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Anthony Mackie Dancing refers to a reaction meme and GIF featuring Hollywood actor and Marvel Captain America / Falcon star Anthony Mackie dancing with his hands on his head. Mackie can be seen wearing a blue collared shirt and both hands on his head while looking to the left in the clip. The moment comes from the 2016 press junket for the MCU movie Captain America: Civil War, with Mackie appearing alongside actor Sebastian Stan to promote the film. The specific frame comes from a Spanish-language interview with NBC Deportes, which became a popular comment, reaction meme and GIF caption format on TikTok in 2025. The clip of Anthony Mackie dancing is often posted alongside the song "Different Folks for Different Folks."

Origin

On May 6th, 2016, the YouTube^[1] channel Telmundo Deportes posted a video titled, "Anthony Mackie y Sebastian Stan: los momentos de diversión | Titulares y Más | NBC Deportes," showing a press junket interview where actors Anthony Mackie and Sebastian stan promoted their film Captain America: Civil War.

At one point in the video, the interviewer tells Mackie, "Owning a bar is a better superpower than flying," referencing his brief stint as a bar-owner in New York City in the early 2010s. Mackie agrees, saying, "I agree, because your friends show up and they go 'Ayyy!'," proceeding to dance in his seat at the 1:46 timestamp.

Spread

The earliest known post showing the aforementioned clip in GIF form is a May 9th, 2016, Tumblr^[2] post by @p1xer, which gathered over 700 notes in nine years.

On February 24th, 2023, X^[3] user @hausofdai tweeted an image of Anthony Mackie dancing alongside a caption that read, "Daylight savings is in 2 weeks, my seasonal depressed girlies WAKE UP." The post gathered over 53,000 likes in two years.

On March 23rd, 2023, X^[4] user @Anania00 also reposted the image of Anthony Mackie dancing. The caption on the post read, "no like why was he ever in this position 😭😭😭😭 what the fuck was the question," gathering over 43,000 likes in two years.

The meme spread to TikTok in 2025, with TikToker^[5] @martinluthervandrossjr posting a clip of Anthony Mackie walking down the Spirit Tunnel and a clip of him dancing during the NBC Deportes interview, gathering over 1 million plays and 200,000 likes in a week.

On June 1st, 2025, TikToker^[6] @evuljenius posted a video mimicking Anthony Mackie's dance, gathering over 250,000 plays and 70,000 likes in four days.

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Related Memes

Anthony Mackie's Smirk

Anthony Mackie's Smirk, also known as Anthony Mackie Knows Your Secret or Anthony Mackie Smile, refers to memes and jokes about Hollywood actor and Marvel's Captain America: Brave New World star Anthony Mackie's subdued smile or smirk, which is often described as him looking like he's harboring a secret. The meme originates from a Facebook post by Jason Hyman that read, "Bruh Anthony Mackie always look like he know something about you," which subsequently led to people making memes and jokes about using images of Anthony Mackie doing "the face."

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