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.

Most Famous Work

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Law & Order

(1990) Mr. Carsley

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The Outer Limits

(1995) Captain William Clark

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21 Jump Street

(1987) Dana

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Blindspot

(2015) Frank Davenport

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Z Nation

(2014) Cooper

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L.A. Law

(1986) Andrew Taylor

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The Finder

(2012) Fontana

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Damages

(2007) Man #2

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2023	N/A	Christmas Rescue 2023-12-14 Movie
	Self	Sharksploitation 2023-07-21 Movie
2022	Self	Is That Black Enough for You?!? 2022-10-09 Movie
	Self	Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood 2022-03-16 Movie
2020	Mzamo	Seized 2020-10-13 Movie
	Himself	AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #3: SEQUELITIS 2020-05-06 Movie
	Gomez	A Clear Shot 2020-05-01 Movie
2019	Detective	Sherman's Showcase 2019-07-31 TV Show
	N/A	Sherman's Showcase 2019-07-31 TV Show
	Pastor Baker	Run the Race 2019-02-22 Movie
2018	Chief	Armed 2018-09-14 Movie
2016	Hector	Submerged 2016-02-12 Movie
2015	Frank Davenport	Blindspot 2015-09-21 TV Show
2014	Mr. Bolton	Drumline: A New Beat 2014-10-27 Movie
	Martin Cooper	Z Nation 2014-09-12 TV Show
	Cooper	Z Nation 2014-09-12 TV Show
	Steve	Mantervention 2014-09-05 Movie
	Jason Zimmerman	Red Sky 2014-03-12 Movie
2012	Captain Winston	American Warships 2012-05-15 Movie
	Sutton	We the Party 2012-04-06 Movie
	Fontana	The Finder 2012-01-12 TV Show
2011	Narrator	Herschel 2011-09-07 Movie
	N/A	Tied to a Chair 2011-05-27 Movie
	Trevor	5th & Alameda 2011-04-09 Movie
	Eric	All Things Fall Apart 2011-03-05 Movie
2010	Agent Hobbs	Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright 2010-12-28 Movie
	Rocky	Multiple Sarcasms 2010-05-07 Movie
2009	Norman	A Letter to Dad 2009-07-27 Movie
2008	Pirate Captain	Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha 2008-08-22 Movie
2007	Flick	Sharpshooter 2007-10-11 Movie
	Agent Randall Harrison	Damages 2007-07-24 TV Show
	Man #2	Damages 2007-07-24 TV Show
2006	Captain Davis	Hard Luck 2006-10-17 Movie
2005	Earl	Carlito's Way: Rise to Power 2005-09-27 Movie
	N/A	How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) 2005-04-07 Movie
	N/A	Black in the 80s 2005-02-01 TV Show
2004	Melvin Van Peebles	Baadasssss! 2004-05-28 Movie
	N/A	Crown Heights 2004-01-01 Movie
2003	Jessie Lee	Gang of Roses 2003-10-10 Movie
	Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim	The Hebrew Hammer 2003-01-23 Movie
	Mordecai Green	The Street Lawyer 2003-01-01 Movie
	Henry Jones	44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out 2003-01-01 Movie
2002	Self	Jim Brown: All-American 2002-03-22 Movie
	Ashley Totten	10,000 Black Men Named George 2002-02-24 Movie
2001	Malcolm X	Ali 2001-12-10 Movie
	Detective Kross	Guardian 2001-06-12 Movie
2000	Quentin James	Soul Food 2000-06-28 TV Show
	Insp. Don Morrell	Blowback 2000-03-10 Movie
	James Hemings	Sally Hemings: An American Scandal 2000-02-13 Movie
1999	Thomas Payne	Judgment Day 1999-11-12 Movie
	Poe Finklestein	Love Kills 1999-10-04 Movie
	Detective Blair Valdez	Raw Nerve 1999-09-16 Movie
1998	N/A	Killers in the House 1998-11-11 Movie
	Luke	Mama Flora's Family 1998-11-08 TV Show
	Marcus Adams	Rude Awakening 1998-08-01 TV Show
	Jack Valentine	Valentine's Day 1998-01-01 Movie
1997	Dirty Mao	Crazy Six 1997-11-01 Movie
	Self	Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western 1997-07-27 Movie
	Turner	Riot 1997-04-27 Movie
	Michael Barnes	Stag 1997-04-01 Movie
	Chance	Los Locos 1997-01-01 Movie
1996	Michael Rhoades	Gang in Blue 1996-09-08 Movie
	Solo	Solo 1996-08-23 Movie
1995	Stokely Carmichael	Panther 1995-05-03 Movie
	Captain William Clark	The Outer Limits 1995-03-26 TV Show
1994	Kane	Highlander: The Final Dimension 1994-11-29 Movie
1993	Max Dire	Full Eclipse 1993-11-27 Movie
	N/A	Living Single 1993-08-29 TV Show
	Cole Parker	Gunmen 1993-05-21 Movie
	Jesse Lee	Posse 1993-05-14 Movie
1992	Raymond Williamson	In the Line of Duty: Street War 1992-05-11 Movie
	Walter	Stompin' at the Savoy 1992-04-19 Movie
1991	N/A	A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story 1991-04-02 Movie
	Stone	New Jack City 1991-03-08 Movie
1990	Mr. Carsley	Law & Order 1990-09-13 TV Show
	Jay Filley	Blue Bayou 1990-01-15 Movie
1989	Chilly D	Identity Crisis 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	N/A	Sonny Spoon 1988-02-12 TV Show
	N/A	The Child Saver 1988-01-18 Movie
1987	Jake	Jaws: The Revenge 1987-07-17 Movie
	Self	The Making of Jaws The Revenge 1987-07-10 Movie
	N/A	21 Jump Street 1987-04-12 TV Show
	Dana	21 Jump Street 1987-04-12 TV Show
	David Johnson	The Facts of Life Down Under 1987-02-15 Movie
	Winston	Hotshot 1987-01-23 Movie
1986	Corporal 'Stitch' Jones	Heartbreak Ridge 1986-12-05 Movie
	Andrew Taylor	L.A. Law 1986-09-15 TV Show
	Pino	Last Resort 1986-03-31 Movie
	Whisperer	3:15 the Moment of Truth 1986-01-31 Movie
1985	Roy Spanish	Children of the Night 1985-10-25 Movie
	Tony	South Bronx Heroes 1985-10-01 Movie
	John	Rappin 1985-05-10 Movie
	Spider	Delivery Boys 1985-04-02 Movie
1984	Dancer	The Cotton Club 1984-12-14 Movie
	N/A	The Cosby Show 1984-09-20 TV Show
	X	Exterminator 2 1984-09-14 Movie
1971	Raphael	Crosscurrent 1971-11-19 Movie
	The Young Sweetback	Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song 1971-04-23 Movie
	Chief	Outlaw Posse Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2021	Director	CSI: Vegas 2021-10-06 TV Show
	Director	Power Book III: Raising Kanan 2021-07-18 TV Show
	Director	Salt-N-Pepa 2021-01-23 Movie
2019	Director	Wu-Tang: An American Saga 2019-09-04 TV Show
2018	Director	Armed 2018-09-14 Movie
2016	Director	Star 2016-12-14 TV Show
	Director	USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage 2016-09-22 Movie
	Director	Roots 2016-05-30 TV Show
2015	Director	Bloodline 2015-03-20 TV Show
	Director	Empire 2015-01-07 TV Show
2014	Director	The Last Ship 2014-06-22 TV Show
	Director	Power 2014-06-07 TV Show
	Director	Red Sky 2014-03-12 Movie
	Director	Chicago P.D. 2014-01-08 TV Show
2013	Director	Zero Hour 2013-02-14 TV Show
2012	Director	Nashville 2012-10-10 TV Show
	Director	We the Party 2012-04-06 Movie
2011	Director	Once Upon a Time 2011-10-23 TV Show
	Director	Boss 2011-10-21 TV Show
	Director	Redemption Road 2011-08-26 Movie
	Director	All Things Fall Apart 2011-03-05 Movie
2008	Director	Sons of Anarchy 2008-09-03 TV Show
2007	Director	Damages 2007-07-24 TV Show
2006	Director	Hard Luck 2006-10-17 Movie
2004	Director	Lost 2004-09-22 TV Show
	Director	Baadasssss! 2004-05-28 Movie
2003	Director	NCIS 2003-09-23 TV Show
2002	Director	Robbery Homicide Division 2002-09-27 TV Show
1999	Director	Love Kills 1999-10-04 Movie
1996	Director	Gang in Blue 1996-09-08 Movie
1995	Director	Panther 1995-05-03 Movie
1993	Director	Posse 1993-05-14 Movie
1991	Director	New Jack City 1991-03-08 Movie
1990	Director	Law & Order 1990-09-13 TV Show
	Director	Gabriel's Fire 1990-09-12 TV Show
1989	Director	Top of the Hill 1989-09-21 TV Show
1987	Director	Wiseguy 1987-09-16 TV Show
	Director	21 Jump Street 1987-04-12 TV Show
	Director	Outlaw Posse Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2018	Writer	Armed 2018-09-14 Movie
2006	Author	Hard Luck 2006-10-17 Movie
2004	Writer	Baadasssss! 2004-05-28 Movie
1999	Writer	Love Kills 1999-10-04 Movie
1997	Writer	Los Locos 1997-01-01 Movie
1989	Writer	Identity Crisis 1989-01-01 Movie
	Writer	Outlaw Posse Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2017	Executive Producer	Superstition 2017-10-20 TV Show
2012	Executive Producer	We the Party 2012-04-06 Movie
2004	Producer	Baadasssss! 2004-05-28 Movie
1999	Executive Producer	Judgment Day 1999-11-12 Movie
1997	Producer	Los Locos 1997-01-01 Movie
1996	Producer	Gang in Blue 1996-09-08 Movie
1995	Producer	Panther 1995-05-03 Movie
	Producer	Outlaw Posse Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Creator

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2017	Creator	Superstition 2017-10-20 TV Show
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Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1985	Additional Dialogue	South Bronx Heroes 1985-10-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv