Wood Harris on Doing The Wire with Michael K Williams: He's Super Dope (Flashback)

In this flashback, Wood Harris opened up about being on HBO's The Wire, and he reacted to Vlad speaking about being caught off guard when he realized Idris Elba is British. Wood then started speaking about Europeans appreciating African culture and contributions to their culture, as opposed to Black people in America. Wood then pointed out that The Wire never won an Emmy, despite being a wildly popular show. Speaking more about working on the show, Wood Harris shared some of his greatest memories, including being in Baltimore, and some of his biggest scenes. To hear more, including Wood speaking about working on with Michael K Williams, hit the above clip.

[@SaintLSU]

Wood didn't get the credit he so richly deserved for his portrayal as Avon. This guy is good in everything he is in

[@nitroluskincaid]

I disagree. Avon is just as Iconic Omar. Maybe not as infamous. But still Iconic af!!! IJS.

[@JohnDoe-xf5jm]

@@nitroluskincaid he didn’t say anything about Michael k. He just said woods deserves more credit because he is a great actor

[@nitroluskincaid]

@@JohnDoe-xf5jm I know what I said. I disagreed with Wood/Avon not getting as much credit. I just mentioned Omar as a reference.

[@Eidelmania]

It took me a minute to recognize him... He is so different when not in alpha thug mode. Good actor.

[@Mrmegaton21]

Yeah man. I was amazed at his talent! Then I saw this interview and I'm equally amazed by the depth and thoughts of the man!

[@shonniebabii6767]

R.I.P Michael K. Williams a.ka. OMAR. YOU WILL BE MISSED!

[@Mystery207]

Wait whut ?

[@shonniebabii6767]

@@Mystery207 you do know that they found him dead in his apartment a couple of days ago, right?

[@yogijaya2897]

U gotta watch the corner too

[@scenariomckinney]

Wood Harris is just overall DOPE.

[@nayquan321]

True that

[@mrstevenson2091]

Facts

[@rasheemthebestfirstone3274]

He’s going to be in bmf now

[@aland.3728]

“A heartbroken culture with no therapy”. I felt that.

[@flueydee3573]

Wood Harris is definitely a legend actor 🖤

[@inspectah2342]

the Wire is absolutely the best show of all time...especially after going to Baltimore and seeing it in real life. that's Bmore to the T ! it's crazy how real that show is.

[@dahnbella4083]

Facts 💯

[@achilles8936]

Sopranos wire is a close number 2 though

[@gabrielcollipal208]

I love the wire but the sopranos also is My number one. RIP Gandolfini and Michael K Williams, Two amazing actors gone too soon.

[@yogijaya2897]

Lived there as a runaway teen in mid 90s. Pigtown... 1134Washington Blvd. No joke Blessed for the friends I made there who helped keep me safe and away from the hot shit

[@inspectah2342]

@@yogijaya2897 damn I’m glad u made it out safe. Baltimore is a dangerous place …but i do love a lot about it still

[@crystalcharlotte2966]

I just still can't believe this man is gone. I have loved everything he has done.

[@yogijaya2897]

Me 2 ....love Mike K Williams

[@BodyBish]

?? He's still alive wth u mean?

[@ohemabiztv3554]

Respect to Mr Harris for washing Vlads initial negative and divisive question (jokingly of course) with historical facts and explaining the physcological impact and legacy of colonialism on African Americans. There's levels to us Vlad.. 🖤

[@nitroluskincaid]

Wood Harris dropping strate SCIENCE on this fooh Vlad. Vlad wasnt ready!!! 💯💯💯

[@nitroluskincaid]

@Stephen White Steve.... He wasnt rambling at all. He is 1,000% correct that Greece and Rome got all of their knowledge from Africa. And yes... the Moors came later and stayed in Spain and Europe for 800 years. And they too brought knowledge and culture to white civilization. He wasn't asking for your opinion or approval.... He was just stating FACTS. Think about how the GOP is trying to whitewash history by challenging the existence of slavery and racism (CRT), so you see it wouldnt have been so hard for Europeans to do the same regarding their knowledge gleened from Africa.

[@tdoggsmackem7498]

I’m a huge Michael K Williams fan. Wood Harris as well

[@esotericguru7111]

Damn he really gave you jewels first 3 minutes.

[@jordanfan88]

Hell yea...im Mexican and I felt that shit.

[@rolondorivas6562]

Glad didn’t Edit it Out??!!!

[@richfranklin9270]

Facts

[@richfranklin9270]

@@jordanfan88 💪🏿

[@brewcity2317]

No he didn't. Nearly everything he said was incorrect. The Moors didn't bring the written language of Latin to Rome. They also did not civilized Spain or Europe. The Moors (from North Africa) were Berbers and most of them looked more like Gaddafi. There almost certainly were very black Moors because a Jim Crow racial segregation like the USA developed post-Reconstruction era never existed in North Africa or the Iberian region or Italy and Sicily back then. But most the blacks among the Moors were slaves of the Moors. To this very day that same relationship more or less exists even though all of them are Muslims. He is correct on 1 point though but it's a point indirectly made. He like most Americans think of the history of people as simply white vs black. An complete distortion of history. People identified with their tribe, nation, kingdom, or empire. All humanity started off at a tribal level though and some developed into "civilizations" before others. So, what he is correct about--though he never stated it directly--is that outside of the Roman Empire most the white world during ancient times were tribal and what Romans called "barbarians." And some black peoples (not all) has civilizations back during the period of ancient Rome like the black Nubians and black Ethiopians. The Roman Empire was not the same thing as Europe. As a concept the latter came centuries after the former. The Catholic Church created Europe. It is the Catholic Church that civilized the barbarian Celtics and the Germanic tribes not the Moors. The white Germanic Chiefdoms were basically the white versions of Apache Amerindians and black West African Fulani. The Apache were tribal whereas the Aztecs were not. The Fulani were tribal were as black Nubia had a civilization like the Romans and Aztecs did. He is wrong about numbers too. Romans had numbers. Roman numerals. He's mistaking the Muslims bringing Arabic numerals (Arabs are not "black" by the way) as well as the number zero as Rome and the Spanish have no numbers at all. The number zero the Muslims learned from the Hindus of the various kingdoms of India. The only thing Muslims did to Rome centuries ago--centuries before the Crusades began--was for Muslim pirates to sack the City of Rome and they looted the Vatican of gold treasures and art too. Ethiopia made Christianity the religion of its kingdom (Axum) before Rome ever did. Actually Rome was the 3rd or 4th to do so. And Ethiopia never sold mass numbers of black peoples to white slave traders (although I think they did give a black girl as a slave to the Prophet Mohammad) unlike the black Muslim Songhai Empire in West Africa that grew rich selling mass numbers of captured rival black tribes to white slave traders as slaves. But that is the history of black pagan and black Muslim West Africa... centuries (not decades) of selling black children and women to Christian whites and Arab and Berber Muslims as slaves.

[@Jay-nj9nt]

Dropping Jewels…….. something that need to be heard✋🏾

[@iserved8840]

Wood is a genuinely good dude and a helluva actor!

[@chrisgreen1904]

The Wire is like an old friend, in the best way possible. I watch the whole series every few years or so. In the middle of season 2 right now.

[@Megatraum504]

I'm 32 and do the same. Probably have been through the entire series 4-5 times now. Truly has the best replay value probably of any show created.

[@kristyclay770]

I love him he's a great actor in everything he has a role in

[@ProMediaCompany]

VLAD going through his files like Daaamn, Why l aint got no Michael K. Williams Interview… ok this will do!

[@handsome-brute2666]

I can 👀 see that

[@nunyabizniss3131]

I peeped that as well

[@aztc_]

Glad

[@IsaiasMGPalafox]

R.I.P. Michael K. Williams. 🤲🏼🌹🕊🌹🤲🏼

[@raenettwilliams5897]

Wood Harris is the Dopest! Checked vlad and kept it moving. We need more of his type of character and integrity.

[@jenniferbeathea7906]

Absolutely😁

[@agthaog1986]

watching this its hard for me to believe this the same cat that pulled tha strap out on the court in Above the Rim. Such a well spoken and versatile dude. Kats like this need more acknowledgement

[@plutojam4607]

Truss me he dropping da knowledge

[@chrisgreen1904]

The way Omar died on the show and the unfulfilled melancholy that followed and now actually losing the brilliant actor that played him breaks my heart. Rest in paradise MKW.

[@Woman2woman69]

Spit that history…our history, one more time for the people in the back!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@stephonpervez4646]

Wood knows his history, 👏 👏 👏 ✌️

[@stacyhampton9268]

God, I love me some Wood Harris! Great, underrated actor who is smart and handsome!!!

[@robertyerex2113]

Bubbles for sure should have gotten an award. That scene over the boy dying was some power acting

[@BootCampBrandon]

I just teared up thinking about it. It literally shook my soul.

[@KtotheG]

Bubbles was my favorite character easily. He had so much soul..

[@andyzuleta5344]

Man that scene hit my chest so hard. I kept saying “oh no” and “wtf” multiple times.

[@lyndavialet]

I just love him soooo much!!!!!

[@BoxingNow]

I'm old school but his performance in "above the rim" made that movie. He's great in any role he does!

[@Hakspheenom]

This an articulate dude. Rip Mike .

[@bigbaby9189]

Great perspective and a one helluva good actor. Wanna see more of him

[@colieaziza9371]

Great Interview!

[@maksteel5593]

Wood Harris is one of my fav actors lots of great roles

[@carolannburke5450]

Great actor, and also so very smart~Very enjoyable and enlightening listening to Mr. Harris...

[@obatron1]

2:03 - true, never saw art depicting Moors until I went overseas.

[@noblebey3899]

Islam

[@brown-eyedgirl858]

Go Wood! You're awesome!

[@izzygee7072]

Wood Harris is A1 💯🔥💪🏽 ThankYou for this Vlad

[@mustafahussein9238]

DJ VLAD didn't wait for his body to get cold to post this vid

[@jermainerobinson6898]

4real

[@LANGSTONHUGHESIII]

Not at all...

[@jasontopete8206]

💰

[@PlatinumHustle]

Yet, here you are…you click on the vid

[@mustafahussein9238]

@@PlatinumHustle That' why thet calI it clickbait, I've seen this Avon vid before.

[@theresaford4741]

Did y'all know this is Steve Harris Brother both of these guys are good actor

[@Icebergs98]

This is poetry thank you sir!

[@nobu8953]

I had no idea Wood Harris was this intellectual, I just thought he was the quiet, cool guy with swag.

[@vinnydeville4675]

Nah he an all the way thespian

[@vinnydeville4675]

@Stephen White oh shit say you were educated by western books without saying you were educated by western books 😮 He said Moors established the first public library’s and public universities, that was point he was making, which is true. Your western educated but not an intellectual at all.

[@KtotheG]

Cool guys with swag tend to usually be intellectual... that's how we roll. We don't bother nobody.. the cool crowd fucks wit us and the thugs got our backs... but if you get us in a one on one situation and really listen, we can blow your minds.

[@mcqueenmcqueen4710]

RIP MKW! Wood bro u so right! Most of us don’t know our history!

[@NerveWorks]

Harris throwing that knowledge!

[@thedar7164]

Beautiful.. Thank you... wow... Good man ...so on point.

[@ritadouglas9238]

Love him! always have

[@bleu999]

Speak truth my brother well said …love you King Harris 👑❤️👁

[@LaFondInvest]

Great.. I mean GREAT interview

[@noelbrooks5678]

Right on point bro 😎 ✊🏿

[@Niiigg89]

Wood Harris is a GOAT!!

[@amillionviews888]

great guy and actor. he was excelent in the wire. i grew up in london and we didnt have that switch as adults. as kids we all played together black or white

[@Weare30186]

Wood is that dude! Dropped straight knowledge aka jewels.. The Wire was the best series ever. But I have to admit, I almost gave up on season two at the docks...

[@brandywilliams3540]

I love how he speaks. Makes you pay attention. He is DOPE.......

[@eliesertorres1814]

Harris is a graet actor love him in all his movies im a big fan .lots of our african american actors dont get enough credit always get flowers after they pass no we have to give them their flowers while they are alive so they could smell them and enjoy them show our african bro and sisters how much we appreciate them and theiir winderful job that they are doing .so Wood Harris im ur biggesr fan keep on doing ur job God bless u and ur family with lots of 💘 and sending u lots of red 🌹

[@loveshow198]

Great breakdown of the psychology of Black European vs. Black Americans. For him to be able to diagnose that problem so well at the same time admit he suffers from the same thing Black Americans go through, I have even more respect for him than i had before. Thats an incredibly smart person right there.

[@jenniferbeathea7906]

Word. Teach dem♥️

[@noelbrooks5678]

You are great actor bro 😎 that why you need to be paid in full 👍🏿😄

[@woodsonsworldedutainment8028]

Bars!!

[@bassthumper7331]

Loved when Michael K Williams took Anthony Bourdain to eat Caribbean food In Brooklyn ......Classic...!..we losing Our Greats....

[@Mrmegaton21]

Damn! Mr Harris went deep! Good man!

[@sflow4675]

Wood's a hood movie legend 👑

[@theman2017inc]

heard the sad news some days ago of his passing @the age of 54, Omar Little aka actor Michael K Williams REST IN PEACE 💔😔

[@willanderson2747]

Big facts!

[@jwhite7104]

The Wire was better than the Sopranos…I want all the smoke‼️ 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@simpdown1404]

Brilliant talent

[@alphogalway2936]

Wood Harris and Idris was the wire for me. Harris was the best actor tome. Loved his part, he was the brains..King David for me was the Chiraq for me..

[@9wardslugga]

U just couldn’t wait huh vlad!

[@thingsiwonder2001]

Vlad didn't expect Wood to get that deep.....Wood Harris is such a talent.

[@Tabby.cat2]

Drop that knowledge Wood 🗣!!!!

[@lv41anothr60]

Wood speakin facts! You have to fine the truth, and your own truth if you grew up in the US culture, b/c they're not going to teach/give it to you.

[@lv41anothr60]

​@Stephen White history show the original Romans & Greeks had melanin, and they got their knowledge from upper Africa aka Akebulan through their travels. It's all good, these things are well documented in the older books. Cheers!

[@bwilks3056]

The Wire definitely didn’t get the credit it deserved, but maybe it’ll come later down the line like other things do. Great interview. Love Wood Harris’ humble and down-to-earth demeanor 🥰

[@troubleman3837]

vlad: Trump needs to do something about the British actors HAHAHAHAHA wood harris: ....

[@OMNIEDITZZZ]

AYOOOO OMAR COMING!!!!!! 🗣🗣🗣🗣 Rip mike you’ll definitely be missed bro🙏🏾

[@fabianstonepsn6866]

Super dope hits different now

[@laCo15]

Wood Harris is a legend!

[@armurray359]

This is so so true. From South Carolina, always felt inferior until I went to Technology College in Atl. There my Black classmates were high achiever and inspired me to be the same. My Great Great grandfather was in the Union Army but thanks the daughters of the confederates that history was taken out of our history books and I was not exposed to my family history until later on. BTW, I now have a copy of my Great Great Grandfather's Union Army registry.

[@janicemcfarland4386]

He❤️ very smart!!

[@shakeemwinn3647]

Damn right

[@DaMadpenciler]

Didn't expect to learn all this.

[@yjallen]

Protect Wood at all costs. He’s such a gem as well. RIP MKW 😞.

[@kokikalavera725]

I fuckin love this guy

[@ryunny8983]

💚💛🧡❤💜 REST IN PARADISE MR MICHAEL K WILLIAMS

[@mixstamike]

This is an intellectual man right there and what he talks about is truth that the public schools don't teach kid's growing up which is messed up and a shame. For me they taught my class in history that all black Americans came from slavery which is the furthest thing from the truth because it's multi reasons and answer's. I didn't find this out until after I was out of school and honestly felt robbed and ashamed of being taught in school. Simply because what they teach you that are lies and what's the actual truth is the furthest thing from reality. For example that Christopher Columbus found America is still being taught even though it's proven he didn't. That George Washington was a straight edge man when he's one of the biggest pot farmers ever in America. That America didn't know what was happening to the Jewish people over in Germany but in reality they did and choose to ignore it for years until we were attacked. These are just some examples out of endless bs they teach us. I feel ashamed and guilty even though it's not my fault for being taught that, i can't help but feel like we're being programed to be racist and one dimensional. This country needs to fix alot of things and were still going off of industrial times when we're not in that period anymore. So maybe just because it worked back then doesn't mean it will now. Instead of evolution of times we're still doing same everything as past. We need to change period.

[@vintagevga7547]

Holy fuck Anton Barksdale OG tripple OG! First time hearing the man speak IRL and Gawd Damn...

[@jayh6227]

Wood is seriously cool. ..............and he's a thinker

[@isaiahwatson9824]

I gotta meet Avon before my time is up.

[@shamarmiller1281]

"So we gone have matching benzes in 10 years?".... nah B ... 10 days lol

[@Mpfumo]

Dope 🤣😂😂😂

[@MB-eb9bt]

RIP Michael k williams

[@Anthonycheesman33]

Everytime someone dies djvlad and Adam rubbing their hands like birdman lol... o and before they were famous.

[@kylestewart737]

RIP OG 🇨🇦🌹😇

[@DM-jn3zo]

that "what do you do" question when someone is asking for a shot is a hard pill to swallow when you're young. When you're young, your success can be found just by being in proximity to what you want. All you have to do is show up and not mess it up. The issue is that not everybody is willing to let you be in proximity to them. Proximity will bring you success but FOCUSED hard work and consistency to provide something someone NEEDS will get you to where you actually want to be. I remember telling my cuz like yo I will do WHATEVER I work hard and that ain't how the world works lol. RIP Michael K Williams.

[@melvinbrown3071]

😤facts

[@josephduplaga1881]

As a middle-aged white man that was very insightful!!!! I like his take on every black person from America thinking he's come from a slave very smart guy.

[@vincentwilliams71]

👍👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@Geerteijkerboom]

You knew what you was doing with that title

[@jdg2921]

whatta fkn actor! killed it as Avon

[@quantumlenz6159]

Money will not fix our problems. That is the truth. We need critical thinking, compassion, understanding, communication, respect & ❤...

[@seanyesaki5985]

Best show ever. Not even close. The cast was ridiculously talented.

[@daddyharvs5371]

Wood is a very wise young man.

[@nayquan321]

R.I.P Micheal K. Williams

[@rafaellarkins405]

I never did a vlad interview but I'm wondering when I die 🤔 if he got one

[@reginaldallen7648]

Say it again, oh that’s Baltimore💯💯 Love my City

[@yogijaya2897]

Balllmo City!

[@reginaldallen7648]

@@yogijaya2897 u Already.

[@dontebundles1335]

My heart broke after I was scrolling and seen his death . I first saw it on weebay ig I was just shocked just like when weebay found out lil man shot a cop 😢

[@rochstan123]

Great interview, but as a black British man I have to acknowledge that Great Britain isn't so great and has the most barbaric history, littered with slavery and colonialism. Many countries today are still suffering as a result of it and Great Britain is prospering.

[@elvisbosak7154]

prospering? I live in the UK and I dont see the prospering...

[@dwaynejohnson3656]

@@elvisbosak7154 maybe you should take a trip to Syria and then come back to your comment

[@rochstan123]

@@elvisbosak7154 Well the banks and financial institutions have prospered through their pilaging of riches which Great Britain has prospered from. Great Britain would not be the Island you see now without it, and it's in a better state than many of the countries GB and the West as a whole continue to interfere with.

[@bigbaby9189]

It’s a part of UK’s history for sure. In America we brush it under the carpet and try to distance ourselves from it with north south divide which is nonsense. Uk admit to it with museums that honor the horrific and tragic story of slaves. ( maritime museum-Liverpool is a great example) heartbreaking when you visit. USA seems to want to brush it under the carpet and act like BLM fixes everything, they really don’t do history justice. . GB has a terrible history. Still racist and probably always will be. Many countries are suffering and will suffer for years to come under the Great United States empire.

[@elvisbosak7154]

@@dwaynejohnson3656 maybe you take a trip to Germany and think again how "great " the UK is...