- A Manhattan Family Court judge has issued an arrest warrant for him after he twice failed to submit to a paternity test requested by an Indiana woman who claims he fathered her three-year-old son. (March 3, 2004)
- R&B singer Christopher Williams, who dated Halle Berry in the early 1990s, accuse Snipes as the abusive ex-lover of Berry, who struck the actress so hard, she lost most of the hearing in her right ear. (January 15, 2004)
- Snipes lost his Florida mansion last year due to non-payment of his mortgage and now he's being sued for $100,000 by the William Morris Agency in payments; WMA bosses claim he has failed to honor an agreement to pay them the money he owes. (May 6, 2003)
- If you unscramble his character's name Nessip in DROP ZONE (1994), you get 'Snipes'.
- He got the role of Regis in MURDER AT 1600 (1997) after Bruce Willis dropped out.
- In the opening scene of MONEY TRAIN where he hits one of the Money Train cops, there is a Die Hard 2 poster on the wall. DIE HARD 2 was also written by Doug Richardson .
- He objected to Miramax's demand to do a scene that would make his character more sympathetic in UNDISPUTED (2002).
- Snipes admits he went through days of mind-pounding pain to play a jailed boxer in ALI. (August 2002)
- Hobbies: Martial arts, motorcycles, web surfing
- Favorite music: Blues and hip-hop
- A longtime martial arts aficionado
- While shooting a fight scene with Tommy Lee Jones for U.S. MARSHALS he developed a nasty reaction to the grain that was dumped on their heads
- Installed telephones before landing his first movie role in WILDCATS
- Before enrolling in college, he formed a traveling puppet troupe that performed in public parks and schools
- Listed as one of twelve Promising New Actors of 1990 in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 42.
- Despite the fact that Snipes does not often acknowledge it, he did attend the State University of New York at Purchase and graduated with a BFA in 1985. As the most famous alumni of this school, he joins the other notables SUNY Purchase graduates who include: Parker Posey, Sherry Stringfield, Melissa Leo, Stanley Tucci, directors Hal Hartley & Nick Gomes, and producers Todd Baker and Bob Gosse.
- Appeared in Michael Jackson's Bad music video. You can only see him in the full length, 16 minute, black & white/color music video. It is usually shortened down to just the color segment for television.
- Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. (1991)
- Is a 5th Degree Black Belt
- Practices Capoeira, Brazilian martial arts.
- Publicly blasted John Singleton for not casting him in the title role of the updated version of SHAFT (2000). Snipes claims the film would have made twice its $60 million+ earnings had he been cast.
- Insisted that the role of Mimi (played by Ming-Na), his character's wife in the film ONE NIGHT STAND (1997), be played by an Asian woman in order to push the boundaries of racial-sexual taboos. Snipes's character, Max, is a sucessful Black commercial director who has an extramarital affair with an attractive blonde ('Natassja Kinski').
- In his big action film, PASSENGER 57 (1992) you see him reading a book on the plane. The book is The Art of War which is the same title as a movie that he starred in years later, though unrelated to it.
- Nominated for Best Fight at MTV Movie Awards for BLADE (1999) - against vampires
- Nominated for Best Villain at MTV Movie Awards for DEMOLITION MAN (1994)
- Nominated for Best Kiss at MTV Movie Awards for WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP (1993) - shared with Woody Harrelson
- Nominated for Best On-Screen Duo at MTV Movie Awards for WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP (1993) - shared with Woody Harrelson
- Nominated for Best Villain at MTV Movie Awards for NEW JACK CITY (1992)
Quotes- "Lot of the scripts I've been in with other non-white actors haven't been great. Lot of non-white actors ain't all that great."
- His reference on marriage: "I don't understand the mandate of being together forever. The idea that you should do that is wrong. It makes us slaves to a societal mandate. You can still love, but it doesn't mean you have to be tethered to the flesh."
- "I read that Asian women were bedroom generals. Some people think that means they're great in bed, but that's not the issue. They're talking about a place where the man is at his most vulnerable, where they have the most control. They don't have to beat him over the head to mow the lawn. They can whisper it in his ear and give him a kiss on the cheek and it's no problem. That's a general."
Awards- Image Awards: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series, AMERICA'S DREAM (1997)
- Venice Film Festival: Volpi Cup - Best Actor, ONE NIGHT STAND (1997)
- Image Awards: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture, NEW JACK CITY (1993)
- CableACE Awards: Actor in a Dramatic Series, Vietnam War Story (1989)
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