1962-07-31 ( 62 years old ) in 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.
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Movies
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024-07-24
Where’s Usher?
2024-02-08
Back on the Strip
2023-08-17
Coming 2 America
2021-03-04
Cut Throat City
2020-07-31
Dolemite Is My Name
2019-10-04
Armed Response
2017-08-04
The Recall
2017-06-02
Chi-Raq
2015-12-04
The Making of The Expendables 3
2014-11-25
The Expendables 3
2014-08-07
Gallowwalkers
2012-10-27
Game of Death
2011-03-31
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010-08-03
Brooklyn's Finest
2010-03-04
The Art of War II: Betrayal
2008-08-12
Hard Luck
2007-10-17
The Contractor
2007-07-10
The Detonator
2006-04-25
The Marksman
2005-09-06
7 Seconds
2005-06-28
Chaos
2005-01-17
Blade: Trinity
2004-12-08
Unstoppable
2004-10-20
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
2002-09-03
Undisputed
2002-07-17
Zig Zag
2002-06-14
Blade II
2002-03-22
Liberty Stands Still
2002-01-18
Disappearing Acts
2000-12-09
The Art of War
2000-08-25
Play It to the Bone
1999-12-25
Futuresport
1999-09-30
Down in the Delta
1998-12-25
Blade
1998-08-21
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998-07-17
U.S. Marshals
1998-03-06
One Night Stand
1997-11-14
Murder at 1600
1997-04-18
John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
1996-09-10
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
1996-08-30
The Fan
1996-08-15
America's Dream
1996-02-17
Waiting to Exhale
1995-12-22
Money Train
1995-11-21
Drop Zone
1994-12-08
Sugar Hill
1994-02-25
Demolition Man
1993-10-08
Hardwood Dreams
1993-10-01
Rising Sun
1993-07-30
Boiling Point
1993-04-16
Passenger 57
1992-11-06
The Waterdance
1992-05-13
White Men Can't Jump
1992-03-27
Sous les marches du palais
1991-09-14
Jungle Fever
1991-06-07
New Jack City
1991-03-08
Mo' Better Blues
1990-08-03
King of New York
1990-07-18
Major League
1989-02-16
Critical Condition
1987-01-16
Wildcats
1986-02-14
Streets of Gold
1986-01-01
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