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Wesley Snipes

Acting
Known For

62 Years Old

Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor and martial artist. Snipes has made films in a variety of genres, such as numerous thrillers, dramatic feature films, and comedies, though he is best known for his action films. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his work in The Waterdance (1992) and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his performance in the film One Night Stand (1997). Born in Florida, Snipes had notable parts in the comedy film Major League (1989), the drama Mo' Better Blues (1990), and the crime drama King of New York (1990) before gaining prominence by playing a drug lord in the crime drama New Jack City (1991). He subsequently received more attention for the drama film Jungle Fever (1991), the sports comedy White Men Can't Jump (1992), and the action film Passenger 57 (1992). He has since starred in various genres, such as the comedy film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), the thriller The Fan (1996), and the drama film Down in the Delta (1998), but mostly established himself as an action star, portraying both heroes and villains in films such as Demolition Man (1993), Rising Sun (1993), Money Train (1995), and U.S. Marshals (1998). Also in 1998, he was cast as Eric Brooks/BBlade in the superhero film Blade, based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name, a role he went on to reprise in Blade II (2002), Blade: Trinity (2004), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Snipes had smaller roles during the 2000s and moved to direct-to-video action films before returning to the theatrical release with films such as Brooklyn's Finest (2009) and The Expendables 3 (2014). His television work includes multiple episodes in the drama series H.E.L.P. (1990), the action thriller crime drama series The Player (2015), and the drama limited series True Story (2021), as well as the romantic drama film Disappearing Acts (2000). He formed a production company, Amen-Ra Films, in 1991, and a subsidiary, Black Dot Media, to develop projects for film and television. Snipes has been training in martial arts since the age of 12, earning a 5thdan black belt in Shotokan karate and a 2nddan black belt in Hapkido. He is credited with helping popularise martial arts in Hollywood and bringing martial arts to mainstream audiences, as well as contributing to the representation of Black actors in action roles, breaking stereotypes. In 2017, Snipes made his debut as a novelist with the urban fantasy supernatural adventure Talon of God. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wesley Snipes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Orlando, Florida, USA on 31st July 1962

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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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The View
Self - Guest
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The Bernie Mac Show
Duke
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Vivement dimanche
Self
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HBO First Look
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Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The Pied Piper (voice)
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Miami Vice
Silk
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What We Do in the Shadows
Wesley
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Deadpool & Wolverine
Blade
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Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Morlak (voice)
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The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Hood
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The Oscars
Self
True Story Image
True Story
Carlton
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Blade
Blade
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The Expendables 3
Doc
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Demolition Man
Simon Phoenix
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Blade: Trinity
Eric Brooks / Blade
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Undisputed
Monroe Hutchen
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Coming 2 America
General Izzi
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Blade II
Blade
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U.S. Marshals
Sheridan
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Passenger 57
John Cutter
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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Noxeema Jackson
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The Player
Mr. Johnson
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Money Train
John
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King of New York
Thomas Flanigan
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White Men Can't Jump
Sidney Deane
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New Jack City
Nino Brown
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Major League
Willie Mays Hayes
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Chaos
Lorenz / Jason York
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Murder at 1600
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H.E.L.P.
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The Fan
Bobby Rayburn
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Rising Sun
Lt. Webster Smith
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Drop Zone
Pete Nessip
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Brooklyn's Finest
Casanova 'Caz' Phillips
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Jackie Chan: My Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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The Contractor
James Dial
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The Art of War
Neil Shaw
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The Recall
The Hunter
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Dolemite Is My Name
D’Urville Martin
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Jungle Fever
Flipper Purify
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Self - Blade
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7 Seconds
Jack Tuliver
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Forensic Justice
Self (archive footage)
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Waiting to Exhale
James Wheeler (uncredited)
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Wildcats
Trumaine
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Armed Response
Isaac
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Chi-Raq
Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews
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Play It to the Bone
Wesley Snipes (Ringside Fan)
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The Art of War II: Betrayal
Neil Shaw
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Mo' Better Blues
Shadow Henderson (Sax)
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Cut Throat City
Lawrence
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Unstoppable
Dean Cage
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Boiling Point
Jimmy Mercer
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One Night Stand
Max Carlyle
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Game of Death
Agent Marcus
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Gallowwalkers
Aman
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Critical Condition
Ambulance Driver
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Back on the Strip
Luther 'Mr. Big'
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Sugar Hill
Romello Skuggs
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Liberty Stands Still
Joe
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The Detonator
Sonni Griffith
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Hard Luck
Lucky
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Futuresport
Obike Fixx
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The Marksman
Painter
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The Waterdance
Raymond Hill
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2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
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Zig Zag
Dave Fletcher
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The Making of The Expendables 3
Self
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Disappearing Acts
Franklin Swift
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Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade: Trinity'
Self
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Down in the Delta
Will Sinclair
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Streets of Gold
Roland Jenkins
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Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
Self
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America's Dream
George Du Vaul (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
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Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
Self
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John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
Narrator
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Where’s Usher?
Leslie Snipes
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The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
Self
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Hardwood Dreams
Narrator
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Outbreak Z
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Sous les marches du palais
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