Wesley Snipes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 31, 1962
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
- Outbreak Z
Outbreak Z TBA
Actor, Executive Producer
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine 2024
as Self - Blade
Deadpool & Wolverine 2024
as Blade
Where's Usher? 2024
as Leslie Snipes
Back on the Strip 2023
as Luther 'Mr. Big', Producer
Coming 2 America 2021
as General Izzi
Cut Throat City 2020
as Lawrence
Dolemite Is My Name 2019
as D’Urville Martin
Armed Response 2017
as Isaac, Producer
The Recall 2017
as The Hunter, Producer
Chi-Raq 2015
as Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews
The Making of The Expendables 3 2014
as Self
Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience 2014
as self
The Expendables 3 2014
as Doc
Gallowwalkers 2012
as Aman
Game of Death 2010
as Agent Marcus
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift 2010
as (archive footage)
Brooklyn's Finest 2010
as Casanova 'Caz' Phillips
The Art of War II: Betrayal 2008
as Neil Shaw
The Contractor 2007
as James Dial
Hard Luck 2006
as Lucky
The Detonator 2006
as Sonni Griffith
The Marksman 2005
as Painter
7 Seconds 2005
as Jack Tuliver
Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade Trinity 2005
as Self
Chaos 2005
as Lorenz / Jason York
Blade: Trinity 2004
as Blade, Producer
Unstoppable 2004
as Dean Cage
The Blood Pact: The Making of Blade II 2002
as Self
Undisputed 2002
as Monroe Hutchen, Executive Producer
Zig Zag 2002
as Dave Fletcher
Blade II 2002
as Blade, Producer
Liberty Stands Still 2002
as Joe
Disappearing Acts 2000
as Franklin Swift, Executive Producer
The Art of War 2000
as Neil Shaw, Executive Producer
Play It to the Bone 1999
as Wesley Snipes (Ringside Fan)
Futuresport 1999
as Obike Fixx, Producer
Down in the Delta 1998
as Will Sinclair, Producer
Blade 1998
as Blade, Producer, Martial Arts Choreographer
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes 1998
as Self
Jackie Chan: My Story 1998
Thanks
The Big Hit 1998
Producer
U.S. Marshals 1998
as Sheridan
One Night Stand 1997
as Max Carlyle
Murder at 1600 1997
as Detective Harlan Regis
John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk 1996
as Narrator
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar 1996
as Self
The Fan 1996
as Bobby Rayburn
America's Dream 1996
as George Du Vaul (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
Waiting to Exhale 1995
as James Wheeler (uncredited)
Money Train 1995
as John
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar 1995
as Noxeema Jackson
Drop Zone 1994
as Pete Nessip
Sugar Hill 1994
as Romello Skuggs
Demolition Man 1993
as Simon Phoenix
Hardwood Dreams 1993
as Narrator
Rising Sun 1993
as Lt. Webster Smith
Boiling Point 1993
as Jimmy Mercer
The Real Malcolm X 1992
Actor
Passenger 57 1992
as John Cutter
The Waterdance 1992
as Raymond Hill
White Men Can't Jump 1992
as Sidney Deane
Sous les marches du palais 1991
as Self
Jungle Fever 1991
as Flipper Purify
New Jack City 1991
as Nino Brown
Mo' Better Blues 1990
as Shadow Henderson (Sax)
King of New York 1990
as Thomas Flanigan
Major League 1989
as Willie Mays Hayes
Critical Condition 1987
as Ambulance Driver
Streets of Gold 1986
as Roland Jenkins
Wildcats 1986
as Trumaine
Credits from TMDB.