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Wesley Snipes’s Milestones
| Appeared in "The Wiz" with Theatre on Park Dinner Theatre in Orlando | |
| Appeared in commercials for Levi's 501 jeans and Coca-Cola Classic | |
| Appeared in the East Harlem production of "The Me Nobody Knows" | |
| Co-founded Struttin' Street Stuff, a theater troupe which performed street and puppet theater in Orlando | |
| Founded Amen Ra Films in conjunction with Fox | |
| 1900 | Portrayed jazz saxaphonist Shadow Henderson in Lee's "Mo' Better Blues" |
| 1963 | Moved to the Bronx at age one |
| 1977 | Moved back to Orlando, Florida, with his mother |
| 1985 | Broadway debut in "The Boys of Winter" |
| 1986 | Film debut in the Goldie Hawn vehicle "Wildcats"; first collaboration with Woody Harrelson |
| 1987 | Appeared as Michael Jackson's rival gang leader in the Martin Scorsese-directed music video "Bad" (only seen in the long version of the video) |
| 1988 | TV debut in the HBO anthology miniseries, "Vietnam War Story" |
| 1988 | Turned down a small role in Lee's "Do the Right Thing" for the larger part of Willie Mays Hays in "Major League" (1989) |
| 1990 | Cast as a regular in the short-lived ABC cop series, "H.E.L.P." |
| 1991 | Played merciless drug lord Nino Brown in Mario Van Peebles' controversial "New Jack City" |
| 1991 | Reteamed with Lee for the interracial romance "Jungle Fever" |
| 1992 | Reteamed with Woody Harelson in Ron Shelton's "White Men Can't Jump" |
| 1993 | Co-starred with Sean Connery in the film adaptation of Michael Crichton's "Rising Sun" |
| 1995 | Donned drag to play Noxeema Jackson in "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar" |
| 1995 | Reteamed with Harrelson for "Money Train" |
| 1996 | Executive produced (also narrated) the documentary, "John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk" |
| 1996 | Starred opposite Robert De Niro in "The Fan" |
| 1996 | Was one of several prominent showbiz figures to provide funding for Lee's "Get on the Bus" |
| 1997 | Played a detective investigating "Murder at 1600" |
| 1997 | Won praise for his turn as an unfaithful husband in "One Night Stand" |
| 1998 | Cast as the escaped con purused by Tommy Lee Jones in "U.S. Marshall" |
| 1998 | Made his network TV debut as producer and star of "Futuresport" (ABC) |
| 1998 | Played an African-American superhero who battles a group of blood-sucking vampires in "Blade" |
| 1998 | Produced Che-Kirk Wong's "The Big Hit"; film starred Mark Walhlberg and Lou Diamond Phillips |
| 1998 | Produced and acted in Maya Angelou's directorial debut, "Down in the Delta" |
| 1998 | Received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (August 21) |
| 2000 | Produced and starred in the thriller "The Art of War" |
| 2002 | Reprised role (also produced) in "Blade II" |
| 2004 | Once again portrayed a vampire hunter in "Blade: Trinity"; also produced |
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