Sherwin David Wood Harris is an American actor formally known as Wood Harris. He was born on October 17, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois. He is an American citizen belonging to black ethnicity of America. Wood is the younger brother of actor Steve Harris and their family lives together in Chicago. His father John was a bus driver and mother Mattie was a housewife who raised him and his brother together. Harris was brilliant from his childhood, he was interested in studies and acting. He graduated from Northern Illinois University with the Bachelor’s degree of Art in Theater Arts and then Master of Arts from New York University. During his days in New York University he was starred in the movie Above the Rim which was a Basketball Drama. He himself was a basketball player in his days, which helped for his acting. During his masters he appeared in numerous theatrical stage performance and started in many movies and TV shows.
His acting got more sharpness and applauses from the audiences in his early days. In the year 2000 he received NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for the movie Remember the Titans. He slowly began to take the pace and was appearing in numerous roles. The next movie was “Paid in Full” in the year 2002, the story was based on real events. Harris continuously performed better and was appreciated across the industry. However, he did not starred in huge numbers of movies as other celebrity did. He used to cast in limited movies and then used to take rest for some period of time or he did not get the required script and story for his act. Talking about Harris, he stands tall with his impressive 6 feet 3 inches height. Harris started dating Rebekah Harris since 1999, they met in the set of movie and started their affair. He announces Rebekah his girlfriend in the year 2000 before his movie “Remember the Titans” was released. They were spotted numerous times together by the media and were found kissing in the public places too. The couple then married in the year 2001 and has 2 children from their relationship. According to his wife, he is a great father and caring husband. Their relationship is going great and there are not any chances about their divorce. In the mid 90’s Harris was assumed gay because of his calm and silent profile and was never spotted dating and having fun with the ladies.
Apart from acting Harris loves singing songs and is planning to launch his solo album. In a recent interview, he told fans about his upcoming music album which is going to be released in the end of 2015. As an actor his major source of income is movie and TV shows, in the year 2014 his net worth was calculated $2 million dollars. He loves to travel with his family and has been spotted around the countryside with his kids. He is an active user of Instagram and Twitter and keeps on uploading new pictures frequently. His biography is available in wiki and IMDb.