56
Years
39
Movies
18
TV Shows
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Rating
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.
56
Years Old
39
Movies
18
TV Shows
7.6
Avg Rating
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.
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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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Gender
Male
Birthday
October 17, 1969
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
One Battle After Another
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Blade Runner 2049
2017
Dredd
2012
Ant-Man
2015
Creed
2015
Creed III
2023
Creed II
2018
As Good as It Gets
1997
Not Easily Broken
2009
Space Jam: A New Legacy
2021
Remember the Titans
2000
Always and Forever
2020
The Babymakers
2012
The Siege
1998
Gangland: The Musical
2018
4 Life
2007
Just Another Day
2009
Joy Road
2011
Paid in Full
2002
Celebrity
1998
+ 19 more movies
House
2004
Hawaii Five-0
2010
The Wire
2002
Numb3rs
2005
Oz
1997
Justified
2010
NYPD Blue
1993
BMF
2021
The Twilight Zone
2002
The Shop
2018
The Last O.G.
2018
Lady in the Lake
2024
FOREVER
2025
My Coolest Years
2004
The New Edition Story
2017
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
2017
Black Poker Stars Invitational
2008
Akil the Fugitive Hunter
2017