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