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SPOTLIGHT ON... Wesley Snipes.(Features)

Article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) Article date: January 3, 2009

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All-action vampire slayer

Best Known For:

Killing demons in the Blade trilogy

Early Life:

Snipes was born in 1962 and grew up in the South Bronx in New York, where early on he decided that he wanted to act. He attended ...

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