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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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Celebrity
  • 9/11
  • Train Ride
  • Gangland: The Musical

Known For

  • Remember the Titans
  • Dredd
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Creed II
  • One Battle After Another
  • Creed III
  • Paid in Full
  • Above the Rim
  • Next Day Air
  • The Babymakers

Wood Harris Filmography

2025
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
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
9/11 · as Michael
2017
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
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
1999
Spenser: Small Vices · as Ellis Alves
1998
Celebrity · as Al Swayze
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

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