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Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson

ActingBorn July 23, 1961 (age 64)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).

Filmography

2026
Brothers

as Woody Harrelson

TV
2026
Full Phil

as Philip Doom

Movie
2026
Groundswell

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2026
Animal Farm

as Boxer (voice)

Movie
2025
Ella McCay

as Eddie McCay

Movie
2025Movie
2025
Kuleana

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2025
The Electric State

as Mr. Peanut (voice)

Movie
2025
Last Breath

as Duncan Allcock

Movie
2024
Fly Me to the Moon

as Moe Berkus

Movie
2024
Suncoast

as Paul

Movie
2023Movie
2023
White House Plumbers

as E. Howard Hunt

TV
2023
Champions

as Marcus

Movie
2022
The Man from Toronto

as The Man from Toronto

Movie
2022
Triangle of Sadness

as The Captain

Movie
2021
The Freak Brothers

as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)

TV
2021Movie
2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage

as Cletus Kasady / Carnage

Movie
2021
Kate

as Varrick

Movie
2020
Kiss the Ground

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
2020Movie
2019
Midway

as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Movie
2019Movie
2019
The Highwaymen

as Manny Gault

Movie
2019
Breakthrough

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2018
Venom

as Cletus Kasady / Carnage

Movie
2018
Basketball: A Love Story

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2018Movie
2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story

as Tobias Beckett

Movie
2017
Shock and Awe

as Jonathan Landay

Movie
2017
LBJ

as Lyndon B. Johnson

Movie
2017
The Glass Castle

as Rex Walls

Movie
2017Movie
2017
The Nineties

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2017
Wilson

as Wilson

Movie
2017
Lost in London

as Woody Harrelson

Movie
2016Movie
2016
The Duel

as Abraham Brant

Movie
2016
Now You See Me 2

as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney

Movie
2016
Triple 9

as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen

Movie
2015Movie
2015
Hot Ones

as Self

TV
2014Movie
2014
True Detective

as Martin Hart

TV
2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

as Haymitch Abernathy

Movie
2013
Out of the Furnace

as Harlan DeGroat

Movie
2013
Free Birds

as Jake (voice)

Movie
2013
Now You See Me

as Merritt McKinney

Movie
2013
The Frame

as Haymitch Abernathy

TV
2012
Seven Psychopaths

as Charlie Costello

Movie
2012Movie
2012
The Hunger Games

as Haymitch Abernathy

Movie
2012
Who Bombed Judi Bari?

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2012
Game Change

as Steve Schmidt

Movie
2011
Rampart

as Dave Brown

Movie
2011
Friends with Benefits

as Tommy Bollinger

Movie
2011
Ethos

as Host

Movie
2010
Bunraku

as The Bartender

Movie
2009
The Messenger

as Tony Stone

Movie
2009
2012

as Charlie Frost

Movie
2009
Zombieland

as Tallahassee

Movie
2009
Defendor

as Arthur Poppington / Defendor

Movie
2009
Management

as Jango

Movie
2008
Seven Pounds

as Ezra Turner

Movie
2008Movie
2008Movie
2008Movie
2008Movie
2008
Sleepwalking

as Randall

Movie
2008
Semi-Pro

as Monix

Movie
2008Movie
2007
No Country for Old Men

as Carson Wells

Movie
2007Movie
2007Movie
2007
The Grand

as One Eyed Jack Faro

Movie
2007
The Walker

as Carter Page III

Movie
2007
Nanking

as Bob Wilson

Movie
2006
A Scanner Darkly

as Ernie Luckman

Movie
2006Movie
2005Movie
2005
The Big White

as Raymond Barnell

Movie
2005
North Country

as Bill White

Movie
2004
After the Sunset

as Stan Lloyd

Movie
2004
She Hate Me

as Leland Powell

Movie
2003
Scorched

as Jason 'Woods' Valley

Movie
2003
Anger Management

as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary

Movie
2003
Go Further

as Self

Movie
2003TV
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

TV
2003Movie
2001Movie
2000
Welcome to Hollywood

as Woody Harrelson

Movie
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Woody Harrelson

TV
1999
Play It to the Bone

as Vince Boudreau

Movie
1999
Grass

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1999Movie
1999
EDtv

as Ray Pekurny

Movie
1998
The Hi-Lo Country

as Big Boy Matson

Movie
1998
The Thin Red Line

as Sgt. William Keck

Movie
1998
Will & Grace

as Nathan

TV
1998
Palmetto

as Harry Barber

Movie
1997
Wag the Dog

as Sergeant William Schumann

Movie
1997Movie
1996Movie
1996
Spin City

as Tommy Dugan

TV
1996TV
1996
Kingpin

as Roy Munson

Movie
1996
The Sunchaser

as Dr. Michael Reynolds

Movie
1995
Money Train

as Charlie

Movie
1994
Natural Born Killers

as Mickey Knox

Movie
1994
The Cowboy Way

as Pepper Lewis

Movie
1994
I'll Do Anything

as Ground Zero Hero

Movie
1993
Frasier

as Woody Boyd

TV
1993
Indecent Proposal

as David Murphy

Movie
1993Movie
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1992
White Men Can't Jump

as Billy Hoyle

Movie
1991
Ted & Venus

as Homeless Vietnam Veteran

Movie
1991
Doc Hollywood

as Hank Gordon

Movie
1991
L.A. Story

as Harris' Boss (uncredited)

Movie
1990Movie
1990Movie
1990
Cool Blue

as Dustin

Movie
1989
The Simpsons

as Woody Boyd (voice)

TV
1989
True Believer

as Man in Dodd's office

Movie
1988
Killer Instinct

as Charlie Long

Movie
1988Movie
1988
Dear John

as Richard

TV
1988
She's Having a Baby

as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)

Movie
1987
Bay Coven

as Slater

Movie
1986
Wildcats

as Krushinski

Movie
1982
Cheers

as Woody Boyd

TV
1978
Harper Valley P.T.A.

as Extra (uncredited)

Movie
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

TV
1975TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
Movie
Movie
Lips Like Sugar

as John Carr

Movie
Movie
Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 23, 1961
Place of BirthMidland, Texas, USA
Popularity3.9
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