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Wesley Snipes
Age: 47
Height: 5' 10"
Birth Place: Orlando, Florida, USA
Born: Jul. 31st, 1962
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BIOGRAPHY: Wesley Snipes grew up on the streets of the South Bronx in New York City, where he very early decided that the theater was to be his career. He attended the High School for the Performing Arts (popularized in Fame (1980)). But dreams of the musical theater (and maybe a few commercials) faded when his mother moved to Orlando, Florida before he could graduate from high school. But after graduation from a Florida high school he appeared in local dinner theaters and regional productions. An agent saw him in a competition and got him his first movie role with Goldie Hawn in Wildcats (1986). Athletic roles such as that gave way to tough guy roles as in New Jack City (1991), and to the action hero in Passenger 57 (1992). Wesley feels that at least with the Hollywood heavyweights he must be doing something right - Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Dennis Hopper and Sean Connery all had veto power over casting and all approved his role.
TRIVIA:
- His apartment was destroyed by the collapse of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers. He happened to have been delayed at the gym where he was working out, otherwise he would have been home at that moment.
- He has mastered numerous martial arts forms including the Brazilian street fighting form Capoeira.
- He appeared in 'Michael Jackson (I)' (qv)'s _Bad (1987) (V)_ (qv) music video. You can only see him in the full length, 16-minute, black & white/color music video. It is usually shortened down to just the color segment for television.
- Lives in Marina del Rey, California.
- (November 11, 2008) Attended the star-studded opening of Dubai's lavish Atlantis Palms resort. Guests were welcomed in style with a display of one million fireworks, said to be visible from space.
- He is a 5th degree black belt.
- On October 17, 2006, he was indicted on eight counts of tax fraud. He was ultimately found guilty and sentenced on April 24, 2008, to three years imprisonment. It was determined that he had not filed federal income tax returns from 1999 to 2007 and owed the IRS approximately $20,000,000 in back taxes. On the day he was sentenced, he paid $5,000,000 to the IRS.
- Despite the fact that he does not often acknowledge it, he did attend the State University of New York at Purchase. He joins the other notable SUNY Purchase attendees who include: 'Parker Posey' (qv), 'Sherry Stringfield' (qv), 'Melissa Leo' (qv), 'Stanley Tucci (I)' (qv), directors 'Hal Hartley' (qv) & 'Nick Gomez (I)' (qv), and producers 'Todd Baker (I)' (qv) and 'Bob Gosse' (qv). He left Purchase and transferred to a school in Florida, where he graduated with a BFA in 1985.
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