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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.
After being expelled from Charles Xavier's mind, Nightmare finds himself at odds with Dr. Strange who has found a way to trap Nightmare in the Nether Realm of the Mind and end his terror. A small mistake in the spell causes Nightmare to break free back into the physical world and now Nightmare begins his plan to unleash the Curse of Eternal Night, shrouding the world in perpetual darkness so he can dominate everyone’s dreams without end. Strange realizes he must enact the ancient spell of the Midnight Sun, a ritual that requires 5 unique individuals to pull it off. He travels to X-Mansion where he recruits Wolverine and Gambit who at first are skeptical but eventually agree to help. Wolverine mentions he knows where to find Johnny Blaze, a former Ghost Rider now living in self-imposed exile. The group finds Johnny Blaze in a rundown, burnt-out apartment, broken and unable to transform into Ghost Rider. Strange, realizing the curse has weakened Johnny, gives him an armored suit resembling his Ghost Rider form. Now back in the fight, Johnny agrees to join them. The next stop is Blade, the legendary vampire hunter. The team finds Blade in the midst of an intense battle with Dracula. Wolverine and Blade team up to drive Dracula back, but Blade is initially reluctant to join Strange’s mission. Just then Nightmare traps them in Dracula's castle and the final fight has begun. They trap Nightmare in the Nether Realm and become the Midnight Suns.
