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Mario Cain Van Peebles (born January 15, 1957) is a Mexican-born American actor and director. He is the son of Melvin Van Peebles, whom he had played in the 2003 biopic Baadasssss!, which he also co-wrote, produced, and directed. He also starred in Heartbreak Ridge (1986), New Jack City (1991), and USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016), the latter two of which he had directed.
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1971 | Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | Young Sweetback / Kid | |
| Crosscurrent | Raphael | TV movie | |
| 1984 | Exterminator 2 | X | |
| The Cotton Club | Dancer | ||
| 1985 | Delivery Boys | Spider | |
| Rappin' | John Hood | ||
| Children of the Night | Roy Spanish | TV movie | |
| South Bronx Heroes | Tony | ||
| 1986 | 3:15 | Whisperer | |
| Last Resort | Pino | ||
| Cops | Cliff Dickerson | TV movie | |
| Hotshot | Winston | ||
| Heartbreak Ridge | Corporal Stitch Jones | ||
| 1987 | The Facts of Life Down Under | David Johnson | TV movie |
| Jaws: The Revenge | Jake McCay | ||
| 1988 | The Child Saver | TV movie | |
| 1989 | Identity Crisis | Chilly D | |
| 1990 | Blue Bayou | Jay Filley | TV movie |
| 1991 | New Jack City | Stone | |
| A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story | Ricky Bell | TV movie | |
| 1992 | Stomping at the Savoy | Walter | TV movie |
| In the Line of Duty: Street War | Raymond Williamson | TV movie | |
| 1993 | Posse | Jesse Lee | |
| Full Eclipse | Max Dire | TV movie | |
| 1994 | Gunmen | Cole Parker | |
| Highlander III: The Sorcerer | Kane | ||
| In the Living Years | Norman | ||
| 1995 | Panther | Stokely Carmichael | |
| 1996 | Solo | Solo | |
| Gang in Blue | Michael Rhodes | TV movie | |
| 1997 | Riot | Turner | TV movie |
| Stag | Michael Barnes | ||
| Crazy Six | Dirty Mao | Video | |
| Los Locos | Chance | ||
| 1998 | Valentine's Day | Jack | Video |
| Love Kills | Poe Finklestein | ||
| Killers in the House | Rodney Sawyer | TV movie | |
| 1999 | Judgment Day | Thomas Payne | Video |
| Raw Nerve | Detective Blair Valdez | ||
| 2000 | Blowback | Insp. Don Morrell | |
| 2001 | Guardian | Detective Kross | |
| Ali | Malcolm X | ||
| 2002 | 10,000 Black Men Named George | Ashley Totten | TV movie |
| Fiona | Detective Winston Cates | TV movie | |
| 2003 | The Hebrew Hammer | Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim | |
| 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out | Henry Jones | TV movie | |
| Baadasssss! | Melvin Van Peebles | ||
| Gang of Roses | Jessie Lee | ||
| The Street Lawyer | Mordecai Green | TV movie |
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
| 1981 | The Sophisticated Gents | Nicholas Dobson | Main Cast |
| 1982–83 | One Life to Live | Doc Gilmore | Regular Cast |
| 1985 | The Cosby Show | Garvin | Episode: "Clair's Sister" |
| 1986 | Law | Andrew Taylor | Recurring Cast: Season 1 |
| 1988 | Sonny Spoon | Sonny Spoon | Main Cast |
| 1989 | 21 Jump Street | Dancer/Dana | Guest Cast: Season 3-4 |
| American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts | Shooter | Episode: "Third and Oak: The Pool Hall" | |
| 1990 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Dr. Thompson | Episode: "Malcolm Takes a Shot" |
| 1993 | In Living Color | - | Episode: "Calhoun Tubbs" |
| 1996 | Living Single | Cole Front | Episode: "Likes Father, Likes Son" |
| Strangers | Mac | Episodes: "Leave" | |
| 1997 | The Outer Limits | Captain William Clark | Episode: "Bodies of Evidence" |
| 1998 | Mama Flora's Family | Luke | Episode: "Part I & II" |
| 2000 | Martial Law | Jake Cord | Episode: "Deathfist Five: MCU" |
| The President's Mistress: Sally Hemings | James Hemings | Episode: "Part I & II" | |
| 2000–01 | Rude Awakening | Marcus Adams | Main Cast: Season 3 |
| 2002 | Robbery Homicide Division | Alton Davis | Recurring Cast |
| 2004 | Soul Food | Quentin James | Episode: "Don't Think This Hasn't Been Fabulous" |
| 2007 | Law & Order | Attorney Carsley | Episode: "Murder Book" |
| 2007–09 | Damages | Agent Randall Harrison | Recurring Cast: Seasons 1-2 |
| 2008 | All My Children | Samuel Woods | Regular Cast |
| 2009 | Mario's Green House | Himself | Main Cast |
| 2011 | The Game | Bo | Recurring Cast: Season 4 |
| Hellcats | Michael Verdura | Recurring Cast | |
| 2012 | The Finder | Fontana | Episode: "Bullets" |
| 2014–15 | Nashville | Henry Benton | Recurring Cast: Season 3 |
| 2017 | Bloodline | Prosecutor | Recurring Cast: Season 3 |
| 2017–18 | Superstition | Isaac Hastings | Main Cast |
| 2018 | Deception | Bruce Conners | Episode: "The Unseen Hand" |
| Blindspot | Frank Davenport | Episode: "Ca-ca-Candidate for Cri-cri-Crime" | |
| Z Nation | Cooper | Recurring Cast: Season 5 | |
| 2019 | The Village | Andre | Episode: "Choosing to Hope" |
| Empire | Uncle Ray | Episode: "Got on My Knees to Pray" | |
| 2019–20 | Sherman's Showcase | Himself | Guest Cast: Season 1-2 |
| 2021–22 | A Million Little Things | Ronald | Recurring Cast: Season 4 |