Born in 1962 in Disneyworld territory, Orlando, Florida, Wesley Trent Snipes grew up on the mean streets of the Bronx, before shuttling back to Florida as a teen and then doing college out in California.
After some awkward beginnings as a drug dealer in Miami Vice and the heavy in a Michael Jackson video (and losing out on a pair of high profile opportunities to the likes of LeVar Burton and Tymak), Snipes broke out in a brief but notable run of New Jack gangsta films for the likes of Mario Van Peebles and Spike Lee before making a name with smash hits like White Men Can’t Jump and an unexpected turn in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar...while simultaneously pumping out a surprising number of no budget direct to video affairs of varying quality.
With a wide ranging background in martial arts and a side hustle providing bodyguard muscle for celebs, he found a new career in high profile action films like Passenger 57, Rising Sun, Demolition Man and the Blade series...before running into a number of headline baiting legal troubles which resulted in a three year incarceration.
Since then, he's been making a return to notable film roles with a very central character in the latest entry in Stallone's all-star Expendables series and Eddie Murphy's long overdue return to form, Coming 2 America. Could Snipes, like a good fighter who's taken a few hard knocks, find himself on the upswing once again?
Join us as we take on the rollercoaster career of the one and only Wesley Snipes!
Week 97 (5/18/23): In The Court of Chaos: Up (and Down) with Wesley Snipes
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