Wood Harris

Wood Harris

Actor Oct 17 (age 56) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1993–2025 (32 year career)

6.5 avg rating

Biography

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 pl…

Known For

Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049

Nandez

Ant-Man

Ant-Man

Gale

The Wire

The Wire

Avon Barksdale

Creed

Creed

Tony 'Little Duke' Burton

As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets

Cafe 24 Busboy

Remember the Titans

Remember the Titans

Julius Campbell

Creed II

Creed II

Tony 'Little Duke' Evers

One Battle After Another

One Battle After Another

Laredo

Filmography

Acting (60)

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Movies (39)

One Battle After Another

One Battle After Another

as Laredo

Creed III

Creed III

as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers

Shooting Stars

Shooting Stars

as Dru Joyce II

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Space Jam: A New Legacy

as Coach C

Always and Forever

Always and Forever

as Danny

Creed II

Creed II

as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers

Gangland: The Musical

Gangland: The Musical

as Reeby’s Manager

Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049

as Nandez

9/11

9/11

as Michael

Once Upon a Time in Venice

Once Upon a Time in Venice

as The Prince

The Breaks

The Breaks

as Barry Fouray

Ant-Man

Ant-Man

as Gale

Creed

Creed

as Tony 'Little Duke' Burton

The Watsons Go to Birmingham

The Watsons Go to Birmingham

as Daniel

Dredd

Dredd

as Kay

The Babymakers

The Babymakers

as Darrell

Joy Road

Joy Road

as Tony Smalls

The Avon Barksdale Story

The Avon Barksdale Story

as Himself

Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken

as Darnell Gooden

Dough Boys

Dough Boys

as Julian France

Next Day Air

Next Day Air

as Guch

Just Another Day

Just Another Day

as A-Maze

Southland Tales

Southland Tales

as Dion Element

4 Life

4 Life

as Dayvon

The Heart Specialist

The Heart Specialist

as Dr. Sidney Zachary

Dirty

Dirty

as Brax

Train Ride

Train Ride

as Will

Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]

Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]

as Self (segment "Through the Wire")

Paid in Full

Paid in Full

as Ace

Remember the Titans

Remember the Titans

as Julius Campbell

Committed

Committed

as Chicky

Hendrix

Hendrix

as Jimi Hendrix

Rhapsody

Rhapsody

as Billy Dixon

Small Vices

Small Vices

as Ellis Alves

The Siege

The Siege

as Officer Henderson

Celebrity

Celebrity

as Al Swayze

As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets

as Cafe 24 Busboy

Above the Rim

Above the Rim

as Motaw

Weekend Warriors

Television (21)

FOREVER

FOREVER

as Eric Edwards

Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake

as Shell Gordon

BMF

BMF

as Pat

The Shop

The Shop

as Self

The Last O.G.

The Last O.G.

as Percy

Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television

Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television

as Vince Vincente

The New Edition Story

The New Edition Story

as Brooke Payne

Akil the Fugitive Hunter

Akil the Fugitive Hunter

as Wood Harris

Empire

Empire

as Damon Cross

Empire

Empire

as Damon Cross

Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0

as Russell Ellison

Justified

Justified

as Jay

Black Poker Stars Invitational

as Self

Numb3rs

Numb3rs

as Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez

House

House

as Bowman

My Coolest Years

as Himself

The Wire

The Wire

as Avon Barksdale

The Wire

The Wire

as Avon Barksdale

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

as Marvin Gardens / Dwayne Grant

Oz

as Officer Gordon Wood

NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

as Hector