Mandela Van Peebles

"Legacy" is what you think of when hearing the Van Peebles name, and third generation Mandela is definitely doing his part in upholding the family's cinematic lineage. Van Peebles recently finished filming the Taylor Sheridan (of Yellowstone fame) and Antoine Fuqua-produced Mayor of Kingstown (2021) alongside Jeremy Renner, Kyle Chandler and Dianne Wiest in his second home of Toronto (he holds dual citizenship with Canada and the U.S; his mother is Canadian) in the role of Sam, a novice guard in a brutal maximum security prison. Season two's premiere episode of the Hulu hit television show Wu-Tang: An American Saga (Little Ghetto Boys 2021) produced by Rza, Method Man and Brian Grazer further exemplifies just how versatile an actor he is, as the charming and charismatic thespian eased into his role as lead antagonist Shank, a young and ruthless drug dealer. Van Peebles gained worldwide recognition as the affable Mitch in Jigsaw (2016) of the SAW movie franchise, the biggest horror franchise to date, with fans still lamenting his undeserved death; he also previously appeared in the epic reimagining of the miniseries Roots with Forest Whittaker and Lawrence Fishburne, in Part 2 (2012) as Noah.