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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 17, 1969
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Sherwin David "Wood" Harris
- Sherwin David Harris
- وود هریس
Wood Harris
1.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.5
Laredo
One Battle After Another
2025
6.8
Eric Edwards
FOREVER
2025
6.5
Shell Gordon
Lady in the Lake
2024
7.7
Dru Joyce II
Shooting Stars
2023
7.1
Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
Creed III
2023
8.0
Pat
BMF
2021
6.7
Coach C
Space Jam: A New Legacy
2021
5.2
Danny
Always and Forever
2020
7.0
Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
Creed II
2018
0.0
Reeby’s Manager
Gangland: The Musical
2018
Credits
One Battle After Another
as Laredo
2025
7.5
FOREVER
as Eric Edwards
2025
6.8
Lady in the Lake
as Shell Gordon
2024
6.5
Shooting Stars
as Dru Joyce II
2023
7.7
Creed III
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
2023
7.1
BMF
as Pat
2021
8.0
Space Jam: A New Legacy
as Coach C
2021
6.7
Always and Forever
as Danny
2020
5.2
Creed II
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
2018
7.0
Gangland: The Musical
as Reeby’s Manager
2018
0.0
The Shop
as Self
2018
4.9
The Last O.G.
as Percy
2018
6.3
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
as Vince Vincente
2017
6.6
Blade Runner 2049
as Nandez
2017
7.6
9/11
as Michael
2017
5.1
Akil the Fugitive Hunter
as Wood Harris
2017
6.0
Once Upon a Time in Venice
as The Prince
2017
5.2
The New Edition Story
as Brooke Payne
2017
7.7
The Breaks
as Barry Fouray
2016
4.9
Creed
as Tony 'Little Duke' Burton
2015
7.4
Ant-Man
as Gale
2015
7.1
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
as Daniel
2013
7.0
Dredd
as Kay
2012
6.9
The Babymakers
as Darrell
2012
5.0
Joy Road
as Tony Smalls
2011
6.0
Hawaii Five-0
as Russell Ellison
2010
7.8
Justified
as Jay
2010
8.0
The Avon Barksdale Story
as Himself
2010
0.0
Just Another Day
as A-Maze
2009
4.7
Next Day Air
as Guch
2009
5.1
Dough Boys
as Julian France
2009
4.1
Not Easily Broken
as Darnell Gooden
2009
6.3
🎬
Black Poker Stars Invitational
as Self
2008
0.0
Southland Tales
as Dion Element
2007
5.2
4 Life
as Dayvon
2007
0.0
The Heart Specialist
as Dr. Sidney Zachary
2006
4.6
Dirty
as Brax
2005
5.3
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as Self (segment "Through the Wire")
2005
5.0
Train Ride
as Will
2005
4.0
Numb3rs
as Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez
2005
7.0
🎬
My Coolest Years
as Himself
2004
0.0
House
as Bowman
2004
8.6
Paid in Full
as Ace
2002
6.8
The Twilight Zone
as Marvin Gardens / Dwayne Grant
2002
7.2
The Wire
as Avon Barksdale
2002
8.6
Rhapsody
as Billy Dixon
2000
10.0
Remember the Titans
as Julius Campbell
2000
7.6
Hendrix
as Jimi Hendrix
2000
5.8
Committed
as Chicky
2000
4.8
Small Vices
as Ellis Alves
1999
1.0
The Siege
as Officer Henderson
1998
6.3
Celebrity
as Al Swayze
1998
6.0
As Good as It Gets
as Cafe 24 Busboy
1997
7.4
Oz
as Officer Gordon Wood
1997
8.0
Above the Rim
as Motaw
1994
7.0
NYPD Blue
as Hector
1993
7.0
🎬
Weekend Warriors
N/A
0.0