Title |
Year |
Status |
Character |
Role |
If |
|
filming |
Chief |
Actor |
Submerged |
2016 |
|
Hector |
Actor |
For Justice |
2015 |
TV Movie |
Ben Tolan |
Actor |
Nashville |
2014-2015 |
TV Series |
Henry Benton |
Actor |
Drumline: A New Beat |
2014 |
TV Movie |
Mr. Bolton |
Actor |
Intervention |
2014 |
|
Steve |
Actor |
Red Sky |
2014/I |
|
Jason Cutter |
Actor |
American Warships |
2012 |
Video |
Captain James Winston |
Actor |
We the Party |
2012 |
|
Sutton |
Actor |
The Finder |
2012 |
TV Series |
Fontana |
Actor |
Tied to a Chair |
2011 |
|
Billy Rust |
Actor |
Hellcats |
2011 |
TV Series |
Michael Verdura |
Actor |
5th & Alameda |
2011 |
|
Trevor |
Actor |
The Game |
2011 |
TV Series |
Bo |
Actor |
All Things Fall Apart |
2011 |
|
Eric |
Actor |
Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright |
2010 |
Video |
Agent Hobbs |
Actor |
Multiple touches of Sarcasm |
2010 |
|
Rocky |
Actor |
Mario’s Green House |
2009 |
TV Series |
|
Actor |
A Letter to Dad |
2009 |
|
Norman |
Actor |
Damages |
2007-2009 |
TV Series |
Agent Randall Harrison
Agent Harrison
Man #2 |
Actor |
All My Children |
2008 |
TV Series |
Samuel Woods |
Actor |
Confessions of an Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha |
2008 |
|
Pirate Captain |
Actor |
Sharpshooter |
2007 |
TV Movie |
Flick |
Actor |
Law & Order |
2007 |
TV Series |
Attorney Carsley |
Actor |
Hard Luck |
2006 |
Video |
Captain Davis |
Actor |
Carlito’s Way: Rise to Power |
2005 |
Video |
Earl |
Actor |
Soul Food |
2004 |
TV Series |
Quentin James |
Actor |
Crown Heights |
2004 |
TV Movie |
Paul Johnson |
Actor |
The Street Lawyer |
2003 |
TV Movie |
Mordecai Green |
Actor |
Gang of Roses |
2003 |
|
Jessie Lee (Cameo) |
Actor |
Baadasssss! |
2003 |
|
Melvin Van Peebles |
Actor |
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out |
2003 |
TV Movie |
Henry Jones |
Actor |
The Hebrew Hammer |
2003 |
|
Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim |
Actor |
Fiona |
2002 |
TV Movie |
Detective Winston Cates |
Actor |
Robbery Homicide Division |
2002 |
TV Series |
Alton Davis |
Actor |
10,000 Black Men Named George |
2002 |
TV Movie |
Ashley Totten |
Actor |
Ali |
2001 |
|
Malcolm X |
Actor |
Guardian |
2001 |
|
Detective Kross |
Actor |
Rude Awakening |
2000-2001 |
TV Series |
Marcus Adams |
Actor |
Blowback |
2000 |
|
Insp. Don Morrell |
Actor |
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal |
2000 |
TV Movie |
James Hemings |
Actor |
Martial Law |
2000 |
TV Series |
Jake Cord |
Actor |
Raw Nerve |
1999 |
|
Detective Blair Valdez |
Actor |
Judgment Day |
1999 |
Video |
Thomas Payne |
Actor |
Killers in the House |
1998 |
TV Movie |
Rodney Sawyer |
Actor |
Love Kills |
1998 |
|
Poe Finklestein |
Actor |
Protector |
1998 |
Video |
Jack Valentine |
Actor |
Mama Flora’s Family |
1998 |
TV Mini-Series |
Luke |
Actor |
Los Locos |
1997 |
|
Chance |
Actor |
Crazy Six |
1997 |
Video |
Dirty Mao |
Actor |
Stag |
1997 |
|
Michael Barnes |
Actor |
The Outer Limits |
1997 |
TV Series |
Captain William Clark |
Actor |
Riot |
1997 |
TV Movie |
Turner (segment “Homecoming Day”) |
Actor |
Gang in Blue |
1996 |
TV Movie |
Michael Rhoades |
Actor |
Solo |
1996 |
|
Solo |
Actor |
Living Single |
1996 |
TV Series |
Cole Front |
Actor |
Strangers |
1996 |
TV Series |
Mac |
Actor |
Panther |
1995/I |
|
Stokely Carmichael |
Actor |
In the Living Years |
1994 |
|
Norman |
Actor |
Highlander: The Final Dimension |
1994 |
|
Kane |
Actor |
Full Eclipse |
1993 |
TV Movie |
Max Dire |
Actor |
Gunmen |
1993 |
|
Cole Parker |
Actor |
Posse |
1993 |
|
Jesse Lee |
Actor |
In the Line of Duty: Street War |
1992 |
TV Movie |
Raymond Williamson |
Actor |
Stompin’ at the Savoy |
1992 |
TV Movie |
Walter |
Actor |
A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story |
1991 |
TV Movie |
Ricky Bell |
Actor |
New Jack City |
1991 |
|
Stone |
Actor |
CBS Schoolbreak Special |
1990 |
TV Series |
Dr. Thompson |
Actor |
In Living Color |
1990 |
TV Series |
|
Actor |
Blue Bayou |
1990 |
TV Movie |
Jay Filley |
Actor |
American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts |
1989 |
TV Series |
Shooter |
Actor |
21 Jump Street |
1989 |
TV Series |
Dancer / Dana |
Actor |
Identity Crisis |
1989 |
|
Chilly D |
Actor |
Sonny Spoon |
1988 |
TV Series |
Sonny Spoon |
Actor |
The Child Saver |
1988 |
TV Movie |
|
Actor |
Jaws: The Revenge |
1987 |
|
Jake |
Actor |
The Facts of Life Down Under |
1987 |
TV Movie |
David Johnson |
Actor |
Hotshot |
1987 |
|
Winston |
Actor |
Heartbreak Ridge |
1986 |
|
Stitch |
Actor |
L.A. Law |
1986 |
TV Series |
Andrew Taylor |
Actor |
D.C. Cops |
1986 |
TV Movie |
Cliff Dickerson |
Actor |
Last Resort |
1986 |
|
Pino |
Actor |
3:15 |
1986 |
|
Whisperer |
Actor |
The Cosby Show |
1985 |
TV Series |
Garvin |
Actor |
Children of the Night |
1985 |
TV Movie |
Roy Spanish |
Actor |
South Bronx Heroes |
1985 |
|
Tony |
Actor |
Rappin’ |
1985 |
|
John Hood |
Actor |
Delivery Boys |
1985 |
|
Spider (as Mario van Peebles) |
Actor |
The Cotton Club |
1984 |
|
Dancer |
Actor |
Exterminator 2 |
1984 |
|
X |
Actor |
The Sophisticated Gents |
1981 |
TV Series |
Nicholas |
Actor |
Crosscurrent |
1971 |
TV Movie |
Raphael |
Actor |
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song |
1971 |
|
Young Sweetback / Kid (as Mario Peebles) |
Actor |
One Life to Live |
1968 |
TV Series |
Doc Gilmore (1982-1983) |
Actor |
Dionne |
2017 |
rumored announced |
|
Director |
If |
|
filming |
|
Director |
Empire |
2015-2016 |
TV Series 3 episodes |
|
Director |
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage |
2016 |
directed by |
|
Director |
Roots |
2016 |
TV Mini-Series 1 episode |
|
Director |
Hand of God |
2015-2016 |
TV Series 2 episodes |
|
Director |
Being Mary Jane |
2015 |
TV Series 2 episodes |
|
Director |
The Last Ship |
2015 |
TV Series 1 episode |
|
Director |
Chicago P.D. |
2015 |
TV Series 1 episode |
|
Director |
Once Upon a Time |
2014 |
TV Series 3 episodes |
|
Director |
Nashville |
2013-2014 |
TV Series 3 episodes |
|
Director |
Red Sky |
2014/I |
|
|
Director |
Zero Hour |
2013 |
TV Series 1 episode |
|
Director |
Monday Mornings |
2013 |
TV Series 1 episode |
|
Director |
NCIS |
2013 |
TV Series 1 episode |
|
Director |
Boss |
2011-2012 |
TV Series 5 episodes |
|
Director |
We the Party |
2012 |
|
|
Director |
All Things Fall Apart |
2011 |
|
|
Director |
Fair Game? |
2010 |
Documentary |
|
Director |
Redemption Road |
2010 |
|
|
Director |
Lost |
2010 |
TV Series 1 episode |
|
Director |
Law & Order |
2008-2009 |
TV Series 3 episodes |
|
Director |
Damages |
2007-2009 |
TV Series 3 episodes |
|
Director |
Bring Your ‘A’ Game |
2009 |
Documentary short |
|
Director |
Sons of Anarchy |
2008 |
TV Series 1 episode |
|
Director |
Hard Luck |
2006 |
Video |
|
Director |
The First Amendment Project: Poetic License |
2004 |
TV Movie documentary |
|
Director |
Baadasssss! |
2003 |
|
|
Director |
Robbery Homicide Division |
2002 |
TV Series 1 episode |
|
Director |
Standing Knockdown |
1999 |
|
|
Director |
Love Kills |
1998 |
|
|
Director |
Gang in Blue |
1996 |
TV Movie |
|
Director |
Panther |
1995/I |
|
|
Director |
Posse |
1993 |
|
|
Director |
Gabriel’s Fire |
1991 |
TV Series 1 episode |
|
Director |
New Jack City |
1991 |
|
|
Director |
CBS Schoolbreak Special |
1990 |
TV Series 1 episode |
|
Director |
Wiseguy |
1989 |
TV Series 1 episode |
|
Director |
21 Jump Street |
1989 |
TV Series 3 episodes |
|
Director |
Top of the Hill |
1989 |
TV Series |
|
Director |
Sonny Spoon |
1988 |
TV Series 1 episode |
|
Director |
We the Party |
2012 |
executive producer |
|
Producer |
Fair Game? |
2010 |
Documentary producer |
|
Producer |
Mario’s Green House |
2009 |
TV Series executive producer |
|
Producer |
Bring Your ‘A’ Game |
2009 |
Documentary short producer |
|
Producer |
Hard Luck |
2006 |
Video producer |
|
Producer |
The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema |
2004 |
Video documentary short producer |
|
Producer |
The First Amendment Project: Poetic License |
2004 |
TV Movie documentary producer |
|
Producer |
Baadasssss! |
2003 |
producer |
|
Producer |
Standing Knockdown |
1999 |
producer |
|
Producer |
Judgment Day |
1999 |
Video executive producer |
|
Producer |
Love Kills |
1998 |
producer |
|
Producer |
Los Locos |
1997 |
producer |
|
Producer |
Gang in Blue |
1996 |
TV Movie producer |
|
Producer |
Panther |
1995/I |
producer |
|
Producer |
Rappin’ |
1985 |
performer: “Snack Attack”, “Colors”, “Lady Alcohol”, “Courtroom” / writer: “Two of a Kind”, “Snack Attack”, “Colors”, “Lady Alcohol”, “The Game”, “Courtroom”, “Finale” |
|
Soundtrack |
Hard Luck |
2006 |
Video performer: “Feel Lucky” – as MVP / writer: “Feel Lucky” |
|
Soundtrack |
Baadasssss! |
2003 |
lyrics: “Gettin’ the Man’s Foot outta Your Baadasssss!” |
|
Soundtrack |
Posse |
1993 |
writer: “Ride of Your Life”, “Ride of Your Life” instrumental version |
|
Soundtrack |
The 9th Annual American Black Achievement Awards |
1988 |
TV Special performer: “Once In A Lifetime” |
|
Soundtrack |
Heartbreak Ridge |
1986 |
lyrics: “I Love You But I Ain’t Stupid” / music: “I Love You But I Ain’t Stupid” / performer: “I Love You But I Ain’t Stupid” / writer: “Bionic Marine”, “Recon Rap” |
|
Soundtrack |
South Bronx Heroes |
1985 |
lyrics: “Makin It Real”, “‘Revenge’ Rap” / performer: “Makin It Real”, “‘Revenge’ Rap” |
|
Soundtrack |
If |
|
filming |
|
Writer |
Red Sky |
2014/I |
screenplay |
|
Writer |
Hard Luck |
2006 |
Video screenplay |
|
Writer |
Baadasssss! |
2003 |
screenplay |
|
Writer |
Standing Knockdown |
1999 |
writer |
|
Writer |
Love Kills |
1998 |
writer |
|
Writer |
Los Locos |
1997 |
|
|
Writer |
Identity Crisis |
1989 |
writer |
|
Writer |
South Bronx Heroes |
1985 |
additional dialogue |
|
Writer |
Posse |
1993 |
executive soundtrack album producer |
|
Music Department |
Paris, je t’aime |
2006 |
thanks |
|
Thanks |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver |
2015 |
TV Series |
|
Self |
Snoop & Son: A Dad’s Dream |
2015 |
TV Mini-Series documentary |
Narrator (2015) |
Self |
2013 Soul Train Awards |
2013 |
TV Special |
Himself |
Self |
44th NAACP Image Awards |
2013 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself |
Self |
Made in Hollywood |
2012 |
TV Series |
Himself / Himself – Guest |
Self |
Up Close with Carrie Keagan |
2012 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Self |
Big Morning Buzz Live |
2012 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Self |
Herschel |
2011 |
Documentary |
Narrator |
Self |
The Mo’Nique Show |
2011 |
TV Series |
Herself |
Self |
Way Black When: Primetime |
2011 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Self |
Fair Game? |
2010 |
Documentary |
Himself |
Self |
Way Black When |
2010 |
TV Movie |
Himself – Host |
Self |
Tavis Smiley |
2004-2010 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Self |
Bring Your ‘A’ Game |
2009 |
Documentary short |
Himself – Director |
Self |
Spiritual Liberation |
2009 |
Video documentary |
|
Self |
Living with Ed |
2008 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Self |
The BET Honors |
2008 |
TV Movie |
Himself |
Self |
The 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards |
2007 |
TV Special |
Himself |
Self |
Secret’s Out |
2007 |
TV Series |
Himself – Guest |
Self |
Siskel & Ebert |
2006 |
TV Series |
Himself – Guest Host |
Self |
The 2006 Black Movie Awards |
2006 |
TV Special |
Himself |
Self |
AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Cheers: America’s Most Inspiring Movies |
2006 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself |
Self |
A Trumpet at the Walls of Jericho |
2005 |
Documentary |
Quotes (voice) |
Self |
Carlito’s Way: Rise to Power – Making of Documentary |
2005 |
Video documentary short |
Himself |
Self |
Road to ‘New Jack City’ |
2005 |
Video documentary short |
Himself |
Self |
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It) |
2005 |
Documentary |
Himself |
Self |
36th NAACP Image Awards |
2005 |
TV Special |
Himself |
Self |
The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards |
2005 |
TV Special documentary |
Himself |
Self |
Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis |
2005 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself |
Self |
Black in the 80s |
2005 |
TV Mini-Series documentary |
Himself |
Self |
Harlem World: A Walk Inside |
2005 |
Video short |
Himself |
Self |
The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema |
2004 |
Video documentary short |
Himself |
Self |
I Love the ’90s |
2004 |
TV Series documentary |
Himself |
Self |
Anatomy of a Scene |
2004 |
TV Series documentary |
Himself |
Self |
The First Amendment Project: Poetic License |
2004 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself – presenter |
Self |
That’s Black Entertainment: Westerns |
2002 |
TV Movie documentary |
Host |
Self |
33rd NAACP Image Awards |
2002 |
TV Special |
Himself |
Self |
That’s Black Entertainment: Actors |
2002 |
TV Movie documentary |
Host |
Self |
That’s Black Entertainment: Comedians |
2002 |
TV Movie documentary |
Host |
Self |
HBO First Look |
2001 |
TV Series documentary |
Himself |
Self |
The Making of ‘Ali’ |
2001 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself |
Self |
Acapulco Black Film Festival |
2000 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself |
Self |
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western |
1997 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself |
Self |
The Anti Gravity Room |
1997 |
TV Series |
Himself – Guest Host |
Self |
The Last Great American Gold Heist |
1996 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself – Host |
Self |
Late Night with Conan O’Brien |
1994-1996 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Self |
The Daily Show |
1996 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Self |
Late Show with David Letterman |
1995-1996 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Self |
Lauren Hutton and… |
1995 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Self |
Charlie Rose |
1995 |
TV Series |
Himself – Guest / Himself |
Self |
The 9th Annual Soul Train Music Awards |
1995 |
TV Special |
Himself – Presenter |
Self |
The 1994 Annual Diversity Awards |
1994 |
TV Special |
Himself |
Self |
Ebony’s 15th Annual Black Achievement Awards |
1994 |
TV Special |
Himself – Presenter |
Self |
The Arsenio Hall Show |
1994 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Self |
Soul Train |
1994 |
TV Series documentary |
Himself – Guest Host |
Self |
26th NAACP Image Awards |
1994 |
TV Special |
Himself |
Self |
Tonight Live with Steve Vizard |
1993 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Self |
Live with Kelly and Michael |
1993 |
TV Series |
Himself – Guest |
Self |
Ebony/Jet Showcase |
1987-1993 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Self |
The 7th Annual Soul Train Music Awards |
1993 |
TV Special |
Himself – Presenter |
Self |
25th NAACP Image Awards |
1993 |
TV Special |
Himself – Presenter |
Self |
The 14th Annual CableACE Awards |
1993 |
TV Special |
|
Self |
The Howard Stern Interview |
1993 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Self |
The Real Malcolm X |
1992 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself – Actor |
Self |
The 13th Annual American Black Achievement Awards |
1992 |
TV Special |
Himself – Host |
Self |
The Chuck Woolery Show |
1991 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Self |
The 5th Annual Soul Train Music Awards |
1991 |
TV Special |
Himself – Presenter |
Self |
Family Figures |
1990 |
TV Series |
Himself – Host |
Self |
The Marsha Warfield Show |
1990 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Self |
Story of a People: The Black Road to Hollywood |
1990 |
TV Special documentary |
Host |
Self |
21st NAACP Image Awards |
1989 |
TV Special |
Himself – Presenter |
Self |
The New Hollywood Squares |
1988 |
TV Series |
Guest Appearance |
Self |
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade |
1988 |
TV Special |
Himself |
Self |
20th NAACP Image Awards |
1988 |
TV Special |
Himself – Presenter |
Self |
The 9th Annual American Black Achievement Awards |
1988 |
TV Special |
Himself – Host |
Self |
Behind the Scenes with ‘Jaws: The Revenge’ |
1987 |
TV Movie documentary |
Himself |
Self |
American Masters |
1986 |
TV Series documentary |
|
Self |
Late Show with David Letterman |
2011 |
TV Series |
Himself |
Archive Footage |