Wesley Snipes Breaks Two Guinness World Records for Playing Blade

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which is now playing in theaters.

Wesley Snipes has broken two Guinness World Records after making a unexpected appearance as Blade in “Deadpool & Wolverine.”

The actor’s return as the half-vampire “daywalker” in superhero threequel comes 25 years and 340 days after he first played the character in 1998’s “Blade,” according to Guinness World Records, securing him the record of the longest career as a live-action Marvel character. Snipes beat out his co-star Hugh Jackman, whose first appearance as Wolverine came 24 years ago in 2000’s “X-Men.”

Snipes’ surprise cameo as Blade also earned him another Guinness World Record: the longest gap between character appearances in Marvel films. According to Guinness, he last played the character 19 years and 231 day ago in the 2004 film “Blade: Trinity,” surpassing Alfred Molina’s 17-year gap between playing Doc Ock in 2004’s “Spider-Man 2” and 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”

Snipes’ Blade was among the many cameos in “Deadpool & Wolverine,” starring Ryan Reynolds and Jackman. In the movie, the vampire hunter joins forces with the title characters, as well as Elektra (Jennifer Garner), X-23 (Dafne Keen) and Gambit (Channing Tatum), to battle Cassandra Nova (Emma Corrin) and her mutant minions.

“Deadpool & Wolverine,” released July 26, has already broken multiple records at the box office. The film earned $205 million in its opening weekend, ranking as the eighth-best debut of all time and setting the record for the biggest R-rated opening weekend ever. “Deadpool & Wolverine” also landed by far the biggest start of 2024, overtaking Disney’s Pixar sequel “Inside Out 2” ($155 million debut). It currently stands as the second-highest-grossing domestic release of the year.