Wood Harris

Wood Harris

CountryUnited States United States
GenderMale
BirthdayOkt. 17, 1969
BiographySherwin 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), before 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 (2002).

His other notable film work includes the dark comedy Next Day Air (2009), the science fiction films Dredd (2012) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017), the Marvel Studios superhero film Ant-Man (2015), and the sports drama Creed (2015), along with its sequels Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023). In 2025, he portrayed Laredo in the film One Battle After Another.

On television, Harris starred as Barry Fouray on the VH1 series The Breaks (2016–2017), Brooke Payne on the BET miniseries The New Edition Story (2017), Damon Cross on the Fox series Empire during its fifth and sixth seasons, and the drug lord "Pat" in the Starz series BMF (2021–2025).

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