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Mario Van born as <a href="/biography/mario-van">Mario Cain Van Peebles</a> on the 15th of January 1957 to <a href="/biography/mario-van">Melvin Van Peebles</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Marx_(Schauspielerin)">Maria Marx</a>.  He was born and brought up in Mexico City, Mexico. Mario’s father is well known to pioneer the area of writing and direction in the 1970’s and his mother was a German photographer and actress. Mario did his schooling in Connecticut from the Saint Thomas More School in the year 1974. He later went to the Columbia University, thereby successfully earning a graduation in economics.

Mario has done remarkable work starting from acting to film direction. His acting career includes successful stints in the various movies and TV shows. With his appearance in his father’s successful film Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, it could be concluded that he belonged to the creative field by birth and he is doing quite well in here.

<a href="/biography/mario-van">Van Peebles</a> television work include being the protagonist in the show Sonny Spoon, The Cosby Show in the year 1985, A triumph of the heart: The Ricky Bell story in the year 1991, 44 minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-out in eth year 2003 and The Game in the year 2011.

The handsome actor after the appearance in his father’s film got the movie The Exterminator 2 in the year 1984 as his second film. After this there was no stopping for Van and he gave performances in movies including Delivery Boys in the year 1985, Jaws: The Revenge in the year 1987, New Jack City in the year 1991, Highlander: The Final Dimension in the year 1994 and the latest one being Mantervention in the year 2014.

The film New Jack City happened to be his masterpiece in the field of direction. The subject of the short budget film was drug abuse and Van directed it with such details that it bloomed to be a favourite of critics and was able to draw overwhelming crowd to the theatres. The film also starred <a href="/biography/mario-van">Peebles</a> in a role of police inspector and became quite popular amongst the masses. It was also a best-selling video. Mario has also shared the stage space with his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Van_Peebles">father</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Van_Peebles">Melvin</a> for Broadway. The play hit the theatre in the year 1981 and was named Waltz of the Stork. Following his sire’s footsteps Mario is doing quite good in the industry and raises the bar with every project he comes out. Later he started his own production company by the name of MVP Filmz. Another remarkable work of Mario include the portrayal of his father’s biography in the film Baadassssss, the film was also co-written and directed by him.

Mario Van married twice. The name of his current wife is Chitra Sukhu Van Peebles. He has five children, two from his previous marriage and 3 from current. The children include three boys and two girls. Mario puts genuine efforts in his work and has gained success as well as fortune from it. His net worth stands a whooping eight million USD and still counting as he contributes more and more to cinema.

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