Cast & creator
Wood Harris
Best known for House, Hawaii Five-0, Numb3rs
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.
Also known as: Sherwin David "Wood" Harris, Sherwin David Harris, وود هریس
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television credits
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1993–2025 · acting roles
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Filmography (58)
Showing 58 of 58 credits
House
Bowman
2004
Hawaii Five-0
Russell Ellison
2010
Numb3rs
Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez
2005
NYPD Blue
Hector
1993
The Wire
Avon Barksdale
2002
Blade Runner 2049
Nandez
2017
Empire
Damon Cross
2015
Justified
Jay
2010
Oz
Officer Gordon Wood
1997
The Twilight Zone
Marvin Gardens / Dwayne Grant
2002
One Battle After Another
Laredo
2025
BMF
Pat
2021
Ant-Man
Gale
2015
The Last O.G.
Percy
2018
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Coach C
2021
Creed
Tony 'Little Duke' Burton
2015
Creed III
Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
2023
The Shop
Self
2018
Remember the Titans
Julius Campbell
2000
Creed II
Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
2018
Dredd
Kay
2012
Lady in the Lake
Shell Gordon
2024
As Good as It Gets
Cafe 24 Busboy
1997
FOREVER
Eric Edwards
2025
The Siege
Officer Henderson
1998
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
Vince Vincente
2017My Coolest Years
Himself
2004
The New Edition Story
Brooke Payne
2017
Once Upon a Time in Venice
The Prince
2017
Southland Tales
Dion Element
2007
The Babymakers
Darrell
2012Black Poker Stars Invitational
Self – Player
2008
Celebrity
Al Swayze
1998
9/11
Michael
2017
Shooting Stars
Dru Joyce II
2023
Paid in Full
Ace
2002
Not Easily Broken
Darnell Gooden
2009
Dirty
Brax
2005
Above the Rim
Motaw
1994
Committed
Chicky
2000![Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/iJoIAh8NaChoVN0GRYVHaa4Yxlq.jpg?width=1200)
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Self (segment "Through the Wire")
2005
Next Day Air
Guch
2009
Always and Forever
Danny
2020
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
Daniel
2013
Akil the Fugitive Hunter
Wood Harris
2017
Small Vices
Ellis Alves
1999
The Heart Specialist
Dr. Sidney Zachary
2006
Just Another Day
A-Maze
2009
The Breaks
Barry Fouray
2016
Dough Boys
Julian France
2009
Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
2000Weekend Warriors
Joy Road
Tony Smalls
2011
Gangland: The Musical
Reeby’s Manager
2018
Rhapsody
Billy Dixon
2000
4 Life
Dayvon
2007
Train Ride
Will
2005
The Avon Barksdale Story
Himself
2010