ANTHONY MACKIE (Jack) first worked with Lee on Sucker Free City, a pilot for Showtime. He most recently appeared in Hollywood Homicide with Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett. He has also just completed the lead role in the independent film, Brother to Brother. Mackie also appeared in 8 Mile with Eminem Mackie made his Broadway debut opposite Whoopi Goldberg and Charles Dutton in August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. He recently appeared on Broadway in an adaptation of Drowning Cow with Alfre Woodward.
Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Mackie first studied acting at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA); and completed his studies at Juillard. His first professional experience came in the role of Tupac Shakur in Up Against the Wind which launched him onto the prestigious New York theatre scene. In Spring 2002, Mackie received an Obie Award for his work in TALK at New York’s well-known Public Theatre directed by Marion McClinton.
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