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Wood Harris
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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…
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Wood Harris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2025
One Battle After Another
Movie Laredo
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2025
FOREVER
TV show Eric Edwards
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2024
Lady in the Lake
TV show Shell Gordon
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2023
Shooting Stars
Movie Dru Joyce II
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2023
Creed III
Movie Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
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2021
BMF
TV show Pat
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2021
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Movie Coach C
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2020
Always and Forever
Movie Danny
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2018
Creed II
Movie Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
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2018
Gangland: The Musical
Movie Reeby’s Manager
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2018
The Shop
TV show Self
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2018
The Last O.G.
TV show Percy
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2017
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
TV show Vince Vincente
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2017
Blade Runner 2049
Movie Nandez
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2017
9/11
Movie Michael
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2017
Akil the Fugitive Hunter
TV show Wood Harris
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2017
Once Upon a Time in Venice
Movie The Prince
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2017
The New Edition Story
TV show Brooke Payne
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2016
The Breaks
Movie Barry Fouray
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2015
Creed
Movie Tony 'Little Duke' Burton
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2015
Ant-Man
Movie Gale
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2015
Empire
TV show Damon Cross
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2013
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
Movie Daniel
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2012
Dredd
Movie Kay
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2012
The Babymakers
Movie Darrell
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2011
Joy Road
Movie Tony Smalls
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2010
Hawaii Five-0
TV show Russell Ellison
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2010
Justified
TV show Jay
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2010
The Avon Barksdale Story
Movie Himself
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2009
Just Another Day
Movie A-Maze
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2009
Next Day Air
Movie Guch
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2009
Dough Boys
Movie Julian France
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2009
Not Easily Broken
Movie Darnell Gooden
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2008
Black Poker Stars Invitational
TV show Self – Player
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2007
Southland Tales
Movie Dion Element
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2007
4 Life
Movie Dayvon
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2006
The Heart Specialist
Movie Dr. Sidney Zachary
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2005
Dirty
Movie Brax
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2005
Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]
Movie Self (segment "Through the Wire")
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2005
Train Ride
Movie Will
