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Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor and martial artist. Snipes has made films in a variety of genres, such as numerous thrillers, dramatic feature films, and comedies, though he is best known for his action films. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his work in The Waterdance (1992) and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his performance in the film One Night Stand (1997). Born in Florida, Snipes had notable parts in the comedy film Major League (1989), the drama Mo' Better Blues (1990), and the crime drama King of New York (1990) before gaining prominence by playing a drug lord in the crime drama New Jack City (1991). He subsequently received more attention for the drama film Jungle Fever (1991), the sports comedy White Men Can't Jump (1992), and the action film Passenger 57 (1992). He has since starred in various genres, such as the comedy film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), the thriller The Fan (1996), and the drama film Down in the Delta (1998), but mostly established himself as an action star, portraying both heroes and villains in films such as Demolition Man (1993), Rising Sun (1993), Money Train (1995), and U.S. Marshals (1998). Also in 1998, he was cast as Eric Brooks/BBlade in the superhero film Blade, based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name, a role he went on to reprise in Blade II (2002), Blade: Trinity (2004), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Snipes had smaller roles during the 2000s and moved to direct-to-video action films before returning to the theatrical release with films such as Brooklyn's Finest (2009) and The Expendables 3 (2014). His television work includes multiple episodes in the drama series H.E.L.P. (1990), the action thriller crime drama series The Player (2015), and the drama limited series True Story (2021), as well as the romantic drama film Disappearing Acts (2000). He formed a production company, 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 the age of 12, earning a 5thdan black belt in Shotokan karate and a 2nddan black belt in Hapkido. He is credited with helping popularise martial arts in Hollywood and bringing martial arts to mainstream audiences, as well as contributing to the representation of Black actors in action roles, breaking stereotypes. In 2017, Snipes made his debut as a novelist with the urban fantasy supernatural adventure Talon of God. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wesley Snipes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Wesley Snipes
James „Rhodey“ Rhodes
for James „Rhodey“ Rhodes in The Invicible Iron Man
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After reaching the age of 21, Tony's parents were killed in a car accident. Tony inherited Stark Industries, a unique Mega-Conglomerate that was a major supplier of militaristic equipment and weapons to the US. His 1st project as CEO was to buy out the network of companies and branches of the manufacturer that made his parents' car and was responsible for their death because it produced cars with an obviously defective brake system. He participated in rebuilding the system, thus preventing similar tragedies and saving thousands of lives. He hired Pepper Potts. During the war in North-West Pakistan, Tony Stark was present at a test of a newly developed weapon. On the way back, his convoy was attacked and he himself was wounded by his own mine, which caused several shrapnel near his heart. He is later captured by a local warrior. The terrorists force him to assemble a similar weapon to conquer the entire Far East region. Tony agrees, he doesn't want something like that to fall into their hands, he sabotages the whole project. With the help of Dr. Yinsen, he assembled a mini reactor suit and escapes. At a press conference, he announces that he is giving up weapons. learns that terrorists are attacking Jinsen's village with Jericho missiles, from Stane, flies to Pakistan in a suit and stops them. The success of the operation ended the long-running search for bin Laden, who is responsible for 9/11. Potts gets evidence on Stene. Iron Man and Iron Monger fight and Stane dies.
