Harris, Wood 1969- (Sherwin David Harris)

PERSONAL

Full name, Sherwin David Harris; born October 17, 1969, in Chicago, IL; son of John and Mattie Harris. Education: Attended New York University graduate acting program.

Career:

Actor. Appeared in Rockport shoe advertisement, 2007.

Awards, Honors:

Image Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor in a motion picture, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, favorite supporting actor—drama, 2001, both for Remember the Titans.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(As Sherwin David Harris) Motaw, Above the Rim, Asso Film, 1994.

Cafe 24 busboy, As Good As It Gets, TriStar, 1997.

Al Swayze, Celebrity, Miramax, 1998.

Officer Henderson, The Siege, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

Chicky, Committed (also known as Non Stop Girl), Miramax, 2000.

Julius Campbell, Remember the Titans, Buena Vista, 2000.

Clayton, The Gold Cup, 2000.

Will, Train Ride, 2000.

Are You Cinderella?, 2000.

Ace, Paid in Full, Dimension Films, 2002.

Tony, MVP, 2003.

Brax, Dirty, Silver Nitrate Releasing, 2005.

Dion Element, Southland Tales, Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2006.

Dr. Sidney Zachary, Ways of the Flesh (also known as The Heart Specialist), 2006.

Gabriel Marx, Jazz in the Diamond District, 2007.

Dayvon, 4 Life, 2007.

Television Appearances; Series:

Avon Barksdale, The Wire, HBO, 2002-2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Ellis Alves, Spenser: Small Vices (also known as Robert B. Parker "Small Vices"), 1999.

Jimi Hendrix, Hendrix (also known as A Room Full of Mirrors: The Jimi Hendrix Story), Showtime, 2000.

Billy Dixon, Rhapsody, 2000.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2000.

The 32nd NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 2001.

My Coolest Years, VH1, 2004.

BET Hip-Hop Awards, Black Entertainment Television, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Hector, "Moby Greg," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1996.

Tony, "The Rules," Cosby, CBS, 1997.

Officer Gordon Wood, "Plan B," Oz, 1997.

Shadow, "Going Native," New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox, 1998.

Himself, Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry (also known as Def Poetry and Def Poetry Jam), HBO, 2002.

Marvin Gardens/Dwayne Grant, "Another Life," The Twilight Zone, UPN, 2003.

The Wendy Williams Experience, 2006.

Murphy, "The Art of Reckoning," Numb3rs (also known as Num3ers), CBS, 2007.

Stage Appearances:

Troilus and Cressida, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1995.

Sid, Waiting for Lefty, Blue Light Theatre Company, Classic Stage Company Theatre, New York City, 1997.

Also appeared as Private First Class Melvyn Peterson, A Soldier's Play.

RECORDINGS

Music Videos:

"Through the Wire," Kanye West: College Dropout—Video Anthology, Universal Music and Video Distribution, 2005.

Martin Luther's "Daily Bread," 2005.

Also appeared in Common's "Testify."