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 Blade in the Blade trilogy movies.

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  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 Henderson 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 1993 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  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  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 Limited release; 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 Limited release 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 2011 Game of Death Agent Marcus Jones Direct-to-video 2012 Revelations of the Mayans: 2012 and Beyond  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 Limited release 2020 Cut Throat City Lawrence Limited release  2021 Coming 2 America General Izzi Streaming release  2023 Back on the Strip Luther "Mr. Big" Limited release; also producer 2024 Deadpool & Wolverine  Eric Brooks / Blade  2025 Another Other  Short film

 Television 
 Year Title Role Notes  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  Television documentary film; executive producer only 1998 Futuresport Obike Fixx Television film; also producer 2000 Disappearing Acts Franklin Swift Television film; also executive producer 2001 Dr. Ben  Television documentary film; executive producer only 2003 The Bernie Mac Show Duke Episode: "Bernie Mac Rope-a-Dope" 2015 The Player Mr. Johnson 9 episodes 2018 Represent  Episode: "Wesley Snipes Talks Blade and Black Panther" 2019 What We Do in the Shadows Wesley  Episode: "The Trial" 2021 True Story Carlton 7 episodes 2023 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Maris Morlak 2 episodes; voice role 2025–2026 Paper Empire Damon Moore 2 episodes

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

 Music videos 
 Year Title Role Performer Notes 1987 "Bad" Mini Max Michael Jackson

 Soundtrack appearances 
 Year Title Song Notes  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  1994 Demolition Man Simon Phoenix Live action full-motion video 2011 Julius Styles: The International Julius Styles

References

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Category:Actors from Orlando, Florida
Category:Actors from the Bronx
Category:African-American actors
Category:American movie actors
Category:African-American movie producers
Category:American television actors
Category:1962 births
Category:Living people