Actors

Wesley Salter

Wesley Salter

Wesley was born and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario and eventually relocated to the west coast of Canada to pursue his studies. He graduated from the University of Victoria with a Bachelor of Education and began his career as a high school teacher. It was while teaching about the 'global village' in his popular Social Study classes that he got the travel bug and decided to venture out and explore the world. He backpacked around the globe for 5 years exploring over 50 countries and had the opportunity to immerse himself into many amazing new cultures. The constant throughout these life adventures was Wesley's joy of creating & performing. His parents had cultivated a love of the arts at a very young age and upon his return to Canada he immersed himself into the world of acting. Wesley has worked extensively in Film & TV as an Actor, Producer, Host, Associate Casting Director, Publicist & Press Manager. His most recent & notable Film & TV acting credits include: Recurring roles on Chesapeake Shores, When Calls The Heart, Bletchley Circle, & Shadow of The Rougarou. Wesley is an avid supporter of independent film and is always seeking out offbeat & unique projects. Inspired by his 9 years working at the Sundance Film Festival he teamed up with award winning Director Kevan Funk, both acting & producing in many of their amazing short films: A Fine Young Man, Weight, This Bleeding Heart, ADSR & Stanley Park. A Fine Young Man went on to win various awards at film festivals around the world and garnered rave reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes

Wesley Trent Snipes was born in Orlando, Florida, to Marian (Long), a teacher's assistant, and SMSGT Wesley Rudolph Snipes, an aircraft engineer. He grew up on the streets of the South Bronx in New York City, where he very early decided that dance and the theatre were to be his career. He attended the High School for the Performing Arts (popularized in Fame (1980)). But dreams of the musical theater (and maybe a few commercials) faded when his mother moved to Orlando, Florida before he could graduate. Fortune would have it that he along with two friends and his "Drama class" teachers Mr. S Porro and K. Rugerio, would start a bus-n-truck theatre company (Struttin Street Stuff) be instrumental in his high schools (Jones High) induction into the International Thespian Society, Orlando Chapter and help lay the foundation for what would become Dr. Phillips High Schools theatre arts program. Musical theatre rooted Snipes performed song-n-dance, puppetry, and acrobatics in city parks, dinner clubs, and performing arts centers around central Florida. As a recipient of a Victor Borge Scholarship, Snipes left Orlando and entered the world-renowned professional theatre arts program at SUNY Purchase in New York, now Purchase College, where he honed his theatrical performance and martial arts skills. Graduating with a BFA, he went on to co-star in a few soap operas and nighttime dramas, peppered in between critical acclaim performances Broadway. It was there in a Broadway theater An agent saw him on stage and invited him to audition for his first feature film role. Goldie Hawn Wildcats (1986). Athletic roles such as that gave way to dramatic roles such as that gave way to tough guy roles as in New Jack City (1991), and to the action hero in Passenger 57 (1992). Wesley feels that at least with the Hollywood heavyweights he must be doing something right - Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, Dennis Hopper and Sean Connery all had veto power over casting and all approved his role. Wesley also founded Amen Ra Films Production Company, and is a Multi System Combat Arts Black Belt Holder IT Technologist & VC.