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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Wood Harris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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One Battle After Another
as Laredo
FOREVER
as Eric Edwards
Lady in the Lake
as Shell Gordon
Shooting Stars
as Dru Joyce II
Creed III
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
BMF
as Pat
Space Jam: A New Legacy
as Coach C
Always and Forever
as Danny
Creed II
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
Gangland: The Musical
as Reeby’s Manager
The Shop
as Self
The Last O.G.
as Percy
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
as Vince Vincente
Blade Runner 2049
as Nandez
9/11
as Michael
Akil the Fugitive Hunter
as Wood Harris
Once Upon a Time in Venice
as The Prince
The New Edition Story
as Brooke Payne
The Breaks
as Barry Fouray
Creed
as Tony 'Little Duke' Burton
Empire
as Damon Cross
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
as Daniel
Dredd
as Kay
The Babymakers
as Darrell
Joy Road
as Tony Smalls
Hawaii Five-0
as Russell Ellison
Justified
as Jay
The Avon Barksdale Story
as Himself
Just Another Day
as A-Maze
Next Day Air
as Guch
Dough Boys
as Julian France
Not Easily Broken
as Darnell Gooden
Southland Tales
as Dion Element
4 Life
as Dayvon
The Heart Specialist
as Dr. Sidney Zachary
Dirty
as Brax
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as Self (segment "Through the Wire")
Train Ride
as Will
Numb3rs
as Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez
House
as Bowman
Paid in Full
as Ace
The Twilight Zone
as Marvin Gardens / Dwayne Grant
The Wire
as Avon Barksdale
Rhapsody
as Billy Dixon
Remember the Titans
as Julius Campbell
Hendrix
as Jimi Hendrix
Committed
as Chicky
Small Vices
as Ellis Alves
The Siege
as Officer Henderson
Celebrity
as Al Swayze
As Good as It Gets
as Cafe 24 Busboy
Oz
as Officer Gordon Wood
Above the Rim
as Motaw
NYPD Blue
as Hector