Wood Harris
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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Acting
Movie
Ant-Man
as Gale
2015
Movie
Blade Runner 2049
as Nandez
2017
Movie
Creed
as Tony 'Little Duke' Burton
2015
TV
House
as Bowman
2004
Movie
Creed II
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
2018
Movie
Dredd
as Kay
2012
Movie
Space Jam: A New Legacy
as Coach C
2021
Movie
As Good as It Gets
as Cafe 24 Busboy
1997
Movie
One Battle After Another
as Laredo
2025
Movie
Remember the Titans
as Julius Campbell
2000
Movie
Creed III
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
2023
TV
The Wire
as Avon Barksdale
2002
TV
Hawaii Five-0
as Russell Ellison
2010
Movie
The Siege
as Officer Henderson
1998
TV
Justified
as Jay
2010
TV
Oz
as Officer Gordon Wood
1997
TV
Empire
as Damon Cross
2015
Movie
Once Upon a Time in Venice
as The Prince
2017
Movie
Southland Tales
as Dion Element
2007
Movie
Celebrity
as Al Swayze
1998
TV
Numb3rs
as Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez
2005
TV
BMF
as Pat
2021
Movie
Paid in Full
as Ace
2002
Movie
Above the Rim
as Motaw
1994