Wesley Snipes
Actor and martial artist
American actor with a Shotokan karate black belt and a background in capoeira.
Quick Facts
Date of Birth7/31/1962
Country of OriginUnited States
Biography
He has trained since the age of twelve, adding hapkido, kenpo and capoeira to Shotokan. His Blade is one of the few cases where an action role is built on what the actor genuinely knows rather than what he learned on set.
Associated Martial Arts
CapoeiraNotable figure→
A Brazilian martial art fused with dance and music; practised in a circle called the roda to the sound of the berimbau.
KarateNotable figure→An Okinawan striking art reshaped in the 20th century into Japanese budo and an Olympic sport. Built on kata and hand and foot techniques.
Filmography
A screen role does not mean the person actually practises the art — that is listed above.