American actor, film producer, and

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Wesley Snipes started his acting career in the 1980s with a one episode appearance on the soap opera ''

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'' (1984). His first film roles were both in 1986 in ''

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'' and ''

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''. 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), '' White Men Can't Jump'' with Woody Harrelson (1992), '' Rising Sun'' with

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(1993), '' Demolition Man'' with

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(1993), ''

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'' with Patrick Swayze and John Leguizamo (1995), and ''

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'' with Tommy Lee Jones (1998). Also in 1998, he was cast as Eric Brooks / Blade in the

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'' Blade'', based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name, a role he went on to reprise in '' Blade II'' (2002) and '' Blade: Trinity'' (2004). 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 ''

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'' where he was reunited working with Sylvester Stallone. He teamed up with

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to co-star in the biographical comedy film '' Dolemite Is My Name'' as

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(2019) and the comedy film ''

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'' as General Izzi (2021). His television work includes multiple episodes in drama series '' H.E.L.P.'' (1990), action

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crime drama series '' The Player'' (2015), and drama

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'' True Story'' opposite Kevin Hart (2021).

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