How 'Blade' actor Wesley Snipes is breaking Guinness World Records for Marvel

More than 25 years after he first played Blade, Snipes is still slaying.

August 5, 2024, 1:00 PM

Warning: This story contains spoilers from "Deadpool & Wolverine."

More than 25 years after he first played Blade, Wesley Snipes is still slaying -- records, that is.

Snipes' surprise cameo in "Deadpool & Wolverine" not only drew cheers from fans, it also made him a multiple Guinness World Records holder.

Snipes first played the half-vampire vampire hunter in the 1998 hit "Blade," and reprising as the character in "Deadpool & Wolverine" officially gave him the record of "longest career as a live-action Marvel character" at 25 years and 340 days.

Wesley Snipes at the premiere of "Blade ll" at the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, March 21, 2002.
Kevin Winter/Getty Images, FILE

That feat beat out his co-star Hugh Jackman, who has played Wolverine/Logan in nine movies beginning with 2000's "X-Men."

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Guinness also pointed out that Snipes bested Alfred Molina's record of the "longest gap between character appearances in Marvel films."

Snipes last played Blade in 2004's "Blade Trinity" -- also starring Ryan Reynolds -- which came 19 years and 231 days before "Deadpool & Wolverine."

In "Deadpool & Wolverine," Snipes brings Blade back alongside Chris Evans' Johnny Storm/Human Torch and Jennifer Garner's Elektra as well as Channing Tatum bringing Gambit to life for the first time, to name a few.

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