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Profile of Wood Harris
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17th October 1969 |
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Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Wood Harris, born Sherwin David Harris, is an African-American actor currently starring in the television drama The Wire. He was born on October 17, 1969 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 rising again for his portrayal of legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix in Showtime's Original Movie, Hendrix.
Later that same 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 currently stars as Avon Barksdale on HBO's series The Wire. He also recently completed production on his self-produced debut CD Beautiful Wonderful which is slated for release in 2005.
Filmography
- 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)
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