Wood Harris
Actor
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).
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Filmography
Blade Runner 2049
as Nandez 2017
Creed
as Tony 'Little Duke' Burton 2015
Creed II
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers 2018
Dredd
as Kay 2012
Space Jam: A New Legacy
as Coach C 2021
As Good as It Gets
as Cafe 24 Busboy 1997
Remember the Titans
as Julius Campbell 2000
Creed III
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers 2023
One Battle After Another
as Laredo 2025
The Siege
as Officer Henderson 1998
Once Upon a Time in Venice
as The Prince 2017
Southland Tales
as Dion Element 2007
Celebrity
as Al Swayze 1998
Paid in Full
as Ace 2002
9/11
as Michael 2017
Above the Rim
as Motaw 1994