Wesley Snipes

Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor, martial artist and movie producer. He is best known for his role as the vampire hunter in the Blade trilogy movies.

Wesley Snipes
Born	Wesley Trent Snipes July 31, 1962 Orlando, Florida, United States
Years active	1985-present
Notable credit(s)	"Willie Mays Hayes" in Major League "Nino Brown" in New Jack City "Flipper Purify" in Jungle Fever "Sidney Deane" in White Men Can't Jump "Simon Phoenix" in Demolition Man "Blade" in the Blade trilogy
Spouse(s)	Nikki Park (2003-present) April Duboise (1985-1990)

Snipes was born in Orlando, Florida and spent most of his childhood in The Bronx, New York City. He moved back to Orlando when he was a teenager.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1986	Wildcats	Trumaine
1986	Streets of Gold	Roland Jenkins
1987	Critical Condition	Ambulance Driver	Cameo
1989	Major League	Willie Mays Hayes
1990	King of New York	Detective Thomas Flanigan
1990	Mo' Better Blues	Shadow Handerson
1991	New Jack City	Nino Brown
1991	Jungle Fever	Flipper Purify
1992	The Waterdance	Raymond Hill
1992	White Men Can't Jump	Sidney "Syd" Deane
1992	Passenger 57	Chief John Cutter
1993	Boiling Point	Agent Jimmy Mercer
1993	Rising Sun	Lieutenant Webster "Web" Smith
1993	Demolition Man	Simon Phoenix
1994	Sugar Hill	Romello "Rome" Skuggs
1994	Drop Zone	U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip
1995	To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar	Noxeema Jackson
1995	Money Train	Officer John Robinson
1995	Waiting to Exhale	James Wheeler	Uncredited cameo
1996	The Fan	Bobby Rayburn
1996	John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk	N/A	Documentary film; executive producer only
1997	Murder at 1600	Detective Harlan Regis
1997	One Night Stand	Maximilian "Max" Carlyle	Limited release
1998	U.S. Marshals	Mark J. Sheridan / Mark Roberts / Mark Warren
1998	The Big Hit	N/A	Producer only
1998	Down in the Delta	Will Sinclair	Limited release; also producer
1998	Blade	Eric Brooks / Blade	Also producer and martial arts choreographer
1999	Play It to the Bone	Ringside Fan	Cameo
2000	The Art of War	Agent Neil Shaw	Also executive producer
2002	Liberty Stands Still	Agent Alex / Joe	Limited release
2002	Zig Zag	David "Dave" Fletcher
2002	Blade II	Eric Brooks / Blade	Also producer and fight coordinator
2002	Undisputed	Monroe "Undisputed" Hutchens	Also executive producer
2004	Unstoppable	Agent Dean Cage	Limited release; also producer
2004	Blade: Trinity	Eric Brooks / Blade	Also producer
2005	7 Seconds	Jack Tulliver	Direct-to-video
2005	The Marksman	Enter "The Marksman" Painter	Direct-to-video
2005	Chaos	Lorenz / Jason York	Direct-to-video
2006	The Detonator	Agent Sonni Griffith	Direct-to-video
2006	Hard Luck	Lucky	Direct-to-video
2007	The Contractor	Agent James Jackson Dial	Direct-to-video
2008	The Art of War II: Betrayal	Agent Neil Shaw	Direct-to-video
2009	Brooklyn's Finest	Casanova "Caz" Phillips
2010	Game of Death	Agent Marcus Jones	Direct-to-video
2012	Revelations of the Mayans: 2012 and Beyond	N/A	Documentary film; executive producer only
2012	Gallowwalkers	Aman	Direct-to-video
2014	The Expendables 3	Doctor "Doc" Death
2015	Chi-Raq	Sean "Cyclops" Andrews	Limited release
2017	The Recall	"The Hunter"	Limited release; also producer
2017	Armed Response	Isaac	Direct-to-video; also producer
2019	Dolemite Is My Name	D'Urville Martin
2020	Cut Throat City	Lawrence	Limited release
2021	Coming 2 America	General Izzi
2022	Back on the Strip	Luther "Mr. Big"	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1984	All My Children	Marty	Episode: "Episode #1.3877"
1986	Miami Vice	Silk	Episode: "Streetwise"
1987	Vietnam War Story	Bookman	Episode: "An Old Ghost Walks the Earth"
1989	A Man Called Hawk	Nicholas Murdock	2 episodes
1989	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	Hood	Episode: "Here's Why You Should Always Make Your Bed in the Morning"
1990	H.E.L.P.	Officer Lou Barton	6 episodes
1996	America's Dream	George Du Vail	Television film
1997	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	The Pied Piper	Episode: "The Pied Piper"; voice role
1998	Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes	N/A	Television film; documentary; executive producer only
1998	Futuresport	Obike Fixx	Television film; also producer
2000	Disappearing Acts	Franklin Swift	Television film; also executive producer
2001	Dr. Ben	N/A	Television film; documentary; executive producer only
2003	The Bernie Mac Show	Duke	Episode: "Bernie Mac Rope-a-Dope "
2015	The Player	Mr. Johnson	9 episodes
2019	What We Do in the Shadows	Wesley	Episode: "The Trial"
2021	True Story	Carlton	7 episodes
2021–2022	Paper Empire	Damon Moore	5 episodes

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes	Ref.
1986	Execution of Justice	Sister Boom Boom	Broadway

Music videos

Year	Title	Role	Performer	Notes	Ref.
1987	"Bad"	Mini Max	Michael Jackson

Soundtrack appearances

Year	Title	Song	Notes	Ref.
1986	Wildcats	"Football Rap (End Credits)"	Uncredited
1990	Mo' Better Blues	"Pop Top 40"
2015	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	"Fame"	Episode: "Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting/Wesley Snipes/Chris Cornell"; uncredited

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes	Ref.
1994	Demolition Man	Simon Phoenix	Live action full-motion video
2011	Julius Styles: The International	Julius Styles

Other websites

• Wesley Snipes on IMDb