Wesley Snipes

Wesley Trent Snipes is an American actor, film producer, and martial artist. His prominent film roles include Major League, New Jack City, White Men Can't Jump, Passenger 57, Rising Sun, Demolition Man, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, U.S. Marshals, The Expendables 3, Coming 2 America, and the Blade film trilogy, portraying Blade. In television, he is known for his role on The Player. Snipes was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his work in The Waterdance and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his performance in the film One Night Stand. He formed a production company, Amen-Ra Films, in 1991, and a subsidiary, Black Dot Media, to develop projects for film and television. He has been training in martial arts since the age of 12, earning a 5th dan black belt in Shotokan Karate and 2nd dan black belt in Hapkido.

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