The Evolution Of Wesley Snipes

The legendary actor turns 61 years old today.

Passenger 57 - In Passenger 57, Snipes plays a former police officer who winds up on a plane that is hijacked by a master terrorist who never learned to always bet on Black. (Photo: Warner Bros.)
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Wesley Snipes in Too Wong Foo - Before metrosexuality became mainstream and gender-bending turned into a must-do for actors, Wesley Snipes risked his action hero reputation to snap on a pair of panty hose and play drag queen Noxeema Jackson in this off-beat road trip movie. Credit goes to Snipes for turning the spectacle into one of his most memorable and heartfelt roles to date.  (Photos from left: Ben Rose/PictureGroup, Universal Pictures)
Waiting to Exhale, Saturday at 7P/6C - Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, Angela Bassett and the late Whitney Houston relax, relate and release. Encore presentation on Sunday at 3P/2C.(Photo: Twentieth Century Fox Pictures)Blade (1998) - Loosely based on the Marvel Comics character, Blade can be counted as one of the pre-Twilight films to bring sexy vampires back. Wesley Snipes starred as the human-vampire hybrid hero out to protect the human race from bloodsuckers out to harvest them for their blood.Fourteen years after the release of this hit supernatural thriller, we look back on the cast who stalked the night.(Photo: New Line Cinema)

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Demolitian Man - In 1993's Demolition Man, Snipes plays a villain who was frozen in the past and wakes up in the future to face off against a police officer played by Sylvester Stallone. The movie also became a video game. (Photo: Warner Bros.)

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