List of Wesley Snipes performances
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American actor, film producer, and martial artist Wesley Snipes started his acting career in the 1980s with a one episode appearance on the soap opera All My Children (1984). His first film roles were both in 1986 in Wildcats and Streets of Gold. He then appeared as Willie Mays Hayes in the 1989 sports comedy film Major League with Tom Berenger and Charlie Sheen. He had prominent roles in the 1990s, starring in the films: New Jack City with Ice-T (1991), Jungle Fever with Annabella Sciorra and Anthony Quinn (1991), White Men Can't Jump with Woody Harrelson (1992), Rising Sun with Sean Connery (1993), Demolition Man with Sylvester Stallone (1993), To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar with Patrick Swayze and John Leguizamo (1995), and U.S. Marshals with Tommy Lee Jones (1998). Also in 1998, he was cast as Eric Brooks / Blade in the film Blade, based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name, a role he went on to reprise in Blade II (2002), Blade: Trinity (2004) and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).
Snipes had smaller roles during the 2000s, most of them being direct-to-video before returning to the theatrical release, cast as Doctor "Doc" Death in the 2014 action film The Expendables 3 where he was reunited working with Sylvester Stallone. He teamed up with Eddie Murphy to co-star in the biographical comedy film Dolemite Is My Name as D'Urville Martin (2019) and the comedy film Coming 2 America (2021), as General Izzi.
His television work includes multiple episodes in drama series H.E.L.P. (1990), action thriller crime drama series The Player (2015), and drama limited series True Story (2021), opposite Kevin Hart.
Film
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scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |
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rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1986
| Wildcats | Trumaine | | style="text-align: center;" | |
Streets of Gold
| Roland Jenkins | | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 1987
| Ambulance Driver | Cameo | style="text-align: center;" | {{cite web | url=https://www.eightieskids.com/things-you-might-not-have-realised-about-wesley-snipes/ | title=19 Things You Might Not Have Realised About Wesley Snipes | date=May 15, 2019 }} |
scope=row| 1989
| Willie Mays Hayes | | style="text-align: center;" | |
rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1990
| Detective Thomas Flanigan | | style="text-align: center;" | |
Mo' Better Blues
| Shadow Henderson | | style="text-align: center;" | |
rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1991
| Nino Brown | | style="text-align: center;" | |
Jungle Fever
| Flipper Purify | | style="text-align: center;" | |
rowspan="3" scope="row" | 1992
| Raymond Hill | | style="text-align: center;" | |
White Men Can't Jump
| Sidney "Syd" Deane | | style="text-align: center;" | |
Passenger 57
| Chief John Cutter | | style="text-align: center;" | |
rowspan="4" scope="row" | 1993
| Agent Jimmy Mercer | | style="text-align: center;" | |
Rising Sun
| Lieutenant Webster "Web" Smith | | style="text-align: center;" | |
Demolition Man
| Simon Phoenix | | style="text-align: center;" | |
Sugar Hill
| Romello "Rome" Skuggs | | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row | 1994
| U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip | | style="text-align: center;" | |
rowspan="3" scope="row" | 1995
| To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | Noxeema Jackson | | style="text-align: center;" | |
Money Train
| Officer John Robinson | | style="text-align: center;" | |
Waiting to Exhale
| James Wheeler | Uncredited cameo | style="text-align: center;" | |
rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1996
| The Fan | Bobby Rayburn | | style="text-align: center;" | |
John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
| {{N/A}} | Documentary film; executive producer only | style="text-align: center;" | |
rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1997
| Detective Harlan Regis | | style="text-align: center;" | |
One Night Stand
| Maximilian "Max" Carlyle | Limited release | style="text-align: center;" | |
rowspan="4" scope="row" | 1998
| Mark J. Sheridan / Mark Roberts / Mark Warren | | style="text-align: center;" | |
The Big Hit
| {{N/A}} | Producer only | style="text-align: center;" | |
Down in the Delta
| Will Sinclair | Limited release; also producer | style="text-align: center;" | |
Blade
| Also producer and martial arts choreographer | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row | 1999
| Ringside Fan | Limited release; cameo | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row | 2000
| Agent Neil Shaw | Also executive producer | style="text-align: center;" | |
rowspan="4" scope="row" | 2002
| Agent Alex / Joe | rowspan="2" | Limited release | style="text-align: center;" | |
Zig Zag
| David "Dave" Fletcher | style="text-align: center;" | |
Blade II
| Eric Brooks / Blade | Also producer and fight coordinator | style="text-align: center;" | |
Undisputed
| Monroe "Undisputed" Hutchens | Also executive producer | style="text-align: center;" | |
rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2004
| Agent Dean Cage | Limited release; also producer | style="text-align: center;" | |
Blade: Trinity
| Eric Brooks / Blade | Also producer | style="text-align: center;" | |
rowspan="3" scope="row" | 2005
| Jack Tulliver | rowspan="7" | Direct-to-video | style="text-align: center;" | |
The Marksman
| Enter "The Marksman" Painter | style="text-align: center;" | |
Chaos
| Lorenz / Jason York | style="text-align: center;" | |
rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2006
| Agent Sonni Griffith | style="text-align: center;" | |
Hard Luck
| Lucky | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 2007
| Agent James Jackson Dial | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row | 2008
| Agent Neil Shaw | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 2009
| Casanova "Caz" Phillips | | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row | 2011
| Agent Marcus Jones | Direct-to-video | style="text-align: center;" | |
rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2012
| Revelations of the Mayans: 2012 and Beyond | {{N/A}} | Documentary film; executive producer only | style="text-align: center;" | |
Gallowwalkers
| Aman | Direct-to-video | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope="row" | 2014
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scope=row | 2015
| Chi-Raq | Sean "Cyclops" Andrews | Limited release | style="text-align: center;" | |
rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2017
| "The Hunter" | Limited release; also producer | style="text-align: center;" | |
Armed Response
| Isaac | Direct-to-video; also producer | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 2019
| rowspan="2" | Limited release | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 2020
| Lawrence | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 2021
| General Izzi | Streaming release | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 2023
| Luther "Mr. Big" | Limited release; also producer | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 2024
| Eric Brooks / Blade | | style="text-align: center;" | |
Television
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scope=row | 1984
| Marty | Episode: "Episode #1.3877" | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 1986
| Silk | Episode: "Streetwise" | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 1987
| Bookman | Episode: "An Old Ghost Walks the Earth" | style="text-align: center;" | |
rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1989
| Nicholas Murdock | 2 episodes | style="text-align: center;" | |
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
| Hood | Episode: "Here's Why You Should Always Make Your Bed in the Morning" | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 1990
| H.E.L.P. | Officer Lou Barton | 6 episodes | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 1996
| George Du Vail | Television film | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 1997
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Episode: "The Pied Piper"; voice role | style="text-align: center;" | |
rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1998
| Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes | {{N/A}} | Television documentary film; executive producer only | style="text-align: center;" | |
Futuresport
| Obike Fixx | Television film; also producer | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 2000
| Franklin Swift | Television film; also executive producer | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 2001
| Dr. Ben | {{N/A}} | Television documentary film; executive producer only | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 2003
| Duke | Episode: "Bernie Mac Rope-a-Dope" | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 2015
| Mr. Johnson | 9 episodes | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 2018
| Represent | {{N/A}} | Episode: "Wesley Snipes Talks Blade and Black Panther" | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row | 2019
| Wesley | Episode: "The Trial" | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row | 2021
| Carlton | 7 episodes | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row | 2023
| Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Maris Morlak | 2 episodes; voice role | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row | 2025
| Paper Empire | Damon Moore | 2 episodes | style="text-align: center;" | |
Theatre
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scope="col" | Year
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scope=row | 1986
| Sister Boom Boom | Broadway | | style="text-align: center;" | {{cite web |last1=Beaufort |first1=John |title='Execution of Justice' echoes 1979 case. Pair of San Francisco crimes analyzed in courtroom drama |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1986/0324/ljust1.html |publisher=Christian Science Monitor |access-date=January 27, 2022 |date=March 24, 1986}} |
Music videos
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scope="col" | Year
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scope=row| 1987
| "Bad" | Mini Max | | style="text-align: center;" | |
Soundtrack appearances
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scope="col" | Year
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scope=row| 1986
| Wildcats | "Football Rap (End Credits)" | Uncredited | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 1990
| "Pop Top 40" | | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 2015
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | "Fame" | Episode: "Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting/Wesley Snipes/Chris Cornell"; uncredited | style="text-align: center;" | |
Video games
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scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Voice role ! scope="col" | Notes ! scope="col" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |
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scope=row| 1994
| Simon Phoenix | Live action full-motion video | style="text-align: center;" | |
scope=row| 2011
| Julius Styles: The International | Julius Styles | | style="text-align: center;" | |
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