Wesley 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
as Self - Blade
as Blade
as Leslie Snipes
as Luther 'Mr. Big'
as Maris Morlak (voice)
as General Izzi
as Carlton
as Lawrence
as D’Urville Martin
as Wesley
as Self (archive footage)
as Isaac
as The Hunter
as Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews
as Mr. Johnson
as Self
as Doc
as Aman
as Agent Marcus
as (archive footage)
as Casanova 'Caz' Phillips
as Neil Shaw
as Lucky
as James Dial
as Sonni Griffith
as Painter
as Jack Tuliver
as Lorenz / Jason York
as Eric Brooks / Blade
as Dean Cage
as Monroe Hutchen
as Dave Fletcher
as Blade
as Joe
as Duke
as Franklin Swift
as Neil Shaw
as Wesley Snipes (Ringside Fan)
as Obike Fixx
as Will Sinclair
as Blade
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Sheridan
as Self
as Max Carlyle
as Detective Harlan Regis
as Self - Guest
as Narrator
as Bobby Rayburn
as George Du Vaul (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
as James Wheeler (uncredited)
as John
as Noxeema Jackson
as The Pied Piper (voice)
as Pete Nessip
as Romello Skuggs
as Simon Phoenix
as Narrator
as Lt. Webster Smith
as Jimmy Mercer
as John Cutter
as Raymond Hill
as Sidney Deane
as Self
as Flipper Purify
as Nino Brown
as Shadow Henderson (Sax)
as Thomas Flanigan
as Off. Lou Barton
as Willie Mays Hayes
as Mini Max
as Ambulance Driver
as Trumaine
as Roland Jenkins
as Silk
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
Crew
as Martial Arts Choreographer
as Thanks