Wood Harris
Acting • Born 1969-10-17
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
57 credits
Gangland: The Musical
Movie • 2018
Reeby’s Manager
Dirty
Movie • 2005
Brax
Remember the Titans
Movie • 2000
Julius Campbell
Dough Boys
Movie • 2009
Julian France
The Avon Barksdale Story
Movie • 2010
Himself
Paid in Full
Movie • 2002
Ace
The Siege
Movie • 1998
Officer Henderson
Just Another Day
Movie • 2009
A-Maze
Not Easily Broken
Movie • 2009
Darnell Gooden
Dredd
Movie • 2012
Kay
Next Day Air
Movie • 2009
Guch
The Heart Specialist
Movie • 2006
Dr. Sidney Zachary
The Babymakers
Movie • 2012
Darrell
Small Vices
Movie • 1999
Ellis Alves
4 Life
Movie • 2007
Dayvon
Shooting Stars
Movie • 2023
Dru Joyce II
Rhapsody
Movie • 2000
Billy Dixon
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
Movie • 2013
Daniel
Train Ride
Movie • 2005
Will
Above the Rim
Movie • 1994
Motaw
Creed III
Movie • 2023
Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
Hendrix
Movie • 2000
Jimi Hendrix
As Good as It Gets
Movie • 1997
Cafe 24 Busboy
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Movie • 2017
The Prince
Committed
Movie • 2000
Chicky
Creed
Movie • 2015
Tony 'Little Duke' Burton
Ant-Man
Movie • 2015
Gale
Celebrity
Movie • 1998
Al Swayze
The Breaks
Movie • 2016
Barry Fouray
Joy Road
Movie • 2011
Tony Smalls
Southland Tales
Movie • 2007
Dion Element
9/11
Movie • 2017
Michael
Blade Runner 2049
Movie • 2017
Nandez
Creed II
Movie • 2018
Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
Always and Forever
Movie • 2020
Danny
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Movie • 2005
Self (segment "Through the Wire")
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Movie • 2021
Coach C
One Battle After Another
Movie • 2025
Laredo
Weekend Warriors
Movie
House
TV • 2004
Bowman
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez
The Wire
TV • 2002
Avon Barksdale
Oz
TV • 1997
Officer Gordon Wood
NYPD Blue
TV • 1993
Hector
Black Poker Stars Invitational
TV • 2008
Self
The Twilight Zone
TV • 2002
Marvin Gardens / Dwayne Grant
BMF
TV • 2021
Pat
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
TV • 2017
Vince Vincente
The Shop
TV • 2018
Self
Akil the Fugitive Hunter
TV • 2017
Wood Harris
The New Edition Story
TV • 2017
Brooke Payne
Justified
TV • 2010
Jay
My Coolest Years
TV • 2004
Himself
FOREVER
TV • 2025
Eric Edwards
The Last O.G.
TV • 2018
Percy
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Russell Ellison
Lady in the Lake
TV • 2024
Shell Gordon