![]() ![]() He appeared in the action film Exterminator 2 (1984), as the main villain against its protagonist, played by Robert Ginty. In 1981, Van Peebles acted in the miniseries The Sophisticated Gents. įor the rest of the decade, he did not appear in other productions.ġ981 to 1985: Subsequent roles and first lead That year, Mario acted in a TV movie called Crosscurrent. ![]() The film became a hit and a historical American film, because it was widely credited with showing Hollywood that a viable black audience existed and thus influenced the creation of the Blaxploitation genre. In 1971, he appeared in the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Melvin Van Peebles directed and played the lead role and Mario played his father's character as a child. Van Peebles' first screen appearance was in 1968, in the soap opera One Life to Live. He was invited to speak as the Class Day Speaker as part of the annual commencement exercises in 2021. He majored in economics at Columbia College, the undergraduate division of Columbia University. He travelled often with his parents between Europe and the USA. Mario Van Peebles was born in Mexico City, Mexico, the son of writer, director, actor and musician Melvin Van Peebles and Maria Marx. He is the son of actor and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, whom he portrayed in the 2003 biopic Baadasssss!, which he also co-wrote and directed. Mario Van Peebles (born January 15, 1957) is a Mexican-born American film director and actor best known for directing and starring in New Jack City in 1991 and USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage in 2016. ![]()
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