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Wood Harris

1969 - Today

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Sherwin David "Wood" Harris (born October 17, 1969) is an American actor. He first garnered attention for his role as Motaw in the Jeff Pollack film Above the Rim (1994), prior to portraying high school football player Julius Campbell in the Walt Disney Pictures film Remember the Titans (2000) and Jimi Hendrix in the Showtime television film Hendrix (2000). He attained further recognition for his portrayal of drug kingpin Avon Barksdale on the HBO crime drama The Wire (2002–2008). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wood Harris has received more than 5,613,543 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Wood Harris is the 8,094th most popular actor (down from 7,970th in 2019), the 11,993rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,754th in 2019) and the 3,770th most popular American Actor.

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  • 5.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Wood Harris ranks 8,094 out of 13,578Before him are Frédérique Bel, Cristián de la Fuente, Adam Garcia, Kevin Connolly, Imogene Coca, and Alicja Bachleda-Curuś. After him are Ian Hunter, Zhang Zilin, Juan Diego Botto, Jouko Ahola, Thuy Trang, and Jamuna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Wood Harris ranks 498Before him are Andrew Bryniarski, Allan McNish, Elizabeth Marvel, Bobby Deol, Susanna Mälkki, and Martín Vázquez. After him are Nino Salukvadze, Norio Omura, Hudson Leick, David Douillet, Ken Griffey Jr., and Fermín Cacho.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wood Harris ranks 11,993 out of 20,380Before him are Rachel Miner (1980), Kathleen Kinmont (1965), Carl W. Stalling (1891), Kevin Connolly (1974), Imogene Coca (1908), and Belva Ann Lockwood (1830). After him are Helen Gurley Brown (1922), Walter Forward (1786), Art Clokey (1921), J. P. Donleavy (1926), Charles Erwin Wilson (1890), and Redfoo (1975).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Wood Harris ranks 3,770Before him are Christa Miller (1964), Joan Severance (1958), Rachel Miner (1980), Kathleen Kinmont (1965), Kevin Connolly (1974), and Imogene Coca (1908). After him are J. Smith-Cameron (1957), Natasha Gregson Wagner (1970), Jeremy Sisto (1974), Mike Epps (1970), Bill Macy (1922), and Olivia Cole (1942).