
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.
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as Laredo
as Eric Edwards · 8 episodes
as Shell Gordon · 2 episodes
as Dru Joyce II
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers
as Pat · 4 episodes
as Coach C
as Danny
as Tony 'Little Duke' Evers

as Reeby’s Manager
as Percy · 2 episodes
as Vince Vincente · 8 episodes
as Nandez
as Michael

as Wood Harris · 4 episodes
as The Prince

as A-Maze
as Guch

as Julian France
as Darnell Gooden
as Dion Element

as Dayvon

as Dr. Sidney Zachary
as Brax

as Ellis Alves
as Officer Henderson
as Al Swayze
as Cafe 24 Busboy
as Officer Gordon Wood · 1 episode
as Motaw
as Hector · 1 episode
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