Mario Van Peebles
Date of birth: 1957-01-15
Place of birth: Mexico City, Mexico
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Mario Peebles, Mario van Peebles, Chip, Stone
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.
Movie Credits
Jaws: The Revenge
1987-07-17
After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Isl
Heartbreak Ridge
1986-12-05
A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he t
New Jack City
1991-03-08
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack.
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
1971-03-31
After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "th
Identity Crisis
1989-09-15
A rapper finds himself possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer; frequently switching person
Gunmen
1993-05-21
A New York DEA agent springs an outlaw from jail to lead him to stolen money in South America.
Sharpshooter
2007-10-11
An assassin working for the CIA decides to take one final job before quitting only to find out that
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
1994-11-29
Starts off in the 15th century, with Connor McLeod training with another immortal swordsman, the Jap
Love Kills
1999-10-04
A masseur gets mixed up in the family plots at the mansion of a recently deceased Beverly Hills mill
Ali
2001-12-10
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene:
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power
2005-09-27
Seduced by the brutal New York underworld, future gangster legend Carlito Brigante enters a deadly c
Jim Brown: All-American
2002-03-22
Jim Brown: All-American is a 2002 documentary film directed by Spike Lee. The film takes a look at t
3:15 the Moment of Truth
1986-01-31
Violent crime is routine. Organized drug trade runs rampant in the face of powerless authority. And
Hard Luck
2006-10-17
Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A
Baadasssss!
2004-05-28
Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971
Solo
1996-08-23
An android fighting-machine is charged with destroying a small brigade of rebels in a Latin American
Posse
1993-05-14
A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They
Stag
1997-04-01
An accidental death at a bachelor party spurs a night of shooting, kidnapping and murder in the host
All Things Fall Apart
2011-03-05
50 Cent stars as gifted college running back Deon in this touching drama. Deon's world turns upside
Multiple Sarcasms
2010-05-07
Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all-successful professional life as an architect, a beaut
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997-07-27
Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.
The Hebrew Hammer
2003-12-05
When a psychotic Santa tries to destroy Chanukah by hypnotizing Jewish children with bootlegged copi
Exterminator 2
1984-09-14
The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gan
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010-12-28
The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed ex
Hotshot
1987-01-23
The story of an American soccer player trying to make it big who turns to Pele, the greatest soccer
Valentine's Day
1998-01-01
Detective Jack Valentine is reinstated from his desk job to go back onto the streets. His first assi
The Street Lawyer
2003-01-01
An attorney leaves his high-priced firm to work for the less fortunate.
Herschel
2011-09-07
Profiling former Georgia running back Herschel Walker. The 1982 Heisman Trophy winner overcame teena
Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
2022-03-16
In 1971, director Melvin Van Peebles turned the figure of the black hero in US cinema upside down wi
Full Eclipse
1993-11-27
The LA police department have a special team of officers with a talent for reducing big-time crime.
Judgment Day
1999-11-12
This sci-fi thriller finds the world in imminent danger when a collision in outer space sends huge p
American Warships
2012-05-15
When an alien force wages war on Earth, only the crew of the USS Iowa - the last American battleship
Outlaw Posse
2024-03-01
1908. Chief returns from years of hiding in Mexico to claim stolen reparations gold hidden in the hi
Gang in Blue
1996-09-08
A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
South Bronx Heroes
1985-10-01
A young man just released from prison and living with his sister crosses paths with two children, al
Sharksploitation
2024-10-12
The ultimate deep dive into the world of shark cinema: filmmakers, critics, scholars and conservatio
In the Line of Duty: Street War
1992-10-25
In this gritty cops-and-crooks drama, two detectives hunt a gang leader suspected of murdering a New
Blowback
2000-03-10
After a psychotic religious killer is captured and sentenced to death, he is instead recruited by th
Crazy Six
1997-11-01
In a crumbling Europe, powerful mafia families have emerged from the anarchy to vie for control of t
We the Party
2012-04-06
In Los Angeles, five high-school friends deal with romance, money, prom, college, sex, bullies, soci
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000-02-13
Epic television miniseries exploring the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sall
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
1991-04-02
Ricky Bell, an all-pro running back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who died of a rare muscle disease
Tied to a Chair
2011-05-27
After one burned dinner too many, a husband divorces his wife. She decides to return to acting and g
Los Locos
1997-01-02
In the Wild West of the 1800s, a gunman is hired to take a group of emotionally-challenged people ac
Killers in the House
1998-11-11
Bank robbers on the run from the police invade a mansion and take the owners hostage.
The Making of Jaws The Revenge
1987-07-10
A behind the scenes look on Jaws The Revenge with interviews from the cast and crew.
Red Sky
2014-03-12
Disgraced Top Gun fighter pilot Butch Masters leads a rogue squad in recovery of a WMD. Masters must
Last Resort
1986-03-31
George Lollar takes his family on vacation with "Club Sand", a shoddy and untrustworthy company. On
Christmas Rescue
2023-12-14
A man abducts the love of his life from her holiday-themed wedding in a desperate last attempt to wi
Submerged
2016-02-12
A limo ride turns hellish as several kidnappers set their sights on the young people inside.
Children of the Night
1985-10-25
A sociology graduate student researches her doctoral thesis on female crime by interviewing street p
Riot
1997-04-27
In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a batt
Guardian
2001-06-12
With a spate of violence that rocks the inner city, L.A.P.D. and ex-Marine John Kross investigates i
Gang of Roses
2003-10-10
In 1828 the town of Flat Ridge is over run by a band of outlaws looking for lost treasure said to be
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
2008-08-22
A semi-autobiographical story about an adventurer whose journeys take him from Harlem to the high se
Panther
1995-05-03
In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as
The Facts of Life Down Under
1987-02-15
Blair, Tootie, Natalie, Jo, Beverly Ann, and Andy visit the land down under. Blair and Jo are warned
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022-10-09
A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making
Immortal
2019-10-16
Thrown into the face of death only to emerge unharmed, characters are left staring at their lives in
Rappin'
1985-05-10
An ex-con and break-dancer helps save a neighborhood from a greedy developer while trying to win a r
Mantervention
2014-09-05
Spencer turns to his best friend who's planned an unorthodox "mantervention" filled with debauchery
Drumline: A New Beat
2014-10-27
A girl from New York attends a college in Atlanta to join their once-famous marching band.
Raw Nerve
1999-09-16
A cop, who is losing his sanity, lures his girlfriend and his former partner into the dangers of ars
Delivery Boys
1985-04-02
The Delivery Boys, a New York squad of breakdancing young men who work for a local pizza place, ente
5th & Alameda
2011-04-09
Sara, a pregnant woman, is the innocent bystander in a robbery, committed by reluctant criminal, Der
Armed
2018-09-14
A former U.S. marshal discovers that all of the survivors of his old unit are experiencing the same
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
2005-04-07
Melvin Van Peebles was one of the first black directors to challenge the white establishment in his
Seized
2020-10-13
Hiding out with his son Taylor on the Mexican coast, Nero hopes to put his violent Special Forces ca
Run the Race
2019-02-22
Reeling from his mother’s death and his father’s abandonment, Zach, an All-State athlete, finds glor
The Cotton Club
1984-12-14
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of en
10,000 Black Men Named George
2002-02-24
In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open ques
A Letter to Dad
2009-07-27
Dan Donahue has finally met the woman of his dreams. But on the night he is going to propose, he is
Crown Heights
2004-01-01
After the Crown Heights riots, an orthodox Rabbi and a community activist help two youths--one a Has
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
2020-05-06
Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3:
A Clear Shot
2020-05-01
An electronics store erupts into chaos as four young Vietnamese gunmen storm the premises, setting t
Stompin' at the Savoy
1992-04-19
As the Harlem Renaissance flourishes in jazzy New York City, Pauline, Esther and Alice struggle to s
The Child Saver
1988-01-18
Andrea Crawford, an important business woman, risks everything to save a kid from the life of crime.
Blue Bayou
1990-01-15
A Los Angeles lawyer has to go to New Orleans for a steamy case involving a troubled teen.
Crosscurrent
1971-11-19
Two San Francisco detectives investigating a murder committed on one of the city's famous cable cars
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
2003-06-05
After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020-04-08
THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VH
The Price for Freedom
At 10:20 pm, on a foggy December 25th in 1951, a bomb exploded under their small shotgun-style home
The Real Malcolm X
1992-11-18
CBS News looks at Malcolm X, focusing on his public life from 1959 to his assassination in 1965, sug