Early Life
Little is known about Mackey's early life, although his surname is probably of Irish origin (he occasionally wears a shamrock t-shirt). He also once mentioned that his father was a bricklayer (possibly only because he was making a joke). In season five, he told Lt. Jon Kavanaugh that he had been a police officer for at least 14 years. In one of the DVD commentaries for season four, Michael Chiklis mentions that the main characters on the show are from the same areas as the actors who play them, which would imply that Mackey is a native of the Boston, Massachusetts area. In support of this theory, during the season one episode "Cherrypoppers", Vic approaches a suspect outside of an underage sex show and, as a ruse, asks if the man remembers him from Boston.
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