Mario Van Peebles: movies and TV shows
Mario Van Peebles has 179 credits in the archive: 121 films and 58 TV series, from 1971 to 2027. Highest rated: Chicago P.D. (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1971 – 2027 · busiest year: 2014 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | The Shark That Roared | Self | Film | — | 70 |
| 2026 | Nemesis | TV | 7.6 | 69 | |
| 2026 | Nemesis | TV | 7.6 | 69 | |
| 2025 | Watson | TV | 4.6 | 68 | |
| 2025 | Breakdown: 1975 | Self - Director, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 68 |
| 2024 | Outlaw Posse | Chief | Film | 4.7 | 67 |
| 2024 | Outlaw Posse | Film | 4.7 | 67 | |
| 2024 | Outlaw Posse | Film | 4.7 | 67 | |
| 2024 | Outlaw Posse | Film | 4.7 | 67 | |
| 2024 | Sharksploitation | Self | Film | 6.7 | 67 |
| 2023 | Black Cake | TV | 6.6 | 66 | |
| 2023 | Christmas Rescue | Film | 1.5 | 66 | |
| 2022 | Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 2022 | Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood | Self | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 2021 | Power Book III: Raising Kanan | TV | 8.0 | 64 | |
| 2021 | CSI: Vegas | TV | 7.7 | 64 | |
| 2021 | Salt-N-Pepa | Film | 6.6 | 64 | |
| 2020 | Seized | Mzamo | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 2020 | The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault | (archive footage) | Film | — | 63 |
| 2020 | AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis | Self | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 2020 | A Clear Shot | Gomez | Film | 4.7 | 63 |
| 2019 | Wu-Tang: An American Saga | TV | 8.2 | 62 | |
| 2019 | Sherman's Showcase | TV | 10.0 | 62 | |
| 2019 | Sherman's Showcase | Detective | TV | 10.0 | 62 |
| 2019 | Run the Race | Pastor Baker | Film | 6.8 | 62 |
| 2019 | Immortal | Carl | Film | 4.6 | 62 |
| 2018 | A Million Little Things | Ronald | TV | 7.2 | 61 |
| 2018 | Deception | Bruce Conners | TV | 7.7 | 61 |
| 2018 | Armed | Chief | Film | 4.3 | 61 |
| 2018 | Armed | Film | 4.3 | 61 | |
| 2018 | Armed | Film | 4.3 | 61 | |
| 2017 | Superstition | Isaac Hastings | TV | 5.9 | 60 |
| 2017 | Superstition | TV | 5.9 | 60 | |
| 2017 | Superstition | TV | 5.9 | 60 | |
| 2017 | Superstition | TV | 5.9 | 60 | |
| 2017 | Superstition | TV | 5.9 | 60 | |
| 2016 | Star | TV | 8.0 | 59 | |
| 2016 | Roots | TV | 6.9 | 59 | |
| 2016 | USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage | Film | 5.9 | 59 | |
| 2016 | Submerged | Hector | Film | 4.4 | 59 |
| 2015 | Blindspot | Frank Davenport | TV | 7.4 | 58 |
| 2015 | Empire | Uncle Ray | TV | 7.1 | 58 |
| 2015 | Empire | TV | 7.1 | 58 | |
| 2015 | Bloodline | TV | 7.1 | 58 | |
| 2014 | The Last Ship | TV | 6.9 | 57 | |
| 2014 | Chicago P.D. | TV | 8.4 | 57 | |
| 2014 | Power | TV | 7.7 | 57 | |
| 2014 | Z Nation | Martin Cooper | TV | 7.3 | 57 |
| 2014 | Z Nation | Cooper | TV | 7.3 | 57 |
| 2014 | Red Sky | Jason Zimmerman | Film | 4.4 | 57 |
| 2014 | Red Sky | Film | 4.4 | 57 | |
| 2014 | Mantervention | Steve | Film | 4.7 | 57 |
| 2014 | Drumline: A New Beat | Mr. Bolton | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 2013 | Zero Hour | TV | 5.6 | 56 | |
| 2012 | Nashville | TV | 6.6 | 55 | |
| 2012 | The Finder | Fontana | TV | 7.1 | 55 |
| 2012 | American Warships | Captain Winston | Film | 3.7 | 55 |
| 2012 | We the Party | Sutton | Film | 4.7 | 55 |
| 2012 | We the Party | Film | 4.7 | 55 | |
| 2012 | We the Party | Film | 4.7 | 55 | |
| 2012 | We the Party | Film | 4.7 | 55 | |
| 2011 | Once Upon a Time | TV | 7.4 | 54 | |
| 2011 | Boss | TV | 7.2 | 54 | |
| 2011 | All Things Fall Apart | Eric | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 2011 | All Things Fall Apart | Film | 5.8 | 54 | |
| 2011 | Herschel | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 2011 | Redemption Road | Film | 5.0 | 54 | |
| 2011 | Tied to a Chair | Film | — | 54 | |
| 2011 | 5th & Alameda | Trevor | Film | 5.7 | 54 |
| 2010 | Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright | Agent Hobbs | Film | 4.9 | 53 |
| 2010 | Multiple Sarcasms | Rocky | Film | 5.9 | 53 |
| 2009 | A Letter to Dad | Norman | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 2008 | Sons of Anarchy | TV | 8.4 | 51 | |
| 2008 | Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha | Pirate Captain | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 2007 | Damages | Agent Randall Harrison | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 2007 | Damages | TV | 7.4 | 50 | |
| 2007 | Sharpshooter | Flick | Film | 4.6 | 50 |
| 2006 | Hard Luck | Captain Davis | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 2006 | Hard Luck | Film | 5.5 | 49 | |
| 2006 | Hard Luck | Film | 5.5 | 49 | |
| 2005 | Black in the 80s | TV | — | 48 | |
| 2005 | Carlito's Way: Rise to Power | Earl | Film | 4.8 | 48 |
| 2005 | How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) | Film | 7.2 | 48 | |
| 2004 | Lost | TV | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 2004 | Baadasssss! | Melvin Van Peebles | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 2004 | Baadasssss! | Film | 6.5 | 47 | |
| 2004 | Baadasssss! | Film | 6.5 | 47 | |
| 2004 | Baadasssss! | Film | 6.5 | 47 | |
| 2004 | Crown Heights | Film | 9.0 | 47 | |
| 2003 | NCIS | TV | 7.6 | 46 | |
| 2003 | 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out | Henry Jones | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 2003 | The Street Lawyer | Mordecai Green | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 2003 | Gang of Roses | Jessie Lee | Film | 5.2 | 46 |
| 2003 | The Hebrew Hammer | Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 2002 | Robbery Homicide Division | TV | 8.9 | 45 | |
| 2002 | Jim Brown: All-American | Self | Film | 5.0 | 45 |
| 2002 | 10,000 Black Men Named George | Ashley Totten | Film | 3.9 | 45 |
| 2001 | Ali | Malcolm X | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 2001 | Guardian | Detective Kross | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 2001 | The Making of 'Ali' | Self | Film | — | 44 |
| 2000 | Soul Food | Quentin James | TV | 7.2 | 43 |
| 2000 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | James Hemings | TV | 8.0 | 43 |
| 2000 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | James Hemings | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 2000 | Blowback | Insp. Don Morrell | Film | 4.8 | 43 |
| 1999 | Judgment Day | Thomas Payne | Film | 5.1 | 42 |
| 1999 | Judgment Day | Film | 5.1 | 42 | |
| 1999 | Love Kills | Poe Finklestein | Film | 3.5 | 42 |
| 1999 | Love Kills | Film | 3.5 | 42 | |
| 1999 | Love Kills | Film | 3.5 | 42 | |
| 1999 | Raw Nerve | Detective Blair Valdez | Film | 4.7 | 42 |
| 1998 | Martial Law | Jake Cord | TV | 7.1 | 41 |
| 1998 | Rude Awakening | Marcus Adams | TV | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1998 | Mama Flora's Family | Luke | TV | 7.6 | 41 |
| 1998 | Valentine's Day | Jack Valentine | Film | 3.9 | 41 |
| 1998 | Killers in the House | Film | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 1997 | Crazy Six | Dirty Mao | Film | 4.3 | 40 |
| 1997 | Stag | Michael Barnes | Film | 5.1 | 40 |
| 1997 | Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western | Self | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1997 | Riot | Turner | Film | 5.4 | 40 |
| 1997 | Los Locos | Chance | Film | 3.0 | 40 |
| 1997 | Los Locos | Film | 3.0 | 40 | |
| 1997 | Los Locos | Film | 3.0 | 40 | |
| 1996 | Strangers | Mac | TV | 4.3 | 39 |
| 1996 | Solo | Solo | Film | 5.0 | 39 |
| 1996 | Gang in Blue | Michael Rhoades | Film | 5.2 | 39 |
| 1996 | Gang in Blue | Film | 5.2 | 39 | |
| 1996 | Gang in Blue | Film | 5.2 | 39 | |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Captain William Clark | TV | 7.7 | 38 |
| 1995 | Panther | Stokely Carmichael | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1995 | Panther | Film | 6.3 | 38 | |
| 1995 | Panther | Film | 6.3 | 38 | |
| 1994 | Highlander III: The Sorcerer | Kane | Film | 4.8 | 37 |
| 1993 | Living Single | TV | 8.1 | 36 | |
| 1993 | Posse | Jesse Lee | Film | 5.4 | 36 |
| 1993 | Posse | Film | 5.4 | 36 | |
| 1993 | Full Eclipse | Max Dire | Film | 5.2 | 36 |
| 1993 | Gunmen | Cole Parker | Film | 4.9 | 36 |
| 1992 | The Real Malcolm X | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1992 | Stompin' at the Savoy | Walter | Film | — | 35 |
| 1992 | In the Line of Duty: Street War | Raymond Williamson | Film | 5.4 | 35 |
| 1991 | New Jack City | Stone | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1991 | New Jack City | Film | 6.7 | 34 | |
| 1991 | A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story | Film | 5.3 | 34 | |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Mr. Carsley | TV | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | TV | 7.3 | 33 | |
| 1990 | Gabriel's Fire | TV | 6.9 | 33 | |
| 1990 | Blue Bayou | Jay Filley | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1989 | Top of the Hill | TV | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1989 | Identity Crisis | Chilly D | Film | 2.3 | 32 |
| 1989 | Identity Crisis | Film | 2.3 | 32 | |
| 1988 | Sonny Spoon | TV | 5.5 | 31 | |
| 1988 | The Child Saver | Film | 7.5 | 31 | |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street | Dancer | TV | 7.3 | 30 |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street | Dana | TV | 7.3 | 30 |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street | TV | 7.3 | 30 | |
| 1987 | Wiseguy | TV | 6.6 | 30 | |
| 1987 | Jaws: The Revenge | Jake | Film | 4.1 | 30 |
| 1987 | Hotshot | Winston | Film | 4.4 | 30 |
| 1987 | The Facts of Life Down Under | David Johnson | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1987 | The Making of Jaws The Revenge | Self | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Andrew Taylor | TV | 7.1 | 29 |
| 1986 | Heartbreak Ridge | Corporal 'Stitch' Jones | Film | 6.9 | 29 |
| 1986 | Last Resort | Pino | Film | 3.6 | 29 |
| 1986 | 3:15 the Moment of Truth | Whisperer | Film | 5.8 | 29 |
| 1985 | Children of the Night | Roy Spanish | Film | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1985 | Delivery Boys | Spider | Film | 3.8 | 28 |
| 1985 | South Bronx Heroes | Tony | Film | 5.4 | 28 |
| 1985 | South Bronx Heroes | Film | 5.4 | 28 | |
| 1985 | Rappin' | John | Film | 5.7 | 28 |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Garvin | TV | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1984 | The Cotton Club | Dancer | Film | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1984 | Exterminator 2 | X | Film | 4.1 | 27 |
| 1971 | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | Young Sweetback | Film | 5.1 | 14 |
| 1971 | Crosscurrent | Raphael | Film | 7.0 | 14 |
| Young Blood | Leonard | Film | — | — | |
| solo | estrella | Film | — | — | |
| Kill Me Now | Uncle Harold | Film | — | — | |
| The Price for Freedom | Harry T. Moore | Film | — | — | |
| The Price for Freedom | Film | — | — |