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Z Nation

2014
as Cooper

Z Nation

2014
as Cooper

Ali

2001
as Malcolm X

Superstition

2017
as Isaac Hastings

Last Resort

1986
as Pino

Full Eclipse

1993
as Max Dire

3:15

1985
as Whisperer

Mantervention

2014
as Steve

A Letter to Dad

1995
as Norman

Drumline: A New Beat

2014
as Mr. Bolton

Hard Luck

2006
as Captain Davis

5th & Alameda

2011
as Trevor

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

1971
as The Young Sweetback

Run the Race

2019
as Pastor Baker

Solo

1996
as Solo

Posse

1993
as Jesse Lee

Sharpshooter

2007
as Flick

Blowback

2000
as Insp. Don Morrell

Judgment Day

1998
as Thomas Payne

New Jack City

1991
as Stone

Delivery Boys

1985
as Spider

Herschel

2011
as Narrator

Riot

1997
as Turner

Rappin'

1985
as John

Heartbreak Ridge

1986
as Corporal 'Stitch' Jones

Hotshot

1986
as Winston

Gang of Roses

2003
as Jessie Lee

Identity Crisis

1989
as Chilly D

Love Kills

1999
as Poe Finklestein

Crazy Six

1997
as Dirty Mao

Gunmen

1993
as Cole Parker

Blackout

2007
as George

Guardian

2001
as Detective Kross

The Hebrew Hammer

2003
as Mohammed Ali Paula Abdul Rahim

Armed

2018
as Chief

American Warships

2012
as Captain Winston

The Street Lawyer

as Mordecai Green

A Clear Shot

2019
as Gomez

Stag

1997
as Michael Barnes

Red Sky

2014
as Jason Zimmerman

Los Locos

1997
as Chance

Children of the Night

1985
as Roy Spanish

Gang in Blue

1996
as Michael Rhoades

Submerged

2015
as Hector

Baadasssss!

2004
as Mario Van Peebles

Director

Episode Empire (2015)
Die But Once
2015
Movie Baadasssss! 2004
Movie Panther 1995
Episode Empire (2015)
Love All, Trust a Few
2018
Episode Bloodline
Part 26
2017
Episode Law & Order
Burn Card
2008
Episode Once Upon a Time (2011)
It's Not Easy Being Green
2014
Episode Bloodline
Part 28
2017
Episode Power
Reversal of Fortune
2020
Movie Hard Luck 2006
Episode CSI: Vegas
There's the Rub
2022
Episode NCIS
Detour
2013
Episode Boss (2011)
Backflash
2012
Episode Black Cake
Ma
2023
Episode Empire (2015)
A High Hope For a Low Heaven
2015
Episode Star
Amazing Grace
2019
Movie Posse 1993
Episode Chicago P.D.
We Don't Work Together Anymore
2015
Episode Superstition
Pilot
2017
Episode Superstition
The Dredge
2017
Episode Superstition
Through The Looking Glass
2017
Episode Wiseguy
Day One
1989
Episode Superstition
Half Truths & Half Breeds
2017
Episode Boss (2011)
Clinch
2012
Episode Robbery Homicide Division
Life Is Dust
2002
Episode Superstition
Dr. Dredge M.D.
2017
Episode Gabriel's Fire
Birds Gotta Fly
1991
Episode Superstition
Echoes of My Mind
2017
Movie New Jack City 1991
Episode Power Book III: Raising Kanan
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE
2022
Episode Proven Innocent
Cross to Bear
2019
Episode Superstition
Uncle Bubba
2017
Episode Empire (2015)
Got on My Knees to Pray
2019
Episode Damages
Hey! Mr. Pibb!
2009
Episode Damages
She Spat At Me
2007
Movie Redemption Road 2011
Episode Monday Mornings
One Fine Day
2013
Movie We the Party 2012
Episode Nashville (2012)
She's Got You
2013
Movie Love Kills 1999
Episode Being Mary Jane
Getting Nekkid
2017
Episode Boss (2011)
Swallow
2011
Episode Lost
Dr. Linus
2010
Episode Power Book III: Raising Kanan
REAPING AND SOWING
2021
Episode Zero Hour (2013)
Suspension
2013
Episode Law & Order
Sweetie
2008
Episode Once Upon a Time (2011)
Family Business
2014
Movie USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage 2016
Episode Damages
There's No 'We' Anymore
2007
Movie Armed 2018
Movie Red Sky 2014
Episode Empire (2015)
One Before Another
2016
Episode Nashville (2012)
Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad
2014
Episode Once Upon a Time (2011)
Fall
2014
Episode Boss (2011)
Spit
2011
Episode Law & Order
Doped
2009
Movie All Things Fall Apart 2011
Episode Nashville (2012)
How Far Down Can I Go
2014
Episode The Last Ship
Friendly Fire
2015
Episode Boss (2011)
Choose
2011
Movie Gang in Blue 1996

Writer

Movie Baadasssss! 2004
Movie Hard Luck 2006
Episode Superstition
Pilot
2017
Episode Superstition
Dr. Dredge M.D.
2017
Movie Love Kills 1999
Movie South Bronx Heroes 1985
Movie Identity Crisis 1989
Movie Armed 2018
Movie Los Locos 1997

Producer

Movie We the Party 2012
Movie Los Locos 1997
Movie Gang in Blue 1996

Guest Star

Episode Damages
I Lied, Too
2009
Episode Living Single
Likes Father, Likes Son
1996
Episode Hellcats
Papa, Oh Papa
2011
Episode A Million Little Things
six months later
2021
Episode Blindspot
Ca-Ca-Candidate for Cri-Cri-Crime
2018
Episode 21 Jump Street
Eternal Flame
1989
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Mario Van Peebles, Melvin Van Peebles
1995
Episode Damages
Burn It, Shred It, I Don't Care
2009
Episode The Village (2019)
Choosing to Hope
2019
Episode L.A. Law
Slum Enchanted Evening
1986
Episode L.A. Law
Those Lips, That Eye
1986
Episode The Cosby Show
Clair's Sister
1985
Episode Damages
I Knew Your Pig
2009
Episode 21 Jump Street
High High
1989
Episode Living With Ed
Bill and Mario's Makeovers
2008
Episode Mama Flora's Family
Episode 1
1988
Episode A Million Little Things
school ties
2022
Episode A Million Little Things
fingers crossed
2022
Episode Mama Flora's Family
Episode 2
1988
Episode Deception (2018)
The Unseen Hand
2018
Episode L.A. Law
Pilot
1986
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Mario Van Peebles, Angie, Goo Goo Dolls
1994
Episode Law & Order
Murder Book
2007
Episode The Outer Limits (1995)
Bodies of Evidence
1997
Episode A Million Little Things
little white lies
2022
Episode A Million Little Things
stay
2021
Episode Damages
I Agree, It Wasn't Funny
2009
Episode The Finder
Bullets
2012
Episode Damages
There's No 'We' Anymore
2007
Episode Robbery Homicide Division
Alton Davis Redux
2002
Episode L.A. Law
Raiders of the Lost Bark
1986
Episode A Million Little Things
fresh start
2022