
Wesley Snipes
Acting
89
Acting Credits
Biography
Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor and martial artist. Snipes has made films in a variety of genres, such as numerous thrillers, dramatic feature films, and comedies, though he is best known for his action films. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his work in The Waterdance (1992) and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his performance in the film One Night Stand (1997). Born in Florida, Snipes had notable parts in the come...
Known For
Filmography

Michael Jackson: A Life in Music
2026
as Self (archive footage)

Where's Usher?
2024
as Leslie Snipes

Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Blade

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Self - Blade

Back on the Strip
2023
as Luther 'Mr. Big'

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023
as Morlak (voice)

Coming 2 America
2021
as General Izzi

True Story
2021
as Carlton

Cut Throat City
2020
as Lawrence

Dolemite Is My Name
2019
as D’Urville Martin

What We Do in the Shadows
2019
as Wesley

Basketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)

Armed Response
2017
as Isaac

The Recall
2017
as The Hunter

Forensic Justice
2016
as Self (archive footage)

Chi-Raq
2015
as Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews

The Player
2015
as Mr. Johnson

The Expendables 3
2014
as Doc

The Making of The Expendables 3
2014
as Self

Do The Right Thing 25 Year Anniversary A Beats Music Experience
2014
as self

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self

Gallowwalkers
2012
as Aman

Game of Death
2011
as Agent Marcus

Brooklyn's Finest
2010
as Casanova 'Caz' Phillips

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010
as (archive footage)

Conan
2010
as Self

The Art of War II: Betrayal
2008
as Neil Shaw

The Contractor
2007
as James Dial

The Detonator
2006
as Sonni Griffith

Hard Luck
2006
as Lucky

Chaos
2005
as Lorenz / Jason York

The Marksman
2005
as Painter

7 Seconds
2005
as Jack Tuliver

Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of Blade Trinity
2005
as Self

Unstoppable
2004
as Dean Cage

Blade: Trinity
2004
as Blade

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest

Liberty Stands Still
2002
as Joe

Blade II
2002
as Blade

Undisputed
2002
as Monroe Hutchen

Zig Zag
2002
as Dave Fletcher

The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
2002
as Self

The Bernie Mac Show
2001
as Duke

The Art of War
2000
as Neil Shaw

Disappearing Acts
2000
as Franklin Swift

Play It to the Bone
1999
as Wesley Snipes (Ringside Fan)

Futuresport
1999
as Obike Fixx

U.S. Marshals
1998
as Sheridan

Blade
1998
as Blade

Down in the Delta
1998
as Will Sinclair

Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
1998
as Self

Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self

Murder at 1600
1997
as Detective Harlan Regis

One Night Stand
1997
as Max Carlyle

The View
1997
as Self - Guest

The Fan
1996
as Bobby Rayburn

America's Dream
1996
as George Du Vaul (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")

Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
1996
as Self

John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
1996
as Narrator

Money Train
1995
as John

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
as Noxeema Jackson

Waiting to Exhale
1995
as James Wheeler (uncredited)

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as The Pied Piper (voice)

Drop Zone
1994
as Pete Nessip

Sugar Hill
1994
as Romello Skuggs

Boiling Point
1993
as Jimmy Mercer

Rising Sun
1993
as Lt. Webster Smith

Demolition Man
1993
as Simon Phoenix

Hardwood Dreams
1993
as Narrator

White Men Can't Jump
1992
as Sidney Deane

Passenger 57
1992
as John Cutter

The Waterdance
1992
as Raymond Hill

The Real Malcolm X
1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self

HBO First Look
1992

Jungle Fever
1991
as Flipper Purify

New Jack City
1991
as Nino Brown

Sous les marches du palais
1991
as Self

King of New York
1990
as Thomas Flanigan

Mo' Better Blues
1990
as Shadow Henderson (Sax)

H.E.L.P.
1990
as Lou Barton

Major League
1989
as Willie Mays Hayes

Critical Condition
1987
as Ambulance Driver

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
as Hood

Wildcats
1986
as Trumaine

Streets of Gold
1986
as Roland Jenkins

Miami Vice
1984
as Silk
Film '72
1971
as Self

The Oscars
1953
as Self