Wesley Snipes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 31, 1962 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- Orlando, Florida, USA
- Credits
- 90
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.
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Known for
Filmography
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024Movie
Self - Blade
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024Movie
Blade
Where's Usher?
2024Movie
Leslie Snipes
Back on the Strip
2023Movie
Luther 'Mr. Big'
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023TV
Morlak (voice)
True Story
2021TV
Carlton
Coming 2 America
2021Movie
General Izzi
Cut Throat City
2020Movie
Lawrence
Dolemite Is My Name
2019Movie
D’Urville Martin
What We Do in the Shadows
2019TV
Wesley
Basketball: A Love Story
2018TV
Self (archive footage)
Armed Response
2017Movie
Isaac
The Recall
2017Movie
The Hunter
Forensic Justice
2016TV
Self (archive footage)
Chi-Raq
2015Movie
Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews
The Player
2015TV
Mr. Johnson
The Making of The Expendables 3
2014Movie
Self
Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience
2014Movie
self
The Expendables 3
2014Movie
Doc
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self
Gallowwalkers
2012Movie
Aman
Game of Death
2010Movie
Agent Marcus
Conan
2010TV
Self
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010Movie
(archive footage)
Brooklyn's Finest
2010Movie
Casanova 'Caz' Phillips
The Art of War II: Betrayal
2008Movie
Neil Shaw
The Contractor
2007Movie
James Dial
Hard Luck
2006Movie
Lucky
The Detonator
2006Movie
Sonni Griffith
The Marksman
2005Movie
Painter
7 Seconds
2005Movie
Jack Tuliver
Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade Trinity
2005Movie
Self
Chaos
2005Movie
Lorenz / Jason York
Blade: Trinity
2004Movie
Blade
Unstoppable
2004Movie
Dean Cage
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
2002Movie
Self
Undisputed
2002Movie
Monroe Hutchen
Zig Zag
2002Movie
Dave Fletcher
Blade II
2002Movie
Blade
Liberty Stands Still
2002Movie
Joe
The Bernie Mac Show
2001TV
Duke
Disappearing Acts
2000Movie
Franklin Swift
The Art of War
2000Movie
Neil Shaw
Play It to the Bone
1999Movie
Wesley Snipes (Ringside Fan)
Futuresport
1999Movie
Obike Fixx
Down in the Delta
1998Movie
Will Sinclair
Vivement dimanche
1998TV
Self
Blade
1998Movie
Blade
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
1998Movie
Self
U.S. Marshals
1998Movie
Sheridan
One Night Stand
1997Movie
Max Carlyle
The View
1997TV
Self - Guest
Murder at 1600
1997Movie
Detective Harlan Regis
John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
1996Movie
Narrator
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
1996Movie
Self
The Fan
1996Movie
Bobby Rayburn
America's Dream
1996Movie
George Du Vaul (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
Waiting to Exhale
1995Movie
James Wheeler (uncredited)
Money Train
1995Movie
John
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995Movie
Noxeema Jackson
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995TV
The Pied Piper (voice)
Drop Zone
1994Movie
Pete Nessip
Sugar Hill
1994Movie
Romello Skuggs
Demolition Man
1993Movie
Simon Phoenix
Hardwood Dreams
1993Movie
Narrator
Rising Sun
1993Movie
Lt. Webster Smith
Boiling Point
1993Movie
Jimmy Mercer
The Real Malcolm X
1992Movie
Passenger 57
1992Movie
John Cutter
HBO First Look
1992TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Self
The Waterdance
1992Movie
Raymond Hill
White Men Can't Jump
1992Movie
Sidney Deane
Sous les marches du palais
1991Movie
Self
Jungle Fever
1991Movie
Flipper Purify
New Jack City
1991Movie
Nino Brown
Mo' Better Blues
1990Movie
Shadow Henderson (Sax)
King of New York
1990Movie
Thomas Flanigan
H.E.L.P.
1990TV
Lou Barton
Major League
1989Movie
Willie Mays Hayes
Michael Jackson: Bad
1988Movie
Mini Max
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987TV
Hood
Critical Condition
1987Movie
Ambulance Driver
Streets of Gold
1986Movie
Roland Jenkins
Wildcats
1986Movie
Trumaine
Miami Vice
1984TV
Silk
Film '72
1971TV
Self
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Outbreak Z
Movie