Wesley Snipes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 31, 1962 (age 64)
- Birthplace
- Orlando, Florida, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Outbreak Z
Movie
Where's Usher?
Movie · as Leslie Snipes
Deadpool & Wolverine
Movie · as Blade
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Movie · as Self - Blade
Back on the Strip
Movie · as Luther 'Mr. Big'
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV · as Morlak (voice) · 2 eps
Coming 2 America
Movie · as General Izzi
True Story
TV · as Carlton · 7 eps
Cut Throat City
Movie · as Lawrence
Dolemite Is My Name
Movie · as D’Urville Martin
What We Do in the Shadows
TV · as Wesley · 1 ep
Basketball: A Love Story
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Armed Response
Movie · as Isaac
The Recall
Movie · as The Hunter
Forensic Justice
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Chi-Raq
Movie · as Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews
The Player
TV · as Mr. Johnson · 9 eps
The Expendables 3
Movie · as Doc
The Making of The Expendables 3
Movie · as Self
Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience
Movie · as self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Gallowwalkers
Movie · as Aman
Brooklyn's Finest
Movie · as Casanova 'Caz' Phillips
Game of Death
Movie · as Agent Marcus
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Movie · as (archive footage)
Conan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Art of War II: Betrayal
Movie · as Neil Shaw
The Contractor
Movie · as James Dial
The Detonator
Movie · as Sonni Griffith
Hard Luck
Movie · as Lucky
Chaos
Movie · as Lorenz / Jason York
The Marksman
Movie · as Painter
7 Seconds
Movie · as Jack Tuliver
Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade Trinity
Movie · as Self
Unstoppable
Movie · as Dean Cage
Blade: Trinity
Movie · as Blade
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Liberty Stands Still
Movie · as Joe
Blade II
Movie · as Blade
Undisputed
Movie · as Monroe Hutchen
Zig Zag
Movie · as Dave Fletcher
The Blood Pact: The Making of Blade II
Movie · as Self
The Bernie Mac Show
TV · as Duke · 1 ep
The Art of War
Movie · as Neil Shaw
Disappearing Acts
Movie · as Franklin Swift
Play It to the Bone
Movie · as Wesley Snipes (Ringside Fan)
Futuresport
Movie · as Obike Fixx
U.S. Marshals
Movie · as Sheridan
Blade
Movie · as Blade
Down in the Delta
Movie · as Will Sinclair
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
Movie · as Self
Vivement dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Murder at 1600
Movie · as Detective Harlan Regis
One Night Stand
Movie · as Max Carlyle
The View
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Fan
Movie · as Bobby Rayburn
America's Dream
Movie · as George Du Vaul (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
Movie · as Self
John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
Movie · as Narrator
Money Train
Movie · as John
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Movie · as Noxeema Jackson
Waiting to Exhale
Movie · as James Wheeler (uncredited)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV · as The Pied Piper (voice) · 1 ep
Drop Zone
Movie · as Pete Nessip
Sugar Hill
Movie · as Romello Skuggs
Boiling Point
Movie · as Jimmy Mercer
Rising Sun
Movie · as Lt. Webster Smith
Demolition Man
Movie · as Simon Phoenix
Hardwood Dreams
Movie · as Narrator
White Men Can't Jump
Movie · as Sidney Deane
Passenger 57
Movie · as John Cutter
The Waterdance
Movie · as Raymond Hill
The Real Malcolm X
Movie
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 1 ep
HBO First Look
TV · 1 ep
Jungle Fever
Movie · as Flipper Purify
New Jack City
Movie · as Nino Brown
Sous les marches du palais
Movie · as Self
King of New York
Movie · as Thomas Flanigan
Mo' Better Blues
Movie · as Shadow Henderson (Sax)
H.E.L.P.
TV · as Lou Barton · 6 eps
Major League
Movie · as Willie Mays Hayes
Critical Condition
Movie · as Ambulance Driver
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
TV · as Hood · 1 ep
Wildcats
Movie · as Trumaine
Streets of Gold
Movie · as Roland Jenkins
Miami Vice
TV · as Silk · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep