Cast & creator
Mario Kassar
Best known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Basic Instinct, Basic Instinct
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.
Also known as: Mario F. Kassar, ماريو قصار
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1978–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (58)
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Executive Producer
1991
Basic Instinct
Executive Producer
1992Basic Instinct
Presenter
1992
First Blood
Executive Producer
1982First Blood
Presenter
1982
Lolita
Producer
1997
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Executive Producer
1985
Terminator Salvation
Executive Producer
2009
Total Recall
Executive Producer
1990Total Recall
Presenter
1990
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Producer
2003
Stargate
Executive Producer
1994
Rambo III
Executive Producer
1988
Showgirls
Executive Producer
1995
Universal Soldier
Executive Producer
1992
Jacob's Ladder
Executive Producer
1990
Cliffhanger
Executive Producer
1993Cliffhanger
Presenter
1993
Red Heat
Executive Producer
1988
Basic Instinct 2
Producer
2006
Cutthroat Island
Executive Producer
1995
Angel Heart
Executive Producer
1987
The Doors
Executive Producer
1991
The Changeling
Executive Producer
1980
Escape to Victory
Co-Producer
1981
Air America
Executive Producer
1990
Chaplin
Producer
1992
I Spy
Producer
2002
Heaven & Earth
Executive Producer
1993
Repossessed
Executive Producer
1990
DeepStar Six
Executive Producer
1989DeepStar Six
Presenter
1989
L.A. Story
Executive Producer
1991
Extreme Prejudice
Executive Producer
1987
Light Sleeper
Executive Producer
1992
Johnny Handsome
Executive Producer
1989
The Silent Partner
Presenter
1978
Narrow Margin
Executive Producer
1990
Last of the Dogmen
Executive Producer
1995
Mountains of the Moon
Executive Producer
1990
Meister der Apokalypse - Roland Emmerich
Self
2025
Superstition
Executive Producer
1982
Rambling Rose
Executive Producer
1991
The Amateur
Executive Producer
1981
Iron Eagle III
Executive Producer
1992
Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid
1981
Foxtrot Six
Executive Producer
2019Foxtrot Six
Producer
2019
In Search of Tomorrow
Himself
2022
We Get to Win This Time
Self
2002
T2: Reprogramming The Terminator
Self
2017
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Self
2022
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
Self
2019
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later
Self
2002The Gunfighter
Executive Producer
Guts and Glory
Self
2002
East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of Carolco
Self
2004Audition
Producer