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Most of the time when you see a movie, the best character in the movie is not the guy, it's the guy next to the guy.

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Anthony Mackie
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: September 23
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
New Orleans
Louisiana
Anthony Dwane Mackie
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