The title compound, [Fe(C5H5)(C21H16NO)], was synthesized from the coupling reaction of anthracene-9-carboxylic acid and ferrocenylmethylamine. The ferrocenyl (Fc) group and the anthracene ring system both lie approximately orthogonal to the amide moiety. An amide-amide interaction (along the a axis) is the principal interaction [N...O=2.910 (2) Angstrom]. A C-H...pi(arene) interaction [C...centroid=3.573 (2) Angstrom] and a C-H...O interaction [C...O=3.275 (3) Angstrom] complete the hydrogen bonding; two short (Fc) C...C(anthracene) contacts are also present.