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'' (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). Provided by Wikipedia