Wesley Snipes

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-07-31 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Orlando, Florida, USA

Wesley 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 dru...

Acting

1992

White Men Can't Jump

as Sidney Deane

1992

Passenger 57

as John Cutter

1991

Jungle Fever

as Flipper Purify

1991

New Jack City

as Nino Brown

2005

Chaos

as Lorenz / Jason York

1994

Drop Zone

as Pete Nessip

1999

Play It to the Bone

as Wesley Snipes (Ringside Fan)

1995

2005

The Marksman

as Painter

2000

The Art of War

as Neil Shaw

1993

Boiling Point

as Jimmy Mercer

1998

U.S. Marshals

as Sheridan

2004

Unstoppable

as Dean Cage

2006

The Detonator

as Sonni Griffith

1993

Rising Sun

as Lt. Webster Smith

1997

Murder at 1600

as Detective Harlan Regis

2010

Brooklyn's Finest

as Casanova 'Caz' Phillips

2005

7 Seconds

as Jack Tuliver

1993

Demolition Man

as Simon Phoenix

1997

One Night Stand

as Max Carlyle

1990

King of New York

as Thomas Flanigan

1996

The Fan

as Bobby Rayburn

1989

Major League

as Willie Mays Hayes

2006

Hard Luck

as Lucky

2002

Blade II

as Blade

1986

Wildcats

as Trumaine

1990

Mo' Better Blues

as Shadow Henderson (Sax)

1998

Blade

as Blade

2004

Blade: Trinity

as Eric Brooks / Blade

1986

Streets of Gold

as Roland Jenkins

2002

Undisputed

as Monroe Hutchen

2007

The Contractor

as James Dial

1992

The Waterdance

as Raymond Hill

2000

Disappearing Acts

as Franklin Swift

1999

Futuresport

as Obike Fixx

2012

2011

Game of Death

as Agent Marcus

1994

Sugar Hill

as Romello Skuggs

2023

Back on the Strip

as Luther 'Mr. Big'

1998

Down in the Delta

as Will Sinclair

2002

Zig Zag

as Dave Fletcher

2024

Where’s Usher?

as Leslie Snipes

2015

Chi-Raq

as Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews

1995

Waiting to Exhale

as James Wheeler (uncredited)

2010

1996

America's Dream

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

2017

1987

Critical Condition

as Ambulance Driver

2017

The Recall

as The Hunter

1993

Hardwood Dreams

as Narrator

2020

Cut Throat City

as Lawrence

2019

Dolemite Is My Name

as D’Urville Martin

2021

Coming 2 America

as General Izzi

1998

Jackie Chan: My Story

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Production

2000

The Art of War

as Executive Producer

1998

The Big Hit

as Producer

2002

Blade II

as Producer

1998

Blade

as Producer

1999

Futuresport

as Producer

2000

Disappearing Acts

as Executive Producer

2004

Blade: Trinity

as Producer

1998

Blade

as Martial Arts Choreographer

2023

2017

The Recall

as Producer

2017

Armed Response

as Producer

1998

2002

Undisputed

as Executive Producer

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Outbreak Z

as Executive Producer

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