Wood Harris
Acting
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).
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Wood Harris
Laredo
... 2025
Dru Joyce II
... 2023
Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
... 2023
Coach C
... 2021
Danny
... 2020
Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
... 2018
Reeby’s Manager
... 2018
Nandez
... 2017
Michael
... 2017
The Prince
... 2017
Barry Fouray
... 2016
Tony 'Little Duke' Burton
... 2015
Gale
... 2015
Daniel
... 2013
Kay
... 2012
Darrell
... 2012
Tony Smalls
... 2011
Himself
... 2010
A-Maze
... 2009
Guch
... 2009
Julian France
... 2009
Darnell Gooden
... 2009
Dion Element
... 2007
Dayvon
... 2007
Dr. Sidney Zachary
... 2006
Brax
... 2005
Self (segment "Through the Wire")
... 2005
Will
... 2005
Ace
... 2002
Billy Dixon
... 2000
Julius Campbell
... 2000
Jimi Hendrix
... 2000
Chicky
... 2000
Ellis Alves
... 1999
Officer Henderson
... 1998
Al Swayze
... 1998
Cafe 24 Busboy
... 1997
Motaw
... 1994
