Wesley Snipes
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.
White Men Can't Jump
(Sidney Deane)
Liberty Stands Still
(Joe)
Passenger 57
(John Cutter)
Jungle Fever
(Flipper Purify)
New Jack City
(Nino Brown)
Chaos
(Lorenz / Jason York)
Drop Zone
(Pete Nessip)
Play It to the Bone
(Wesley Snipes (Ringside Fan))
Money Train
(John)
The Marksman
(Painter)
The Art of War
(Neil Shaw)
Boiling Point
(Jimmy Mercer)
U.S. Marshals
(Sheridan)
Unstoppable
(Dean Cage)
The Detonator
(Sonni Griffith)
Rising Sun
(Lt. Webster Smith)
Murder at 1600
(Detective Harlan Regis)
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
(Noxeema Jackson)
Brooklyn's Finest
(Casanova 'Caz' Phillips)
7 Seconds
(Jack Tuliver)
Demolition Man
(Simon Phoenix)
One Night Stand
(Max Carlyle)
King of New York
(Thomas Flanigan)
The Fan
(Bobby Rayburn)
Major League
(Willie Mays Hayes)
Hard Luck
(Lucky)
The Art of War II: Betrayal
(Neil Shaw)
Blade II
(Blade)
Wildcats
(Trumaine)
Mo' Better Blues
(Shadow Henderson (Sax))
Blade
(Blade)
Blade: Trinity
(Eric Brooks / Blade)
Streets of Gold
(Roland Jenkins)
Undisputed
(Monroe Hutchen)
The Contractor
(James Dial)
The Waterdance
(Raymond Hill)
Disappearing Acts
(Franklin Swift)
Futuresport
(Obike Fixx)
Gallowwalkers
(Aman)
Game of Death
(Agent Marcus)
Sugar Hill
(Romello Skuggs)
Back on the Strip
(Luther 'Mr. Big')
Down in the Delta
(Will Sinclair)
The Expendables 3
(Doc)
Zig Zag
(Dave Fletcher)
Where’s Usher?
(Leslie Snipes)
Sous les marches du palais
(Self)
The Making of The Expendables 3
(Self)
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
(Self)
Chi-Raq
(Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews)
Bad
(Mini Max)
Waiting to Exhale
(James Wheeler (uncredited))
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
((archive footage))
America's Dream
(George Du Vaul (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black"))
Deadpool & Wolverine
(Blade)
Armed Response
(Isaac)
Critical Condition
(Ambulance Driver)
The Recall
(The Hunter)
Hardwood Dreams
(Narrator)
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
(Self)
Cut Throat City
(Lawrence)
Dolemite Is My Name
(D’Urville Martin)
John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
(Narrator)
Outbreak Z
Coming 2 America
(General Izzi)
Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade Trinity'
(Self)
Jackie Chan: My Story
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
(Self - Blade)
H.E.L.P.
(Off. Lou Barton)
The Bernie Mac Show
(Duke)
Miami Vice
(Silk)
The View
(Self - Guest)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Basketball: A Love Story
(Self (archive footage))
True Story
(Carlton)
The Player
(Mr. Johnson)
The Oscars
(Self)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
(The Pied Piper (voice))
What We Do in the Shadows
(Wesley)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
(Maris Morlak (voice))
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
(Hood)
Vivement dimanche
(Self)
HBO First Look
The Art of War
(Executive Producer)
The Big Hit
(Producer)
Blade II
(Producer)
Blade
(Producer)
Futuresport
(Producer)
Disappearing Acts
(Executive Producer)
Blade: Trinity
(Producer)
Blade
(Martial Arts Choreographer)
Back on the Strip
(Producer)
The Recall
(Producer)
Armed Response
(Producer)
Down in the Delta
(Producer)
Undisputed
(Executive Producer)
Outbreak Z
(Executive Producer)
Jackie Chan: My Story
(Thanks)