Wesley Snipesborn 1962

usually

Actor

Popularity

6.1

Famous

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.

Credits

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
6.8
1.7
Deadpool & Wolverine
Deadpool & Wolverine

2024

Action • Comedy • Science Fiction

as Blade

7.6
49.2
Where’s Usher?
Where’s Usher?

2024

Comedy

as Leslie Snipes

0
0.2
Back on the Strip
Back on the Strip

2023

Comedy

as Luther 'Mr. Big'

5.6
1.2
Coming 2 America
Coming 2 America

2021

Comedy

as General Izzi

6.4
5.1
Cut Throat City
Cut Throat City

2020

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Lawrence

6.4
1.2
Dolemite Is My Name
Dolemite Is My Name

2019

Comedy • Drama • History

as D’Urville Martin

7
1.9
Armed Response
Armed Response

2017

Action • Horror • Thriller

as Isaac

5.1
1.1
The Recall
The Recall

2017

Horror • Science Fiction

as The Hunter

4.6
1.9
Chi-Raq
Chi-Raq

2015

Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews

5.8
1.3
The Making of The Expendables 3
The Making of The Expendables 3

2014

Documentary

as Self

6.5
0.8
The Expendables 3
The Expendables 3

2014

Action • Adventure • Thriller

as Doc

6.2
8.2
Gallowwalkers
Gallowwalkers

2012

Action • Horror • Western

as Aman

4.7
1
Game of Death
Game of Death

2011

Action • Adventure • Thriller

as Agent Marcus

4.9
1.1
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2010

Comedy

as (archive footage)

6.4
0.6
Brooklyn's Finest
Brooklyn's Finest

2010

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Casanova 'Caz' Phillips

6.3
1.7
The Art of War II: Betrayal
The Art of War II: Betrayal

2008

Action • Thriller

as Neil Shaw

4.7
0.9
Hard Luck
Hard Luck

2007

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Lucky

5.6
0.7
The Contractor
The Contractor

2007

Action • Adventure • Drama • Thriller

as James Dial

5.5
1.5
The Detonator
The Detonator

2006

Action • Thriller

as Sonni Griffith

4.6
0.7
The Marksman
The Marksman

2005

Action • Adventure • Thriller

as Painter

5.4
0.8
7 Seconds
7 Seconds

2005

Action • Crime • Thriller

as Jack Tuliver

5.4
1.1
Chaos
Chaos

2005

Action • Crime • Drama

as Lorenz / Jason York

6.3
3
Blade: Trinity
Blade: Trinity

2004

Action • Horror • Science Fiction

as Eric Brooks / Blade

5.9
5.2
Unstoppable
Unstoppable

2004

Action • Thriller

as Dean Cage

5.2
1.1
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
4
0.2
Undisputed
Undisputed

2002

Action • Crime • Drama

as Monroe Hutchen

6.5
5.7
Zig Zag
Zig Zag

2002

Drama

as Dave Fletcher

5.8
0.8
Blade II
Blade II

2002

Action • Fantasy • Horror • Thriller

as Blade

6.6
4.5
Liberty Stands Still
Liberty Stands Still

2002

Action • Drama • Thriller

as Joe

5.3
0.9
Disappearing Acts
Disappearing Acts

2000

Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Franklin Swift

6.2
0.6
The Art of War
The Art of War

2000

Action • Adventure • Crime

as Neil Shaw

5.7
1.4
Play It to the Bone
Play It to the Bone

1999

Comedy

as Wesley Snipes (Ringside Fan)

5.5
0.6
Futuresport
Futuresport

1999

Action • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Obike Fixx

4.2
0.3
Down in the Delta
Down in the Delta

1998

Drama

as Will Sinclair

6.4
0.6
Blade
Blade

1998

Action • Horror

as Blade

6.8
9.5
Jackie Chan: My Story
Jackie Chan: My Story

1998

Documentary

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.2
1.6
U.S. Marshals
U.S. Marshals

1998

Action • Crime • Thriller

as Sheridan

6.5
4.2
One Night Stand
One Night Stand

1997

Drama

as Max Carlyle

5.7
0.7
Murder at 1600
Murder at 1600

1997

Action • Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Detective Harlan Regis

6.1
2.1
John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
1
0.1
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
7
0.4
The Fan
The Fan

1996

Action • Drama • Thriller

as Bobby Rayburn

6
2.1
America's Dream
America's Dream

1996

Drama • TV Movie

as George Du Vaul (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")

6.5
0.3
Waiting to Exhale
Waiting to Exhale

1995

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as James Wheeler (uncredited)

6.3
1.6
Money Train
Money Train

1995

Action • Comedy • Crime

as John

5.8
3.1
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

1995

Comedy • Drama

as Noxeema Jackson

7.4
2.9
Drop Zone
Drop Zone

1994

Action • Crime • Thriller

as Pete Nessip

5.7
2.6
Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill

1994

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Romello Skuggs

5.6
0.9
Demolition Man
Demolition Man

1993

Action • Crime • Science Fiction

as Simon Phoenix

6.7
6.6
Hardwood Dreams
Hardwood Dreams

1993

Documentary

as Narrator

0
0.1
Rising Sun
Rising Sun

1993

Action • Drama • Thriller

as Lt. Webster Smith

6.1
1.7
Boiling Point
Boiling Point

1993

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Jimmy Mercer

5
0.8
Passenger 57
Passenger 57

1992

Action • Adventure • Thriller

as John Cutter

6
3.8
The Waterdance
The Waterdance

1992

Drama

as Raymond Hill

6.1
0.7
White Men Can't Jump
White Men Can't Jump

1992

Comedy • Drama

as Sidney Deane

6.6
2.8
Sous les marches du palais
Sous les marches du palais

1991

Documentary

as Self

0
0.1
Jungle Fever
Jungle Fever

1991

Drama • Romance

as Flipper Purify

6.4
2.3
New Jack City
New Jack City

1991

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Nino Brown

6.6
2.6
Mo' Better Blues
Mo' Better Blues

1990

Drama • Music

as Shadow Henderson (Sax)

6.5
1.1
King of New York
King of New York

1990

Crime • Thriller

as Thomas Flanigan

6.7
2.5
Major League
Major League

1989

Comedy

as Willie Mays Hayes

6.9
2.4
Critical Condition
Critical Condition

1987

Comedy

as Ambulance Driver

5.5
0.6
Wildcats
Wildcats

1986

Comedy

as Trumaine

6.2
1.5
Streets of Gold
Streets of Gold

1986

Drama

as Roland Jenkins

5
0.5
Outbreak Z
Outbreak Z

Action • Science Fiction

0
0.2

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