Wood Harris

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 20022008 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 20162017 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 AntMan 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia