Wesley Snipes

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1962-07-31 (62 years old)

Place of Birth Orlando, Florida, USA

Also Known As Wesley Trent Snipes

Wesley Snipes

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.

Known For

Actor

2024
Where’s Usher?

as Leslie Snipes

2023
Back on the Strip

as Luther 'Mr. Big'

2023
2021
Coming 2 America

as General Izzi

2021
True Story

as Carlton

2020
Cut Throat City

as Lawrence

2019
Dolemite Is My Name

as D’Urville Martin

2018
Basketball: A Love Story

as Self (archive footage)

2017
2017
The Recall

as The Hunter

2015
Chi-Raq

as Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews

2015
The Player

as Mr. Johnson

2012
2011
Game of Death

as Agent Marcus

2010
2010
Brooklyn's Finest

as Casanova 'Caz' Phillips

2007
Hard Luck

as Lucky

2007
The Contractor

as James Dial

2006
The Detonator

as Sonni Griffith

2005
The Marksman

as Painter

2005
7 Seconds

as Jack Tuliver

2005
Chaos

as Lorenz / Jason York

2004
Blade: Trinity

as Eric Brooks / Blade

2004
Unstoppable

as Dean Cage

2002
Undisputed

as Monroe Hutchen

2002
Zig Zag

as Dave Fletcher

2002
Blade II

as Blade

2000
Disappearing Acts

as Franklin Swift

2000
The Art of War

as Neil Shaw

1999
Play It to the Bone

as Wesley Snipes (Ringside Fan)

1999
Futuresport

as Obike Fixx

1998
Down in the Delta

as Will Sinclair

1998
Blade

as Blade

1998
Jackie Chan: My Story

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1998
U.S. Marshals

as Sheridan

1998
1997
One Night Stand

as Max Carlyle

1997
Murder at 1600

as Detective Harlan Regis

1997
The View

as Self - Guest

1996
The Fan

as Bobby Rayburn

1996
America's Dream

as George Du Vaul (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")

1995
Waiting to Exhale

as James Wheeler (uncredited)

1995
Money Train

as John

1994
Drop Zone

as Pete Nessip

1994
Sugar Hill

as Romello Skuggs

1993
Demolition Man

as Simon Phoenix

1993
Hardwood Dreams

as Narrator

1993
Rising Sun

as Lt. Webster Smith

1993
Boiling Point

as Jimmy Mercer

1992
Passenger 57

as John Cutter

1992
The Waterdance

as Raymond Hill

1992
White Men Can't Jump

as Sidney Deane

1991
Jungle Fever

as Flipper Purify

1991
New Jack City

as Nino Brown

1990
Mo' Better Blues

as Shadow Henderson (Sax)

1990
King of New York

as Thomas Flanigan

1990
H.E.L.P.

as Off. Lou Barton

1989
Major League

as Willie Mays Hayes

1987
Critical Condition

as Ambulance Driver

1986
Wildcats

as Trumaine

1986
Streets of Gold

as Roland Jenkins

1984
Miami Vice

as Silk

1953
The Oscars

as Self

Producer

Outbreak Z

as Executive Producer

2023
Back on the Strip

as Producer

2017
The Recall

as Producer

2017
Armed Response

as Producer

2004
Blade: Trinity

as Producer

2002
Blade II

as Producer

2002
Undisputed

as Executive Producer

2000
The Art of War

as Executive Producer

2000
Disappearing Acts

as Executive Producer

1999
Futuresport

as Producer

1998
The Big Hit

as Producer

1998
Blade

as Producer

1998
Down in the Delta

as Producer

Crew

1998
Blade

as Martial Arts Choreographer

1998