Actor: Anthony Mackie

Anthony Mackie trained at Juilliard and came up through independent film, including 8 Mile and Half Nelson, before The Hurt Locker, where his Sergeant Sanborn is the film’s moral counterweight.

He played Sam Wilson across seven Marvel films and inherited the Captain America role, which the Disney Plus series treated as a genuine question about what it means for a Black man to take that specific symbol.

Detroit is the serious dramatic work and is extremely difficult viewing.

He has been vocal about the industry’s treatment of Black actors and produces through his own company in New Orleans.