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| name = Wood Harris | image = Wood harris air force1.jpg | caption = Harris playing basketball in 2006 | birth_name = Sherwin David Harris | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|10|17}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | education = Northern Illinois University {{small|(BA)}} New York University {{small|(MFA)}} | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1994–present | spouse={{marriage|Rebekah Harris|2001}} | children=2 | relatives=Steve Harris (brother) }} Sherwin David "Wood" Harris (born October 17, 1969) is an American actor. He has portrayed the drug kingpin Avon Barksdale on the HBO crime drama The Wire, cocaine dealer Ace in Paid in Full and high school football player Julius Campbell in the 2000 film Remember the Titans. He is also known for playing Brooke Payne on the BET miniseries The New Edition Story in 2017. As of 2016, he plays Barry Fouray on VH1 miniseries The Breaks. Early lifeHarris was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of seamstress Mattie and bus driver John Harris.[1][2] He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts from Northern Illinois University (NIU) and a Master of Arts from New York University.[3][4][5] He is the younger brother of actor Steve Harris.[6] CareerWhile enrolled in NIU, Harris starred in his first major film role in the basketball drama Above the Rim, starring opposite Tupac Shakur,[3] and appeared in many theatrical stage productions of various off-Broadway plays. Harris subsequently guest-starred in a variety of television and film venues before portraying legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix in Showtime's 2000 movie, Hendrix.[3] Later that year, Harris received his first NAACP Image Award nomination for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture" along with the Blockbuster Movie Award nomination for "Favorite Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture" for his role as Julius "Big Ju" Campbell in Remember the Titans.[7] In 2002, he starred in the Dame Dash produced cult-classic film Paid in Full, based on the true story of three Harlem drug dealers with Harris playing the real-life kingpin Azie Faison.[8] He starred as Avon Barksdale, loosely based on the real-life Nathan Barksdale, in the first three seasons of HBO's original series The Wire, as well as one episode in the fifth season.[4][5][9] He also produced his own debut album, Beautiful Wonderful, which was intended for release in 2005.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} In June 2008, director Martin Guigui revealed that Harris was cast as Nate "Sweetwater" Clifton in Sweetwater, a movie about the first black player in the NBA.[10] {{As of|March 2018}}, it is still in pre-production.[11] In 2009, Harris starred in the film Just Another Day, as a successful fictional rapper named A-maze.[12] The film centers on a clash between a young up-and-coming rapper and an older one at the top of his game, the former played by Jamie Hector (whose character Marlo Stanfield had a similar role with respect to Harris's character in The Wire). In 2012, Harris narrated the ESPN 30 for 30 film Benji. In the same year he also played Harold "Mitch" Mitchell in the Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams; alongside Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker, and Daphne Rubin-Vega.[3] In 2015, he reunited with The Wire cast member Michael B. Jordan for Creed, the latest installment of the Rocky franchise, reprising the role in its sequel. FilmographyFilm
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/34/Steve-Harris.html |title=Steve Harris Biography (1965-) |publisher=Filmreference.com |date= |accessdate=April 25, 2013}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/85/Wood-Harris.html |title=Wood Harris Biography (1969-) |publisher=Filmreference.com |date= |accessdate=April 25, 2013}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/Daphne-Rubin-Vega-Wood-Harris-Join-Broadways-A-STREETCAR-NAMED-DESIRE-20110823 |title=Daphne Rubin-Vega, Wood Harris Join Broadway's A Streetcar Named Desire |publisher=Broadwayworld.com |date=August 23, 2011 |accessdate=April 25, 2013}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|last=Mooney |first=Jake |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/11/new-york-connections-to-the-wire/ |title=New York Connections to 'The Wire' |work=The New York Times |date=January 11, 2008 |accessdate=April 25, 2013}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|first=Paul |last=Myerberg |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/mac/2012/12/11/college-football-bcs-orange-bowl-northern-illinois-huskies-facts/1759301/ |title=Ten things you need to know about Northern Illinois |work=USA Today |date=December 11, 2012 |accessdate=April 29, 2013}} 6. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-aosAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zh4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6614,148716 |title=Hendrix' Blazing Career Highlighted |publisher=Google Books |work=Star-News |date=September 16, 2000 |accessdate=April 25, 2013}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/08/entertainment/ca-62734 |title='Basketball,' 'Titans' Lead NAACP Nominations |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 8, 2000 |accessdate=April 25, 2013 |first=Greg |last=Braxton}} 8. ^{{cite web|last=Norman-Culp |first=Sheila |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/Paid-in-Full-is-high-in-80s-drug-scene-street-1099223.php |title='Paid in Full' is high in '80s drug-scene street value |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |agency=The Associated Press |date=October 24, 2002 |accessdate=April 29, 2013}} 9. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/19/arts/television/19JAME.html?pagewanted=all&position=&_r=0 |newspaper=The New York Times |title=The Television Show That Thinks It's a Novel |first=Caryn |last=James |date=September 19, 2004 |accessdate=April 29, 2013}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/exclusive-wood-harris-confirmed-for-sweetwater-biopic-2014-playoffs-target-release-date |title=Exclusive: Wood Harris Confirmed for 'Sweetwater' Biopic; 2014 Playoffs Target Release Date |publisher=IndieWire |first=Vanessa |last=Martinez |date=January 4, 2013 |accessdate=April 29, 2013}} 11. ^{{Citation|title=Sweetwater|publisher=IMDB.com|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2365971/|access-date=2019-03-20}} 12. ^{{cite web|author=Business Wire |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110616006834/en/Image-Entertainment-Acquires-North-American-Rights-SOULJA |title=Image Entertainment Acquires the North American Rights to Soulja Boy – The Movie |publisher=Business Wire |date=June 16, 2011 |accessdate=April 29, 2013}} External links
10 : 1969 births|Living people|African-American male actors|American male film actors|American male television actors|Tisch School of the Arts alumni|Northern Illinois University alumni|Male actors from Chicago|20th-century American male actors|21st-century American male actors |
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