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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Wood Harris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
All Movies (39)
- One Battle After Another2025 · as Laredo
- Shooting Stars2023 · as Dru Joyce II
- Creed III2023 · as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
- Space Jam: A New Legacy2021 · as Coach C
- Always and Forever2020 · as Danny
- Creed II2018 · as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
- Gangland: The Musical2018 · as Reeby’s Manager
- Blade Runner 20492017 · as Nandez
- 9/112017 · as Michael
- Once Upon a Time in Venice2017 · as The Prince
- The Breaks2016 · as Barry Fouray
- Creed2015 · as Tony 'Little Duke' Burton
- Ant-Man2015 · as Gale
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham2013 · as Daniel
- Dredd2012 · as Kay
- The Babymakers2012 · as Darrell
- Joy Road2011 · as Tony Smalls
- The Avon Barksdale Story2010 · as Himself
- Just Another Day2009 · as A-Maze
- Next Day Air2009 · as Guch
- Dough Boys2009 · as Julian France
- Not Easily Broken2009 · as Darnell Gooden
- Southland Tales2007 · as Dion Element
- 4 Life2007 · as Dayvon
- The Heart Specialist2006 · as Dr. Sidney Zachary
- Dirty2005 · as Brax
- Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]2005 · as Self (segment "Through the Wire")
- Train Ride2005 · as Will
- Paid in Full2002 · as Ace
- Rhapsody2000 · as Billy Dixon
- Remember the Titans2000 · as Julius Campbell
- Hendrix2000 · as Jimi Hendrix
- Committed2000 · as Chicky
- Small Vices1999 · as Ellis Alves
- The Siege1998 · as Officer Henderson
- Celebrity1998 · as Al Swayze
- As Good as It Gets1997 · as Cafe 24 Busboy
- Above the Rim1994 · as Motaw
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All TV Shows (19)
- FOREVER2025 · as Eric Edwards
- Lady in the Lake2024 · as Shell Gordon
- BMF2021 · as Pat
- The Shop2018 · as Self
- The Last O.G.2018 · as Percy
- Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television2017 · as Vince Vincente
- Akil the Fugitive Hunter2017 · as Wood Harris
- The New Edition Story2017 · as Brooke Payne
- Empire2015 · as Damon Cross
- Hawaii Five-02010 · as Russell Ellison
- Justified2010 · as Jay
- Black Poker Stars Invitational2008 · as Self
- Numb3rs2005 · as Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez
- My Coolest Years2004 · as Himself
- House2004 · as Bowman
- The Twilight Zone2002 · as Marvin Gardens / Dwayne Grant
- The Wire2002 · as Avon Barksdale
- Oz1997 · as Officer Gordon Wood
- NYPD Blue1993 · as Hector