Mario Kassar
Production·October 10, 1951 — 74 years old·Beirut, Lebanon
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.
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—AuditionProducer—The GunfighterExecutive Producer2025Meister der Apokalypse - Roland EmmerichSelf2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen RetrospectiveSelf2022In Search of TomorrowHimself2019In Search of the Last Action HeroesSelf2019Foxtrot SixExecutive Producer · Producer2017T2: Reprogramming The TerminatorSelf2009Terminator SalvationExecutive Producer2006Basic Instinct 2Producer2004East Meets West: "Red Heat" and the Kings of CarolcoSelf2003Terminator 3: Rise of the MachinesProducer2002I SpyProducer2002We Get to Win This TimeSelf2002Guts and GlorySelf2002Drawing First Blood: 20 Years LaterSelf1997LolitaProducer1995Cutthroat IslandExecutive Producer1995ShowgirlsExecutive Producer1995Last of the DogmenExecutive Producer1994StargateExecutive Producer1993Heaven & EarthExecutive Producer1993CliffhangerExecutive Producer · Presenter1992ChaplinProducer1992Light SleeperExecutive Producer1992Universal SoldierExecutive Producer1992Basic InstinctExecutive Producer · Presenter1992Iron Eagle IIIExecutive Producer1991Rambling RoseExecutive Producer1991Terminator 2: Judgment DayExecutive Producer1991The DoorsExecutive Producer1991L.A. StoryExecutive Producer1990Jacob's LadderExecutive Producer1990Narrow MarginExecutive Producer1990RepossessedExecutive Producer1990Air AmericaExecutive Producer1990Total RecallExecutive Producer · Presenter1990Mountains of the MoonExecutive Producer1989Johnny HandsomeExecutive Producer1989DeepStar SixExecutive Producer · Presenter1988Red HeatExecutive Producer1988Rambo IIIExecutive Producer1987Extreme PrejudiceExecutive Producer1987Angel HeartExecutive Producer1985Rambo: First Blood Part IIExecutive Producer1982First BloodExecutive Producer · Presenter1982SuperstitionExecutive Producer1981The AmateurExecutive Producer1981Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid1981Escape to VictoryCo-Producer1980The ChangelingExecutive Producer1978The Silent PartnerPresenter