Wood Harris
Biography
Wood Harris is an American actor who was born in Chicago and studied theater arts at Northern Illinois University before earning a master's degree from New York University. He drew attention early as Motaw in the basketball drama Above the Rim (1994), and later played Julius Campbell, a high school football player, in Remember the Titans (2000), which brought him an NAACP Image Award nomination. He portrayed Jimi Hendrix in the Showtime film Hendrix, played the drug kingpin Avon Barksdale on the HBO drama The Wire from 2002 to 2008, and took the role of Ace in Paid in Full (2002). His film work includes Dredd (2012), Ant-Man (2015), Creed (2015), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023), and in 2025 he appeared in One Battle After Another. On television he has also been seen in The Breaks, The New Edition Story and Empire.
56years old
Turns 57 on October 17in 5 days
- Born Chicago
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Sherwin David Harris
Movie Career
- Films
- 22
- Career span
- 31 years1994 to 2025
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A role that slipped away
In June 2008, director Martin Guigui said Wood Harris would play Nate "Sweetwater" Clifton in Sweetwater, a movie about the NBA's first black player. The film did not come out until 2023, with a different actor in the lead.
Beyond film
Wood Harris produced a debut album of his own called Beautiful Wonderful, and it was meant to come out in 2005.
First role
Harris was still a student at NIU when he landed his first big movie role, playing opposite Duane Martin and sharing the screen with Tupac Shakur in the basketball drama Above the Rim.
A change of course
Harris attended St. Joseph's School, where he played basketball. That school was the subject of Hoop Dreams, a documentary that won awards.
Wood Harris movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Four actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together10 more actors
- Denzel WashingtonRemember the Titans (2000) and The Siege (1998)
- Regina HallOne Battle After Another (2025) and Paid in Full (2002)
- David DastmalchianBlade Runner 2049 (2017) and Ant-Man (2015)
- Ryan GoslingBlade Runner 2049 (2017) and Remember the Titans (2000)
- Donald FaisonNext Day Air (2009) and Remember the Titans (2000)
- Lauren LondonAlways and Forever (2020) and Next Day Air (2009)
- Shawn Michael HowardNext Day Air (2009) and Above the Rim (1994)
- Florian MunteanuCreed III (2023) and Creed II (2018)
- Andre WardCreed II (2018) and Creed (2015)
- Tony BellewCreed III (2023) and Creed (2015)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Wood Harris's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.0 billion
14 of the 22 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 22 films: 14 worldwide figure; 6 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 6US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$519M26.4% of the total
- 2$275M14.0% of the total
- 3$259M13.2% of the total
- 4$214M10.9% of the total
- 5$209M10.6% of the total
- 6$174M8.8% of the total
- 7$137M6.9% of the total
- 8$117M5.9% of the total
$66.1 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.