The Evolution Of Wesley Snipes

The legendary actor turns 61 years old today.

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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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)

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Mo Better Blues - In 1990, 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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