List of Wesley Snipes performances explained

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), (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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
scope=row	1986	Wildcats	Trumaine
scope=row	1986	Streets of Gold	Roland Jenkins
scope=row	1987	Critical Condition	Ambulance Driver	Cameo	^[1]
scope=row	1989	Major League	Willie Mays Hayes
scope=row	1990	King of New York	Detective Thomas Flanigan
scope=row	1990	Mo' Better Blues	Shadow Henderson
scope=row	1991	New Jack City	Nino Brown
scope=row	1991	Jungle Fever	Flipper Purify
scope=row	1992	The Waterdance	Raymond Hill
scope=row	1992	White Men Can't Jump	Sidney "Syd" Deane
scope=row	1992	Passenger 57	Chief John Cutter
scope=row	1993	Boiling Point	Agent Jimmy Mercer
scope=row	1993	Rising Sun	Lieutenant Webster "Web" Smith
scope=row	1993	Demolition Man	Simon Phoenix
scope=row	1993	Sugar Hill	Romello "Rome" Skuggs
scope=row	1994	Drop Zone	U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip
scope=row	1995	To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar	Noxeema Jackson
scope=row	1995	Money Train	Officer John Robinson
scope=row	1995	Waiting to Exhale	James Wheeler	Uncredited cameo
scope=row	1996	The Fan	Bobby Rayburn
scope=row	1996	John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk		Documentary film; executive producer only
scope=row	1997	Murder at 1600	Detective Harlan Regis
scope=row	1997	One Night Stand	Maximilian "Max" Carlyle	Limited release
scope=row	1998	U.S. Marshals	Mark J. Sheridan / Mark Roberts / Mark Warren
scope=row	1998	The Big Hit		Producer only
scope=row	1998	Down in the Delta	Will Sinclair	Limited release; also producer
scope=row	1998	Blade	Eric Brooks / Blade	Also producer and martial arts choreographer
scope=row	1999	Play It to the Bone	Ringside Fan	Cameo
scope=row	2000	The Art of War	Agent Neil Shaw	Also executive producer
scope=row	2002	Liberty Stands Still	Agent Alex / Joe	Limited release
scope=row	2002	Zig Zag	David "Dave" Fletcher
scope=row	2002	Blade II	Eric Brooks / Blade	Also producer and fight coordinator
scope=row	2002	Undisputed	Monroe "Undisputed" Hutchens	Also executive producer
scope=row	2004	Unstoppable	Agent Dean Cage	Limited release; also producer
scope=row	2004		Eric Brooks / Blade	Also producer
scope=row	2005	7 Seconds	Jack Tulliver	Direct-to-video
scope=row	2005	The Marksman	Enter "The Marksman" Painter	Direct-to-video
scope=row	2005	Chaos	Lorenz / Jason York	Direct-to-video
scope=row	2006	The Detonator	Agent Sonni Griffith	Direct-to-video
scope=row	2006	Hard Luck	Lucky	Direct-to-video
scope=row	2007	The Contractor	Agent James Jackson Dial	Direct-to-video
scope=row	2008		Agent Neil Shaw	Direct-to-video
scope=row	2009	Brooklyn's Finest	Casanova "Caz" Phillips
scope=row	2011	Game of Death	Agent Marcus Jones	Direct-to-video
scope=row	2012	Revelations of the Mayans: 2012 and Beyond		Documentary film; executive producer only
scope=row	2012	Gallowwalkers	Aman	Direct-to-video
2014	The Expendables 3	Doctor "Doc" Death
scope=row	2015	Chi-Raq	Sean "Cyclops" Andrews	Limited release
scope=row	2017	The Recall	"The Hunter"	Limited release; also producer
scope=row	2017	Armed Response	Isaac	Direct-to-video; also producer
scope=row	2019	Dolemite Is My Name	D'Urville Martin	Streaming release
scope=row	2020	Cut Throat City	Lawrence	Limited release
scope=row	2021	Coming 2 America	General Izzi	Streaming release
scope=row	2023	Back on the Strip	Luther "Mr. Big"	Also producer
scope=row	2024	Deadpool & Wolverine	Eric Brooks / Blade

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
scope=row	1984	All My Children	Marty	Episode: "Episode #1.3877"
scope=row	1986	Miami Vice	Silk	Episode: "Streetwise"
scope=row	1987	Vietnam War Story	Bookman	Episode: "An Old Ghost Walks the Earth"
scope=row	1989	A Man Called Hawk	Nicholas Murdock	2 episodes
scope=row	1989	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	Hood	Episode: "Here's Why You Should Always Make Your Bed in the Morning"
scope=row	1990	H.E.L.P.	Officer Lou Barton	6 episodes
scope=row	1996	America's Dream	George Du Vail	Television film
scope=row	1997		The Pied Piper	Episode: "The Pied Piper"; voice role
scope=row	1998	Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes		Television documentary film; executive producer only
scope=row	1998	Futuresport	Obike Fixx	Television film; also producer
scope=row	2000	Disappearing Acts	Franklin Swift	Television film; also executive producer
scope=row	2001	Dr. Ben		Television documentary film; executive producer only
scope=row	2003	The Bernie Mac Show	Duke	Episode: "Bernie Mac Rope-a-Dope"
scope=row	2015	The Player	Mr. Johnson	9 episodes
scope=row	2018	Represent		Episode: "Wesley Snipes Talks Blade and Black Panther"
scope=row	2019	What We Do in the Shadows	Wesley	Episode: "The Trial"
scope=row	2021	True Story	Carlton	7 episodes
scope=row	2023	Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur	Maris Morlak	2 episodes; voice role
scope=row	2025	Paper Empire	Damon Moore	2 episodes; post-production

Soundtrack appearances

Year	Title	Song	Notes
scope=row	1986	Wildcats	"Football Rap (End Credits)"	Uncredited
scope=row	1990	Mo' Better Blues	"Pop Top 40"
scope=row	2015	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	"Fame"	Episode: "Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting/Wesley Snipes/Chris Cornell"; uncredited

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
scope=row	1994	Demolition Man	Simon Phoenix	Live action full-motion video
scope=row	2011	Julius Styles: The International	Julius Styles

Notes and References

1. Web site: 19 Things You Might Not Have Realised About Wesley Snipes . May 15, 2019 .
2. Web site: Beaufort . John . 'Execution of Justice' echoes 1979 case. Pair of San Francisco crimes analyzed in courtroom drama . . January 27, 2022 . March 24, 1986.