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“I have a great deal of fun playing Blade. The lifestyle of it, the controlled rebelliousness, is wonderful to me. And it's therapeutic, too. A role like this lets you vent.” Wesley Snipes

African-American actor and producer Wesley Snipes is perhaps best known for his role as the eponymous vampire hunter in the movie Blade (1998), and its continuations in 2000 and in 2004. Initially making an impression as a thug in the Scorsese-directed video for Michael Jackson’s Bad (1987), Snipes gained even more recognition for his brilliant performance of the fierce drug lord antagonist Nino Brown in Mario Van Peebles’ New Jack City (1991), for which he picked up a NAACP Image Award. A versatile actor, Snipes also received acclaim ..[Full version]