Mario Van Peebles

Mario Van Peebles was born on January 15, 1957 in Mexico City in the family of an outstanding African-American director, producer and screenwriter Melvin Van Peebles. He graduated from Columbia University in New York with a degree in economics. After university, he worked on Wall Street, was a financial specialist in the film investment market, then a budget analyst at the New York City Hall. Mario Van Peebles' acting career began with Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song (1971). Until the mid-80s, more

Mario Van Peebles was born on January 15, 1957 in Mexico City in the family of an outstanding African-American director, producer and screenwriter Melvin Van Peebles. He graduated from Columbia University in New York with a degree in economics. After university, he worked on Wall Street, was a financial specialist in the film investment market, then a budget analyst at the New York City Hall.

Mario Van Peebles' acting career began with Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song (1971). Until the mid-80s, VanPeebles worked as a model in the Ford agency, played in the theater, and appeared on screens again in 1984 in the film Exterminator 2. He became famous for his role in Clint Eastwood's film Heartbreak Ridge (1986), to which Peebles also wrote several songs. Since 1985, the actor has been active in television. Mario Van Peebles' directorial debut was New Jack City (1991). From the roles of the actor remembered the villain Kane from the third part of the Highlander, Jesse Lee from the unusual western Squad (produced by Van Peebles himself), Cole Parker from Men with Weapons, in which the second main role was played by Christopher Lambert. In 1995, Mario Van Peebles made his debut as a producer - in the film Panther, staged by him on the script of Peebles - Senior.