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Wesley Snipes

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Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes is an actor born on July 31, 1962 in Orlando, Florida, USA. He is known for Blade, The Expendables 3 and Blade II. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
July 31, 1962
Place of birth
Orlando, Florida, USA
Also known as
Wesley Trent Snipes

Biography

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

  1. 2024Deadpool & Wolverineas Blade
  2. 2023Back on the Stripas Luther 'Mr. Big' · Producer
  3. 2023Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosauras Morlak (voice) · 2 episodes
  4. 2021True Storyas Carlton · 7 episodes
  5. 2021Coming 2 Americaas General Izzi
  6. 2020Cut Throat Cityas Lawrence
  7. 2019Dolemite Is My Nameas D’Urville Martin
  8. 2019What We Do in the Shadowsas Wesley · 1 episode
  9. 2017Armed Responseas Isaac · Producer
  10. 2017The Recallas The Hunter · Producer
  11. 2015Chi-Raqas Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews
  12. 2015The Playeras Mr. Johnson · 9 episodes
  13. 2014The Expendables 3as Doc
  14. 2012Gallowwalkersas Aman
  15. 2010Game of Deathas Agent Marcus
  16. 2010Brooklyn's Finestas Casanova 'Caz' Phillips
  17. 2008The Art of War II: Betrayalas Neil Shaw
  18. 2007The Contractoras James Dial
  19. 2006Hard Luckas Lucky
  20. 2006The Detonatoras Sonni Griffith
  21. 2005The Marksmanas Painter
  22. 20057 Secondsas Jack Tuliver
  23. 2005Chaosas Lorenz / Jason York
  24. 2004Blade: Trinityas Blade · Producer
  25. 2004Unstoppableas Dean Cage
  26. 2002Undisputedas Monroe Hutchen · Executive producer
  27. 2002Zig Zagas Dave Fletcher
  28. 2002Blade IIas Blade · Producer
  29. 2002Liberty Stands Stillas Joe
  30. 2001The Bernie Mac Showas Duke · 1 episode
  31. 2000Disappearing Actsas Franklin Swift · Executive producer
  32. 2000The Art of Waras Neil Shaw · Executive producer
  33. 1999Play It to the Boneas Wesley Snipes (Ringside Fan)
  34. 1999Futuresportas Obike Fixx · Producer
  35. 1998Bladeas Blade · Producer
  36. 1998The Big HitProducer
  37. 1998U.S. Marshalsas Sheridan
  38. 1997One Night Standas Max Carlyle
  39. 1997Murder at 1600as Detective Harlan Regis
  40. 1996The Fanas Bobby Rayburn
  41. 1995Waiting to Exhaleas James Wheeler (uncredited)
  42. 1995Money Trainas John
  43. 1995To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmaras Noxeema Jackson
  44. 1994Drop Zoneas Pete Nessip
  45. 1994Sugar Hillas Romello Skuggs
  46. 1993Demolition Manas Simon Phoenix
  47. 1993Rising Sunas Lt. Webster Smith
  48. 1993Boiling Pointas Jimmy Mercer
  49. 1992Passenger 57as John Cutter
  50. 1992The Waterdanceas Raymond Hill
  51. 1992White Men Can't Jumpas Sidney Deane
  52. 1991Jungle Feveras Flipper Purify
  53. 1991New Jack Cityas Nino Brown
  54. 1990Mo' Better Bluesas Shadow Henderson (Sax)
  55. 1990King of New Yorkas Thomas Flanigan
  56. 1989Major Leagueas Willie Mays Hayes
  57. 1987Critical Conditionas Ambulance Driver
  58. 1986Wildcatsas Trumaine
  59. 1984Miami Viceas Silk · 1 episode
  60. 1953The Oscarsas Self · 1 episode