I think that all of us, as Americans, are due due process and have a right to a fair trial, and have a right to be considered innocent until proven guilty. I think that is the American way and it's the foundation upon which this country was built.

He also played a drug dealer in the 1994 film Sugar Hill. Snipes was originally slated to play one of the four leads in Spike Lee's 2008 war film Miracle at St. 132 an elementary school in The Bronx.

In 2010 Snipes began serving a three-year prison sentence in McKean County Pennsylvania for misdemeanor failure to file U. Snipes is known for playing the Marvel Comics character Blade in the Blade film trilogy among various other high-profile roles.