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Wood Harris
Actor, ProducerBorn October 17, 1969 (56 years)
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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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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Wood Harris Filmography
| 2025 | One Battle After Another · as Laredo |
| 2025 | FOREVER (2025) (TV Series) · as Eric Edwards |
| 2024 | Lady in the Lake (TV Series) · as Shell Gordon |
| 2023 | Shooting Stars · as Dru Joyce Ii |
| 2023 | Creed III · as Tony 'little Duke' Evers |
| 2022 | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (TV Series) · as Spencer Haywood |
| 2021 | BMF (TV Series) · as Pat |
| 2021 | Space Jam: A New Legacy · as Coach C |
| 2021 | Ransum Games · as Henchman #1 |
| 2020 | Always and Forever · as Danny |
| 2018 | Creed II · as Tony 'little Duke' Evers |
| 2018 | Gangland: The Musical · as Reeby’s Manager |
| 2018 | The Last O.G. (TV Series) · as Percy |
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049 · as Nandez |
| 2017 | Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television (TV Series) · as Vince Vincente |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Once Upon a Time in Venice · as The Prince |
| 2017 | The Breaks (TV Series) · as Barry Fouray |
| 2017 | The New Edition Story (TV Series) · as Brooke Payne |
| 2016 | The Breaks · as Barry Fouray |
| 2015 | Creed · as Tony 'little Duke' Burton |
| 2015 | Ant-Man · as Gale |
| 2015 | Empire (2015) (TV Series) · as Damon Cross |
| 2013 | The Watsons Go to Birmingham · as Daniel |
| 2012 | Dredd · as Kay |
| 2012 | The Babymakers · as Darrell |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 (TV Series) · as Russell Ellison |
| 2010 | Justified (TV Series) · as Jay |
| 2009 | Just Another Day · as A-Maze |
| 2009 | Next Day Air · as Guch |
| 2009 | SouthLAnd (TV Series) · as Trinney Day |
| 2009 | Dough Boys · as Julian France |
| 2009 | Not Easily Broken · as Darnell Gooden |
| 2008 | Jazz in the Diamond District · as Gabriel Marx |
| 2007 | 4 Life · as Dayvon |
| 2006 | The Heart Specialist · as Dr. Sidney Zachary |
| 2006 | Southland Tales · as Dion Element |
| 2005 | Dirty · as Brax |
| 2005 | Numb3rs (TV Series) · as Murphy 'pony' Fuñez |
| 2004 | Joy Road · as Tony Smalls |
| 2004 | House (TV Series) · as Bowman |
| 2002 | Paid in Full · as Ace |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone (2002) (TV Series) · as Marvin Gardens / Dwayne Grant |
| 2002 | The Wire (TV Series) · as Avon Barksdale |
| 2000 | Rhapsody · as Billy Dixon |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans · as Julius Campbell |
| 2000 | Hendrix · as Jimi Hendrix |
| 2000 | Committed · as Chicky |
| 2000 | Train Ride · as Will |
| 1999 | Spenser: Small Vices · as Ellis Alves |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | The Siege · as Officer Henderson |
| 1997 | As Good as It Gets · as Cafe 24 Busboy |
| 1997 | Oz (TV Series) · as Officer Gordon Wood |
| 1996 | Cosby (TV Series) · as Tony |
| 1994 | New York Undercover (TV Series) · as Shadow |
| 1994 | Above the Rim · as Motaw |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Hector |