Blair Underwood’s Net Worth, Height, Age & Personal Info Wiki

Sherwin David “Wood” Harris is an actor from the United States. He has played drug lord Avon Barksdale on HBO’s The Wire, cocaine dealer Ace in Paid in Full, and Julius Campbell in Remember the Titans.  (1)

Facts About Blair Underwood

NationalityAmerican
Estimate Net Worth$8 million
ReligionNA
Zodiac SignVirgo
BirthplaceTacoma, Washington
BirthdayAugust 25, 1964

Blair Underwood's Appearance (Height, Hair, Eyes & More)

Height187 cm
Weight84 kg
Hair ColorNA
Eye ColorNA
Body TypeFit
Sexual OrientationStraight

Blair Underwood's Net Worth

Wood Harris is a $2 million net worth American actor, producer, and musician. (2) Wood Harris, born Sherwin David Harris, is best known for portraying the famous role of Avon Barksdale in the acclaimed HBO drama “The Wire.” Now a seasoned actor, Harris is a regular on both the big and small screens.

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Blair Underwood's Early Life

Wood Harris likes to keep his personal information private, despite his media celebrity and wealth. Wood Harris’ desire to keep confidential family information is entirely plausible. This may give them a sense of protection. Wood Harris was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of a dressmaker and a bus driver. Wood is the younger brother of actor Steve Harris. (3)

Blair Underwood's Education

Wood Harris’ academic achievements pique the interest of his admirers. Could he have graduated from high school and college? What was Wood like before he became famous? Wood Harris has chosen to conceal his educational history. His public persona exudes assurance and knowledge. His captivating public personas, as well as his characteristics, all played an essential role in Wood’s academic success. Wood’s educational records, as well as any other information about his academy, are unknown. Northern Illinois University (NIU) awarded him a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts, and New York University awarded him a Master of Arts.

Blair Underwood's Wife and Family Life

Plenty of other people have asked how celebrities keep their relationships together. What steps do they take, or do not take, to conceal their individuality? It becomes even more difficult if your partner is from another country. Many awful things happen if anybody finds out about something. Wood Harris’s relationship status was unknown, but most assumed he was married.

Blair Underwood's Career

While still a student at NIU, Harris landed his first significant film role in the basketball drama Above the Rim, opposite Duane Martin and co-starring Tupac Shakur. He also appeared in several theatrical stage productions of various off-Broadway plays. Harris later appeared in a number of television and film roles before taking on the part of legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix in Showtime’s 2000 film, Hendrix.
Later that same year, for his role as Julius “Big Ju” Campbell in Remember the Titans, Harris received his first NAACP Image Award nomination for “Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture,” as well as a Blockbuster Movie Award nomination for “Favorite Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.” In 2002, he starred in the cult classic Paid in Full, directed by Dame Dash and based on the story of three Harlem drug dealers, with Harris playing real-life kingpin Azie Faison. He played Avon Barksdale, a character loosely based on real-life Nathan Barksdale, in the first three seasons of HBO’s original series The Wire and one episode in the fifth.

Wood appeared in the 2009 film Just Another Day as A-maze, a successful fictional rapper. The plot revolves around a clash here between a young, slightly higher-compared rapper and an older one at the top of his game, with the former played by Jamie Hector, whose character Marlo Stanfield played a similar role to Harris’ character in The Wire. Harris narrated the ESPN 30 for 30 films, Benji, in 2012. The same year, he played Harold “Mitch” Mitchell in Tennessee Williams’ Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, alongside Blair Underwood, Nicole Ari Parker, and Daphne Rubin-Vega. He teamed up with The Wire’s Michael B. Jordan for Creed, the latest iteration of the Rocky franchise, in 2015 and reprised the role in its sequel. (4)

References

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  2. Blair Underwood Net Worth, retrieved from https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/actors/blair-underwood-net-worth/
  3. Blair Underwood, retrieved from https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/blair-underwood-44573.php
  4. Blair Underwood, retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair_Underwood