The Evolution Of Wesley Snipes

The legendary actor turns 61 years old today.

Jungle Fever - Wesley played a married architect who had an affair with his white secretary in Jungle Fever, which was directed by Spike Lee and featured Samuel L. Jackson. (Photo: Universal Pictures)
Wesley Snipes - Snipes hustles in this flick, joining forces with an unlikely frenemy played by Woody Harrelson. The two men con b-ballers out of their money by as a lean, mean, hopping machine team in 1992's White Men Can't Jump.  (Photo: Twentieth Century FOX)
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.)
/content/dam/betcom/images/2013/02/Shows/BET-Star-Cinema/021113-shows-star-cinema-wesley-snipes-demolition-man.jpgWesley 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)

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White Men Can't Jump - In 1992's White Men Can't Jump, Wesley played Sidney Deane, a basketball player who teams up with a white player in order to hustle money out of unsuspecting basketball players. (Photo: Twentieth Century FOX)

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