Mario Van Peebles

1957 (69) • Acting

Born: 1/15/1957 (69) in Mexico City, Mexico

Known for: Acting

Mario Van Peebles

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.

Known For

Lost

80%

Director

2004

Sons of Anarchy

84%

Director

2008

Chicago P.D.

84%

Director

2014

Blindspot

74%

Frank Davenport

2015

NCIS

76%

Director

2003

Once Upon a Time

74%

Director

2011

Ali

67%

Malcolm X

2001

Power

77%

Director

2014

The Shark That Roared

Self

2027

Nemesis

78%

Director

2026

Nemesis

78%

Executive Producer

2026

Breakdown: 1975

68%

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

2025

Watson

50%

Director

2025

Sharksploitation

67%

Self

2024

Outlaw Posse

47%

Chief

2024

Outlaw Posse

47%

Director

2024

Outlaw Posse

47%

Producer

2024

Outlaw Posse

47%

Writer

2024

Christmas Rescue

15%

2023

Black Cake

67%

Director

2023

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

61%

Self

2022

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

75%

Self

2022

CSI: Vegas

77%

Director

2021

Power Book III: Raising Kanan

81%

Director

2021

Salt-N-Pepa

66%

Director

2021

Seized

67%

Mzamo

2020

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis

65%

Self

2020

A Clear Shot

47%

Gomez

2020

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

(archive footage)

2020

Immortal

46%

Carl

2019

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

82%

Director

2019

Sherman's Showcase

100%

/ Detective

2019

Run the Race

68%

Pastor Baker

2019

A Million Little Things

72%

Ronald

2018

Armed

43%

Chief

2018

Armed

43%

Director

2018