Mario Van Peebles

Mario Van Peebles

Known for
Acting
Born
January 15, 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
Mexico City, Mexico

Biography

Mario Cain Peebles Marx (born January 15, 1957) is a Mexican-born American director and actor who has appeared in numerous Hollywood films. He is son of filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Van Peebles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

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The Price for Freedom

The Price for Freedom

Movie · as Harry T. Moore

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Young Blood poster

Young Blood

Movie · as Leonard

2027
The Shark That Roared poster

The Shark That Roared

Movie · as Self

2026
Kill Me Now poster

Kill Me Now

Movie · as Uncle Harold

2025
Breakdown: 1975 poster

Breakdown: 1975

Movie · as (archive footage)

2024
Outlaw Posse poster

Outlaw Posse

Movie · as Chief

2024
Sharksploitation poster

Sharksploitation

Movie · as Self

2023
Christmas Rescue poster

Christmas Rescue

Movie

2022
Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood poster

Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2022
Is That Black Enough for You?!? poster

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Movie · as Self

2020
Seized poster

Seized

Movie · as Mzamo

2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis poster

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis

Movie · as Self

2020
A Clear Shot poster

A Clear Shot

Movie · as Gomez

2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault poster

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

Movie · as (archive footage)

2019
Immortal poster

Immortal

Movie · as Carl

2019
Run the Race poster

Run the Race

Movie · as Pastor Baker

2019
Sherman's Showcase poster

Sherman's Showcase

TV · as Detective · 1 ep

2018
Armed poster

Armed

Movie · as Chief

2018
A Million Little Things poster

A Million Little Things

TV · as Ronald · 6 eps

2018
Deception poster

Deception

TV · as Bruce Conners · 1 ep

2017
Superstition poster

Superstition

TV · as Isaac Hastings · 1 ep

2016
Submerged poster

Submerged

Movie · as Hector

2015
Blindspot poster

Blindspot

TV · as Frank Davenport · 1 ep

2015
Empire poster

Empire

TV · as Uncle Ray · 1 ep

2014
Red Sky poster

Red Sky

Movie · as Jason Zimmerman

2014
Mantervention poster

Mantervention

Movie · as Steve

2014
Drumline: A New Beat poster

Drumline: A New Beat

Movie · as Mr. Bolton

2014
Z Nation poster

Z Nation

TV · as Martin Cooper · 1 ep

2012
American Warships poster

American Warships

Movie · as Captain Winston

2012
We the Party poster

We the Party

Movie · as Sutton

2012
The Finder poster

The Finder

TV · as Fontana · 1 ep

2011
All Things Fall Apart poster

All Things Fall Apart

Movie · as Eric

2011
Herschel poster

Herschel

Movie · as Narrator

2011
Tied to a Chair poster

Tied to a Chair

Movie

2011
5th & Alameda poster

5th & Alameda

Movie · as Trevor

2010
Multiple Sarcasms poster

Multiple Sarcasms

Movie · as Rocky

2010
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright poster

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright

Movie · as Agent Hobbs

2009
A Letter to Dad poster

A Letter to Dad

Movie · as Norman

2008
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha

Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha

Movie · as Pirate Captain

2007
Sharpshooter poster

Sharpshooter

Movie · as Flick

2007
Damages poster

Damages

TV · as Agent Randall Harrison · 11 eps

2006
Hard Luck poster

Hard Luck

Movie · as Captain Davis

2005
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power poster

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power

Movie · as Earl

2005
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) poster

How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)

Movie

2005
Black in the 80s poster

Black in the 80s

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2004
Baadasssss! poster

Baadasssss!

Movie · as Melvin Van Peebles

2004
Crown Heights poster

Crown Heights

Movie

2003
The Hebrew Hammer poster

The Hebrew Hammer

Movie · as Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim

2003
The Street Lawyer

The Street Lawyer

Movie · as Mordecai Green

2003
Gang of Roses poster

Gang of Roses

Movie · as Jessie Lee

2003
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out poster

44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out

Movie · as Henry Jones

2002
Jim Brown: All-American poster

Jim Brown: All-American

Movie · as Self

2002
10,000 Black Men Named George poster

10,000 Black Men Named George

Movie · as Ashley Totten

2002
Robbery Homicide Division poster

Robbery Homicide Division

TV · as Alton Davis · 1 ep

2001
Ali poster

Ali

Movie · as Malcolm X

2001
Guardian poster

Guardian

Movie · as Detective Kross

2001
The Making of 'Ali' poster

The Making of 'Ali'

Movie · as Self

2000
Blowback poster

Blowback

Movie · as Insp. Don Morrell

2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal poster

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

Movie · as James Hemings

2000
Soul Food poster

Soul Food

TV · as Quentin James · 1 ep

2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal poster

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

TV · as James Hemings · 2 eps

1999
Love Kills poster

Love Kills

Movie · as Poe Finklestein

1999
Judgment Day poster

Judgment Day

Movie · as Thomas Payne

1999
Raw Nerve poster

Raw Nerve

Movie · as Detective Blair Valdez

1998
Valentine's Day poster

Valentine's Day

Movie · as Jack Valentine

1998
Killers in the House poster

Killers in the House

Movie

1998
Mama Flora's Family poster

Mama Flora's Family

TV · as Luke · 2 eps

1998
Martial Law poster

Martial Law

TV · as Jake Cord · 1 ep

1998
Rude Awakening poster

Rude Awakening

TV · as Marcus Adams · 20 eps

1997
Stag poster

Stag

Movie · as Michael Barnes

1997
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western poster

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Movie · as Self

1997
Crazy Six poster

Crazy Six

Movie · as Dirty Mao

1997
Los Locos poster

Los Locos

Movie · as Chance

1997
Riot poster

Riot

Movie · as Turner

1996
Solo poster

Solo

Movie · as Solo

1996
Gang in Blue poster

Gang in Blue

Movie · as Michael Rhoades

1996
Strangers poster

Strangers

TV · as Mac · 1 ep

1996
Film Independent Spirit Awards poster

Film Independent Spirit Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Panther poster

Panther

Movie · as Stokely Carmichael

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Captain William Clark · 1 ep

1994
Highlander III: The Sorcerer poster

Highlander III: The Sorcerer

Movie · as Kane

1993
Gunmen poster

Gunmen

Movie · as Cole Parker

1993
Posse poster

Posse

Movie · as Jesse Lee

1993
Full Eclipse poster

Full Eclipse

Movie · as Max Dire

1993
Living Single poster

Living Single

TV · 1 ep

1992
In the Line of Duty: Street War poster

In the Line of Duty: Street War

Movie · as Raymond Williamson

1992
Stompin' at the Savoy poster

Stompin' at the Savoy

Movie · as Walter

1992
The Real Malcolm X poster

The Real Malcolm X

Movie

1991
New Jack City poster

New Jack City

Movie · as Stone

1991
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story

A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story

Movie

1990
Blue Bayou poster

Blue Bayou

Movie · as Jay Filley

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Mr. Carsley · 1 ep

1989
Identity Crisis poster

Identity Crisis

Movie · as Chilly D

1988
The Child Saver poster

The Child Saver

Movie

1988
Sonny Spoon poster

Sonny Spoon

TV · 15 eps

1987
Jaws: The Revenge poster

Jaws: The Revenge

Movie · as Jake

1987
Hotshot poster

Hotshot

Movie · as Winston

1987
The Making of Jaws The Revenge poster

The Making of Jaws The Revenge

Movie · as Self

1987
The Facts of Life Down Under poster

The Facts of Life Down Under

Movie · as David Johnson

1987
21 Jump Street poster

21 Jump Street

TV · as Dancer, Dana · 1 ep

1986
Heartbreak Ridge poster

Heartbreak Ridge

Movie · as Corporal 'Stitch' Jones

1986
3:15 the Moment of Truth poster

3:15 the Moment of Truth

Movie · as Whisperer

1986
Last Resort poster

Last Resort

Movie · as Pino

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Andrew Taylor · 4 eps

1985
South Bronx Heroes poster

South Bronx Heroes

Movie · as Tony

1985
Children of the Night poster

Children of the Night

Movie · as Roy Spanish

1985
Rappin' poster

Rappin'

Movie · as John

1985
Delivery Boys poster

Delivery Boys

Movie · as Spider

1984
Exterminator 2 poster

Exterminator 2

Movie · as X

1984
The Cotton Club poster

The Cotton Club

Movie · as Dancer

1984
The Cosby Show poster

The Cosby Show

TV · as Garvin · 1 ep

1971
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song poster

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Movie · as Young Sweetback

1971
Crosscurrent poster

Crosscurrent

Movie · as Raphael