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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as Laredo
as Nandez
as Kay
as Gale
as Ace
as Tony 'Little Duke' Burton
as Darnell Gooden
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
as Officer Henderson
as Julius Campbell
as Coach C
as Barry Fouray
as Cafe 24 Busboy
as Tony Smalls
as Dru Joyce II
as Dr. Sidney Zachary
as Will
as Darrell
as Dion Element
as Bowman
1 episodes
as Russell Ellison
1 episodes
as Avon Barksdale
38 episodes
as Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez
1 episodes
as Hector
1 episodes
as Officer Gordon Wood
1 episodes
as Jay
4 episodes
as Pat
4 episodes
as Marvin Gardens / Dwayne Grant
1 episodes
as Percy
2 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Eric Edwards
8 episodes
as Shell Gordon
2 episodes
as Brooke Payne
3 episodes
as Himself
1 episodes
as Vince Vincente
8 episodes
as Self
8 episodes
as Wood Harris
4 episodes
