Wesley Snipes

• Birthplace: Orlando, Florida, USA
• Birthday: July 31, 1962

The tragedy of actor Wesley Snipes’ career was not due to the fact that he was sentenced to three years of jail time for tax evasion in 2008, but rather because it overshadowed a prolific decade of work in which he proved himself to be among the most versatile and popular leading men in Hollywood. Though his athletic prowess made him an ideal action hero in films like “Blade” (1997) and its two sequels, he was also a skilled dramatic actor in films like “New Jack City” (1991), “Jungle Fever” (1991), “The Waterdance” (1992), an…more