Mario Van Peebles

DirectorProducerActorWriterCrew Jan 15 (age 69) Mexico City, Mexico 1971–2026 (55 year career)

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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

Film

Sons of Anarchy

Director

Film

Lost

Director

Film

Chicago P.D.

Director

Film

NCIS

Director

Film

Once Upon a Time

Director

Film

Power

Director

Film

Ali

Malcolm X

Film

Heartbreak Ridge

Corporal 'Stitch' Jones

Filmography

Acting (106)

Movies (85)

Breakdown: 1975

2025

as Self - Director, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (archive footage)

6.4

Sharksploitation

2024

as Self

Outlaw Posse

as Chief

Christmas Rescue

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

2022

as Self

6.3

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

as Self

A Clear Shot

as Gomez

Seized

as Mzamo

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis

2020

as Self

6.5

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

2020

as (archive footage)

Run the Race

as Pastor Baker

Immortal

as Carl

Armed

as Chief

Submerged

as Hector

Mantervention

as Steve

Drumline: A New Beat

as Mr. Bolton

Red Sky

as Jason Zimmerman

American Warships

as Captain Winston

We the Party

as Sutton

Tied to a Chair

Herschel

as Narrator

All Things Fall Apart

as Eric

5th & Alameda

as Trevor

Multiple Sarcasms

as Rocky

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright

as Agent Hobbs

A Letter to Dad

as Norman

Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha

as Pirate Captain

Sharpshooter

as Flick

Hard Luck

as Captain Davis

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power

2005

as Earl

4.7

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

Crown Heights

Baadasssss!

as Melvin Van Peebles

6.4

The Hebrew Hammer

2003

as Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim

5.4

44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out

as Henry Jones

Gang of Roses

as Jessie Lee

The Street Lawyer

as Mordecai Green

10,000 Black Men Named George

2002

as Ashley Totten

3.1

Jim Brown: All-American

as Self

Ali

as Malcolm X

Guardian

as Detective Kross

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

as James Hemings

Blowback

as Insp. Don Morrell

Love Kills

as Poe Finklestein

Judgment Day

as Thomas Payne

Raw Nerve

as Detective Blair Valdez

Killers in the House

Valentine's Day

as Jack Valentine

Stag

as Michael Barnes

Riot

as Turner

Crazy Six

as Dirty Mao

Los Locos

as Chance

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

as Self

Solo

as Solo

Gang in Blue

as Michael Rhoades

Panther

as Stokely Carmichael

6.2

Highlander III: The Sorcerer

as Kane

Posse

as Jesse Lee

Gunmen

as Cole Parker

Full Eclipse

as Max Dire

The Real Malcolm X

Stompin' at the Savoy

1992

as Walter

In the Line of Duty: Street War

1992

as Raymond Williamson

5.0

New Jack City

1991

as Stone

6.6

A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story

1991

5.1

Blue Bayou

1990

as Jay Filley

Identity Crisis

as Chilly D

The Child Saver

Jaws: The Revenge

as Jake

Hotshot

as Winston

The Making of Jaws The Revenge

1987

as Self

6.0

The Facts of Life Down Under

1987

as David Johnson

5.0

Heartbreak Ridge

1986

as Corporal 'Stitch' Jones

6.9

Last Resort

1986

as Pino

3.3

3:15 the Moment of Truth

as Whisperer

Delivery Boys

as Spider

Rappin'

as John

Children of the Night

as Roy Spanish

South Bronx Heroes

as Tony

The Cotton Club

as Dancer

Exterminator 2

as X

Crosscurrent

as Raphael

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

1971

as The Young Sweetback

5.1

The Price for Freedom

as Harry T. Moore

Kill Me Now

as Uncle Harold

Television (21)

Sherman's Showcase

2019

as Detective

10.0

A Million Little Things

as Ronald

Deception

as Bruce Conners

Blindspot

as Frank Davenport

Empire

as Uncle Ray

Z Nation

as Martin Cooper

The Finder

as Fontana

Damages

as Agent Randall Harrison

Black in the 80s

Soul Food

as Quentin James

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

as James Hemings

Martial Law

as Jake Cord

Rude Awakening

as Marcus Adams

Mama Flora's Family

as Luke

The Outer Limits

as Captain William Clark

Living Single

Law & Order

as Mr. Carsley

Sonny Spoon

21 Jump Street

as Dana

L.A. Law

as Andrew Taylor

The Cosby Show

as Garvin

Crew (61)

Movies (33)

Outlaw Posse

Director

Outlaw Posse

Producer

Outlaw Posse

Writer

Salt-N-Pepa

Director

Armed

Director

Armed

Writer

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

Director

Red Sky

Director

We the Party

Director

We the Party

Executive Producer

We the Party

Writer

Redemption Road

Director

All Things Fall Apart

Director

Hard Luck

Director

Hard Luck

Writer

Baadasssss!

Director

Baadasssss!

Producer

Baadasssss!

Screenplay

Baadasssss!

Writer

Love Kills

Director

Love Kills

Writer

Judgment Day

Executive Producer

Los Locos

Producer

Los Locos

Writer

Gang in Blue

Director

Gang in Blue

Producer

Panther

Director

Panther

Producer

Posse

Director

New Jack City

Director

Identity Crisis

Writer

South Bronx Heroes

Additional Dialogue

The Price for Freedom

Director

Television (28)

Nemesis

2026 Upcoming

Director

May 14

Nemesis

2026 Upcoming

Executive Producer

May 14

Watson

Director

CSI: Vegas

Director

Power Book III: Raising Kanan

2021

Director

8.1

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

Director

Superstition

Executive Producer

Star

Director

Roots

Director

Empire

Director

Bloodline

Director

Chicago P.D.

Director

The Last Ship

Director

Power

Director

Zero Hour

Director

Nashville

Director

Once Upon a Time

Director

Boss

Director

Sons of Anarchy

Director

Damages

Director

Lost

Director

NCIS

Director

Robbery Homicide Division

Director

Law & Order

Director

Gabriel's Fire

Director

Top of the Hill

Director

21 Jump Street

Director

Wiseguy

Director