triple 9
2016 · Marcus Belmont
Our Brand is Crisis
2015 · Ben
Pain & Gain
2013 · Adrian Doorbal
Half Nelson
2006 · Frank
Captain America: Civil War
2016 · Sam Wilson / Falcon
Ant-Man
2015 · Sam Wilson / Falcon
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2014 · Sam Wilson / Falcon
Gangster Squad
2013 · Coleman Harris
The Adjustment Bureau
2013 · Harry Mitchell
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · PFC Robert Baker III
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 898 frames from Anthony Mackie's 13 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.