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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 17, 1969
Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Wood Harris
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).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | One Battle After Another | Laredo |
| 2023 | Shooting Stars | Dru Joyce II |
| 2023 | Creed III | Tony 'Little Duke' Evers |
| 2021 | Space Jam: A New Legacy | Coach C |
| 2020 | Always and Forever | Danny |
| 2018 | Gangland: The Musical | Reeby’s Manager |
| 2018 | Creed II | Tony 'Little Duke' Evers |
| 2017 | Once Upon a Time in Venice | The Prince |
| 2017 | 9/11 | Michael |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Nandez |
| 2016 | The Breaks | Barry Fouray |
| 2015 | Creed | Tony 'Little Duke' Burton |
| 2015 | Ant-Man | Gale |
| 2013 | The Watsons Go to Birmingham | Daniel |
| 2012 | Dredd | Kay |
| 2012 | The Babymakers | Darrell |
| 2011 | Joy Road | Tony Smalls |
| 2010 | The Avon Barksdale Story | Himself |
| 2009 | Dough Boys | Julian France |
| 2009 | Just Another Day | A-Maze |
| 2009 | Not Easily Broken | Darnell Gooden |
| 2009 | Next Day Air | Guch |
| 2007 | 4 Life | Dayvon |
| 2007 | Southland Tales | Dion Element |
| 2006 | The Heart Specialist | Dr. Sidney Zachary |
| 2005 | Dirty | Brax |
| 2005 | Train Ride | Will |
| 2005 | Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] | Self (segment "Through the Wire") |
| 2002 | Paid in Full | Ace |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans | Julius Campbell |
| 2000 | Rhapsody | Billy Dixon |
| 2000 | Hendrix | Jimi Hendrix |
| 2000 | Committed | Chicky |
| 1999 | Small Vices | Ellis Alves |
| 1998 | The Siege | Officer Henderson |
| 1998 | Celebrity | Al Swayze |
| 1997 | As Good as It Gets | Cafe 24 Busboy |
| 1994 | Above the Rim | Motaw |
| Weekend Warriors |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | FOREVER | Eric Edwards |
| 2024 | Lady in the Lake | Shell Gordon |
| 2021 | BMF | Pat |
| 2018 | The Shop | Self |
| 2018 | The Last O.G. | Percy |
| 2017 | Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television | Vince Vincente |
| 2017 | Akil the Fugitive Hunter | Wood Harris |
| 2017 | The New Edition Story | Brooke Payne |
| 2010 | Justified | Jay |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Russell Ellison |
| 2008 | Black Poker Stars Invitational | Self |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez |
| 2004 | House | Bowman |
| 2004 | My Coolest Years | Himself |
| 2002 | The Wire | Avon Barksdale |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone | Marvin Gardens / Dwayne Grant |
| 1997 | Oz | Officer Gordon Wood |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue | Hector |