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Wesley Snipes


Wesley Trent Snipes was born in Orlando, Florida, to Maryann (Long), a teacher's assistant, and Wesley Rudolph Snipes, an aircraft engineer. He grew up on the streets of the South Bronx in New York City, where he very early decided that the theater was to be his career. He attended the High School for the Performing Arts (popularized in Fame (1980)... See full bio »
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  Chronicles of the Mayan Tunnel (announced)
God Of War Ah Puch
 2015 Chi-Raq
Cyclops
 2011 Julius Styles: The International (Video Game)
Julius Styles (voice)
 2010 Game of Death
Marcus
 2007 The Contractor (Video)
James Dial
 2006 Hard Luck (Video)
Lucky
 2006 The Detonator (Video)
Sonni Griffith
 2005/II Chaos
Lorenz / Jason York
 2005 The Marksman (Video)
Painter
 2005 7 Seconds (Video)
Jack Tuliver
 2003 The Bernie Mac Show (TV Series)
Duke
- Bernie Mac Rope-a-Dope (2003) ... Duke
 2002 Blade II
Blade
 2000 Act of Love (TV Movie)
Franklin Swift
 1999 Les adversaires
Ringside Fan
 1998 Futuresport (TV Movie)
Obike Fixx
 1998 Blade
Blade
 1996 America's Dream (TV Movie)
George Du Vaul (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
 1995 Où sont les hommes?
James Wheeler (uncredited)
 1995 Money Train
John
 1995 Extravagances
Noxeema
 1994 Demolition Man (Video Game)
Simon Phoenix
 1990 Mo' Better Blues
Shadow Henderson (Sax)
 1990 H.E.L.P. (TV Series)
Off. Lou Barton
- Undue Force (1990) ... Off. Lou Barton
- To Everything, There Is a Season (1990) ... Off. Lou Barton
- Steam Heat (1990) ... Off. Lou Barton
- The Children's Hour (1990) ... Off. Lou Barton
- Are You There, Alpha Centauri? (1990) ... Off. Lou Barton
 1989 A Man Called Hawk (TV Series)
Nicholas Murdock
- Choice of Chance (1989) ... Nicholas Murdock
- A Time and a Place (1989) ... Nicholas Murdock
 1988 Vietnam War Story (TV Series)
Bookman
- An Old Ghost Walks the Earth (1988) ... Bookman
 1987 Michael Jackson: Bad (Video short)
Mini Max
 1987 Toubib malgré lui
Ambulance Driver
 1986 Deux flics à Miami (TV Series)
Silk
- Streetwise (1986) ... Silk
 1986 Les Chemins de la gloire
Roland Jenkins
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Active on Broadway in the following productions: See more »

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8 Interviews | 31 Articles | 2 Pictorials | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »

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Alternate Names:

Welsey Snipes

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on why he loves the sport of boxing] I love the idea of the man to man, against one another. I like that. I don't know why. See more »

Trivia:

His apartment was destroyed by the collapse of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers. He happened to have been delayed at the gym where he was working out, otherwise he would have been home at that moment. See more »

Trademark:

Characters in his films, usually his own characters, frequently quote the literary classic "The Art of War", written by Sun Tzu around 500 B.C.E., which is widely regarded as the single best resource for training military special forces groups worldwide. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo

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