wesley trent snipes who was born on july 31 1962 is an american actor author director film producer
and martial artist his 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
and the marvel comics character blade in the blade film trilogy from 1998 to 2004 the expendables 3
in 2014 and for his role on the player in 2015. to this day wesley snipes is mostly known for
reprising the role of blade in the marvel comics inspired blade film trilogy from 1998-2004 at the
peak of his career he formed his own production company titled amen raw films since his rise in
hollywood wesley schneids became prosperous in both acting producing and directing in addition
to that wesley snice holds a fifth degree black belt in shotakan karate and a second degree black
belt in hopkido also he's been trained in the arts of capoeira xiaoling kung fu brazilian jiu jitsu
and kickboxing as of this recording wesley snipes has an estimated net worth of 10 million dollars
well that was a brief introduction about wesley snipes now let's take a look at how wesley snipes
amassed his millions and became rich wesley snice became rich in the late 1980s almost immediately
after he started acting professionally thanks to his performance in michael jackson's video he was
contacted by director spike lee who offered him a role in his movie do the right thing snipes turned
down the offer and instead starred in major league which marked the beginning of a succession of
box office hits a few months later in early 1990 wesley snipes did work with the director for the
film mo better blues what helped the actor become rich were his roles in some of the classic 1990
films starting with new jack city the film amassed more than 47 million dollars in the box office
and elevated the actor's career the other movies that helped him make millions are passenger 57
demolition man money train u.s marshals and rising sun among many others thanks to his performance
in the 1997 drama one night stand wesley snipes received one of his first major achievements volpe
cup for best actor during the 54th edition of the venice film festival the success of wesley snipes
came after he landed the role of eric brooks or blade in the eponymous film where he also served
as director and fight choreographer the film earned over 150 million dollars in the box office
which led to the creation of two sequels wesley reprised the role of blade in both sequels
released in 2002 and 2004 and received even more positive reviews from the critics in the media
ever since the blade trilogy wesley snipes has gained not only popularity but wealth as well
throughout the early years of the 21st century he continued to act and direct in various movies
such as undisputed unstoppable the marksman and brooklyn's finest apart from the films he
also had several appearances in television films and series most notably in help america's dream
happily ever after and future sport even now the actor continues to shine and perform mostly in
actions and comedies such as the expendables 3 the player and coming to america in the late
1990s wesley snipes and his brother started a security firm the company was centered around
providing security for vips and focused on hiring personnel with law enforcement and martial arts
backgrounds wesley snipes also created his own production company almond raw films and a
subsidiary black dot media to develop projects for film and television his companies produce films
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