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| 3 | ->''"There are so few guys who do action and do it well. Even fewer who are African-American. Even fewer who have classical-theater training. So a cat like me coming in, I'm bringing all of that to an action movie."'' |
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| 5 | Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962 in Orlando, Florida) is an American actor, producer, and martial artist. |
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| 7 | He's famous for appearing in films like ''Film/NewJackCity'', ''Film/WhiteMenCantJump'', ''Film/Passenger57'' and ''Film/DemolitionMan'', and for portraying the Creator/MarvelComics {{dhampyr}} Comicbook/{{Blade}} in a [[Film/BladeTrilogy film trilogy]]. |
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| 9 | He formed a production company, Amen-Ra Films, in 1991, and a subsidiary, Black Dot Media, to develop projects for film and television. He is a lifelong martial artist, having training in UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}, UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}}, hapkido, UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}, Shaolin kung fu, UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
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| 11 | Snipes was previously married to April Dubois and is currently married to Nakyung Park. He has six children. |
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| 14 | !!Selected filmography: |
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| 16 | * ''Music/{{Bad}}'' (1987, music video) as Mini Max |
| 17 | * ''Film/MajorLeague'' (1989) as Willy Mays Hayes |
| 18 | * ''Film/KingOfNewYork'' (1990) as Thomas Flanigan |
| 19 | * ''Film/MoBetterBlues'' (1990) as Shadow Henderson |
| 20 | * ''Film/NewJackCity'' (1991) as Nino Brown |
| 21 | * ''Film/JungleFever'' (1991) as Flipper "Flip" Purify |
| 22 | * ''Film/WhiteMenCantJump'' (1992) as Sidney "Syd" Deane |
| 23 | * ''Film/Passenger57'' (1992) as John Cutter |
| 24 | * ''Literature/RisingSun'' (1993) as Lieutenant Webster "Web" Smith |
| 25 | * ''Film/DemolitionMan'' (1993) as Simon Phoenix |
| 26 | * ''Film/DropZone'' (1994) as Pete Nessip |
| 27 | * ''Film/ToWongFooThanksForEverythingJulieNewmar'' (1995) as Noxeema Jackson |
| 28 | * ''Film/MoneyTrain'' (1995) as John |
| 29 | * ''Literature/WaitingToExhale'' (1995) as James Wheeler |
| 30 | * ''Film/TheFan'' (1996) as Bobby "Bob" Rayburn |
| 31 | * ''Film/MurderAt1600'' (1997) as Harlan Regis |
| 32 | * ''Film/{{One Night Stand|1997}}'' (1997) as Max Carlyle |
| 33 | * ''Film/DownInTheDelta'' (1998) as Will Sinclair |
| 34 | * The ''Film/BladeTrilogy'' as Eric Brooks / Blade |
| 35 | ** ''Film/{{Blade}}'' (1998) |
| 36 | ** ''Film/BladeII'' (2002) |
| 37 | ** ''Film/BladeTrinity'' (2004) |
| 38 | * ''Film/{{Futuresport}}'' (1998) as Obike Fixx |
| 39 | * ''Film/USMarshals'' (1998) as Mark J. Sheridan / Mark Warren / Mark Roberts |
| 40 | * ''Film/TheArtOfWar'' (2000) as Neil Shaw |
| 41 | ** ''The Art of War II: Betrayal'' (2008) |
| 42 | * ''Film/{{Undisputed}}'' (2002) as Monroe "Undisputed" Hutchens |
| 43 | * ''Film/{{Zig Zag|2002}}'' (2002) as David Fletcher |
| 44 | * ''Film/{{Chaos|2005}}'' (2005) as Lorenz |
| 45 | * ''Film/BrooklynsFinest'' (2009) as Casanova "Caz" Phillips |
| 46 | * ''Film/{{Gallowwalkers}}'' (2013) as Aman |
| 47 | * ''Film/TheExpendables3'' (2014) as Doc |
| 48 | * ''Series/ThePlayer'' (2015) as Mr. Johnson |
| 49 | * ''Film/DolemiteIsMyName'' (2019) as Creator/DUrvilleMartin |
| 50 | * ''Film/Coming2America'' (2021) as General Izzi |
| 51 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur|2023}}'' (2023) as Maris Morlak (voice) |
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