Melvin Van Peebles
ActingTotal Credits
73
Acting
58
First Credit
1951
Latest Credit
2024
Homicide: Life on the Street
Bennett Jackson
1993
Living Single
Actor
1993
The Outer Limits
Director
1995
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Self (voice)
2011
Girlfriends
Kenneth Daly
2000
Dream On
Norman Green
1990
Wattstax
Self
1973
Last Action Hero
Self
1993
Baadasssss!
Book
2004
The Story of a Three-Day Pass
Director · Writer · Music
1968
Greased Lightning
Screenplay · Writer
1977
The Shining
Richard Hallorann
1997
Watermelon Man
Sign Painter (uncredited) · Director · Original Music Composer
1970
Panther
Old Jail Bird · Screenplay · Novel · Producer
1995
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
2002
Slogan
Writer
1969
Boomerang
Editor
1992
True Identity
Taxi Driver
1991
Peeples
Grandpa Peeples
2013
Hard Luck
Hospital Prophet
2006
The Hebrew Hammer
Sweetback
2003
Posse
Papa Joe
1993
Riot
Vernon
1997
Terminal Velocity
Noble
1994
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Sweetback · Director · Producer · Screenplay · Editor · Original Music Composer
1971
Gang in Blue
Andre Speier · Director · Producer
1996
Redemption Road
Elmo
2011
American Swing
Self
2009
O.C. and Stiggs
Wino Bob
1987
Fist of the North Star
Asher
1995
Armed
Grandpa V.
2018
Jaws: The Revenge
Mr. Witherspoon
1987
Tales of Erotica
Director · Writer
1996
René Vautier, le rebelle
Self
2000
Sunlight
Actor · Director
1957
SMUT
Elmoore
2006
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Bucket
1951
The Sophisticated Gents
Walter 'Moon' Porter · Teleplay
1981
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
Writer
1987
Bellyful
Writer · Director · Executive Producer · Novel · Original Music Composer
2000
Sweet Black Film: The Birth of the Black Hero in Hollywood
Self
2022
976-STUD
Director
1989
How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It)
Actor
2005
Sex: The Revolution
Actor
2008
Just an Old Sweet Song
Writer
1976
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong (voice)
1992
500 Francs
Director · Writer · Original Music Composer
1961
Three Pick-Up Men for Herrick
Director · Writer
1957
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Self
1989
Confessions of a Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha
Melvin Van Peebles · Director · Writer
2008
Calm at Sunset
Mr. Bucket
1996
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Self
2021
Don't Play Us Cheap
Director · Editor · Theatre Play · Screenplay · Songs · Original Music Composer
1973
The Black List: Volume Two
Self
2009
Blackout
George
2007
CBS Schoolbreak Special
Writer
1984
Sonny Spoon
Actor
1988
Taking Care of Terrific
Hawk
1988
Classified X
Self · Writer
1998
America
Man Interviewed
1986