Mario Van Peebles

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Mario Cain "Chip" Van Peebles, born January 15, 1957, is an American film producer and actor best known for directing New Jack City in 1991 and Men of Courage in 2016.

Melvin Van Peebles, the son of actor and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, who appeared in the 2003 biopic Baadassss!, which he also co-wrote and directed.

Early life and education

Mario Van Peebles was born in Mexico City, Mexico, as the son of writer, producer, and singer Melvin Van Peebles, as well as german actress and photographer Maria Marx.

He and his parents moved between Europe and the United States often.

At Columbia College, the undergraduate division of Columbia University, he concentrated on economics. In 2021, he was invited to address as the Class Day Speaker as part of the annual commencement exercises.

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Career

In 1968's soap opera One Life to Live, Van Peebles' first screen appearance was on television.

In 1971, he appeared in the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasss Song, Melvin Van Peebles directed and played the lead role, and Mario played his father's character as a child. The film became a hit and a historical American film because it was widely believed that a black audience existed and therefore influenced the creation of the Blaxploitation style in Hollywood. Mario appeared in a television film called Crosscurrent that year.

He did not appear in other productions for the remainder of the decade.

Van Peebles appeared in the miniseries The Sophisticated Gents in 1981.

He appeared in the action film Exterminator 2 (1984), as the main villain against the film's protagonist, played by Robert Ginty. The designers were dissatisfied and wanted a re-shoot as the operation ended. They subbed out the original producer, but Van Peebles' character became more prominent because the main actor was no longer available.

In Francis Ford Coppola's film The Cotton Club, Van Peebles appeared as a dancer the year before.

In 1985, he played John Hood, an ex-convict who struggles to save his neighborhood from developers and hoodlums.

He appeared in the comedy Delivery Boys in 1985 and was one of the central characters in the South Bronx Heroes' action drama, and he appeared in the dramatic television film Children of the Night and one episode of the Cosby Show.

He appeared in the comedy Last Resort, the television film in Washington, D.C., in 1986. Cops, four episodes of L.A. Statute, and Clint Eastwood's military film Heartbreak Ridge, based on the United States Marine Corps, are among the highlights.

He appeared in the sport film Hotshot, the television film The Truth of Life Down Under, and Jaws: The Revenge, the fourth installment of the Jaws franchise, in 1987.

Van Peebles was the protagonist in the short-lived detective show Sonny Spoon in 1988. The show lasted for two seasons, the two of which aired in 1988 before the series was cancelled in 1988. The show will be his first directorial debut, for which he did not have to worry about for one episode. He appeared in the television film The Child Saver the same year.

He produced three episodes of 21 Jump Street, two of which he appeared in, as well as an episode of the television show Wise.

He appeared in one episode of American Playwright Theatre: The One-Acts, as well as the film Identity Crisis directed by his father.

He appeared in the television film Blue Bayou and one episode of In Living Color at the start of the 1990s.

Malcolm Takes a Shot, a 1991 CBS Schoolbreak Special about an aspiring high-school basketball player with epilepsy and his own arrogance, is directed by Van Peebles. Van Peebles made an appearance in the special as the main character's doctor in a cameo appearance. The Directors Guild of America nominated him for "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Exhibitions."

He made his film directorial debut in 1991 with the black gangster film New Jack City, in which he also co-stars. Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, and Judd Nelson are among the lead actors. According to the $8,000,000 budget, New Jack City was built with an estimated $8,000,000 budget.

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 1991, before being released nationally on March 8, 1991. It was well-received by analysts during its first weekend and was the biggest grossing independent film of 1991, grossing $47,624,253 domestically.

He starred in one episode of Gabriel's Fire and appeared in the film A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story during the same year.

In 1992, he appeared in two television films: In the Line of Duty: Street War and Stompin' at the Savoy.

Woody Strode, Billy Zane, Tiny Lister, Tone Lc, Big Daddy Kane, Robert Hooks, and many others appeared in and directed the black Western Posse in 1993, starring a large ensemble cast including Woody Strode, Billy Zane, Tiny Lister, Tone L.c, Big Daddy Kane, Robert Hooks, and many others. The film tells the tale of a black soldier's posse and one ostracized white soldier, who are both trampled by a violent colonel.

He appeared in Full Eclipse, a science fiction crime film from the year before.

He worked with actor Christopher Lambert twice in 1994; they were both on the side of the action film Gunmen; and he was the principal villain in Highlander III: The Sorcerer, the third installment in the Highlander film series. In addition, he appeared in In the Living Years, a film.

He directed and co-starred in Panther, based on a screenplay that was adapted by his father, Melvin Van Peebles' book The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, tracing the group's development from its inception to its demise in a compressed timeframe. While creative licenses are granted, the Party's general course and its experiences are factual. It was awarded the Ecumenical Jury, a Silver Leopard, at the Locarno International Film Festival, and it was nominated for a Golden Leopard. It was nominated for a PFS Award at the Political Film Society.

In 1996, he appeared on one episode of Living Single and one episode of HBO's Strangers. He appeared in the science fiction action film Solo as the lead. In which he stars and co-directs with his father, who also appears in the film, he was released as his directorial debut that year. It's about a black police officer who discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his division.

He appeared in one episode of X-Files, Riot, and Los Locos, Jean-Marc Vallée's first American film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, in 1997.

He produced and starred in Love Kills, a comedy about a masseur who gets caught up in the family business at a newly deceased Beverly Hills millionaire's mansion. He appeared in Mama Flora's Family, Valentine's Day, and Killers in the House.

He appeared on Judgement Day and Raw Nerve in 1999.

Van Peebles appeared in one episode of Martial Law and 20 episodes of Rude Awakening in 2000, and he appeared in the filmsSally Hemings: An American Scandal and Blowback.

He appeared in the film Guardian in 2001 and co-starred in Michael Mann's Ali, for which he was nominated for "Outstanding Support Actor" at the NAACP Image Awards.

He appeared in 10,000 Black Men Named George, two episodes of Robbery Homicide Division, and Fiona's television show Fiona.

He appeared in the film The Hebrew Hammer, 44 minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out, Gang of Roses, and The Street Advocate.

At the Toronto International Film Festival, his 2003 docudrama Baadassss!, also known as How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass, premiered. The film chronicles his father's seminal film, Baadasss Song, from Sweet Sweet Sweetback. Mario produced the film as well as starring his father in the lead role. The film was critically acclaimed and has received numerous accolades and nominations in the film festival circuit: it was named for "Best Feature Film" at the 2004 Philadelphia Film Festival and was nominated for Best Feature Film (2004 Gijón International Film Festival. He was nominated for Best Actor, Best Screenplay, and Best Film at the 2005 Black Reel Awards, and actress Joy Bryant was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. In addition, Van Peebles received three nominations at the 2005 Independent Spirit Awards and two at the 2005 NAACP Image Awards.

He appeared in one episode of Soul Food in 2004 and was a lead in the television film Crown Heights. He appeared in Carlito's Way: Rise to Power in 2005. He produced and co-starred in the film Hard Luck, starring Wesley Snipes as the lead, in 2006, and Cybill Shepherd was also involved. Snipes is a down on his luck former violent and heroin dealer whose post-prisonhood tribulations lead him on a wild ride. He appeared in an episode of Law & Order and the film Sharpshooter in 2007. He returned to directing for television in 2003, three episodes of Damages, in which he also appeared on television until 2009.

He appeared in Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha and 43 episodes of the soap opera All My Children in 2008. For three episodes, he appeared on Law & Order as a director. Van Peebles and his family appeared in the reality television show "The Green House" in 2009. He appeared in the film A Letter from Father.

He appeared in two films, Multiple Sarcasms and Across the Line: Charlie Wright's Exodus. He supervised one episode of Lost, the film Fair Game, and the film Redemption Road.

He produced All Things Fall Apart, a comedy in which a footballer suffers from a lethal disease; Van Peebles appeared in the film in 2011. The films Tied to a Chair and 5th & Alameda, on television, two episodes of Hellcats, and two episodes of The Game also appeared, and he began to direct for the television series Boss, which lasted five episodes until 2012.

He wrote, directed, and performed in "We the Party," a drama set in an ethnically diverse Los Angeles high school in 2012. Five friends are portrayed in the film as they deal with love, wealth, prom, college, sex, bullies, Facebook, fitting in, standing out, and being themselves. He appeared in one episode of The Finder and the American Warship series earlier this year.

He produced one episode of NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, one episode of Monday Mornings, one episode of Zero Hours, and an episode of Nashville, and in 2014, he directed two additional episodes of Nashville as well as acting in one.

Van Peebles wrote, directed, and appeared in Red Sky, an action/thriller film starring Cam Gigandet, Shane West, and Rachael Leigh Cook in 2014. He starred in three episodes of Once Upon a Time, and this year, he appeared in two other films Mantervention and Drumline: A New Beat.

In 2015, he directed one episode of The Last Ship, one episode of Chicago P.D., and two episodes of Empire.

He produced another episode of Empire and two episodes of Being Mary Jane in 2016.

He directed Men of Courage, a film based largely on the true story of the ship's death in the closing stages of the Second World War and starring Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore, and Thomas Jane.

He produced one episode of Roots and appeared in the film Subpoena.

He produced two new episodes of Being Mary Jane and one episode of Hand of God in 2017. In addition to acting in the film For Justice and in four episodes of Bloodline, one of which he also produced, and he directed an additional episode in which his character didn't appear. He created and produced eight episodes, directed eight episodes, and appeared in ten of them, and in some of them, he played both roles.

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