Wood Harris
Age: N/A | From: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Sherwin David "Wood" Harris , Sherwin David Harris , وود هریس
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Movie Involvements: 28
TV Involvements: 13
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
One Battle After Another
(2025) Laredo
Hawaii Five-0
(2010) Russell Ellison
The Wire
(2002) Avon Barksdale
Blade Runner 2049
(2017) Nandez
Numb3rs
(2005) Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez
Justified
(2010) Jay
NYPD Blue
(1993) Hector
The Twilight Zone
(2002) Marvin Gardens / Dwayne GrantActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Laredo | |
| Eric Edwards | ||
| 2024 | Shell Gordon | |
| 2023 | Dru Joyce II | |
| Tony 'Little Duke' Evers | ||
| 2021 | Pat | |
| Coach C | ||
| 2020 | Danny | |
| 2018 | Tony 'Little Duke' Evers | |
| Reeby’s Manager | ||
| Self | ||
| Percy | ||
| 2017 | Vince Vincente | |
| Nandez | ||
| Michael | ||
| Wood Harris | ||
| The Prince | ||
| Brooke Payne | ||
| 2016 | Barry Fouray | |
| 2015 | Tony 'Little Duke' Burton | |
| Gale | ||
| 2013 | Daniel | |
| 2012 | Kay | |
| Darrell | ||
| 2011 | Tony Smalls | |
| 2010 | Russell Ellison | |
| Jay | ||
| Himself | ||
| 2009 | A-Maze | |
| Guch | ||
| Julian France | ||
| Darnell Gooden | ||
| 2008 | Self | |
| 2007 | Dion Element | |
| Dayvon | ||
| 2006 | Dr. Sidney Zachary | |
| 2005 | Brax | |
| Self (segment "Through the Wire") | ||
| Will | ||
| Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez | ||
| 2004 | Himself | |
| Bowman | ||
| 2002 | Ace | |
| Marvin Gardens / Dwayne Grant | ||
| Avon Barksdale | ||
| 2000 | Billy Dixon | |
| Julius Campbell | ||
| Jimi Hendrix | ||
| Chicky | ||
| 1999 | Ellis Alves | |
| 1998 | Officer Henderson | |
| Al Swayze | ||
| 1997 | Cafe 24 Busboy | |
| Officer Gordon Wood | ||
| 1994 | Motaw | |
| 1993 | Hector | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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