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'Wesley Trent Snipes' (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor, film producer, and martial artist. He has starred in action-adventures, thrillers and dramatic feature films, but is best known for his role as Blade in the Blade trilogy. In 1991, the actor formed a production company called Amen Ra Films, and a subsidiary, Black Dot Media, to develop projects for film and television. Snipes has been training in martial arts since age twelve, earning the rank of fifth dan black belt in Shotokan Karate. He has also trained as a student of Capoeira under Mestre Jelon Vieira and in a number of other disciplines including various styles of Kung Fu. In 2008, Snipes was convicted on three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file federal income tax returns, and on April 24 sentenced to three years in prison. On May 22, the trial court ruled that Snipes may remain free while his appeal is being considered.