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 in 2002 the crime film Paid in Full.
On television, Harris is also known for playing 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 final sixth season, and currently portrays the drug lord "Pat" in the Starz series BMF.
In addition, he has starred in the 2009 dark comedy film Next Day Air, the 2015 Marvel Studios superhero film Ant-Man, the 2017 science fiction film Blade Runner 2049, and the sports drama Creed (2015), along with its sequels Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023).
Early life and education
