Wesley Trent Snipes is an American actor. He appeared in the films
Major League (1989),
New Jack City (1991),
Jungle Fever (1991),
White Men Can't Jump (1992),
Passenger 57 (1992),
Rising Sun (1993),
Demolition Man (1993),
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995),
U.S. Marshals (1998),
The Expendables 3 (2014),
Coming 2 America (2021), and the
Blade film trilogy (1998â2004), portraying Blade. In television, he appeared on
The Player (2015). Snipes 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).