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.
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Michael Jackson: A Life in Music
as Self (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
as Self - Blade
Where's Usher?
as Leslie Snipes
Back on the Strip
as Luther 'Mr. Big'
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Morlak (voice)
True Story
as Carlton
Coming 2 America
as General Izzi
Cut Throat City
as Lawrence
Dolemite Is My Name
as D’Urville Martin
What We Do in the Shadows
as Wesley
Basketball: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
Armed Response
as Isaac
The Recall
as The Hunter
Forensic Justice
as Self (archive footage)
Chi-Raq
as Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews
The Player
as Mr. Johnson
The Making of The Expendables 3
as Self
Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience
as self
The Expendables 3
as Doc
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Gallowwalkers
as Aman
Game of Death
as Agent Marcus
Conan
as Self
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
Brooklyn's Finest
as Casanova 'Caz' Phillips
The Art of War II: Betrayal
as Neil Shaw
The Contractor
as James Dial
Hard Luck
as Lucky
The Detonator
as Sonni Griffith
The Marksman
as Painter
7 Seconds
as Jack Tuliver
Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade Trinity
as Self
Chaos
as Lorenz / Jason York
Unstoppable
as Dean Cage
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
as Self
Zig Zag
as Dave Fletcher
Liberty Stands Still
as Joe
The Bernie Mac Show
as Duke
Disappearing Acts
as Franklin Swift
The Art of War
as Neil Shaw
Play It to the Bone
as Wesley Snipes (Ringside Fan)
Futuresport
as Obike Fixx
Down in the Delta
as Will Sinclair
Vivement dimanche
as Self
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
as Self
U.S. Marshals
as Sheridan
One Night Stand
as Max Carlyle
The View
as Self - Guest
Murder at 1600
as Detective Harlan Regis
John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
as Narrator
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
as Self
The Fan
as Bobby Rayburn
America's Dream
as George Du Vaul (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
Waiting to Exhale
as James Wheeler (uncredited)
Money Train
as John
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
as Noxeema Jackson
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as The Pied Piper (voice)
Drop Zone
as Pete Nessip
Sugar Hill
as Romello Skuggs
Demolition Man
as Simon Phoenix
Hardwood Dreams
as Narrator
Rising Sun
as Lt. Webster Smith
Boiling Point
as Jimmy Mercer
The Real Malcolm X
as Unknown
Passenger 57
as John Cutter
HBO First Look
as Unknown
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
The Waterdance
as Raymond Hill
White Men Can't Jump
as Sidney Deane
Sous les marches du palais
as Self
Jungle Fever
as Flipper Purify
New Jack City
as Nino Brown
Mo' Better Blues
as Shadow Henderson (Sax)
King of New York
as Thomas Flanigan
H.E.L.P.
as Lou Barton
Major League
as Willie Mays Hayes
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
as Hood
Critical Condition
as Ambulance Driver
Streets of Gold
as Roland Jenkins
Wildcats
as Trumaine
Miami Vice
as Silk
The Oscars
as Self