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I just don't understand how people can get so caught up in having their picture taken.
Anthony Mackie
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Anthony Mackie
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: September 23
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Anthony Dwane Mackie
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I did this movie with Spike Lee called Sucker Free City, and that would have to be my favorite role by far. It was just so much fun to work with Spike and shoot in San Francisco.
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