Wesley Snipes – 57
Born in Florida, Wesley Snipes made his film debut in Wildcats and was cast in Mo’ Better Blues later. Snipes took the leading role in ‘Jungle Fever’ and also played one of the most memorable characters—stylish crime lord Nino Brown in New Jack City. In 2008, Snipes was also sentenced to 3 years in prison on tax evasion charges, an event that has coloured his career ever since.
Throughout the 1990s, Snipes was one of the biggest actors in Hollywood.
Audiences best remember him in such action adventures as 1993’s Rising Sun and 1998’s Blade, Snipes has made a great effort to explore other directions with films such as Waiting to Exhale in 1995, To Wong Foo, and many others!