Biography for
Mario Van Peebles More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

15 January 1957, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Nickname

stone
Chip

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Mini Biography

Mario Van Peebles was born in Mexico City. He was an analyst for the New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget under Mayor Ed Koch during the city's fiscal crisis in 1979, going by the name Mario Peebles. Assigned to the Environmental Protection Agency budget task force.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Glenn Worthman

Spouse

Chittra Sukhu

(? - present) 5 children

Trivia

Son of director Melvin Van Peebles and German actress Maria Marx. Father of Maya Van Peebles, Marley Van Peebles, Mandela Van Peebles. Brother of Megan Van Peebles and Max Van Peebles.

Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1991]

Earned a B.A. in Economics from Columbia University in 1978.

His movie debut came when he was 13 in his father's 1971 film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971), where he had a love scene with an older woman.

Mother is German actress Maria Marx.

Has his own movie production company named "MVP Filmz".

Was considered for the role of Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999).