Wood Harris
- a.k.a. Sherwin David "Wood" Harris
- Sherwin David Harris
- وود هریس
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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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Sherwin David „Wood“ Harris (* 17. Oktober 1969) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Bekannt wurde er zunächst durch seine Rolle als Motaw in Jeff Pollacks Film „Above the Rim“ (1994), bevor er den Highschool-Footballspieler Julius Campbell in dem Walt-Disney-Film „Remember the Titans“ (2000) und Jimi Hendrix in dem Showtime-Fernsehfilm „Hendrix“ (2000) verkörperte. Weitere Anerkennung erlangte er durch seine Darstellung des Drogenbosses Avon Barksdale in der HBO-Krimiserie „The Wire“ (2002–2008). Harris spielte 2002 in dem Krimi „Paid in Full“ die Rolle des Kokainhändlers Ace, basierend auf dem Leben von Azie Faison. Im Fernsehen ist Harris bekannt für seine Rollen als Avon Barksdale in „The Wire“ und als Brooke Payne in der BET-Miniserie „The New Edition Story“ (2017). Außerdem spielte er Barry Fouray in der VH1-Miniserie „The Breaks“ (2016–2017), Damon Cross in der fünften und sechsten Staffel der Fox-Serie „Empire“ und verkörpert aktuell den Drogenboss „Pat“ in der Starz-Serie „BMF“. Er spielte außerdem in Filmen wie der schwarzen Komödie Next Day Air aus dem Jahr 2009, dem Marvel-Studios-Superheldenfilm Ant-Man aus dem Jahr 2015, den Science-Fiction-Filmen Dredd (2012) und Blade Runner 2049 (2017) sowie dem Sportdrama Creed (2015) und dessen Fortsetzungen Creed II (2018) und Creed III (2023) mit.
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- male
- Date of Birth
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- Place of Birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Cast
| Character | Movie / TV Show | Genres | Release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Prince | Once Upon a Time in Venice | 52% · 706 | ||
| Gale | Ant-Man | 71% · 20,784 | ||
| Russell Ellison | Hawaii Five-0TV | 77% · 1,844 | ||
| Murphy 'Pony' Fuñez | Numb3rsTV | 70% · 430 | ||
| Bowman | HouseTV | 86% · 7,502 | ||
| Julius Campbell | Remember the Titans | 76% · 2,912 | ||
| Officer Henderson | The Siege | 63% · 1,471 | ||
| Hector | NYPD BlueTV | 70% · 172 |