Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes

Born: July 31, 1962
in Orlando, Florida, USA
Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor, film producer, and martial artist. He has starred in numerous action-adventures, thrillers, and dramatic feature films and is well-known for his role as Blade in the Blade trilogy. Snipes formed a production company titled Amen-Ra Films in 1991 and a subsidiary, Black Dot Media, to develop projects for film and television. Snipes has been training in martial arts since age twelve, earning a high ranking 5th dan black belt in Shotokan Karate and 2nd dan black belt in Hapkido. He has also trained as a student of Capoeira under Mestre Jelon Vieira and in a number of other disciplines including various styles of kung fu. At age 23, Snipes was discovered by an agent while performing in a competition. He made his film debut in the 1986 Goldie Hawn vehicle Wildcats. Later that year, he appeared on the trendy 1980's TV show Miami Vice as a drug-dealing pimp in the episode 'Streetwise' (first aired December 5, 1986). In 1987, he appeared as Michael Jackson's nemesis in the Martin Scorsese-directed music video "Bad" (he is seen in only the long version of the video) and the feature film Streets of Gold. That same year, Snipes was also considered for the role of Geordi La Forge in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Snipes' performance in the music video "Bad" caught the eye of director Spike Lee. Snipes turned down a small role in Lee's Do the Right Thing for the larger part of Willie Mays Hayes in Major League, beginning a succession of box-office hits for Snipes. Lee would later cast Snipes as the jazz saxophonist Shadow Henderson in Mo' Better Blues and as the lead in the interracial romantic drama Jungle Fever. Another important role for Snipes was the powerful drug lord Nino Brown in New Jack City, which was written specifically for him by Barry Michael Cooper. Another film in which his character was involved in drugs was the somber movie Sugar Hill. Although Snipes is more known for his roles in action films like Passenger 57, Demolition Man (with Sylvester Stallone), Money Train, U.S. Marshals (a sequel of The Fugitive) and Rising Sun (with Sean Connery), he has also had success in comedies like White Men Can't Jump, and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar where he played a drag queen together with Patrick Swayze and John Leguizamo. Snipes has also been critically acclaimed for his roles in dramas like The Waterdance and Disappearing Acts. Snipes has been married twice; first, to April Snipes from 1985-1990 with whom he has a son, Jelani Asar Snipes, born in 1988. Jelani had a cameo role in Snipes' 1990 film Mo' Better Blues. In 2003, Snipes wed painter Nakyung 'Nikki' Park, who is the mother of his four youngest children: son Akhenaten Kihwa-T Snipes; daughter Iset Jua-T Snipes (born July 31, 2001); son Alaafia Jehu-T Snipes (born May 26, 2004); and son Alimayu Moa-T Snipes (born March 26, 2007). Snipes spends a lot of time in Park's home country of South Korea, which he calls his "second home."  

Movies for Wesley Snipes...

Where’s Usher?
Title: Where’s Usher?
Character: Leslie Snipes
Released: February 8, 2024
Type: Movie
The road to Usher’s Super Bowl halftime performance continues. This time, Apple Music drops a new official film, Where’s Usher?, to promote the performance.
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Back on the Strip
Title: Back on the Strip
Character: Luther 'Mr. Big'
Released: August 17, 2023
Type: Movie
Aspiring magician Merlin moves to Las Vegas but gets waylaid by his natural gifts and a place with the black male strippers The Chocolate Chips.
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Title: Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Character: Maris Morlak (voice)
Released: February 10, 2023
Type: TV
After 13-year-old super-genius Lunella accidentally brings ten-ton T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur into present-day New York City via a time vortex, the duo works together to protect the city's Lower East Side from danger.
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Title: True Story
Character: Carlton
Released: November 24, 2021
Type: TV
A world-famous comedian desperately searches for a way out after a night in Philadelphia with his brother threatens to sabotage more than his success.
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Coming 2 America
Title: Coming 2 America
Character: General Izzi
Released: March 4, 2021
Type: Movie
Prince Akeem Joffer is set to become King of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew about in America – a street savvy Queens native named Lavelle. Honoring his royal father's dying wish to groom this son as the crown prince, Akeem and Semmi set off to America once again.
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Cut Throat City
Title: Cut Throat City
Character: Lawrence
Released: July 31, 2020
Type: Movie
Four boyhood friends return to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, to find their home decimated and prospects for work swept away. Turning to a local gangster for employment, the crew is hired to pull off a daring casino heist, right in the heart of the city.
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Dolemite Is My Name
Title: Dolemite Is My Name
Character: D’Urville Martin
Released: October 4, 2019
Type: Movie
The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.
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Title: What We Do in the Shadows
Character: Wesley
Released: March 27, 2019
Type: TV
A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of a group of vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds and hundreds of years.
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Title: Basketball: A Love Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 18, 2018
Type: TV
'Basketball: A Love Story' is a series of 62 interconnected short stories that creates a vibrant mosaic of the game, featuring 165 exclusive interviews. The cast encompasses basketball's most prominent figures and explores the complex nature of love as it relates to the game.
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Armed Response
Title: Armed Response
Character: Isaac
Released: August 4, 2017
Type: Movie
The story follows a team of highly trained operatives who find themselves trapped inside an isolated military compound.
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The Recall
Title: The Recall
Character: The Hunter
Released: June 2, 2017
Type: Movie
When five friends vacation at a remote lake house, they expect nothing less then a good time, unaware that Earth is under attack by an alien invasion and mass-abductions.
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Chi-Raq
Title: Chi-Raq
Character: Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews
Released: December 4, 2015
Type: Movie
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
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Title: The Player
Character: Mr. Johnson
Released: September 24, 2015
Type: TV
An action-packed Las Vegas thriller about a former military operative turned security expert who is drawn into a high-stakes game where an organization of wealthy individuals gamble on his ability to stop some of the biggest crimes imaginable from playing out. Can he take them down from the inside and get revenge for the death of his wife, or is it true what they say: the House always wins.
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The Making of The Expendables 3
Title: The Making of The Expendables 3
Character: Self
Released: November 25, 2014
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the third installment of the Expendables franchise.
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The Expendables 3
Title: The Expendables 3
Character: Doc
Released: August 7, 2014
Type: Movie
Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables -- but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy. The latest mission becomes a clash of classic old-school style versus high-tech expertise in the Expendables’ most personal battle yet.
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Gallowwalkers
Title: Gallowwalkers
Character: Aman
Released: October 27, 2012
Type: Movie
When a nun broke her covenant with God to save the life of her unborn son, Aman, he was cursed for life. As an adult, Aman has killed those who have crossed him. But his curse brings his victims back to life and they pursue him for revenge, so Aman enlists a young gunman to fight by his side against his undead victims.
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Game of Death
Title: Game of Death
Character: Agent Marcus
Released: February 15, 2011
Type: Movie
CIA agent Marcus is sent undercover to Detroit to take out an arms dealer and the head of the hedge fund that is financing him. His CIA backup has other plans and turns on him, and it's a fight to survive in a hospital and into the hedge fund vault.
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Brooklyn's Finest
Title: Brooklyn's Finest
Character: Casanova 'Caz' Phillips
Released: March 4, 2010
Type: Movie
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.
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The Art of War II: Betrayal
Title: The Art of War II: Betrayal
Character: Neil Shaw
Released: August 12, 2008
Type: Movie
Agent Neil Shaw is called out of retirement and finds himself in the midst of a plot to assassinate several leading Senators with himself set-up to take the rap for a recent killing
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The Contractor
Title: The Contractor
Character: James Dial
Released: July 10, 2007
Type: Movie
Former CIA Operative James Dial is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist in London, but it all goes wrong and he is forced into hiding, where he meets and befriends a 12 year old girl.
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Hard Luck
Title: Hard Luck
Character: Lucky
Released: October 17, 2006
Type: Movie
Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife hides a sadistic and vicious streak.
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The Detonator
Title: The Detonator
Character: Sonni Griffith
Released: April 25, 2006
Type: Movie
Sonni Griffith, a top US Secret Agent must protect a witness as he crosses Europe.
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The Marksman
Title: The Marksman
Character: Painter
Released: November 28, 2005
Type: Movie
Chechen rebels take over a Russian nuclear plant and it's up to a mysterious agent (Snipes) to stop them.
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Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade Trinity'
Title: Nightstalkers, Daywalkers, and Familiars: Inside the World of 'Blade Trinity'
Character: Self
Released: July 13, 2005
Type: Movie
A short documentary on the making of Blade Trinity.
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7 Seconds
Title: 7 Seconds
Character: Jack Tuliver
Released: June 28, 2005
Type: Movie
When an experienced thief accidentally makes off with a Van Gogh, his partner is kidnapped by gangsters in pursuit of the painting, forcing the criminal to hatch a rescue plan.
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Chaos
Title: Chaos
Character: Lorenz / Jason York
Released: January 17, 2005
Type: Movie
In Seattle, detective Quentin Conners is unfairly suspended and his partner Jason York leaves the police force after a tragic shooting on Pearl Street Bridge, when the hostage and the criminal die. During a bank heist with a hostage situation, Conners is assigned in charge of the operation with the rookie Shane Dekker as his partner. The thieves, lead by Lorenz, apparently do not steal a penny from the bank. While chasing the gangsters, the police team disclose that they planted a virus in the system, stealing one billion dollars from the different accounts, using the principle of the Chaos Theory. Further, they find that Lorenz is killing his accomplices.
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Blade: Trinity
Title: Blade: Trinity
Character: Eric Brooks / Blade
Released: December 8, 2004
Type: Movie
For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed—The Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail and Hannibal, two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a trail of blood to the ancient creature that is also hunting him—the original vampire, Dracula.
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Unstoppable
Title: Unstoppable
Character: Dean Cage
Released: October 20, 2004
Type: Movie
The deranged military and former CIA agent Dean Cage is in a rehab program, trying to forget the traumatic loss of his best friend Scott in Bosnia. When he dates with his girl-friend and Scott's sister, Detective Amy Knight, in a dinning restaurant, he is mistakenly taken as being the CIA agent that is investigating the robbery of the military experiment EX by a man called Sullivan. He is injected with the drug and abducted by the thieves. Amy has six hours to find the also stolen antidote and save Dean's life.
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Undisputed
Title: Undisputed
Character: Monroe Hutchen
Released: July 17, 2002
Type: Movie
Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction to ten years in Sweetwater. WHen these two giants collide in the same prison, they fight against each other disputing who is the real champion.
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Zig Zag
Title: Zig Zag
Character: Dave Fletcher
Released: June 14, 2002
Type: Movie
An autistic 15-year-old boy steals money from his boss to provide rent for his abusive father, who uses the money to repay a loan shark.
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Blade II
Title: Blade II
Character: Eric Brooks / Blade
Released: March 22, 2002
Type: Movie
A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community - The Reaper. A vampire so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as well as humans, transforming victims who are unlucky enough to survive into Reapers themselves. Blade is asked by the Vampire Nation for his help in preventing a nightmare plague that would wipe out both humans and vampires.
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Liberty Stands Still
Title: Liberty Stands Still
Character: Joe
Released: January 18, 2002
Type: Movie
As the heir and current marketing director for one of the nation's biggest gun manufacturers, Liberty Wallace is indifferent to the atrocities made possible through her business and her CEO husband, Victor. On her way to see her actor lover, Liberty ends up chained to a food cart full of explosives -- all at the insistence of "Joe", a sniper whose young daughter was a victim of gun violence, and who now has Liberty in his sights.
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Title: The Bernie Mac Show
Character: Duke
Released: November 14, 2001
Type: TV
The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001 to April 14, 2006. The series featured comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana, and Vanessa.
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Disappearing Acts
Title: Disappearing Acts
Character: Franklin Swift
Released: December 9, 2000
Type: Movie
Zora Banks is a school teacher and aspiring singer hoping to become a successful star while taking a break from heartache. Franklin Swift is a down-on-his-luck construction worker and not-quite divorced father of two hoping to start his own business. The two meet and fall in love and during the course of the stormy relationship, they both come to some startling conclusions about love and each other.
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The Art of War
Title: The Art of War
Character: Neil Shaw
Released: August 25, 2000
Type: Movie
When ruthless terrorists threaten to bring down the United Nations, they frame the one man they believe can stop them: an international security expert named Shaw. Now he must run from his own allies and become a solitary force for good, as he tries to stop what could become World War III.
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Play It to the Bone
Title: Play It to the Bone
Character: Wesley Snipes (Ringside Fan)
Released: December 25, 1999
Type: Movie
Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable. He wants them to box each other. They agree as long as the winner gets a shot at the middleweight title. They enlist Grace, Cesar's current and Vinnie's ex girlfriend, to drive them to Vegas.
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Futuresport
Title: Futuresport
Character: Obike Fixx
Released: September 30, 1999
Type: Movie
In the not too distant future, a new deadly sport is the only way to stop a war that will kill millions. Fix is the creator of the sport, but the spotlight has always been on Ramzey. Now this hothead must use the game to stop the Revolution.
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Down in the Delta
Title: Down in the Delta
Character: Will Sinclair
Released: December 25, 1998
Type: Movie
A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to her ancestral home in the Mississippi Delta, to live with her uncle and aunt for the summer.
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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Blade
Title: Blade
Character: Eric Brooks / Blade
Released: August 21, 1998
Type: Movie
The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.
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Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
Title: Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
Character: Self
Released: August 18, 1998
Type: Movie
Special honoring the grand masters of the martial arts with guest stars from film and television, music performances, live demonstrations, competitions and tributes to Jackie Chan, Bennie "The Jet" Urquidez, Cynthia Rothrock, Billy Blanks, Ernie Reyes Sr., and Shaka Zulu.
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Jackie Chan: My Story
Title: Jackie Chan: My Story
Character: Himself
Released: July 17, 1998
Type: Movie
Jackie Chan is one of the world's biggest action stars, famed for his wacky sense of humor, remarkable martial arts techniques, and willingness to perform incredible stunts without the use of doubles -- or a net. This video takes a personal look at Chan as he works on screen projects in Hollywood and Beijing and candidly discusses his life and work.
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U.S. Marshals
Title: U.S. Marshals
Character: Mark Sheridan
Released: March 6, 1998
Type: Movie
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.
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One Night Stand
Title: One Night Stand
Character: Max Carlyle
Released: November 14, 1997
Type: Movie
In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life with his wife, Mimi, and two children. When Carlyle travels to New York City to visit his friend Charlie, who has been diagnosed with AIDS, he has repeat run-ins with a beautiful woman, Karen, and eventually sleeps with her. Though he goes home the next day and doesn't return until a year later, Carlyle's infidelity still lingers.
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Title: The View
Character: Self - Guest
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Murder at 1600
Title: Murder at 1600
Character: Detective Harlan Regis
Released: April 18, 1997
Type: Movie
A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret Service, Regis partners with agent Nina Chance. As political tensions rise, they learn that the crime could be part of an elaborate cover-up. Framed as traitors, the pair, plus Regis' partner, break into the White House in order to expose the true culprit.
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John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
Title: John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
Character: Narrator
Released: September 10, 1996
Type: Movie
John Henrik Clarke talks about Black history.
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Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
Title: Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
Character: Himself
Released: August 30, 1996
Type: Movie
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar is a documentary on Jackie Chan.
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The Fan
Title: The Fan
Character: Bobby Rayburn
Released: August 15, 1996
Type: Movie
When the San Francisco Giants pay center-fielder, Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supportive than #1 fan, Gil Renard. When Rayburn becomes mired in the worst slump of his career, the obsessed Renard decides to stop at nothing to help his idol regain his former glory—not even murder.
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America's Dream
Title: America's Dream
Character: George Du Vaul (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
Released: February 17, 1996
Type: Movie
Made especially for the HBO cable network, this well-wrought feature is comprised of three short stories by three noted black American authors, each of which is directed by a respected black director.
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Waiting to Exhale
Title: Waiting to Exhale
Character: James Wheeler (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1995
Type: Movie
Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants Vannah, Bernie, Glo and Robin talk it all out, determined to find a better way to breathe.
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Money Train
Title: Money Train
Character: John
Released: November 21, 1995
Type: Movie
When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.
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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Title: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Character: Noxeema Jackson
Released: September 7, 1995
Type: Movie
A cross country trip to Hollywood is cut short by an unreliable engine & an unpleasant encounter with law enforcement. With the power of drag, three self proclaimed career-girls bring a bit of much needed beauty to rural middle America!
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Title: Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Character: The Pied Piper (voice)
Released: March 12, 1995
Type: TV
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.
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Drop Zone
Title: Drop Zone
Character: Pete Nessip
Released: December 8, 1994
Type: Movie
A daring prison break from an airliner at 30,000 feet leaves U.S. Marshal Pete Nessip mourning a brother and gunning for revenge. After being ordered to turn in his badge, he seeks out Jessie Crossman, a noted skydiver, and offers to sponsor her crew for the annual Independence Day parachuting show in Washington, D.C., if she trains him. Meanwhile, the mastermind behind the mid-air jailbreak is planning a daring computer theft on Independence Day.
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Sugar Hill
Title: Sugar Hill
Character: Romello Skuggs
Released: February 25, 1994
Type: Movie
In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner brother to lead a straight life with his girlfriend.
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Demolition Man
Title: Demolition Man
Character: Simon Phoenix
Released: October 8, 1993
Type: Movie
Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, escapes during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to his captor, who had also been cryogenically frozen after being wrongfully accused of killing 30 innocent people while apprehending Phoenix.
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Hardwood Dreams
Title: Hardwood Dreams
Character: Narrator
Released: October 1, 1993
Type: Movie
a 1990 California high school basketball team who aspire to repeat their state championship while dealing with their many issues.
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Rising Sun
Title: Rising Sun
Character: Lt. Webster Smith
Released: July 30, 1993
Type: Movie
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.
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Boiling Point
Title: Boiling Point
Character: Jimmy Mercer
Released: April 16, 1993
Type: Movie
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred. Written by Giancarlo Cairella
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Passenger 57
Title: Passenger 57
Character: John Cutter
Released: November 6, 1992
Type: Movie
An infamous terrorist has evaded capture for a long time by being extremely clever and ruthless. Things get interesting when he hijacks a plane carrying famous security expert John Cutter, who isn't about to stand for this sort of thing.
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Title: HBO First Look
Released: June 12, 1992
Type: TV
HBO First Look is an American television show on HBO that chronicles up and coming movies. It first started in 1992 with a documentary on A League of Their Own starring Tom Hanks, and still airs today. The series shows behind-the-scenes looks at the filming and interviews with the actors. The show is part documentary and part advertisement. It airs on HBO with no set schedule.
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Title: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Released: May 25, 1992
Type: TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that initially aired from May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, and resumed production on March 1, 2010. The fourth incarnation of the Tonight Show franchise made its debut on May 25, 1992, three days following Johnny Carson's retirement as host of the program. The program originates from NBC Studios in Burbank, California, and is broadcast Monday through Friday at 11:35 PM in the Eastern and Pacific time zones. Unlike Carson or his predecessor Jack Paar, Leno only once utilized a guest host, preferring to host the series by himself. On April 26, 1999, the show began broadcasting in 1080i HDTV, becoming the first American nightly talk show to be shot in high definition. The show is shot in 16:9 aspect ratio. The series, which followed the same basic format as that of his predecessors, ran until May 29, 2009, after which Leno was succeeded by Conan O'Brien. NBC signed Leno to a new deal for a nightly talk show in the 10:00 pm ET timeslot. The primetime series, titled The Jay Leno Show, debuted on September 14, 2009, following a similar format to the Leno incarnation of Tonight.
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The Waterdance
Title: The Waterdance
Character: Raymond Hill
Released: May 13, 1992
Type: Movie
Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab center with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as each character tries to deal with his new found handicap and the problems that go with it, especially Joel, whose lover Anna is having as difficult a time as he is.
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White Men Can't Jump
Title: White Men Can't Jump
Character: Sidney Deane
Released: March 27, 1992
Type: Movie
Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.
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Sous les marches du palais
Title: Sous les marches du palais
Character: Himself
Released: September 14, 1991
Type: Movie
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Jungle Fever
Title: Jungle Fever
Character: Flipper Purify
Released: June 7, 1991
Type: Movie
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
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New Jack City
Title: New Jack City
Character: Nino Brown
Released: March 8, 1991
Type: Movie
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
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Mo' Better Blues
Title: Mo' Better Blues
Character: Shadow Henderson (Sax)
Released: August 3, 1990
Type: Movie
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
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King of New York
Title: King of New York
Character: Thomas Flanigan
Released: July 18, 1990
Type: Movie
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
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Title: H.E.L.P.
Character: Off. Lou Barton
Released: March 3, 1990
Type: TV
H.E.L.P. is a United States ABC television drama series which appeared for only one season, as a mid-season replacement in March 1990. John Mahoney starred as Chief Patrick Meacham of the New York City Fire Department. Wesley Snipes played police officer Lou Barton and David Caruso played police officer Frank Sardoni of the NYPD. The premise of the show was based on an experimental combined emergency services station in New York City that co-located the resources of the Fire Department, Police Department and Emergency Medical Services. Although H.E.L.P. was canceled after only a brief initial season, the concept of a show involving all three branches of NYC emergency services was successfully reintroduced nine years later with the 1999 debut of Third Watch, which ran for six seasons on NBC.
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Major League
Title: Major League
Character: Willie Mays Hayes
Released: February 16, 1989
Type: Movie
When Rachel Phelps inherits the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband, she's determined to move the team to a warmer climate—but only a losing season will make that possible, which should be easy given the misfits she's hired. Rachel is sure her dream will come true, but she underestimates their will to succeed.
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Bad
Title: Bad
Character: Mini Max
Released: August 31, 1987
Type: Movie
For the first short film for one of five consecutive record-breaking No. 1 hits from "Bad," Michael Jackson and director Martin Scorsese created an epic 18-minute tale of urban and racial challenges in the 1980s. "Bad" was named the second greatest of Michael's short films by Rolling Stone in 2014.
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Title: The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Character: Hood
Released: May 21, 1987
Type: TV
Molly Dodd — a mid-30s, divorced woman living in New York — faces the comedy and drama of a widely changing career, difficulties of apartment living, love life and its consequences, and more.
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Critical Condition
Title: Critical Condition
Character: Ambulance Driver
Released: January 16, 1987
Type: Movie
Eddie is a con artist. When he's framed and comes before a judge, he hopes to get off the hook by climbing insanity—but instead ends up in a hospital for a mental assessment. That night, a storm causes a power failure and, in the ensuing chaos, Eddie is mistaken for a doctor and suddenly finds himself in charge of the hospital.
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Wildcats
Title: Wildcats
Character: Trumaine
Released: February 14, 1986
Type: Movie
Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.
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Streets of Gold
Title: Streets of Gold
Character: Roland Jenkins
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allowed on the Soviet national team because he was a Jew. Depressed and discouraged, he meets two young amateur boxers. As their coach, he trains them for glory.
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Title: Miami Vice
Character: Silk
Released: September 16, 1984
Type: TV
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Payline
Title: Payline
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A small town casino turns into a battleground after two groups of criminals attempt to rob it on the same night.
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Outbreak Z
Title: Outbreak Z
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Callie and Ethan lead their team through an overrun college in search of a man who has possession of a possible vaccine to the "Zombie" virus.