# Anthony Mackie's Smirk Anthony Mackie's Smirk, also known as Anthony Mackie Knows Your Secret, points to the subdued half-smile the Captain America actor wears in nearly every photo and interview. On March 15, 2021, Facebook user Jason Hyman uploaded a Mackie photo compilation captioned 'Bruh Anthony Mackie always look like he know something about you,' and the line turned into a running joke across Reddit and X[1]. By February 2025, a single quote-tweet riffing on 'the face' during the Captain America: Brave New World press run collected over 300,000 likes[4]. ## Origin Jason Hyman created the joke on March 15, 2021, when he posted four Anthony Mackie photos to Facebook with the caption 'Bruh Anthony Mackie always look like he know something about you.' The post collected over 4,000 likes across the following four years[1]. Three days later, cross-posts carried the compilation to /r/marvelmemes under the title 'He knows what you did last summer,' where it gathered more than 16,000 upvotes within 24 hours[2]. - **Platform:** Facebook (origin) / Reddit (viral spread) - **Creator:** Jason Hyman - **Date:** 2021 ## Overview Posts typically take a photo of Mackie smiling slightly at a red carpet or press junket and attach a caption pretending he just overheard something embarrassing. The caption often names a specific secret, a crush, a fib, or a childhood incident. The gag works because Mackie's expression never quite breaks into a full smile, so viewers read mischief into it[2]. Variations followed quickly. An iFunny post from April 2021 traded the 'he knows your secret' angle for a schoolyard joke, with text reading 'Anthony Mackie always look like he bout to say, Guess what?… Chicken butt'[5]. The X account @J_Nova_Kane kept the wording closer to Hyman's version, posting 'Anthony Mackie always look like he knows something about you that you and no idea he knew lmaoo' in May 2021[6]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Anthony Mackie's Smirk? Anthony Mackie's Smirk is an internet joke about Marvel actor Anthony Mackie's slight smile, which fans say makes him look like he knows a secret about you[1]. ### Where did Anthony Mackie's Smirk come from? Facebook user Jason Hyman started the joke on March 15, 2021, with a photo compilation captioned 'Bruh Anthony Mackie always look like he know something about you'[1]. ### What does Anthony Mackie's Smirk mean? The meme casts Mackie's subdued smile as the look of someone sitting on gossip, with captions pretending he just overheard an embarrassing secret about the viewer[2]. ### How do you use Anthony Mackie's Smirk? Posts typically attach a photo of Mackie smiling at a red carpet or press event to text imagining a secret he supposedly knows, with variations like the 'Chicken butt' twist on iFunny[5]. ### Is Anthony Mackie's Smirk still popular? It saw a big revival during the Captain America: Brave New World press tour in February 2025, when @rodimusprime's post about 'the face' gathered over 300,000 likes in a day[4]. ## References 1. [https://www.facebook.com/stashgoldstein/posts/pfbid0k9r4Vq8F4da2fhiH6VjBW7ch8YCZs77So4oPUKW1sX5hHMrif457rZJHJZeRA2sFl]() 2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelmemes/comments/m7znpd/he_knows_what_you_did_last_summer/]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/anthony-mackies-smirk]() 4. [https://x.com/rodimusprime/status/1892077765521756670]() 5. [https://ifunny.co/picture/anthony-mackie-always-look-like-he-bout-to-say-guess-2ukETnCX8]() 6. [https://x.com/J_Nova_Kane/status/1394294525825372166]() 7. [https://www.instagram.com/dadsaysjokes/reel/DGQcUudtOhr/]() 8. [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3154244814796388&id=2426620250892185&set=a.2426759820878228]() 9. [https://www.reddit.com/r/thefalconandthews/comments/mekfwf/thats_where_the_trouble_began_that_smile_that/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/anthony-mackies-smirk Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library