Wood Harris
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.
Born: October 17, 1969
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Laredo
as Eric Edwards
as Shell Gordon
as Dru Joyce II
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
as Pat
as Coach C
as Danny
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
as Reeby’s Manager
as Self
as Percy
as Vince Vincente
as Nandez
as Michael
as Wood Harris
as The Prince
as Brooke Payne
as Barry Fouray
as Tony 'Little Duke' Burton
as Gale
as Daniel
as Kay
as Darrell
as Tony Smalls
as Russell Ellison
as Jay
as Himself
as A-Maze
as Guch
as Julian France
as Darnell Gooden
as Dion Element
as Dayvon
as Dr. Sidney Zachary
as Brax
as Self (segment "Through the Wire")
as Will
as Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez
as Bowman
as Ace
as Marvin Gardens / Dwayne Grant
as Avon Barksdale
as Billy Dixon
as Julius Campbell
as Jimi Hendrix
as Chicky
as Ellis Alves
as Officer Henderson
as Al Swayze
as Cafe 24 Busboy
as Officer Gordon Wood
as Motaw
as Hector