Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes

Birthday:Jul 31, 1962
Place of birth:Orlando, Florida, USA

Filmography

1995
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Comedy Drama
6.8

19951h 48min

United States

Director: Beeban Kidron

Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez — one of the losers that evening — the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.

1993
Demolition Man

Demolition Man

Crime Action Science Fiction Epic Action Dystopian Sci-Fi
6.7

19931h 55min

United States

Director: Marco Brambilla

In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.


Rising Sun

Rising Sun

Action Drama Thriller
6.3

19932h 5min

United States

Director: Philip Kaufman

When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.

1992
White Men Can't Jump

White Men Can't Jump

Comedy Drama
6.8

19921h 55min

United States

Director: Ron Shelton

Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.

1991
Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever

Drama Romance
6.6

19912h 12min

United States

Director: Spike Lee

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.


New Jack City

New Jack City

Thriller Crime Drama
6.6

19911h 37min

United States

Director: Mario Van Peebles

A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.

1990
Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

Drama Music
6.7

19902h 9min

United States

Director: Spike Lee

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.


King of New York

King of New York

Thriller Crime
6.9

19901h 43min

Italy

Director: Abel Ferrara

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.