Wood Harris

Wood Harris was born as Sherwin David Harris on October 17, 1969, in Chicago, Illinois, United States, to Mattie and John Harris. He has an older brother named Steve Harris. He studied at the Northern Illinois University and also went to the New York University. In 2001, Harris got married to Rebekah Harris. Together, the couple has two children.

Wood Harris made his big screen debut in 1994 through the flick ‘Above the Rim’. He then appeared in the drama series ‘NYPD Blue’, ‘Oz’ and ‘Cosby’. In 1998, he got featured in the series ‘New York Undercover’ as well as in the movies ‘Celebrity’ and ‘The Siege’. Two years later, the actor acted in the films ‘Train Ride ‘, ‘Committed’, ‘Hendrix’ and ‘Remember the Titans’. Soon after this, was cast in the cult-classic flick ‘Paid in Full’ and in the television series ‘The Wire’.

Then in 2005, he got featured in the movie ‘Dirty’. The following year, Harris found roles in the movies ‘Southland Tales’ and ‘The Heart Specialist’. Then he got featured in the films ‘Not Easily Broken’, ‘Dough Boys’, ‘Next Day Air’ and ‘Just Another Day’. In the year 2010, he made appearance in the dramas ‘Southland’ as well as ‘Hawaii Five-0’. In 2012, the American actor did the movies ‘The Babymakers’ and ‘Dredd’. The same year, he became part of the documentary ‘Benji’.

After this, he appeared in the flick ‘The Watsons Go to Birmingham’ in 2013. Then in 2014, Harris played the role of Jay in the TV series ‘Justified’. He was then cast in the films ‘Ant-Man’ and ‘Creed’. He portrayed the character of Barry Fouray in the series ‘The Breaks’ in 2016. A year later, he played a role in the miniseries ‘The New Edition Story’ as well as in the movies ‘Once Upon a Time in Venice’, ‘9/11’ and ‘Blade Runner 2049’.