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.

Filmography

• FOREVER — Eric Edwards
• 2025One Battle After Another — Laredo
• Lady in the Lake — Shell Gordon
• 2023Creed III — Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
• 2023Shooting Stars — Dru Joyce II
• BMF — Pat
• 2021Space Jam: A New Legacy — Coach C
• 2020Always and Forever — Danny
• 2018Creed II — Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
• 2018Gangland: The Musical — Reeby’s Manager
• The Last O.G. — Percy
• 20179/11 — Michael
• Akil the Fugitive Hunter — Wood Harris
• 2017Blade Runner 2049 — Nandez
• 2017Once Upon a Time in Venice — The Prince
• Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television — Vince Vincente
• The New Edition Story — Brooke Payne
• 2016The Breaks — Barry Fouray
• 2015Ant-Man — Gale
• 2015Creed — Tony 'Little Duke' Burton
• Empire — Damon Cross
• 2013The Watsons Go to Birmingham — Daniel
• 2012Dredd — Kay
• 2012The Babymakers — Darrell
• 2011Joy Road — Tony Smalls
• Hawaii Five-0 — Russell Ellison
• Justified — Jay
• 2009Dough Boys — Julian France
• 2009Just Another Day — A-Maze
• 2009Next Day Air — Guch
• 2009Not Easily Broken — Darnell Gooden
• 20074 Life — Dayvon
• 2007Southland Tales — Dion Element
• 2006The Heart Specialist — Dr. Sidney Zachary
• 2005Dirty — Brax
• Numb3rs — Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez
• 2005Train Ride — Will
• House — Bowman
• 2002Paid in Full — Ace
• The Twilight Zone — Marvin Gardens / Dwayne Grant
• The Wire — Avon Barksdale
• 2000Committed — Chicky
• 2000Hendrix — Jimi Hendrix
• 2000Remember the Titans — Julius Campbell
• 2000Rhapsody — Billy Dixon
• 1999Small Vices — Ellis Alves
• 1998Celebrity — Al Swayze
• 1998The Siege — Officer Henderson
• 1997As Good as It Gets — Cafe 24 Busboy
• Oz — Officer Gordon Wood
• 1994Above the Rim — Motaw
• NYPD Blue — Hector
• Weekend Warriors

Appearances as themselves (5)

• The Shop — Self
• 2010The Avon Barksdale Story — Himself
• Black Poker Stars Invitational — Self – Player
• 2005Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology] — Self (segment "Through the Wire")
• My Coolest Years — Himself