Person
Mario Kassar
Production · Born 1951-10-10 · Beirut, Lebanon
Biography
Mario F. Kassar (Arabic: ماريو قصار; born October 10, 1951) is a Lebanese-American film producer and industry executive who produced the first three films of the Rambo series, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Total Recall, The Doors, Angel Heart, Jacob's Ladder, Rambling Rose, Basic Instinct, Universal Soldier, Chaplin, Showgirls, and Stargate, among other films. He founded the now-defunct Carolco Pictures with Andrew G. Vajna. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Kassar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Executive Producer
Basic Instinct
Executive Producer
First Blood
Executive Producer
Lolita
Producer
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Executive Producer
Total Recall
Executive Producer
Terminator Salvation
Executive Producer
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Producer
Showgirls
Executive Producer
Rambo III
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2025Meister der Apokalypse - Roland EmmerichSelf
- 2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen RetrospectiveSelf
- 2022In Search of TomorrowHimself
- 2019In Search of the Last Action HeroesSelf
- 2019Foxtrot SixExecutive Producer
- 2017T2: Reprogramming The TerminatorSelf
- 2009Terminator SalvationExecutive Producer
- 2006Basic Instinct 2Producer
- 2004East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of CarolcoSelf
- 2003Terminator 3: Rise of the MachinesProducer
- 2002I SpyProducer
- 2002We Get to Win This TimeSelf
- 2002Guts and GlorySelf
- 2002Drawing First Blood: 20 Years LaterSelf
- 1997LolitaProducer
- 1995Cutthroat IslandExecutive Producer
- 1995ShowgirlsExecutive Producer
- 1995Last of the DogmenExecutive Producer
- 1994StargateExecutive Producer
- 1993Heaven & EarthExecutive Producer
- 1993CliffhangerExecutive Producer
- 1992ChaplinProducer
- 1992Light SleeperExecutive Producer
- 1992Universal SoldierExecutive Producer
- 1992Basic InstinctExecutive Producer
- 1992Iron Eagle IIIExecutive Producer
- 1991Rambling RoseExecutive Producer
- 1991Terminator 2: Judgment DayExecutive Producer
- 1991The DoorsExecutive Producer
- 1991L.A. StoryExecutive Producer
- 1990Jacob's LadderExecutive Producer
- 1990Narrow MarginExecutive Producer
- 1990RepossessedExecutive Producer
- 1990Air AmericaExecutive Producer
- 1990Total RecallExecutive Producer
- 1990Mountains of the MoonExecutive Producer
- 1989Johnny HandsomeExecutive Producer
- 1989DeepStar SixExecutive Producer
- 1988Red HeatExecutive Producer
- 1988Rambo IIIExecutive Producer
- 1987Extreme PrejudiceExecutive Producer
- 1987Angel HeartExecutive Producer
- 1985Rambo: First Blood Part IIExecutive Producer
- 1982First BloodExecutive Producer
- 1982SuperstitionExecutive Producer
- 1981The AmateurExecutive Producer
- 1981Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
- 1981Escape to VictoryCo-Producer
- 1980The ChangelingExecutive Producer
- 1978The Silent PartnerPresenter
- —AuditionProducer
- —The GunfighterExecutive Producer
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