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Wood Harris, born Sherwin David Harris (born October 17, 1969), is an African-American actor who previously starred in the television drama The Wire. He was born in Chicago, Illinois to John and Mattie Harris, and holds a Bachelors of Arts in Theater Arts from Northern Illinois University (NIU) and a Masters of Arts from New York University. He is the younger brother of actor Steve Harris.

Career

While enrolled in NYU, Harris starred in his first major film role in the basketball drama Above the Rim, starring opposite Tupac Shakur, and appeared in minor theatrical stage productions of various off-Broadway plays.

Harris was awarded the New York Film Festival's 1st Run Best Actor Award for his portrayal of "Derrick 'D-Train' Trainer" in Morningside Prep, a thirty minute short movie directed by rising filmmaker, Malcolm Lee. He subsequently guest starred in a variety of television and film venues before portraying legendary guitarist, Jimi Hendrix in Showtime's 2000 movie, Hendrix.

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.

He starred as Avon Barksdale on the first three seasons of HBO's original series The Wire. He also produced his own debut album, Beautiful Wonderful, which was intended for release in 2005. Most recently, Harris can be seen on Common's 2005 video "Testify" playing a defendant who is double-crossed by his wife.

Filmography

• Southland Tales (2006)
• MVP (2003)
• Paid in Full (2002)
• The Wire (2002) TV Series
• The Gold Cup (2000)
• Remember the Titans (2000)
• Hendrix (2000) (TV)
• Are You Cinderella? (2000)
• Committed (2000)
• Rhapsody (2000) (TV)
• Train Ride (2000)
• Spenser: Small Vices (1999) (TV)
• The Siege (1998)
• Celebrity (1998)
• As Good as It Gets (1997)
• Above the Rim (1994)

Guest TV appearances

• The Twilight Zone (2003)
• Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry (2002)
• New York Undercover (1998)
• Cosby (1997)
• Oz (1997)
• NYPD Blue (1996)

External links

• Wood Harris at NNDB.com

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