Wesley Snipes
Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor, film producer, and martial artist. He has starred in numerous action-adventures, thrillers, and dramatic feature films and is well-known for his role as Blade in the Blade trilogy. Snipes formed a production company titled 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 age twelve, earning a high ranking 5th dan black belt in Shotokan Karate and 2nd dan black belt in Hapkido. He has also trained as a student of Capoeira under Mestre Jelon Vieira and in a number of other disciplines including various styles of kung fu. At age 23, Snipes was discovered by an agent while performing in a competition. He made his film debut in the 1986 Goldie Hawn vehicle Wildcats. Later that year, he appeared on the trendy 1980's TV show Miami Vice as a drug-dealing pimp in the episode 'Streetwise' (first aired December 5, 1986). In 1987, he appeared as Michael Jackson's nemesis in the Martin Scorsese-directed music video "Bad" (he is seen in only the long version of the video) and the feature film Streets of Gold. That same year, Snipes was also considered for the role of Geordi La Forge in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Snipes' performance in the music video "Bad" caught the eye of director Spike Lee. Snipes turned down a small role in Lee's Do the Right Thing for the larger part of Willie Mays Hayes in Major League, beginning a succession of box-office hits for Snipes. Lee would later cast Snipes as the jazz saxophonist Shadow Henderson in Mo' Better Blues and as the lead in the interracial romantic drama Jungle Fever. Another important role for Snipes was the powerful drug lord Nino Brown in New Jack City, which was written specifically for him by Barry Michael Cooper. Another film in which his character was involved in drugs was the somber movie Sugar Hill. Although Snipes is more known for his roles in action films like Passenger 57, Demolition Man (with Sylvester Stallone), Money Train, U.S. Marshals (a sequel of The Fugitive) and Rising Sun (with Sean Connery), he has also had success in comedies like White Men Can't Jump, and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar where he played a drag queen together with Patrick Swayze and John Leguizamo. Snipes has also been critically acclaimed for his roles in dramas like The Waterdance and Disappearing Acts. Snipes has been married twice; first, to April Snipes from 1985-1990 with whom he has a son, Jelani Asar Snipes, born in 1988. Jelani had a cameo role in Snipes' 1990 film Mo' Better Blues. In 2003, Snipes wed painter Nakyung 'Nikki' Park, who is the mother of his four youngest children: son Akhenaten Kihwa-T Snipes; daughter Iset Jua-T Snipes (born July 31, 2001); son Alaafia Jehu-T Snipes (born May 26, 2004); and son Alimayu Moa-T Snipes (born March 26, 2007). Snipes spends a lot of time in Park's home country of South Korea, which he calls his "second home."
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 24.721 |
Birthday | 1962-07-31 |
Place of Birth | Orlando, Florida, USA |
Also Known As | Уэсли Снайпс, Wesley Trent Snipes, Γουέσλεϊ Σνάιπς, |
1991
Jungle Fever
6.4/270
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference wo...
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Jungle Fever
1992
White Men Can't Jump
6.622/1279
Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.
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White Men Can't Jump
2002
Liberty Stands Still
5.4/144
As the heir and current marketing director for one of the nation's biggest gun manufacturers, Liberty Wallace is indifferent to the atrocities made po...
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Liberty Stands Still
1992
Passenger 57
6/947
An infamous terrorist has evaded capture for a long time by being extremely clever and ruthless. Things get interesting when he hijacks a plane carryi...
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Passenger 57
1991
New Jack City
6.6/497
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infi...
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New Jack City
1994
Drop Zone
5.7/374
A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip mourning a brother and gunning for revenge. After being ordered...
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Drop Zone
1999
Play It to the Bone
5.6/147
Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unava...
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Play It to the Bone
2005
Chaos
6.299/982
In Seattle, detective Quentin Conners is unfairly suspended and his partner Jason York leaves the police force after a tragic shooting on Pearl Street...
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Chaos
2000
The Art of War
5.7/462
When ruthless terrorists threaten to bring down the United Nations, they frame the one man they believe can stop them: an international security exper...
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The Art of War
1993
Boiling Point
5/109
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Th...
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Boiling Point
1995
Money Train
5.841/722
When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.
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Money Train
2005
The Marksman
5.4/125
Chechen rebels take over a Russian nuclear plant and it's up to a mysterious agent (Snipes) to stop them.
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The Marksman
2004
Unstoppable
5.1/97
The deranged military and former CIA agent Dean Cage is in a rehab program, trying to forget the traumatic loss of his best friend Scott in Bosnia. Wh...
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Unstoppable
1993
Rising Sun
6.1/708
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called...
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Rising Sun
1998
U.S. Marshals
6.5/1508
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes....
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U.S. Marshals
2006
The Detonator
4.6/86
Sonni Griffith, a top US Secret Agent must protect a witness as he crosses Europe.
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The Detonator
1995
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
7.295/618
A cross country trip to Hollywood is cut short by an unreliable engine & an unpleasant encounter with law enforcement. With the power of drag, three s...
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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1997
Murder at 1600
6.073/505
A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Desp...
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Murder at 1600
2010
Brooklyn's Finest
6.3/863
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty...
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Brooklyn's Finest
1997
One Night Stand
5.6/102
In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life with his wife, Mimi, and two children. When Carlyle tr...
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One Night Stand
1990
King of New York
6.7/603
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and...
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King of New York
1996
The Fan
6/750
When the San Francisco Giants pay center-fielder, Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supporti...
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The Fan
2006
Hard Luck
5.5/67
Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but come...
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Hard Luck
2005
7 Seconds
5.498/225
When an experienced thief accidentally makes off with a Van Gogh, his partner is kidnapped by gangsters in pursuit of the painting, forcing the crimin...
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7 Seconds
1993
Demolition Man
6.707/3479
Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, escapes during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incap...
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Demolition Man
1989
Major League
6.9/729
When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate—but only a losing s...
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Major League
2008
The Art of War II: Betrayal
4.8/96
Agent Neil Shaw is called out of retirement and finds himself in the midst of a plot to assassinate several leading Senators with himself set-up to ta...
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The Art of War II: Betrayal
1986
Wildcats
6.3/176
Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant...
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Wildcats
1990
Mo' Better Blues
6.5/218
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he...
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Mo' Better Blues
1986
Streets of Gold
5.1/8
Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allowed on the Soviet national team because he was a Je...
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Streets of Gold
2002
Blade II
6.532/4510
A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community - The Reaper. A vampire so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires...
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Blade II
1998
Blade
6.78/5704
The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.
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Blade
2004
Blade: Trinity
5.855/3704
For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out in...
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Blade: Trinity
2002
Undisputed
6.515/685
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. I...
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Undisputed
2007
The Contractor
5.564/156
Former CIA Operative James Dial is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist in London, but it all goes wrong and he is forced into hiding, where he...
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The Contractor
1992
The Waterdance
6.1/37
Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab center with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist bik...
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The Waterdance
2000
Disappearing Acts
6.4/36
Zora Banks is a school teacher and aspiring singer hoping to become a successful star while taking a break from heartache. Franklin Swift is a down-on...
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Disappearing Acts
1999
Futuresport
4.3/54
In the not too distant future, a new deadly sport is the only way to stop a war that will kill millions. Fix is the creator of the sport, but the spot...
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Futuresport
2012
Gallowwalkers
4.7/322
When a nun broke her covenant with God to save the life of her unborn son, Aman, he was cursed for life. As an adult, Aman has killed those who have...
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Gallowwalkers
2011
Game of Death
5/140
CIA agent Marcus is sent undercover to Detroit to take out an arms dealer and the head of the hedge fund that is financing him. His CIA backup has oth...
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Game of Death
1994
Sugar Hill
5.6/93
In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner brother to lead a straight life with his girlfrie...
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Sugar Hill
1998
Down in the Delta
6.4/23
A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to her ancestral home in the Mississippi Delta, to live...
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Down in the Delta
2014
The Expendables 3
6.22/4798
Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks...
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The Expendables 3
1987
Bad
7.5/232
For the first short film for one of five consecutive record-breaking No. 1 hits from "Bad," Michael Jackson and director Martin Scorsese created an ep...
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Bad
2017
Armed Response
5.2/156
The story follows a team of highly trained operatives who find themselves trapped inside an isolated military compound.
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Armed Response
2015
Chi-Raq
5.8/193
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
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Chi-Raq
1995
Waiting to Exhale
6.3/155
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar l...
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Waiting to Exhale
1996
America's Dream
7/3
Made especially for the HBO cable network, this well-wrought feature is comprised of three short stories by three noted black American authors, each o...
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America's Dream
2002
Zig Zag
5.9/29
An autistic 15-year-old boy steals money from his boss to provide rent for his abusive father, who uses the money to repay a loan shark.
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Zig Zag
1987
Critical Condition
5.6/62
Eddie is a con artist. When he's framed and comes before a judge, he hopes to get off the hook by climbing insanity—but instead ends up in a hospital...
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Critical Condition
2017
The Recall
4.6/329
When five friends vacation at a remote lake house, they expect nothing less then a good time, unaware that Earth is under attack by an alien invasion...
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The Recall
1996
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
7.2/4
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar is a documentary on Jackie Chan.
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Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
1998
Jackie Chan: My Story
6.3/34
Jackie Chan is one of the world's biggest action stars, famed for his wacky sense of humor, remarkable martial arts techniques, and willingness to per...
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Jackie Chan: My Story
1993
Hardwood Dreams
0/0
a 1990 California high school basketball team who aspire to repeat their state championship while dealing with their many issues.
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Hardwood Dreams
2020
Cut Throat City
6.5/132
Four boyhood friends return to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, to find their home decimated and prospects for work swept away....
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Cut Throat City
2019
Dolemite Is My Name
7/1118
The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.
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Dolemite Is My Name
1996
John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
0/0
John Henrik Clarke talks about Black history.
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Payline
0/0
A small town casino turns into a battleground after two groups of criminals attempt to rob it on the same night.
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Outbreak Z
0/0
Callie and Ethan lead their team through an overrun college in search of a man who has possession of a possible vaccine to the "Zombie" virus.
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Outbreak Z
2021
Coming 2 America
6.439/2101
Prince Akeem Joffer is set to become King of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew about in America – a street savvy Queens native name...
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Coming 2 America
2005
Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade Trinity'
5.5/2
A short documentary on the making of Blade Trinity.
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Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade Trinity'
2023
Back on the Strip
6.037/27
Aspiring magician Merlin moves to Las Vegas but gets waylaid by his natural gifts and a place with the black male strippers The Chocolate Chips.
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Back on the Strip
2024
Where’s Usher?
0/0
The road to Usher’s Super Bowl halftime performance continues. This time, Apple Music drops a new official film, Where’s Usher?, to promote the perfor...
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Where’s Usher?
1991
Sous les marches du palais
0/0
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Sous les marches du palais
2014
The Making of The Expendables 3
6.5/14
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the third installment of the Expendables franchise.
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The Making of The Expendables 3
1998
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
8.5/2
Special honoring the grand masters of the martial arts with guest stars from film and television, music performances, live demonstrations, competition...
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