Anthony Mackie says he was stunned to listen to that he — and never simply certainly one of his costars — had obtained an Emmy nomination this month.

"I used to be at work…and I look over and all people's like, 'Congratulations!'' And I used to be like, 'Oh, what white dude obtained nominated?'" Mackie informed host Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday's episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. "Trigger I'm the white dude legend in the case of nominations and wins."

The Captain America: Civil Battle veteran was on a set when he realized that he'd been nominated within the class of Excellent Visitor Actor in a Comedy Sequence for his work in Apple TV+'s The Studio. His competitors is Jon Bernthal from The Bear, but in addition a number of actors from the identical sequence as him: Bryan Cranston, Dave Franco, and a few legendary administrators named Ron Howard and Martin Scorsese, who performed variations of themselves within the Hollywood-centric sequence.

"So I made Ryan Gosling well-known, I made Jeremy Renner well-known, I made Bryan Cranston well-known," Mackie joked, "I made — now — Ron Howard well-known. I'm like, 'If you wish to get nominated, I'm the dude.'"

Good issues do appear to occur to actors after they work with Mackie, who teased in a 2024 interview with EW that he was liable for Gosling's success, having costarred with Gosling within the 2006 film Half Nelson, for which Gosling obtained his first finest actor Oscar nod. Then, in 2008, Mackie costarred with Renner in The Damage Locker, for which, yep, Renner was nominated for his first Oscar in the identical class.

Mackie additionally costarred with Cranston in 2016 TV film All of the Method, for which the Breaking Unhealthy star was Emmy-nominated for Excellent Lead Actor in a Restricted Sequence or a Film. It wasn't Cranston's first nomination, however certainly the Mackie impact was in play.

After all, none of them, particularly Howard — who may fill a shelf with the Emmys, Oscars, Golden Globes, and even the Grammy that he's received — is hurting for business accolades.

When Fallon quipped that Mackie is the "secret sauce" in luring awards, he agreed.

"I’m the jelly within the doughnut, you realize what I'm saying?" Mackie stated.

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Fallon famous that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's star personal nod is in a extremely aggressive class, to which he agreed.

"So the best way I have a look at it," Mackie stated, "I'm very honored and proud to be nominated. However the actuality of it’s, I'm excited to be in second place, as a result of it's Ron Howard and Scorsese. So certainly one of them goes to take it, however they're going to take votes from the opposite particular person, so I'm going to be in second."

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Mackie stated he doesn't care about taking house the award.

"Profitable is being nominated towards Scorsese and Ron Howard," he stated. "As a result of certainly one of them gonna must say, 'Rattling, I misplaced to Anthony Mackie.'" He teased that his rivals are "shaking."

The Emmys air Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS.

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