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
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.

Filmography

Feature films

  Denotes lead role

Title	Year	Functioned as			Notes
		Actor	Producer	Role
Wildcats	1986			Trumaine
Streets of Gold	1986			Roland Jenkins
Critical Condition	1987			Ambulance Driver	Cameo
Major League	1989			Willie Mays Hayes
King of New York	1990			Detective Thomas Flanigan
Mo' Better Blues	1990			Shadow Handerson
New Jack City	1991			Nino Brown
Jungle Fever	1991			Flipper Purify
The Waterdance	1992			Raymond Hill
White Men Can't Jump	1992			Sidney "Syd" Deane
Passenger 57	1992			John Cutter
Boiling Point	1993			Agent Jimmy Mercer
Rising Sun	1993			Lt. Webster "Web" Smith
Demolition Man	1993			Simon Phoenix
Sugar Hill	1993			Romello "Rome" Skuggs
Drop Zone	1994			U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar	1995			Noxeema Jackson
Money Train	1995			John Robinson
Waiting to Exhale	1995			James Wheeler	Uncredited cameo
The Fan	1996			Bobby Rayburn
John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk	1996				Documentary film
Murder at 1600	1997			Det. Harlan Regis
One Night Stand	1997			Maximilian "Max" Carlyle
U.S. Marshals	1998			Mark J. Sheridan / Mark Roberts / Mark Warren
The Big Hit	1998
Down in the Delta	1998			Will Sinclair	Limited release
Blade	1998			Eric Brooks / Blade
Play It to the Bone	1999			Ringside Fan	Cameo
The Art of War	2000			Agent Neil Shaw
Liberty Stands Still	2002			Joe	Direct-to-video
Zig Zag	2002			David "Dave" Fletcher
Blade II	2002			Eric Brooks / Blade
Undisputed	2002			Monroe "Undisputed" Hutchens
Unstoppable	2004			Agent Dean Cager	Limited release
Blade: Trinity	2004			Eric Brooks / Blade
7 Seconds	2005			Jack Tulliver	Direct-to-video
The Marksman	2005			Painter	Direct-to-video
Chaos	2005			Lorenz / Jason York	Direct-to-video
The Detonator	2006			Agent Sonni Griffith	Direct-to-video
Hard Luck	2006			Lucky	Direct-to-video
The Contractor	2007			Agent James Jackson Dial	Direct-to-video
The Art of War II: Betrayal	2008			Agent Neil Shaw	Direct-to-video
Brooklyn's Finest	2009			Casanova "Caz" Phillips
Game of Death	2011			Agent Marcus Jones	Direct-to-video
Revelations of the Mayans: 2012 and Beyond	2012				Documentary film
Gallowwalkers	2012			Aman	Direct-to-video
The Expendables 3	2014			Doctor Death
Chi-Raq	2015			Sean "Cyclops" Andrews	Limited release
The Recall	2017			"The Hunter"	Limited release
Armed Response	2017			Isaac	Direct-to-video
Dolemite Is My Name	2019			D'Urville Martin	Limited release
Cut Throat City	2020			Lawrence	Limited release
Coming 2 America	2021			Gen. Izzi	Direct-to-video

Television

  Denotes lead role

Title	Year	Functioned as			Network	Notes
		Actor	Producer	Role
All My Children	1984			Marty	ABC	Episode: "Episode #1.3877"
Miami Vice	1986			Silk	NBC	Episode: "Streetwise"
Vietnam War Story	1987			Bookman	Unknown	Episode: "An Old Ghost Walks the Earth"
A Man Called Hawk	1989			Nicholas Murdock	ABC	Episodes: "Choice of Chance", "A Time and a Place"
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	1989			Hood	Lifetime	Episode: "Here's Why You Should Always Make Your Bed in the Morning"
H.E.L.P.	1990			Officer Lou Barton	ABC	6 episodes
America's Dream	1996			George Du Vail	HBO	Television film
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	1997			The Pied Piper	HBO	Episode: "The Pied Piper"; voice role
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes	1998				Unknown	Television film
Futuresport	1998			Obike Fixx	ABC	Television film
Disappearing Acts	2000			Franklin Swift	HBO	Television film
Dr. Ben	2001				Unknown	Television film
The Bernie Mac Show	2003			Duke	Fox	Episode: "Bernie Mac Rope-a-Dope "
The Player	2015			Mr. Johnson	NBC	9 episodes
What We Do in the Shadows	2019			Wesley	FX	Episode: "The Trial"
Paper Empire	2021			Damon Moore	Unknown	Episodes: "Calling Kiev", "Digital Limbo", "The Fintch Factor", "Market Lunch Break"
True Story	TBA			Carlton	Unknown	8 episodes

Theatre

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

Miscellaneous crew

Title	Year	Choreographer	Notes
Blade	1998
Blade II	2002

Music video

Title	Year	Performer	Role	Notes
"Bad"	1987	Michael Jackson	Mini Max	Directed by Martin Scorsese
"Video Greatest Hits - HIStory"	1995	Michael Jackson	Mini Max	(segment "Bad")

Soundtrack appearances

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

Video games

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

Other websites

• Wesley Snipes on IMDb