Wesley Snipes

Known for ActingBorn 1962-07-31 (age 63)Orlando, Florida, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes

What We Do in the Shadows

The Real Malcolm X

Deadpool & Wolverine

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Basketball: A Love Story

Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar

H.E.L.P.

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Miami Vice

True Story

Dolemite Is My Name

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

Hardwood Dreams

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

Blade

Major League

The Making of The Expendables 3

Demolition Man

King of New York

America's Dream

The Bernie Mac Show

New Jack City

Blade II

Cut Throat City

White Men Can't Jump

Coming 2 America

The Oscars

Undisputed

U.S. Marshals

The Player

Brooklyn's Finest

Mo' Better Blues

Chaos

The Expendables 3

Jungle Fever

Down in the Delta

Jackie Chan: My Story

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

Waiting to Exhale

Disappearing Acts

Wildcats

Rising Sun

Murder at 1600

The Fan

The Big Hit

Passenger 57