Wesley Snipes
Known for Acting · 88 credits
- Born
- 1962-07-31 (age 63)
- 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (18)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Miami Vice
1984
as Silk
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self
Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self
What We Do in the Shadows
2019
as Wesley
Forensic Justice
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as The Pied Piper (voice)
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Morlak (voice)
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
HBO First Look
1992
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
as Hood
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
as Duke
The Player
2015
as Mr. Johnson
True Story
2021
as Carlton
H.E.L.P.
1990
as Lou Barton
Movies (70)
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Blade
The Expendables 3
2014
as Doc
Blade
1998
as Blade
New Jack City
1991
as Nino Brown
Blade II
2002
as Blade
Demolition Man
1993
as Simon Phoenix
U.S. Marshals
1998
as Sheridan
Blade: Trinity
2004
as Eric Brooks / Blade
Coming 2 America
2021
as General Izzi
Undisputed
2002
as Monroe Hutchen
Chaos
2005
as Lorenz / Jason York
The Contractor
2007
as James Dial
Passenger 57
1992
as John Cutter
King of New York
1990
as Thomas Flanigan
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
as Noxeema Jackson
Rising Sun
1993
as Lt. Webster Smith
White Men Can't Jump
1992
as Sidney Deane
Major League
1989
as Willie Mays Hayes
The Fan
1996
as Bobby Rayburn
Brooklyn's Finest
2010
as Casanova 'Caz' Phillips
Money Train
1995
as John
The Art of War
2000
as Neil Shaw
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as James Wheeler (uncredited)
Murder at 1600
1997
as Detective Harlan Regis
Jungle Fever
1991
as Flipper Purify
The Recall
2017
as The Hunter
Cut Throat City
2020
as Lawrence
Drop Zone
1994
as Pete Nessip
The Art of War II: Betrayal
2008
as Neil Shaw
Dolemite Is My Name
2019
as D’Urville Martin
The Detonator
2006
as Sonni Griffith
Mo' Better Blues
1990
as Shadow Henderson (Sax)
Michael Jackson: A Life in Music
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Armed Response
2017
as Isaac
Liberty Stands Still
2002
as Joe
Critical Condition
1987
as Ambulance Driver
7 Seconds
2005
as Jack Tuliver
One Night Stand
1997
as Max Carlyle
Game of Death
2011
as Agent Marcus
Where's Usher?
2024
as Leslie Snipes
Wildcats
1986
as Trumaine
Gallowwalkers
2012
as Aman
Play It to the Bone
1999
as Wesley Snipes (Ringside Fan)
Disappearing Acts
2000
as Franklin Swift
The Real Malcolm X
1992
The Marksman
2005
as Painter
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Self - Blade
Hard Luck
2006
as Lucky
Boiling Point
1993
as Jimmy Mercer
Back on the Strip
2023
as Luther 'Mr. Big'
Chi-Raq
2015
as Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews
Unstoppable
2004
as Dean Cage
Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade Trinity
2005
as Self
The Waterdance
1992
as Raymond Hill
Hardwood Dreams
1993
as Narrator
Streets of Gold
1986
as Roland Jenkins
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)
Sugar Hill
1994
as Romello Skuggs
Zig Zag
2002
as Dave Fletcher
Futuresport
1999
as Obike Fixx
Down in the Delta
1998
as Will Sinclair
America's Dream
1996
as George Du Vaul (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
The Making of The Expendables 3
2014
as Self
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
2002
as Self
Sous les marches du palais
1991
as Self
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
1996
as Self
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
1998
as Self
Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience
2014
as self
John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
1996
as Narrator
Outbreak Z
About 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… With 88 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Wesley Snipes has appeared in 70 films and 18 TV shows.
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- Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) — as Blade
- The Expendables 3 (2014) — as Doc
- Blade (1998) — as Blade
- New Jack City (1991) — as Nino Brown
- Blade II (2002) — as Blade
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