Wood Harris
Born: 1969-10-17 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- One Battle After Another as Laredo
- FOREVER as Eric Edwards
2024
- Lady in the Lake as Shell Gordon
2023
- Shooting Stars as Dru Joyce II
- Creed III as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
2021
- BMF as Pat
- Space Jam: A New Legacy as Coach C
2020
- Always and Forever as Danny
2018
- Creed II as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
- The Shop as Self
- The Last O.G. as Percy
- Gangland: The Musical as Reeby’s Manager
2017
- Blade Runner 2049 as Nandez
- 9/11 as Michael
- The New Edition Story as Brooke Payne
- Once Upon a Time in Venice as The Prince
- Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television as Vince Vincente
- Akil the Fugitive Hunter as Wood Harris
2016
- The Breaks as Barry Fouray
2013
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham as Daniel
2012
- The Babymakers as Darrell
- Dredd as Kay
2011
- Joy Road as Tony Smalls
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Russell Ellison
- Justified as Jay
- The Avon Barksdale Story as Himself
2009
- Not Easily Broken as Darnell Gooden
- Dough Boys as Julian France
- Next Day Air as Guch
- Just Another Day as A-Maze
2008
- Black Poker Stars Invitational as Self
2007
- 4 Life as Dayvon
- Southland Tales as Dion Element
2006
- The Heart Specialist as Dr. Sidney Zachary
2005
- Numb3rs as Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez
- Train Ride as Will
- Dirty as Brax
- Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] as Self (segment "Through the Wire")
2004
- House as Bowman
- My Coolest Years as Himself
2002
- The Wire as Avon Barksdale
- The Twilight Zone as Marvin Gardens / Dwayne Grant
- Paid in Full as Ace
2000
- Hendrix as Jimi Hendrix
- Remember the Titans as Julius Campbell
- Committed as Chicky
- Rhapsody as Billy Dixon
1999
- Small Vices as Ellis Alves
1997
- Oz as Officer Gordon Wood
- As Good as It Gets as Cafe 24 Busboy
1994
- Above the Rim as Motaw
1993
- NYPD Blue as Hector