Wesley Snipes

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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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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1962-07-31
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  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 33.6
  • info Birth Place Orlando, Florida, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Wesley Snipes

6.7

White Men Can't Jump

1992-03-27

5.4

Liberty Stands Still

2002-01-18

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Passenger 57

1992-11-06

6.4

Jungle Fever

1991-06-07

6.7

New Jack City

1991-03-08

6.4

Chaos

2005-01-17

5.7

Drop Zone

1994-12-08

5.6

Play It to the Bone

1999-12-25

5.8

Money Train

1995-11-21

5.4

The Marksman

2005-09-06

5.7

The Art of War

2000-08-25

4.9

Boiling Point

1993-04-16

6.5

U.S. Marshals

1998-03-06

5.1

Unstoppable

2004-10-20

4.6

The Detonator

2006-04-25

6.2

Rising Sun

1993-07-30

6.1

Murder at 1600

1997-04-18

7.4

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

1995-09-07

6.3

Brooklyn's Finest

2010-03-04

5.5

7 Seconds

2005-06-28

6.8

Demolition Man

1993-10-08

5.6

One Night Stand

1997-11-14

6.7

King of New York

1990-07-18

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The Fan

1996-08-15

6.9

Major League

1989-02-16

5.6

Hard Luck

2007-10-17

4.8

The Art of War II: Betrayal

2008-08-12

6.6

Blade II

2002-03-22

6.3

Wildcats

1986-02-14

6.5

Mo' Better Blues

1990-08-03

6.8

Blade

1998-08-21

5.9

Blade: Trinity

2004-12-08

5.3

Streets of Gold

1986-01-01

6.5

Undisputed

2002-07-17

5.5

The Contractor

2007-07-10

6.1

The Waterdance

1992-05-13

6.5

Disappearing Acts

2000-12-09

4.3

Futuresport

1999-09-30

4.7

Gallowwalkers

2012-10-27

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Game of Death

2011-03-31

5.6

Sugar Hill

1994-02-25

5.7

Back on the Strip

2023-08-17

6.4

Down in the Delta

1998-12-25

6.2

The Expendables 3

2014-08-07

5.9

Zig Zag

2002-06-14

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Where’s Usher?

2024-02-08

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Sous les marches du palais

1991-09-14

6.5

The Making of The Expendables 3

2014-11-25

8.5

Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes

1998-08-18

5.8

Chi-Raq

2015-12-04

7.4

Bad

1987-08-31

6.3

Waiting to Exhale

1995-12-22

6.6

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2010-08-03

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America's Dream

1996-02-17

7.7

Deadpool & Wolverine

2024-07-24

5.1

Armed Response

2017-08-04

5.5

Critical Condition

1987-01-16

4.6

The Recall

2017-06-02

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Hardwood Dreams

1993-10-01

7.2

Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar

1996-08-30

6.5

Cut Throat City

2020-07-31

7

Dolemite Is My Name

2019-10-04

1

John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk

1996-09-10

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Outbreak Z

6.4

Coming 2 America

2021-03-04

5.5

Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade Trinity'

2005-07-13

6.2

Jackie Chan: My Story

1998-07-17

6.6

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine

2024-11-12

6

H.E.L.P.

1990-03-03

6.4

The Bernie Mac Show

2001-11-14

7.5

Miami Vice

1984-09-16

4.5

The View

1997-08-11

5.4

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992-05-25

6

Basketball: A Love Story

2018-09-18

7

True Story

2021-11-24

6.2

The Player

2015-09-24

7

The Oscars

1953-03-19

6.6

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995-03-12

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What We Do in the Shadows

2019-03-27

7.6

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

2023-02-10

5

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

1987-05-21

3.2

Vivement dimanche

1998-09-20

4.9

HBO First Look

1992-06-12

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