The Evolution Of Wesley Snipes

The legendary actor turns 61 years old today.

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Miami Vice - Wesley Snipes' first role was playing the drug dealing pimp Silk on the cop show Miami Vice with Don Johnson. (Photo: NBC)
Bad - Wesley was cast in Martin Scorcese's epic video for Michael Jackson's Bad, as a former friend of Michael's who torments him until Michael shows him who's bad. (Photo: Epic Records)Mo Better Blues - Snipes played Shadow in Spike Lee's Mo Better Blues, an ambitious saxophonist eager to get out of the shadow of trumpet player Bleak Gilliam, played by Denzel Washington. (Photo: Universal Pictures)

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Legendary actor Wesley Snipes turns 61 years old today. Here is an epic look at his iconic evolution on the big and small screen.

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