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Wesley Trent Snipes born July 31, is an American actor.

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In a film career spanning more than thirty years, Snipes has appeared in a variety of genres, such as numerous thrillers, dramatic feature films, and comedies, though he is best known for his action films. Snipes had notable parts in the comedy film Major League , the drama Mo' Better Blues and the crime drama King of New York before gaining prominence by playing a drug lord in the crime drama New Jack City He subsequently received more attention for the drama film Jungle Fever , the sports comedy White Men Can't Jump , and the action film Passenger 57 Julie Newmar , the thriller The Fan , and the drama film Down in the Delta but mostly established himself as an action star, portraying both heroes and villains in films such as Demolition Man , Rising Sun , Money Train , and U.

Marshals From the mids, Snipes appeared in direct-to-video films before returning to the theatrical release with films such as Brooklyn's Finest and The Expendables 3 His television work includes multiple episodes in drama series H. He formed a production company, Amen-Ra Films, in , and a subsidiary, Black Dot Media, to develop projects for film and television.

Snipes also attended Southwestern College in California. At the age of 23, Snipes was discovered by an agent while performing in a competition. He made his film debut in the Goldie Hawn vehicle Wildcats. Later that year, he appeared on the TV show Miami Vice as a drug-dealing pimp in the episode "Streetwise" first aired December 5, In , he appeared as Michael Jackson 's nemesis in the Martin Scorsese —directed music video " Bad " and the feature film Streets of Gold.

Snipes's performance in the music video "Bad" caught the eye of director Spike Lee. Lee would later cast Snipes as the jazz saxophonist Shadow Henderson in Mo' Better Blues and as the lead in the interracial romance drama Jungle Fever.