- Born Name: Wesley Trent Snipes
- Birthday: 1962-07-31 (Year-Month-Day)
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- Spouse(s): April Dubois (1985–1990) Nikki Park (2003–present)
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- Medium: Actor, martial artist, film producer
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Wesley Snipes, For the fictional character, see List of 30 Rock characters#Wesley Snipes.Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor, film producer, and martial artist. He has starred in numerous action-adventures, thrillers, and dramatic feature films and is well known for his role as Blade in the Blade trilogy. Snipes formed a production company titled Amen-Ra Films in 1991 and a subsidiary, Black Dot Media, to develop projects for film and television. Snipes has been training in martial arts since age twelve, earning a high ranking 5th dan black belt in Shotokan Karate and 2nd dan black belt in Hapkido. He has also trained as a student of Capoeira under Mestre Jelon Vieira and in a number of other disciplines including various styles of kung fu and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Snipes is currently serving a prison sentence for misdemeanor failure to file U.S. federal income tax returns.