Wood Harris

Birthday:
10/17/1969
Place of birth:
Chicago, Illinois, USA:
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.

Credits

One Battle After Another (2025)
as Laredo
Shooting Stars (2023)
as Dru Joyce II
Creed III (2023)
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
as Coach C
Always and Forever (2020)
as Danny
Creed II (2018)
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
Gangland: The Musical (2018)
as Reeby’s Manager
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
as Nandez
9/11 (2017)
as Michael
Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017)
as The Prince
The Breaks (2016)
as Barry Fouray
Creed (2015)
as Tony 'Little Duke' Burton
Ant-Man (2015)
as Gale
The Watsons Go to Birmingham (2013)
as Daniel
Dredd (2012)
as Kay
The Babymakers (2012)
as Darrell
Joy Road (2011)
as Tony Smalls
The Avon Barksdale Story (2010)
as Himself
Just Another Day (2009)
as A-Maze
Next Day Air (2009)
as Guch
Dough Boys (2009)
as Julian France
Not Easily Broken (2009)
as Darnell Gooden
Southland Tales (2007)
as Dion Element
4 Life (2007)
as Dayvon
The Heart Specialist (2006)
as Dr. Sidney Zachary
Dirty (2005)
as Brax
Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] (2005)
as Self (segment "Through the Wire")
Train Ride (2005)
as Will
Paid in Full (2002)
as Ace
Rhapsody (2000)
as Billy Dixon
Remember the Titans (2000)
as Julius Campbell
Hendrix (2000)
as Jimi Hendrix
Committed (2000)
as Chicky
Small Vices (1999)
as Ellis Alves
The Siege (1998)
as Officer Henderson
Celebrity (1998)
as Al Swayze
As Good as It Gets (1997)
as Cafe 24 Busboy
Above the Rim (1994)
as Motaw
Weekend Warriors

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