Wood Harris
- Acting
- October 17, 1969 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Sherwin David "Wood" Harris (born October 17, 1969) is an American actor. He first garnered attention for his role as Motaw in the Jeff Pollack film Above the Rim (1994), prior to portraying high school football player Julius Campbell in the Walt Disney Pictures film Remember the Titans (2000) and Jimi Hendrix in the Showtime television film Hendrix (2000). He attained further recognition for his portrayal of drug kingpin Avon Barksdale on the HBO crime drama The Wire (2002–2008). Harris also played the role of cocaine dealer Ace, based on the life of Azie Faison, in the crime film Paid in Full in 2002. On television, Harris is known for playing Avon Barksdale in The Wire and Brooke Payne on the BET miniseries The New Edition Story in 2017. In addition, Harris starred as Barry Fouray on the VH1 miniseries The Breaks (2016–2017), Damon Cross on the Fox series Empire for its fifth and sixth season, and currently portrays the drug lord "Pat" in the Starz series BMF. He has also starred in films such as the 2009 dark comedy film Next Day Air, the 2015 Marvel Studios superhero film Ant-Man, the science fiction films Dredd (2012) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and the sports drama Creed (2015), along with its sequels Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Wood Harris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- One Battle After Another · Laredo
- FOREVER · Eric Edwards
- Lady in the Lake · Shell Gordon
- Shooting Stars · Dru Joyce II
- Creed III · Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
- BMF · Pat
- Space Jam: A New Legacy · Coach C
- Always and Forever · Danny
- Creed II · Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
- Gangland: The Musical · Reeby’s Manager
- The Shop · Self
- The Last O.G. · Percy
- Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television · Vince Vincente
- Blade Runner 2049 · Nandez
- 9/11 · Michael
- Akil the Fugitive Hunter · Wood Harris
- Once Upon a Time in Venice · The Prince
- The New Edition Story · Brooke Payne
- The Breaks · Barry Fouray
- Creed · Tony 'Little Duke' Burton
- Ant-Man · Gale
- Empire · Damon Cross
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham · Daniel
- Dredd · Kay
- The Babymakers · Darrell
- Joy Road · Tony Smalls
- Hawaii Five-0 · Russell Ellison
- Justified · Jay
- The Avon Barksdale Story · Self
- Just Another Day · A-Maze
- Next Day Air · Guch
- Dough Boys · Julian France
- Not Easily Broken · Darnell Gooden
- Black Poker Stars Invitational · Self
- Southland Tales · Dion Element
- 4 Life · Dayvon
- The Heart Specialist · Dr. Sidney Zachary
- Dirty · Brax
- Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] · Self
- Train Ride · Will
- Numb3rs · Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez
- My Coolest Years · Self
- House · Bowman
- Paid in Full · Ace
- The Twilight Zone · Marvin Gardens / Dwayne Grant
- The Wire · Avon Barksdale
- Rhapsody · Billy Dixon
- Remember the Titans · Julius Campbell
- Hendrix · Jimi Hendrix
- Committed · Chicky
- Small Vices · Ellis Alves
- The Siege · Officer Henderson
- Celebrity · Al Swayze
- As Good as It Gets · Cafe 24 Busboy
- Oz · Officer Gordon Wood
- Above the Rim · Motaw
- NYPD Blue · Hector
- Weekend Warriors