Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes

Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor, film producer, and martial artist. He has starred in numerous action-adventures, thrillers, and dramatic feature films and is well-known for his role as Blade in the Blade trilogy. Snipes formed a production company titled 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 age twelve, earning a high ranking 5th dan black belt in Shotokan Karate and 2nd dan black belt in Hapkido. He has also trained as a student of Capoeira under Mestre Jelon Vieira and in a number of other disciplines including various styles of kung fu. At age 23, Snipes was discovered by an agent while performing in a competition. He made his film debut in the 1986 Goldie Hawn vehicle Wildcats. Later that year, he appeared on the trendy 1980's TV show Miami Vice as a drug-dealing pimp in the episode 'Streetwise' (first aired December 5, 1986). In 1987, he appeared as Michael Jackson's nemesis in the Martin Scorsese-directed music video "Bad" (he is seen in only the long version of the video) and the feature film Streets of Gold. That same year, Snipes was also considered for the role of Geordi La Forge in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Snipes' performance in the music video "Bad" caught the eye of director Spike Lee. Snipes turned down a small role in Lee's Do the Right Thing for the larger part of Willie Mays Hayes in Major League, beginning a succession of box-office hits for Snipes. Lee would later cast Snipes as the jazz saxophonist Shadow Henderson in Mo' Better Blues and as the lead in the interracial romantic drama Jungle Fever. Another important role for Snipes was the powerful drug lord Nino Brown in New Jack City, which was written specifically for him by Barry Michael Cooper. Another film in which his character was involved in drugs was the somber movie Sugar Hill. Although Snipes is more known for his roles in action films like Passenger 57, Demolition Man (with Sylvester Stallone), Money Train, U.S. Marshals (a sequel of The Fugitive) and Rising Sun (with Sean Connery), he has also had success in comedies like White Men Can't Jump, and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar where he played a drag queen together with Patrick Swayze and John Leguizamo. Snipes has also been critically acclaimed for his roles in dramas like The Waterdance and Disappearing Acts. Snipes has been married twice; first, to April Snipes from 1985-1990 with whom he has a son, Jelani Asar Snipes, born in 1988. Jelani had a cameo role in Snipes' 1990 film Mo' Better Blues. In 2003, Snipes wed painter Nakyung 'Nikki' Park, who is the mother of his four youngest children: son Akhenaten Kihwa-T Snipes; daughter Iset Jua-T Snipes (born July 31, 2001); son Alaafia Jehu-T Snipes (born May 26, 2004); and son Alimayu Moa-T Snipes (born March 26, 2007). Snipes spends a lot of time in Park's home country of South Korea, which he calls his "second home."  
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1962-07-31
Place of Birth: Orlando, Florida, USA
Also Known As: Wesley Trent Snipes

Movies List of Wesley Snipes

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White Men Can't Jump

1992 Movie
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Liberty Stands Still

2002 Movie
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Passenger 57

1992 Movie
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Jungle Fever

1991 Movie
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New Jack City

1991 Movie
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Chaos

2005 Movie
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Drop Zone

1994 Movie
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Play It to the Bone

1999 Movie
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Money Train

1995 Movie
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The Marksman

2005 Movie
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The Art of War

2000 Movie
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Boiling Point

1993 Movie
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U.S. Marshals

1998 Movie
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Unstoppable

2004 Movie
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The Detonator

2006 Movie
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Rising Sun

1993 Movie
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Murder at 1600

1997 Movie
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Brooklyn's Finest

2010 Movie
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7 Seconds

2005 Movie
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Demolition Man

1993 Movie
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One Night Stand

1997 Movie
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King of New York

1990 Movie
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The Fan

1996 Movie
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Major League

1989 Movie
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Hard Luck

2007 Movie
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Blade II

2002 Movie
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Wildcats

1986 Movie
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Mo' Better Blues

1990 Movie
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Blade

1998 Movie
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Blade: Trinity

2004 Movie
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Streets of Gold

1986 Movie
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Undisputed

2002 Movie
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The Contractor

2007 Movie
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The Waterdance

1992 Movie
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Disappearing Acts

2000 Movie
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Futuresport

1999 Movie
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Gallowwalkers

2012 Movie
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Game of Death

2011 Movie
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Sugar Hill

1994 Movie
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Back on the Strip

2023 Movie
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Down in the Delta

1998 Movie
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The Expendables 3

2014 Movie
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Zig Zag

2002 Movie
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Where’s Usher?

2024 Movie
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Chi-Raq

2015 Movie
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Bad

1987 Movie
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Waiting to Exhale

1995 Movie
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America's Dream

1996 Movie
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Deadpool & Wolverine

2024 Movie
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Armed Response

2017 Movie
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Critical Condition

1987 Movie
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The Recall

2017 Movie
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Hardwood Dreams

1993 Movie
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Cut Throat City

2020 Movie
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Dolemite Is My Name

2019 Movie
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Outbreak Z

Movie
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Coming 2 America

2021 Movie
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Jackie Chan: My Story

1998 Movie