Wood Harris will be portraying the role of Spencer Haywood on Winning Time. The actor has successfully showcased the sportsmanship and role of a former pro basketball player. 

Winning Time: The Rise of The Lake Dynasty first premiered on March 6, 2022, with Adam McKay directing the pilot episode. However, the series got renewed for a second season in April 2022.

The show follows the professional and personal lives of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team in the 1980s. Spencer Haywood was then playing for the New York Knicks and later to New Orleans Jazz before playing for the Lakers.

Who Played Spencer Haywood On Winning Time?

Actor Wood Harris is playing the role of Spencer Haywood on Winning Time. It is an American sports drama. It is an HBO sports drama television series based on the book Showtime: Magic, Riley, Kareem, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty in the 1980s.

Max Borenstein and Jim Hecht author the TV series. The first season follows the Los Angeles Lakers during their Showtime era in the 1980s, starring NBA legends Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The show primarily focuses on the personal and professional lives of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team from the 1980s.

Learn More About Actor Wood Harris, On-Screen Character Of Spencer Haywood?

Wood Harris, full name Sherwin David Wood Harris, is an American actor who has portrayed the role of Spencer Haywood in the recently released HBO sports drama Winning Time.

He is well renowned for his role as the drug kingpin Avon Barksdale on the crime drama The Wire, cocaine dealer Ace of Paid in Full. Also, he portrayed Julius Campbell in the movie Remember the Titans.

The actor has been actively serving the industry since 1993 and has well played the character of Spencer Haywood, which has made fans fall in love with him and further dig inside the real-life character.

Here Is What Happened To Spencer Haywood

Spencer Haywood is now residing in Las Vegas. Before, he was married to fashion model Iman from 1977 to 1987, with whom he had a daughter, Zulekha Haywood (born 1978). He again wedded in 1990 and has three daughters with his new wife, Linda.

He got into a drug addiction around the late 1970s. During the 1980 NBA Finals, he was dismissed from the Lakers by then-coach Paul Westhead because of his cocaine addiction, which caused him to fall asleep during training.

However, the former athlete later got himself free from the drugs. In September 2015, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall.