Woody Harrelson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 23, 1961 (age 65)
- Birthplace
- Midland, Texas, USA
Biography
Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor. He first became known for his role as bartender Woody Boyd on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1985–1993), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series from five nominations. Harrelson received three Academy Award nominations: Best Actor for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), Best Supporting Actor for The Messenger (2009) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). Other notable films include White Men Can't Jump(1992), Natural Born Killers (1994), The Thin Red Line (1998), No Country for Old Men (2007), Seven Pounds (2008), Zombieland (2009), Seven Psychopaths (2012), Now You See Me (2013), The Edge of Seventeen (2016), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), and Triangle of Sadness (2022). He also played Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015). Harrelson received further Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his portrayal of Steve Schmidt in the HBO film Game Change (2012) and a detective in the HBO crime anthology series True Detective (2014). He also portrayed E. Howard Hunt in the HBO political limited series White House Plumbers (2023).
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Filmography
Lips Like Sugar
Movie · as John Carr
Fruitloops
Movie
The Man with the Miraculous Hands
Movie · as Felix Kersten
The Cackling of the Dodos
Movie
Summer of Roses
Movie · as Thomas
Animal Farm
Movie · as Boxer (voice)
Full Phil
Movie · as Philip Doom
Groundswell
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
Movie · as Self
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Movie · as Haymitch Abernathy
Darius Rucker: They Called Me Hootie
Movie · as Self
Brothers
TV · as Woody Harrelson · 8 eps
Last Breath
Movie · as Duncan Allcock
Ella McCay
Movie · as Eddie McCay
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Movie · as Merritt McKinney
The Electric State
Movie · as Mr. Peanut (voice)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie · as Self
Kuleana
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Suncoast
Movie · as Paul
Fly Me to the Moon
Movie · as Moe Berkus
Champions
Movie · as Marcus
Common Ground
Movie · as Self
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Movie · as Self
White House Plumbers
TV · as E. Howard Hunt · 5 eps
Triangle of Sadness
Movie · as The Captain
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Movie · as Self
The Man from Toronto
Movie · as The Man from Toronto
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Movie · as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Kate
Movie · as Varrick
The Freak Brothers
TV · as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice) · 22 eps
The Men of Midway
Movie · as Self
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
Movie · as Self
Kiss the Ground
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Highwaymen
Movie · as Manny Gault
Zombieland: Double Tap
Movie · as Tallahassee
Midway
Movie · as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Breakthrough
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Movie · as Archie Bunker
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Movie · as Archie Bunker
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Movie · as Tobias Beckett
Venom
Movie · as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
The Origins of Ebbing
Movie · as Self
Basketball: A Love Story
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Wilson
Movie · as Wilson
LBJ
Movie · as Lyndon B. Johnson
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Movie · as Willoughby
The Glass Castle
Movie · as Rex Walls
War for the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as The Colonel
Lost in London
Movie · as Woody Harrelson
Shock and Awe
Movie · as Jonathan Landay
The Nineties
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Movie · as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
Triple 9
Movie · as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
Now You See Me 2
Movie · as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
The Duel
Movie · as Abraham Brant
The Edge of Seventeen
Movie · as Mr. Bruner
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Movie · as Self
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Movie · as Haymitch Abernathy
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Movie · as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Movie · as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Movie · as Haymitch Abernathy
True Detective
TV · as Martin Hart · 8 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Now You See Me
Movie · as Merritt McKinney
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Movie · as Haymitch Abernathy
Out of the Furnace
Movie · as Harlan DeGroat
Free Birds
Movie · as Jake (voice)
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Movie · as Self
The Frame
TV · as Haymitch Abernathy · 1 ep
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Movie · as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
The Hunger Games
Movie · as Haymitch Abernathy
Game Change
Movie · as Steve Schmidt
Seven Psychopaths
Movie · as Charlie Costello
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Movie · as Self
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Friends with Benefits
Movie · as Tommy Bollinger
Rampart
Movie · as Dave Brown
Ethos
Movie · as Host
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
Movie · as Self
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Movie · as Self
Bunraku
Movie · as The Bartender
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Movie · as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Movie · as Self
Management
Movie · as Jango
The Messenger
Movie · as Tony Stone
Defendor
Movie · as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
2012
Movie · as Charlie Frost
Zombieland
Movie · as Tallahassee
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
Movie · as Self
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Movie · as Self
Seven Pounds
Movie · as Ezra
TransSiberian
Movie · as Roy
Semi-Pro
Movie · as Monix
Surfer, Dude
Movie · as Jack
Sleepwalking
Movie · as Randall
Hempsters: Plant the Seed
Movie · as Himself
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary
Movie · as Self
Burma: It Can't Wait
Movie · as Divo
The Hempire Strikes Back
Movie · as Self
No Country for Old Men
Movie · as Carson Wells
The Walker
Movie · as Carter Page III
Battle in Seattle
Movie · as Dale
The Grand
Movie · as One Eyed Jack Faro
Nanking
Movie · as Bob Wilson
Raw for Life
Movie · as Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Scanner Darkly
Movie · as Ernie Luckman
A Prairie Home Companion
Movie · as Dusty
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
Movie · as Self / Luckman
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
Movie · as Self
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Movie · as Kelly Ryan
The Big White
Movie · as Raymond Barnell
North Country
Movie · as Bill White
The Outsider
Movie · as Self
After the Sunset
Movie · as Stan Lloyd
She Hate Me
Movie · as Leland Powell
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Movie · as Self
Scorched
Movie · as Jason 'Woods' Valley
Anger Management
Movie · as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
Go Further
Movie · as Self
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self - Host
This So-Called Disaster
Movie · as Taxi Driver
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Celebrities Uncensored
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
American Saint
Movie · as Self
The Directors: Milos Forman
Movie · as Self
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV · as Woody Harrelson · 1 ep
Play It to the Bone
Movie · as Vince Boudreau
Grass
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
EDtv
Movie · as Ray Pekurny
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Movie · as Woody Harrelson
Mark Twain Prize
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Hi-Lo Country
Movie · as Big Boy Matson
Palmetto
Movie · as Harry Barber
The Thin Red Line
Movie · as Sgt. William Keck
Will & Grace
TV · as Nathan · 8 eps
Wag the Dog
Movie · as Sergeant William Schumann
Welcome to Sarajevo
Movie · as Flynn
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Movie · as Larry Flynt
Kingpin
Movie · as Roy Munson
The Sunchaser
Movie · as Dr. Michael Reynolds
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Spin City
TV · as Tommy Dugan · 1 ep
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 2 eps
Money Train
Movie · as Charlie
Natural Born Killers
Movie · as Mickey Knox
The Cowboy Way
Movie · as Pepper Lewis
I'll Do Anything
Movie · as Ground Zero Hero
Indecent Proposal
Movie · as David Murphy
For Our Children
Movie · as Self
Frasier
TV · as Woody Boyd · 1 ep
White Men Can't Jump
Movie · as Billy Hoyle
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
HBO First Look
TV · 1 ep
Doc Hollywood
Movie · as Hank Gordon
Ted & Venus
Movie · as Homeless Vietnam Veteran
L.A. Story
Movie · as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Movie · as Lou the Lamb
Cool Blue
Movie · as Dustin
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
Movie
The Earth Day Special
Movie · as Woody Boyd
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Woody Boyd
True Believer
Movie · as Man in Dodd's office
The Simpsons
TV · as Woody Boyd (voice) · 1 ep
Killer Instinct
Movie · as Charlie Long
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Movie · as Woody Boyd
She's Having a Baby
Movie · as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dear John
TV · as Richard · 1 ep
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
Movie · as Self
Bay Coven
Movie · as Slater
Wildcats
Movie · as Krushinski
Cheers
TV · as Woody Boyd · 200 eps
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV · as Self
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self (uncredited) · 5 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Woody Boyd · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep