
Wesley Snipes
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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.
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Known For

The Oscars

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

HBO First Look

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

The Bernie Mac Show

What We Do in the Shadows

Miami Vice

Critical Condition

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

Wildcats

Deadpool & Wolverine

Coming 2 America

The Expendables 3

Major League

Down in the Delta

The Making of The Expendables 3

Brooklyn's Finest

The Player

Chi-Raq

Chaos

America's Dream

True Story

Demolition Man

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

U.S. Marshals

Dolemite Is My Name

The Art of War II: Betrayal

The Contractor

Drop Zone

New Jack City

Blade

Blade: Trinity

Passenger 57

Blade II

7 Seconds

Money Train
Production Credits
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