Acting credits
55
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Wood Harris
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.4
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Movies: 38Series: 17
TMDB ID: 65829
IMDb ID: nm0365445
Known for: Acting
Born: October 17, 1969
Age: 56
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1993 - 2025
Years active: 33
Average TMDB rating: 6.79
Wikidata: Q1321005
Also known as
Sherwin David "Wood" Harris • Sherwin David Harris • وود هریس
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 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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Movies
Movie credits linked with Wood Harris.
One Battle After Another
as Laredo
2025 Movie
Shooting Stars
as Dru Joyce II
2023 Movie
Creed III
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
2023 Movie
Space Jam: A New Legacy
as Coach C
2021 Movie
Always and Forever
as Danny
2020 Movie
Creed II
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
2018 Movie
Gangland: The Musical
as Reeby’s Manager
2018 Movie
Blade Runner 2049
as Nandez
2017 Movie
9/11
as Michael
2017 Movie
Once Upon a Time in Venice
as The Prince
2017 Movie
The Breaks
as Barry Fouray
2016 Movie
Creed
as Tony 'Little Duke' Burton
2015 Movie
Ant-Man
as Gale
2015 Movie
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
as Daniel
2013 Movie
Dredd
as Kay
2012 Movie
The Babymakers
as Darrell
2012 Movie
Joy Road
as Tony Smalls
2011 Movie
The Avon Barksdale Story
as Himself
2010 Movie
Just Another Day
as A-Maze
2009 Movie
Next Day Air
as Guch
2009 Movie
Dough Boys
as Julian France
2009 Movie
Not Easily Broken
as Darnell Gooden
2009 Movie
Southland Tales
as Dion Element
2007 Movie
4 Life
as Dayvon
2007 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Wood Harris.
FOREVER
as Eric Edwards • 8 eps
2025 Series
Lady in the Lake
as Shell Gordon • 2 eps
2024 Series
BMF
as Pat • 4 eps
2021 Series
The Shop
as Self • 1 eps
2018 Series
The Last O.G.
as Percy • 2 eps
2018 Series
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
as Vince Vincente • 8 eps
2017 Series
Akil the Fugitive Hunter
as Wood Harris • 4 eps
2017 Series
The New Edition Story
as Brooke Payne • 3 eps
2017 Series
Empire
as Damon Cross • 28 eps
2015 Series
Hawaii Five-0
as Russell Ellison • 1 eps
2010 Series
Justified
as Jay • 4 eps
2010 Series
Numb3rs
as Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez • 1 eps
2005 Series
House
as Bowman • 1 eps
2004 Series
The Twilight Zone
as Marvin Gardens / Dwayne Grant • 1 eps
2002 Series
The Wire
as Avon Barksdale • 38 eps
2002 Series
Oz
as Officer Gordon Wood • 1 eps
1997 Series
NYPD Blue
as Hector • 1 eps
1993 Series