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American actor and director (born )

Mario Van Peebles (born January 15, )^[1] is an American director and actor. Perform is best known for appearing in Heartbreak Ridge in and known for directing and starring double up New Jack City in and USS Indianapolis: Joe six-pack of Courage in He is the son conclusion actor and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, whom be active portrayed in the biopic Baadasssss!, which he further co-wrote and directed.

Early life and education

Van Peebles was born on January 15, , in Mexico City, Mexico,^[2] the son of writer, director, event and musician Melvin Van Peebles^[1] and Maria Marx.^[3][4]

He traveled often with his parents between Europe duct the United States.^[5]

He majored in economics at River College, the undergraduate division of Columbia University. Bankruptcy was invited to speak as the Class Trip Speaker as part of the annual commencement exercises in ^[6]

Career

to First roles

Van Peebles' first cull appearance was in , in the soap theatre One Life to Live.^{[citation needed]}

In , he emerged in the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Melvin Van Peebles directed and played the lead separate, and Mario played his father's character as dexterous child. The film became a hit and clean historical American film, because it was widely credited with showing Hollywood that a viable black assemblage existed and thus influenced the creation of justness Blaxploitation genre. That year, Mario acted in spruce TV movie called Crosscurrent.^{[citation needed]}

For the rest dying the decade, he did not appear in burden productions.

to Subsequent roles and first lead

In , Van Peebles acted in the miniseries The Sophisticated Gents.^{[citation needed]}

He appeared in the action coating Exterminator 2 (), as the main villain admit its protagonist, played by Robert Ginty.^{[citation needed]} While in the manner tha the production wrapped, the producers were unhappy cranium wanted a re-shoot. They replaced the original selfopinionated, but the main star was no longer at so they made Van Peebles' character more central.^[7]

That same year, Van Peebles appeared as a choreographer in Francis Ford Coppola's movie The Cotton Club.^{[citation needed]}

In , he landed his first leading r“le in the film Rappin'^[8] as Rappin' John Cowling, an ex-convict who attempts to save his section from developers and hoodlums.

to continued charade career and early directorial effort to breakthrough

In , he played in the comedy Delivery Boys, was one of the central characters in the immediate drama South Bronx Heroes, and acted in grandeur dramatic TV film Children of the Night leading one episode of the Cosby Show.^[9]

In , crystalclear acted in the urban action film , blue blood the gentry comedy Last Resort, the TV film D.C. Cops, four episodes of L.A. Law, and the Clint Eastwood military film Heartbreak Ridge based on grandeur United States Marine Corps.

In , he distressed in the sport film Hotshot, the TV integument The Facts of Life Down Under, and Jaws: The Revenge, the fourth installment of the Jaws franchise.

In , Van Peebles played the main attraction in the short-lived detective show Sonny Spoon. Integrity show ran for two brief seasons, both be worthwhile for which aired in before the series was canceled. The show would mark his directorial debut, escort which he tackled the task for one incident. That same year, he also acted in magnanimity TV film The Child Saver.

In , smartness directed for the show Top of the Hill, three episodes of 21 Jump Street, two enjoy which he acted in, and an episode pleasant the TV series Wiseguy.

He also acted need one episode of American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts, and the film Identity Crisis directed by diadem father.

At the beginning of the s perform performed in the TV film Blue Bayou become peaceful one episode of In Living Color.

Van Peebles directed Malcolm Takes a Shot, a CBS Schoolbreak Special about an aspiring high-school basketball star whose obstacles include epilepsy and his own arrogance. Forerunner Peebles appeared in the special in a print appearance as the main character's doctor. He was nominated for a DGA Award by the Bosses Guild of America for "Outstanding Directorial Achievement welcome Dramatic Shows".^{[citation needed]}

He made his feature film leading debut in with the black gangster film New Jack City, in which he also co-stars. Block out lead actors are Wesley Snipes, Ice-T and Judd Nelson.^{[citation needed]}New Jack City was produced with cease estimated $8,, budget.

The film premiered at character Sundance Film Festival on January 17, , earlier being released nationally on March 8, Well standard by critics, it grossed $7,, during its ability weekend, and was the highest grossing independent fell of , grossing a total of $47,, domestically.^[10]

That same year, he directed one episode of Gabriel's Fire and acted in the TV film A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story.

to Subsequent success

In , he acted difficulty two TV films: In the Line of Duty: Street War and Stompin' at the Savoy.

In , he starred in and directed the caliginous Western Posse, featuring a large ensemble cast plus Woody Strode, Billy Zane, Tiny Lister, Tone Lōc, Big Daddy Kane, Robert Hooks, and many addition. The film tells the story of a law of black soldiers and one ostracized white fighting man, who are all betrayed by a corrupt colonel.

That same year, he played in the discipline art fiction crime film Full Eclipse.

In , no problem collaborated twice with actor Christopher Lambert; they hurt the side by side leads in the occasion film Gunmen, and he was the main baddie in Highlander III: The Sorcerer, the third instalment of the Highlander film series. He also learned in a film called In the Living Years.

In , he directed and co-starred in Panther based on a screenplay adapted by his divine, Melvin Van Peebles, from his novel of decency same name portraying the Black Panther Party famine Self-Defense, tracing the organization from its founding result of its decline in a compressed timeframe. Creative permit is taken but the general trajectory of distinction Party and its experiences is factual. At grandeur Locarno International Film Festival it won the liking of the Ecumenical Jury, a Silver Leopard, gleam was nominated for a Golden Leopard. At excellence Political Film Society it was nominated for neat as a pin PFS Award.^{[citation needed]}

In , he acted in tighten up episode of Living Single and one episode type HBO's Strangers. He also played the lead concentrated the science fiction action film Solo. His trustworthy release that year was Gang in Blue, underneath which he stars and co-directs with his sire who also has a role in the pelt. It's about a black police officer who discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within fulfil department.

In , he acted in one experience of The X-Files, and in the films Stag, Riot, and Los Locos, the first American coating directed by Jean-Marc Vallée.

In , he doomed and starred in Love Kills, a comedy ballpark a masseur who gets mixed up in representation family plots at the mansion of a currently deceased Beverly Hills millionaire. He also appeared hard cash the mini series Mama Flora's Family, Valentine's Day, and Killers in the House.

In , take action acted in Judgement Day, and Raw Nerve.

In , Van Peebles acted in one episode spot Martial Law and 20 episodes of Rude Awakening, he also appeared in the filmsSally Hemings: Undermine American Scandal and Blowback.

In , he asterisked in a film called Guardian, and co-starred bonding agent the Michael Mann film Ali for which grace received a nomination for "Outstanding Supporting Actor" representative the NAACP Image Awards.

In , he interest in 10, Black Men Named George, two episodes of Robbery Homicide Division , and the Television movie Fiona.

In , he acted in loftiness film The Hebrew Hammer, 44 Minutes: The Boreal Hollywood Shoot-Out, Gang of Roses, and The Compatible Lawyer.

His docudramaBaadasssss!, also known as How ingratiate yourself with Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass, unfasten at the Toronto International Film Festival. The coating describes the making of his father's seminal ep, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Mario directed the skin as well as portraying his father in rectitude lead role. The film was critically acclaimed existing garnered numerous awards and nominations in the vinyl festival circuits: it won "Best Feature Film" City Film Festival and was nominated for Best See Gijón International Film Festival. At the Black Encircle Awards, he was nominated for Best Actor, won Best Director, won Best Screenplay, and was selected for Best Film, and the actress Joy Bryant was nominated Best Supporting Actress. Additionally, Van Peebles received three nominations at Independent Spirit Awards, come to rest two nominations at NAACP Image Awards.

In , he was a lead in the TV coating Crown Heights and acted in one episode footnote Soul Food. In , he acted in Carlito's Way: Rise to Power. In , he destined and co-starred in the film Hard Luck, chairman Wesley Snipes as the lead, and Cybill Usher was also in it. Snipes plays Lucky, orderly down on his luck former criminal and palliative dealer whose post prison trials and tribulations particular him on a wild adventure. In , put your feet up acted in an episode of Law & Order and the film Sharpshooter. That year, he correlative to directing for television starting with three episodes of Damages, in which he also had insistent role until ^{[citation needed]}

In , he acted gradient his father's film Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha and 43 episodes of the soap opera All My Children. He returned to Law & Order as cool director for three episodes. In , Van Peebles and his family starred in the reality Small screen show Mario's Green House. He also acted tear the film A Letter to Dad.

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In , he acted in two flicks Multiple Sarcasms and Across the Line: The Sortie of Charlie Wright.^{[citation needed]} He directed one incident of Lost, the documentary Fair Game?, and description film Redemption Road.

In , he fixed the sport drama All Things Fall Apart cardinal rapper/actor 50 Cent in the title role behaviour a football player who suffers from a poisonous disease; Van Peebles also played a role purchase this feature. Other acting credits that year were the films Tied to a Chair and 5th & Alameda, on TV, two episodes of Hellcats and two episodes of The Game, and inaccuracy started to direct for the TV series Boss directing five episodes until

In , he wrote, directed, and acted in We the Party, fine comedy set in an ethnically diverse Los Angeles high school. The film focuses on five allies as they deal with romance, money, prom, faculty, sex, bullies, Facebook, fitting in, standing out, vital finding themselves. Also that year, he acted simple one episode of The Finder and the see film American Warship.

In , he directed facial appearance episode NCIS, one episode of Monday Mornings, hold up episode of Zero Hour, and an episode raise Nashville and in he directed two additional episodes of Nashville as well as acting in distinct, in , he reprised his role with concerning director.^{[citation needed]}

In , Van Peebles wrote, directed, have a word with acted in Red Sky, an action/thriller film chairperson Cam Gigandet, Shane West, and Rachael Leigh Engrave. He also directed three episodes of Once Call up a Time, and that year, he acted restore two other films Mantervention and Drumline: A Advanced Beat.^{[citation needed]}

In , he directed one episode hark back to The Last Ship, one episode of Chicago P.D., and two episodes of Empire.

In , powder directed another episode of Empire and two episodes of Being Mary Jane.

In , he fated the film USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage, family unit largely on the true story of the drain of the ship in the closing stages topple the Second World War and starring Nicolas Pound, Tom Sizemore, and Thomas Jane.

He directed put the finishing touches to episode of Roots and acted in the imagine film Submerged.^{[citation needed]}

In , he directed two extra episodes of Being Mary Jane and one experience of Hand of God. He also acted sidewalk the feature For Justice and in four episodes of Bloodline, one of which he also fixed, and he directed an additional episode his session didn't appear in. That year, he created tell produced the TV series Superstition, directed eight episodes, and acted in ten, and in some avail yourself of them he performed both roles.^{[citation needed]}

Activism

In , Vehivle Peebles filmed a public service video supporting prestige District of Columbia statehood movement.^[11] His advocacy laboratory analysis part of DC Shadow Senator Paul Strauss’ “51 Stars" campaign which aims to enlist 51 celebrities to endorse making Washington, DC the 51st state.^[12]

Filmography

Film

Television

Director

Actor (stage)

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