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Mario Van Peebles is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 15 january 1957 at Mexico City (Mexique)

Mario Van Peebles

Mario Van Peebles
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Birth name Mario Cain Van Peebles
Nationality USA
Birth 15 january 1957 (67 years) at Mexico City (Mexique)

Mario Van Peebles (born January 15, 1957) is an American film director and actor best known for directing New Jack City in 1991. He is the son of actor and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, whom he portrayed in the 2003 biopic Baadasssss! that he also co-wrote and directed.

Biography

Van Peebles is married to Chitra Sukhu Van Peebles and has five children: Makaylo, Mandela, Marley, Maya and Morgana (three boys, two girls).

Best films

Ali (2001)
(Actor)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
(Actor)

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Filmography of Mario Van Peebles (53 films)

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Actor

Red Sky
Red Sky (2014)
, 1h43
Directed by Mario Van Peebles
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Cam Gigandet, Rachael Leigh Cook, Shane West, Brian Krause, Troy Garity, Bill Pullman
Roles Jason Zimmerman
Rating41% 2.0660752.0660752.0660752.0660752.066075
In 2001 in Iraq, two American Navy pilots—Butch Masters and Tom Craig—are ordered to bomb an abandoned plant. The order appears to be false. American experts get killed in the plant. A secret chemical device, called "Rainmaker", designed for oil fields destruction, gets stolen. Military court cannot prove the pilots' intentions, and gives them a dishonorable discharge. After seven years Craig is rich and famous. He manages a private pilot team, working for Top Gun and for movies. Masters is a grease monkey in a small airport. He still tries to investigate his old case, and dreams of his own pilot's team. In order to get a license to fly Russian jets, Masters goes to St. Petersburg, where he meets old friends and new problems. At the same time, a Kurdish terrorist group plans to capture a part of Northern Iraq and found a new Kurdish state there. They plan to use Rainmaker to destroy oil fields there and make the territory uninteresting for Americans. The terrorists' base is located in Northern Iran, and cannot be reached by US military. Navy intelligence offers Masters to clear his name by performing a secret off-records mission to Iran with a team of retired pilots. Using unmarked planes, they have to bomb the base and destroy "Rainmaker". Doomed to death, betrayed by friends, and left in the Syrian desert, Masters and his team finds unexpected support from the Russian Knights aerobatic team. Russians and Americans go to the final battle side by side.
Mantervention, 1h38
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Chloe Bridges, Travis Van Winkle, Max Carver, Jillian Murray, Mindy Robinson, Mario Van Peebles
Roles Steve
Rating47% 2.362432.362432.362432.362432.36243
Spencer (Nick Roux) is a heartbroken college student who can't seem to break an endless cycle of crying and masturbation, so his best friend Coke (Travis Van Winkle) decides to put him through a "mantervention" in order to help him get over his ex.
Drumline: A New Beat
Directed by Bille Woodruff
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Nicholas Cannon, Alexandra Shipp, Leonard Roberts, Jordan Calloway, LeToya Luckett, Mario Van Peebles
Roles Mr. Bolton
Rating52% 2.6187852.6187852.6187852.6187852.618785
The story follows Danielle (Dani) Raymond (Alexandra Shipp), an upper class Brooklyn girl who defies her parents in order to attend a college in Atlanta so she can join - and revitalize - their once-prominent drum line. Dani's quest to become the first female section leader of the drum line in the school's history will be hampered by upperclassmen (including her cousin, Tyree (Jeff Pierre), her feelings for fellow band mate and rival, Jayven (Jordan Calloway), and the school's crosstown rivals.
American Warships, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Thriller, Action
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Mario Van Peebles, Carl Weathers, Mandela Van Peebles
Roles Captain Winston
Rating27% 1.370511.370511.370511.370511.37051
USS Iowa is on its final voyage before being decommissioned and turning into a floating museum. When USS Enterprise is attacked and destroyed by a mysterious force, World War III looms. The captain of Iowa chases an invisible ship, which they discover to be an alien force waging war on Earth. Only the crew of this last American battleship, stands in their way. (The Iowa's outdated technology is immune to the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons of the alien.)
All Things Fall Apart, 1h50
Directed by Mario Van Peebles
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors 50 Cent, Mario Van Peebles, Ray Liotta, Lynn Whitfield, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Ambyr Childers
Roles Eric
Rating54% 2.70482.70482.70482.70482.7048
L'histoire vraie d'un joueur de football américain atteint d'un cancer dans le médiastin supérieur.
All Things Fall Apart
Directed by Mario Van Peebles
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, American football films
Actors 50 Cent, Ray Liotta, Mario Van Peebles, Lynn Whitfield, Ambyr Childers, Elizabeth Rodriguez
Roles Eric
Rating54% 2.70482.70482.70482.70482.7048
Deon is a football player who suffers a deadly disease. However, despite receiving love and praise for his entire life due to his athletic ability, he is still a good person who loves his family and is willing to share the glory on the football field. His mother Bee is incredibly proud, his younger brother Sean is understandably jealous, and Bee’s boyfriend/Deon’s surrogate father Eric sees the football star as a winning lottery ticket. Even though Deon is fighting cancer he still tries to finish what he started.
Multiple Sarcasms, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Timothy Hutton, Mira Sorvino, Stockard Channing, Dana Delany, Chris Sarandon, Mario Van Peebles
Roles Rocky
Rating47% 2.3708552.3708552.3708552.3708552.370855
Gabriel (Timothy Hutton) is a man who, on the surface, has a perfect life: successful career as an architect, a beautiful wife, and a devoted young daughter. However, he realizes that he is not really happy. He decides to write a play about the sorry state of his life. After being fired from his job, he gets a pushy literary agent friend to represent him and starts writing. Eventually, his life does change.
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Aidan Quinn, Mario Van Peebles, Luke Goss, Danny Pino, Jordan Belfi, Corbin Bernsen
Roles Agent Hobbs
Rating53% 2.651772.651772.651772.651772.65177
Charlie Wright's (Aidan Quinn) business empire is revealed to be a Ponzi scheme, having taken as much as eleven billion from his clients. Leaving his office after hearing about his punishment, Wright is intercepted by FBI Agent Hobbs (Mario Van Peebles), who is unable to arrest Wright as at the moment there is not a warrant. Stalling time, Hobbs gets his warrant and Hobbs' partner Jimmy (Jordan Belfi) intercepts Wright as he pulls out of the office garage. Looking inside the car, Hobbs is dismayed to find that Wright is gone. The ensuing investigation leaves few clues as to where Wright fled.
Sharpshooter, 1h29
Directed by Armand Mastroianni
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors James Remar, Mario Van Peebles, Catherine Mary Stewart, Bruce Boxleitner, Al Sapienza, Kaine Bennett Charleston
Roles Flick
Rating46% 2.3112352.3112352.3112352.3112352.311235
Dillon est un sniper experimenté qui a décidé de prendre sa retraite et de mener une vie au calme. C'est alors que Flick, son contact gouvernemental, lui propose une dernière mission très importante, liée à la sécurité nationale. Une terroriste très connu, Miguel Deguerre, s'est installé dans une petite ville des Etats-Unis pour vendre des matériaux nucléaires à la Corée du Nord. Il doit être arrêté. Dillon part pour Appleton, où Deguerre possède une propriété sur la rive du lac et se fait passer pour un avocat amateur de pêche...
Hard Luck
Hard Luck (2006)
, 1h41
Directed by Mario Van Peebles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Serial killer films, Gangster films
Actors Wesley Snipes, Cybill Shepherd, Mario Van Peebles, James Hiroyuki Liao, Luis Guzmán, Kevin Thoms
Roles Captain Davis
Rating52% 2.6066052.6066052.6066052.6066052.606605
As the film begins. A former criminal and drug dealer Lucky (Wesley Snipes) was released from prison and tries to lead a respectable life despite his troubled past. However, Lucky once or twice reflects on the wisdom of his grandfather who supposedly told him "sometimes without bad luck, it would seem you don't have any luck at all." Shortly after his release from prison, Lucky tries to get back on his feet but inexplicably ends up a victim of Hurricane Katrina's wrath, and loses his newly found life.
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Action, Adventure
Themes Mafia films, Prison films, Gangster films
Actors Jay Hernández, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Kelly, Luis Guzmán, Burt Young, Sean Combs
Roles Earl
Rating50% 2.5000252.5000252.5000252.5000252.500025
The story begins in the 1960s with three inmates in a New York prison — Earl (Van Peebles), Rocco (Kelly), and Carlito (Hernandez) — controlling their criminal empire within their cell. Upon their release, they all look to control the drug trade in Harlem, which is currently in a power dispute between the Italian Bottolota crime family and black gangsters led by Hollywood Nicky (Combs). Rocco takes them to Artie Bottolota (Young) who at first is reluctant to work with blacks and Puerto Ricans, but who eventually cuts a deal with them in heroin distribution. The friends also meet Artie's son, Artie Jr. Soon, Earl's troubled younger brother Reggie joins them. After Artie Jr. offers to shake hands with Reggie, when he sees he and Carlito at a strip joint, Reggie turns him down, saying "my brother was doing fine without you". Artie Jr. insults Reggie with a racial slur, spurring Reggie to curse him and spit in his face. Artie Jr. assaults Reggie, but the fight is broken up. Carlito urges Reggie to wait until Artie Jr. and his crew leave. The mobsters leave, only for Carlito and Reggie to be cornered by them outside.
Gang of Roses, 1h34
Directed by Jean-Claude La Marre
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Feminist films, Political films
Actors Lil' Kim, Lisa Raye, Marie Matiko, Monica Calhoun, Stacey Dash, Bobby Brown
Roles Jessie Lee
Rating25% 1.2861151.2861151.2861151.2861151.286115
The film starts off with Left Eye Watkins (Brown) and his gang attempting to bully Sheriff Shoeshine Michel (Louis Mandylor) into giving them gold and women. A female member of the gang is extremely enthusiastic about the women and sets out to rape a can-can girl in the middle of town. While resisting, the can-can cuts the female gang member who in turns shoots her in the middle of the road.