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Wesley Snipes
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Wesley Snipes
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1962-07-31,Orlando, Florida, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

White Men Can't Jump

6.6

White Men Can't Jump
1992-03-27

Liberty Stands Still

5.3

Liberty Stands Still
2002-01-18

5.987

Passenger 57
1992-11-06

6.4

Jungle Fever
1991-06-07

6.612

New Jack City
1991-03-08

6.323

Chaos
2005-01-17

5.7

Drop Zone
1994-12-08

Play It to the Bone

5.534

Play It to the Bone
1999-12-25

5.844

Money Train
1995-11-21

5.4

The Marksman
2005-09-06

5.7

The Art of War
2000-08-25

4.955

Boiling Point
1993-04-16

6.527

U.S. Marshals
1998-03-06

5.146

Unstoppable
2004-10-20

4.6

The Detonator
2006-04-25

6.145

Rising Sun
1993-07-30

6.058

Murder at 1600
1997-04-18

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

7.372

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995-09-08

Brooklyn's Finest

6.3

Brooklyn's Finest
2010-03-04

5.4

7 Seconds
2005-06-28

6.7

Demolition Man
1993-10-08

One Night Stand

5.7

One Night Stand
1997-11-14

King of New York

6.7

King of New York
1990-07-18

5.992

The Fan
1996-08-15

6.869

Major League
1989-02-16

5.6

Hard Luck
2006-10-17

The Art of War II: Betrayal

4.7

The Art of War II: Betrayal
2008-08-12

6.6

Blade II
2002-03-22

6.246

Wildcats
1986-02-14

Mo' Better Blues

6.475

Mo' Better Blues
1990-08-03

6.811

Blade
1998-08-21

5.86

Blade: Trinity
2004-12-08

Streets of Gold

5

Streets of Gold
1986-01-01

6.525

Undisputed
2002-07-17

5.5

The Contractor
2007-07-10

6.1

The Waterdance
1992-05-13

Disappearing Acts

6.175

Disappearing Acts
2000-12-09

4.237

Futuresport
1999-09-30

4.664

Gallowwalkers
2012-10-27

4.909

Game of Death
2011-03-31

5.6

Sugar Hill
1994-02-25

Back on the Strip

5.6

Back on the Strip
2023-08-17

Down in the Delta

6.365

Down in the Delta
1998-12-25

The Expendables 3

6.208

The Expendables 3
2014-08-07

5.8

Zig Zag
2002-06-14

0

Where’s Usher?
2024-02-08

Sous les marches du palais

0

Sous les marches du palais
1991-09-14

The Making of The Expendables 3

6.563

The Making of The Expendables 3
2014-11-25

Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes

8.5

Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
1998-08-18

5.745

Chi-Raq
2015-12-04

Waiting to Exhale

6.3

Waiting to Exhale
1995-12-22

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

6.4

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010-08-03

America's Dream

6.5

America's Dream
1996-02-17

Deadpool & Wolverine

7.59

Deadpool & Wolverine
2024-07-24

5.1

Armed Response
2017-08-04

Critical Condition

5.527

Critical Condition
1987-01-16

4.6

The Recall
2017-06-02

Hardwood Dreams

0

Hardwood Dreams
1993-10-01

Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar

7

Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
1996-08-30

Cut Throat City

6.445

Cut Throat City
2020-07-31

Dolemite Is My Name

7

Dolemite Is My Name
2019-10-04

John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk

1

John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
1996-09-10

0

Outbreak Z

Coming 2 America

6.383

Coming 2 America
2021-03-04

Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade: Trinity'

5.7

Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade: Trinity'
2005-07-13

Jackie Chan: My Story

6.2

Jackie Chan: My Story
1998-07-17

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

6.789

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024-11-12

The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'

3

The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
2002-09-03

6

H.E.L.P.
1990-03-03

The Bernie Mac Show

6.452

The Bernie Mac Show
2001-11-14

7.5

Miami Vice
1984-09-16

4.43

The View
1997-08-11

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

5.457

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25

Basketball: A Love Story

7

Basketball: A Love Story
2018-09-18

7.081

True Story
2021-11-24

6.2

The Player
2015-09-24

7.1

The Oscars
1953-03-19

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

6

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995-03-12

What We Do in the Shadows

7.986

What We Do in the Shadows
2019-03-27

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

7.824

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023-02-10

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

6

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987-05-21

Vivement dimanche

3

Vivement dimanche
1998-09-20

4.9

HBO First Look
1992-06-12

Forensic Justice

0

Forensic Justice
2016-01-23