Mars
MARS (they/them) is an award-winning actor, writer & producer. As a child, MARS & their family immigrated to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, as Jewish refugees from Russia. Dedicated to smashing the patriarchy, MARS Co-Founded Besties Make Movies. MARS has received several Best Actress nominations for their work in the award-winning short film JONES. Their film 2 WEEKS about asexuality premiered at the Oxford Film Festival, screened at NFMLA and won Best LGBT Short at Indie Short Fest and IndieX Film Fest. APPETITE, a short film they wrote and starred in, premiered at the Oxford Film Festival. The feature film Triple Threat in which they play one of the lead roles is now streaming on Peacock after taking home several awards on the festival circuit! This summer you can catch them as Jeanine in AppleTV+'s Presumed Innocent. Their script ZASHA, which they co-wrote, has been doing festivals and recently won Best Horror Short at the Oregon Short Film Festival.
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- Born:
- In Volgograd, USSR [now Russia]
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 133
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Monkey Goes West 1966-01-18
- Latest Project:
- Series Presumed Innocent 2024-06-11
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Presumed Innocent | Jeannie | 2024-06-11 |
| Movie | Enter the Clones of Bruce | Self | 2023-12-22 |
| Movie | New Kung Fu Cult Master | 2022-01-28 | |
| Movie | New Kung Fu Cult Master 2 | 2022-02-12 | |
| Movie | Kung Fu Stuntmen | 2021-08-28 | |
| Movie | Queen of Triads 2 | Da Nie | 2021-03-16 |
| Movie | Appetite | Tanya | 2021-10-16 |
| Movie | 2 Weeks | Tanya | 2020-06-22 |
| Movie | 孙悟空大战盘丝洞 | Sha Sen | 2020-05-22 |
| Movie | Triple Threat | Maggie | 2020-10-11 |
| Movie | JONES | JONES | 2019-02-16 |
| Movie | The Incoherents | MoonBeam | 2019-06-22 |
| Movie | Landing Up | Lara/Peace | 2018-05-15 |
| Movie | Kung Fu League | A Niu | 2018-10-19 |
| Movie | Girl of the Big House | 2016-08-04 | |
| Movie | The Next Two Nights | Cece | 2016-10-15 |
| Movie | Made to Penetrate | Emily | 2014-08-05 |
| Movie | 7 Assassins | 2013-06-09 | |
| Series | Brother's Keeper | 2013-09-23 | |
| Movie | The Fortune Buddies | 2011-08-11 | |
| Movie | I Corrupt All Cops | 2009-04-30 | |
| Movie | Kung Fu Mahjong 3: The Final Duel | 2007-01-18 | |
| Movie | Bullet and Brain | 2007-11-15 | |
| Movie | Around the World in 80 Days | Scorpion | 2004-06-16 |
| Movie | Shanghai Knights | Torch Thug on Boat (uncredited) | 2003-02-06 |
| Movie | Rush Hour 2 | Extra (uncredited) | 2001-08-03 |
| Movie | Prostitute Killers | 2000-03-30 | |
| Movie | Moonlight Express | Officer Tung's detective | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Gorgeous | Masked Metal Bat Thug (uncredited) | 1999-02-12 |
| Movie | No Problem | 1999-11-27 | |
| Movie | Jackie Chan: My Stunts | Himself | 1999-03-30 |
| Movie | Rush Hour | Juntao's Man in Hong Kong (uncredited) | 1998-09-18 |
| Movie | Knock Off | Thug (uncredited) | 1998-09-04 |
| Movie | Till Death Do Us Part | 1998-12-03 | |
| Movie | Mr. Nice Guy | Pedestrian/Mall Shopper/Flower Stall Man/Trucker/+ (uncredited) | 1997-01-31 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time in China and America | Extra (uncredited) | 1997-02-01 |
| Movie | How to Meet the Lucky Stars | 1996-07-04 | |
| Movie | Thunderbolt | Saw's Thug (uncredited) | 1995-09-08 |
| Movie | Red Zone | Prison guard | 1995-12-01 |
| Movie | The Legend of Drunken Master | Thug / Spectator (uncredited) | 1994-02-03 |
| Movie | The Wrath of Silence | Detective | 1994-09-08 |
| Movie | Crime Story | Terrorist | 1993-06-24 |
| Movie | Supercop 2 | Jewelry Store Customer | 1993-10-21 |
| Movie | Twin Dragons | Rascal | 1992-01-15 |
| Movie | Police Story 3: Super Cop | Hsiung | 1992-07-04 |
| Movie | Operation Condor | Extra (uncredited) | 1991-02-07 |
| Movie | Angry Ranger | [Extra] | 1991-09-14 |
| Movie | The Banquet | Man at table | 1991-11-30 |
| Movie | Stage Door Johnny | Kuo | 1990-03-24 |
| Movie | Undeclared War | Tiger | 1990-09-01 |
| Movie | The Inspector Wears Skirts Part II | Mars | 1989-01-28 |
| Movie | Miracles: The Canton Godfather | Police Sergeant | 1989-06-15 |
| Movie | The Inspector Wears Skirts | 1988-06-03 | |
| Movie | Police Story 2 | Kim | 1988-08-13 |
| Movie | Spooky, Spooky | Mars | 1988-10-19 |
| Movie | Magic Story | Taoist priest | 1987-01-16 |
| Movie | Project A: Part II | Mars | 1987-07-25 |
| Movie | Naughty Boys | Sheng | 1986-07-25 |
| Movie | Armour of God | Extra (uncredited) | 1986-08-16 |
| Movie | Police Story | Inspector "Big Mouth" Kim | 1985-12-14 |
| Movie | Pom Pom | Motorcycle Cop #1 | 1984-02-22 |
| Movie | Wheels on Meals | Motorcycle Punk (uncredited) | 1984-08-17 |
| Movie | The Trail | Fatty | 1983-03-31 |
| Movie | Project A | Jaws | 1983-12-22 |
| Movie | Winners & Sinners | Man Snatching Archie's Briefcase | 1983-07-07 |
| Movie | Dragon Lord | Wong Chin (Cowboy, Ah Niu) | 1982-01-21 |
| Movie | Shaolin Fighters vs. Ninja | 1981-03-02 | |
| Movie | The Legal Illegals | 1981-09-01 | |
| Movie | Game of Death II | Guard In The Cave | 1981-03-21 |
| Movie | Lackey and the Lady Tiger | Big Brother | 1980-03-06 |
| Movie | Snake Deadly Act | Thug | 1980-01-17 |
| Movie | The Young Master | (extra) | 1980-02-09 |
| Movie | Knockabout | Tiger | 1979-04-12 |
| Movie | Odd Couple | Potato | 1979-08-09 |
| Movie | Itchy Fingers | Mr Liu's thug | 1979-01-26 |
| Movie | The Dragon, the Hero | Defeated fighter [cameo] | 1979-01-01 |
| Movie | His Name is Nobody | Man in restaurant [cameo] | 1979-08-16 |
| Movie | The Incredible Kung Fu Master | One of Yang Wei's men | 1979-01-26 |
| Movie | The Wickedness in Poverty | Toilet waste carrier | 1979-08-23 |
| Movie | Crazy Couple | 1979-12-30 | |
| Movie | Last Hurrah for Chivalry | Pak Chung Tong's Man | 1979-11-22 |
| Movie | Fists and Guts | 1979-12-21 | |
| Movie | The Challenger | Fair croupier | 1979-10-24 |
| Movie | Crazy Partner | 1979-08-30 | |
| Movie | The 36th Chamber of Shaolin | 1978-02-02 | |
| Movie | Kung Fu Means Fists, Strikes and Sword | Thug | 1978-01-27 |
| Movie | Naked Comes the Huntress | Monk | 1978-01-01 |
| Movie | Bruce Lee The Invincible | 1978-02-17 | |
| Movie | Warriors Two | Thunder's Men / Civilian | 1978-12-28 |
| Movie | Game of Death | Macau Fighter (uncredited) | 1978-03-23 |
| Movie | Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog | 3 Tricks Kid partner | 1978-07-21 |
| Movie | The Legendary Strike | Ko Fung | 1978-11-30 |
| Movie | Enter the Fat Dragon | Dream Sequence Fighter | 1978-07-13 |
| Movie | Money Crazy | Hitman | 1977-07-28 |
| Movie | The Shaolin Plot | Monk | 1977-04-06 |
| Movie | The Iron-Fisted Monk | 1977-08-25 | |
| Movie | Broken Oath | One of Chou's guards | 1977-12-03 |
| Movie | The Amsterdam Kill | 1977-12-26 | |
| Movie | He Has Nothing But Kung Fu | 1977-11-03 | |
| Movie | Soul Brothers of Kung Fu | 1977-10-19 | |
| Movie | The Magic Blade | 1976-07-10 | |
| Movie | The Private Eyes | Robber | 1976-12-16 |
| Movie | Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth | Charlie | 1976-10-28 |
| Movie | The Valiant Ones | Pirate Cai Men | 1975-02-19 |
| Movie | Hong Kong Superman | 1975-06-25 | |
| Movie | The Man from Hong Kong | Police Cadet | 1975-07-31 |
| Movie | Village of Tigers | Hero Bao's friend | 1974-01-12 |
| Movie | Bloody Ring | 1974-01-12 | |
| Movie | The Dynamite Brothers | Tuen's Henchman | 1974-05-01 |
| Movie | The Shaolin Boxer | Chuan's student | 1974-06-14 |
| Movie | The Young Dragons | Lui Fu's thug | 1974-07-25 |
| Movie | The Bod Squad | Pirate killed on ship | 1974-06-21 |
| Movie | The Rendezvous of Warriors | 1973-05-02 | |
| Movie | The Cub Tiger from Kwang Tung | Chow's thug | 1973-03-31 |
| Movie | The Bastard | Gu's thug | 1973-02-06 |
| Movie | Back Alley Princess | 1973-02-17 | |
| Movie | Fist of Unicorn | Stuttering boy | 1973-03-01 |
| Movie | The Awaken Punch | Fighter | 1973-05-23 |
| Movie | Honor and Love | 1973-12-29 | |
| Movie | Enter the Dragon | Guard Executed by Bolo (uncredited) | 1973-08-17 |
| Movie | Supermen Against the Orient | Thug | 1973-11-29 |
| Movie | The Young Tiger | Thug in army pants | 1973-09-06 |
| Movie | Fist to Fist | 1973-09-01 | |
| Movie | The Brutal Boxer | Chin | 1972-10-04 |
| Movie | Fist of Fury | Dojo Student (uncredited) | 1972-03-22 |
| Movie | Revenge of the Dragon | 1972-10-19 | |
| Movie | Trilogy of Swordsmanship | 1) Shi's fellow soldier | 1972-11-05 |
| Movie | The Black Tavern | Assassin | 1972-12-16 |
| Movie | The Eunuch | Soldier | 1971-05-12 |
| Movie | Golden Swallow | Chang Shun's Son | 1968-04-03 |
| Movie | The One-Armed Swordsman | Street Kid with Mask | 1967-07-26 |
| Movie | The Monkey Goes West | Sand Demon | 1966-01-18 |
| Movie | Come Drink with Me | One of the Little Kids | 1966-04-07 |