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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
As: Blade
- 2024
Where’s Usher?
As: Leslie Snipes
- 2023
Back on the Strip
As: Luther 'Mr. Big'
- 2023
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
As: Maris Morlak (voice)
- 2021
True Story
As: Carlton
- 2021
Coming 2 America
As: General Izzi
- 2020
Cut Throat City
As: Lawrence
- 2019
Dolemite Is My Name
As: D’Urville Martin
- 2019
What We Do in the Shadows
As: Wesley
- 2017
Armed Response
As: Isaac
- 2017
The Recall
As: The Hunter
- 2015
Chi-Raq
As: Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews
- 2015
The Player
As: Mr. Johnson
- 2014
The Expendables 3
As: Doc
- 2012
Gallowwalkers
As: Aman
- 2011
Game of Death
As: Agent Marcus
- 2010
Brooklyn's Finest
As: Casanova 'Caz' Phillips
- 2008
The Art of War II: Betrayal
As: Neil Shaw
- 2007
Hard Luck
As: Lucky
- 2007
The Contractor
As: James Dial
- 2006
The Detonator
As: Sonni Griffith
- 2005
The Marksman
As: Painter
- 2005
7 Seconds
As: Jack Tuliver
- 2005
Chaos
As: Lorenz / Jason York
- 2004
Blade: Trinity
As: Eric Brooks / Blade
- 2004
Unstoppable
As: Dean Cage
- 2002
Undisputed
As: Monroe Hutchen
- 2002
Zig Zag
As: Dave Fletcher
- 2002
Blade II
As: Blade
- 2002
Liberty Stands Still
As: Joe
- 2001
The Bernie Mac Show
As: Duke
- 2000
Disappearing Acts
As: Franklin Swift
- 2000
The Art of War
As: Neil Shaw
- 1999
Play It to the Bone
As: Wesley Snipes (Ringside Fan)
- 1999
Futuresport
As: Obike Fixx
- 1998
Down in the Delta
As: Will Sinclair
- 1998
Blade
As: Blade
- 1998
U.S. Marshals
As: Sheridan
- 1997
One Night Stand
As: Max Carlyle
- 1997
Murder at 1600
As: Detective Harlan Regis
- 1996
John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
As: Narrator
- 1996
The Fan
As: Bobby Rayburn
- 1996
America's Dream
As: George Du Vaul (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
- 1995
Waiting to Exhale
As: James Wheeler (uncredited)
- 1995
Money Train
As: John
- 1995
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
As: Noxeema Jackson
- 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
As: The Pied Piper (voice)
- 1994
Drop Zone
As: Pete Nessip
- 1994
Sugar Hill
As: Romello Skuggs
- 1993
Demolition Man
As: Simon Phoenix
- 1993
Hardwood Dreams
As: Narrator
- 1993
Rising Sun
As: Lt. Webster Smith
- 1993
Boiling Point
As: Jimmy Mercer
- 1992
Passenger 57
As: John Cutter
- 1992
The Waterdance
As: Raymond Hill
- 1992
White Men Can't Jump
As: Sidney Deane
- 1991
Jungle Fever
As: Flipper Purify
- 1991
New Jack City
As: Nino Brown
- 1990
Mo' Better Blues
As: Shadow Henderson (Sax)
- 1990
King of New York
As: Thomas Flanigan
- 1990
H.E.L.P.
As: Off. Lou Barton
- 1989
Major League
As: Willie Mays Hayes
- 1987
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
As: Hood
- 1987
Critical Condition
As: Ambulance Driver
- 1986
Wildcats
As: Trumaine
- 1986
Streets of Gold
As: Roland Jenkins
- 1984
Miami Vice
As: Silk