wesley snipes is an american actor film producer martial artist and business person he's been
training in martial arts since the age of 12 earning a fifth dan black belt in shotokan karate
and second dan belt in hopkido wesley snipes prominent film roles include new jack city in 1991
white men can't jump in 1992 passenger 57 in 1992 rising sun in 1993 demolition man in 1993
u.s marshals in 1998 the expendables 3 in 2014 coming to america in 2021
and the blade film trilogy from 1998 to 2004 where he portrays blade in television he's known for
his role on the players series in 2015. wesley snipes won the volpe cup for the best actor for
his performance in the film one night stand he's also received a star on the hollywood walk of fame
wesley snipes has an estimated net worth of 10 million u.s dollars about wesley snipes early life
wesley trent snipes was born on july 31 1962 in orlando florida and grew up in the bronx new york
he's the son of marion long an assistant teacher and wesley rudolph snipes an aircraft engineer
wesley snipes has a half-brother a.d snipes who is also an entertainer a comedian residing in san
antonio texas the younger snipes has appeared in the tnt classics rough riders and buffalo soldiers
and has appeared on bet's comic view and hbo's deaf comedy jam wesley snipes attended the high
school of performing arts of fiorello h laguardia high school of music and art and performing arts
but moved back to florida before he could graduate after graduating from jones high school in orlando
he returned to new york and attended the state university of new york at purchase
he also attended southwest college in los angeles california wesley schneids began training in
martial arts when he was 12 years old he has a fifth degree black belt in shotokan karate
and a second degree black belt in hopkito he is also trained in capoeira under meste gelon viera
and in a number of other disciplines including kung fu at the usa shaolin temple in brazilian
jiu jitsu and kickboxing wesley snipes is five feet nine inches tall or 1.75 meters tall
about wesley snipes personal life wesley snipes has been married twice from 1985 to 1990 he was
married to april dubois snipes with whom he has a son jolania sarr snipes who was born in 1988.
jelani had a cameo role in wesley snipes 1990 film mo better blues in 2003 wesley
snice married a south korean painter and artist nakjung nikki park with whom he has four children
daughter isetjawati snipes who was born in 2001 sons alafia jehu t snipes who was born in 2004
ali mayu moa t snipes who was born in 2007 and akhenaten kiwa t snipes was born in 2012.
wesley snipes who was raised a christian converted to islam in 1978 but left islam in 1988 during a
1991 interview wesley snipes said islam made me more conscious of what african people have
accomplished of my self-worth and gave me some self-dignity wesley snipes apartment in new york
city was destroyed by the collapse of the world trade center's twin towers during the september
11 attacks he was on the west coast at the time in 2005 snipes entered into negotiations to fight
fear factor host joe rogan on ultimate fighting match but the deal fell through
about wesley snipes career at the age of 23 wesley snipes was discovered by an agent while performing
in a competition he made his film debut in the 1986 goldie hawn vehicle wildcats later that
year he appeared on the tv show miami vice as a drug dealing pimp in the episode streetwise
which was first aired december 5th 1986. in 1987 he appeared as michael jackson's nemesis
in the martin scorsese directed music video bad and the feature film streets of gold
wesley snipes performance in the music video bad caught the eye of director spike lee
snipes turned down a small role in lee's do the right thing for the larger part of
willie may's haze and major league beginning a succession of box office hits for wesley snipes
spike lee would later cast wesley snipes as a jazz saxophonist shadow henderson in mo better
blues and as the lead in the interracial romance drama jungle fever after the success of jungle
fever the washington post described wesley snipes as the most celebrated new actor of the season
he then played thomas flanagan in king of new york opposite christopher walken he played the drug
lord nino brown in new jack city which was written specifically for him by barry michael cooper
he also played a drug dealer in the 1994 film sugar hill wesley snipes has played a number
of roles in action films like passenger 57 demolition man with sylvester stallone
money train the fan u.s marshals and rising sun as well as comedies like white men can't jump
and two wong fu thanks for everything julie newmar where he played a drag queen
wesley snipes has appeared in dramas like the water dance and disappearing acts in 1997 he won
the best actor volpe cup at the 54th venice film festival for his performance in new light cinema's
one night stand in 1998 wesley snipes had his largest commercial success with blade as the title
character blade which has grossed over 150 million dollars worldwide the film turned into a series
in 2004 wesley snipes reprised his role in the third film blade trinity which he also produced
he later appeared in the contractor filmed in bulgaria and the uk gallow walkers released
in 2012 and game of death wesley snipes was originally slated to play one of the four leads
in spike lee's 2008 war film miracle at saint anna but had to leave the film due to tax problems his
role eventually went to derrick luke wesley snipes made a comeback performance in brooklyn's finest
as casanova has phillips a supporting character it was his first theatrical release film since 2004.
he also had to turn down the part of hale caesar in the expendables because he was not allowed to
leave the united states without the court's approval in 2014 he appeared in the sequel
the expendables 3. his comedic role playing durville martin in dolomite is by name
has earned him positive reviews and a number of award nominations he has also received a star on
the hollywood walk of fame and an honorary doctorate in humanities and fine arts from
his alma mater the state university of new york at purchase about wesley snipes other ventures in the
late 1990s wesley snipes and his brother started a security firm called the royal guard of amin ra
dedicated to providing vips with bodyguards trained in law enforcement and martial arts
amen ra is also the name of his film company in 1996 the first film produced by amin raw was a
great and mighty walk dr john henrik clark about wesley snipes real estate in 1993 wesley snipes
bought a house in windermere florida for just a little more than a million dollars the property
in isleworth features artistic finishes throughout and contains five bedrooms three
and a half bathrooms a three-car garage large summer kitchen and luxury open air pool and spa
he was a resident of the upscale community for more than a decade before he sold a 1.16
acre lakefront property in foreclosure for 640 thousand dollars in 2004. wesley snipes and his
wife nikki park had their home in alpine new jersey which the couple sold off in 2014 at a
price close to 4.2 million dollars about wesley snipes car collection wesley snipes owns or
has owned an aston martin vanquish a range rover sport a cadillac escalade and a mercedes-benz amg
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