Wood Harris

Date of Birth: 17 Oct 1969
Country: USA
Biography: Sherwin David "Wood" Harris is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as high school student Julius Campbell in the 2000 film Remember the Titans and the drug kingpin Avon Barksdale on the HBO crime drama The Wire.
Total Credits at Criticker: 27 (Actor)
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Ace (Wood Harris) is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch (Mekhi Phifer) goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing cocaine for Lulu (Esai Morales). Via lucky breaks and solid interpersonal skills, Ace moves to the top of the Harlem drug world. Of course, unfaithful employees and/or rivals conspire to bring about Ace's fall. (imdb)
In 1971 high school football was everything to the people of Alexandria, Virginia. But when the local school board was forced to integrate an all black school with an all white school, the very foundation of football's great tradition was put to the test. (Walt Disney Pictures)
A political thriller, a cautionary fiction that is chillingly close to leading news stories of the day. (Fox)
In a city ravaged by violent crime, the police department's anti-gang task force uses any means at its disposal to get the bad guys off the streets, with cops often acting as judge, jury and executioner. AS the unit's self-justifying brutality and corruption spiral further out of control, gang member turned cop Armando Sancho (Collins Jr.) begins to question the life he and his partner (Gooding Jr.) have chosen. (Silver Nitrate)
Story of a promising high school basketball player and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star now working as a security guard and dating his mother. (imdb)
Hendrix (2000) - TV Movie
Biography of rock star Jimi Hendrix chronicles his early career, including a stint with Little Richard who fired him for getting too flamboyant... (imdb)
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
When a delivery man (Faison) leaves a package containing bricks of cocaine at the wrong address, it sets into motion a battle of wills and wits between the dealer, the intended recipients, and the people who have the drugs and plan to sell them off.
4 Life (2007) - Direct-to-Video
Dayvon, an accomplished street enforcer in West Baltiomre, and best friend TY, who is currently incarcerated, begin feuding before TY's soon release date. (imdb)
When Harvard graduate Dr. Ray Howard (White) arrives at his new residency, a more experienced doctor, Dr. Sidney Zachary (Wood), sees an opportunity. The older doctor has a great relationship with his girlfriend, Donna (Saldana), and thinks that the womanizing Howard could learn a few things about life and medicine. He makes a bet with Donna that he can school the younger man, and things move on from there... (blackamericaweb.com)
In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO. (imdb)
The story of Ben Wilson, a good-natured and beloved teenage basketball phenom from Chicago's South Side whose life was tragically cut short by violence in November 1984. (Netflix)
Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father,world heavy weight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there's no denying that boxing is in his blood, so Adonis heads to Philadelphia, the site of Apollo Creed's legendary match with a tough upstart named Rocky Balboa. Rocky sees in Adonis the strength and determination he had known in Apollo - the fierce rival who became his closest friend. (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Watsons Go To Birmingham (2013) - TV Movie
The Watsons set out on a family road trip where their experiences give them a newfound courage to stand up for what is right and helps them grow stronger as a family in the process.
The New Edition Story (2017) - TV Mini-Series
A 3 night miniseries chronicling the ups and downs of legendary music group New Edition from their humble beginnings in Boston to individual solo success and everything in between. (imdb)
A Los Angeles detective seeks out the ruthless gang that stole his dog. (imdb)
A group of 5 people find themselves trapped in an elevator in the World Trade Center's North Tower on 9/11. They work together, never giving up hope, to try to escape before the unthinkable happens.
Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, newly crowned light heavyweight champion Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago.
When Jasmine "Jazz" Morgan loses her mother to a long-time battle with lung cancer, she can only focus on one thing - becoming a famous singer. Ignoring the wishes of her father, Jazz spends the summer entrenched in the hyper-sexualized, drug-influenced DC music scene, dragging along her younger, more naive, sister Leah. One night Jazz is invited to join a popular go-go band managed by a charismatic barber, Gabe and supported with drug money provided by the lead MC, Flight. (imdb)
Adonis has been thriving in both his career and family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight.
A look at the young life of basketball star LeBron James. Feature film adaptation of LeBron James and Buzz Bissinger's book 'Shooting Stars'. (imdb)
Lady in the Lake (2024) - TV Mini-Series
In 60s Baltimore, an aspiring reporter pursues the murder of a forgotten young woman.
Forever (2025) - TV Series
Two high schoolers in Los Angeles navigate first love and intimacy amidst social and parental pressures. (imdb)
A former revolutionary (Leo DiCaprio) must return to his radical past when his daughter is kidnapped by the ruthless Colonel Lockjaw (Sean Penn). Teaming up with old allies - including a martial‑arts mentor (Benicio del Toro) and fierce activist (Regina Hall) - he embarks on a high‑stakes rescue mission across a dystopian America marked by satire and violence. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film blends dark comedy and suspense into a gritty, emotionally charged thriller.