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Everybody knows when you've got a role in a Spike Lee movie, you're gonna blow up. But I happen to be the only person who's had the lead in the two Spike Lee movies nobody saw.
Anthony Mackie
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Anthony Mackie
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: September 23
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Film Actor
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Anthony Dwane Mackie
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