Wood Harris
37 movies · 16 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 17, 1969 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Sherwin David "Wood" Harris · Sherwin David Harris · وود هریس
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.
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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
Wood Harris: movies and TV shows
Acting (53)
- Upcoming
- 2025 One Battle After Another
as Laredo
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023 Shooting Stars
as Dru Joyce II
- 2023 Creed III
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
- 2021
- 2021 Space Jam: A New Legacy
as Coach C
- 2020 Always and Forever
as Danny
- 2018 Creed II
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
- 2018 Gangland: The Musical
as Reeby’s Manager
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017 Blade Runner 2049
as Nandez
- 2017 9/11
as Michael
- 2017
- 2017 Once Upon a Time in Venice
as The Prince
- 2017
- 2016 The Breaks
as Barry Fouray
- 2015 Creed
as Tony 'Little Duke' Burton
- 2015 Ant-Man
as Gale
- 2015
- 2013 The Watsons Go to Birmingham
as Daniel
- 2012 Dredd
as Kay
- 2012 The Babymakers
as Darrell
- 2011 Joy Road
as Tony Smalls
- 2010
- 2010
- 2009 Just Another Day
as A-Maze
- 2009 Next Day Air
as Guch
- 2009 Dough Boys
as Julian France
- 2009 Not Easily Broken
as Darnell Gooden
- 2007 Southland Tales
as Dion Element
- 2007 4 Life
as Dayvon
- 2006 The Heart Specialist
as Dr. Sidney Zachary
- 2005 Dirty
as Brax
- 2005 Train Ride
as Will
- 2005
- 2004
- 2002 Paid in Full
as Ace
- 2002
- 2002
- 2000 Rhapsody
as Billy Dixon
- 2000 Remember the Titans
as Julius Campbell
- 2000 Hendrix
as Jimi Hendrix
- 2000 Committed
as Chicky
- 1999 Small Vices
as Ellis Alves
- 1998 The Siege
as Officer Henderson
- 1998 Celebrity
as Al Swayze
- 1997 As Good as It Gets
as Cafe 24 Busboy
- 1997
- 1994 Above the Rim
as Motaw
- 1993
Talk shows and appearances (5)
- 2018 The Shop
1 episode
- 2010
- 2008 Black Poker Stars Invitational
8 episodes
- 2005
- 2004 My Coolest Years
1 episode