Woody Harrelson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

171

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-07-23 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Midland, Texas, USA

Also Known As

  • Woodrow Tracy Harrelson
  • وودي هارلسون
  • ウディ・ハレルソン
  • Вуди Харрельсон
  • 우디 해럴슨
  • 伍迪·哈里森
  • Вуді Гаррельсон
  • Γούντι Χάρελσον
  • ვუდი ჰარელსონი
  • וודי הרלסון

Woody Harrelson

Biography

Woodrow Tracy Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor and playwright. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.

Harrelson 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 a total of five nominations. He went on to receive three Academy Award nominations: Best Actor for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), and Best Supporting Actor for both The Messenger (2009) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). Harrelson was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Marty Hart in the crime anthology series True Detective (2014).

Known For

The Hunger Games
7.2%

The Hunger Games

Mar 12, 2012

Venom
6.8%

Venom

Sep 28, 2018

Now You See Me
7.3%

Now You See Me

May 29, 2013

Zombieland
7.3%

Zombieland

Oct 7, 2009

2012
5.8%

2012

Oct 10, 2009

No Country for Old Men
7.9%

No Country for Old Men

Jun 13, 2007

Now You See Me 2
6.8%

Now You See Me 2

Jun 2, 2016

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Acting

Fruitloops
The Man with the Miraculous Hands as Felix Kersten
Last Breath
The Entertainment System Is Down
Sailing
Lips Like Sugar
Now You See Me 3
Girl from the North Country as Nick Laine
Ella McCay
2025
Brother from Another Mother as Self
2024
Project Artemis
2024
Suncoast as Paul
2023
Common Ground
2023
White House Plumbers as E. Howard Hunt
2023
Champions as Marcus
2023
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie as Hank Gordon (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
The Man from Toronto as The Man From Toronto
2022
Triangle of Sadness as Thomas, The Captain
2022
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon as Self
2022
Breakthrough as Narrator (voice)
2021
The Freak Brothers as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
2021
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story as Narrator (voice)
2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
2021
Kate as Varrick
2020
Kiss the Ground as Narrator (voice)
2020
The Men of Midway as Self
2020
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission as Self
2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" as Archie Bunker
2019
Midway as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
2019
Zombieland: Double Tap as Tallahassee
2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" as Archie Bunker
2019
The Highwaymen as Manny Gault
2018
Venom as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
2018
Basketball: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
2018
Shock and Awe as Jonathan Landay
2018
The Origins of Ebbing as Self
2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story as Tobias Beckett
2017
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Bill Willoughby
2017
LBJ as Lyndon B. Johnson
2017
The Glass Castle as Rex Walls
2017
War for the Planet of the Apes as The Colonel
2017
The Nineties as Self (archive footage)
2017
Wilson as Wilson
2017
Lost in London as Woody Harrelson
2016
The Edge of Seventeen as Mr. Bruner
2016
The Duel as Abraham Brant
2016
Now You See Me 2 as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
2016
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
2016
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self
2016
Triple 9 as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 as Haymitch Abernathy
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Song for Someone as Aaron Brown
2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
2014
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 as Haymitch Abernathy
2014
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014
True Detective as Martin Hart
2013
David Blaine: Real or Magic as Self
2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Haymitch Abernathy
2013
Out of the Furnace as Harlan DeGroat
2013
Free Birds as Jake (voice)
2013
Now You See Me as Merritt McKinney
2013
The Frame as Haymitch Abernathy
2012
Seven Psychopaths as Charlie Costello
2012
How to Make Money Selling Drugs as Self
2012
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
2012
The Hunger Games as Haymitch Abernathy
2012
Game Change as Steve Schmidt
2012
Honest Trailers as Haymitch Abernathy (archive footage)
2011
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis as Self
2011
Rampart as Dave Brown
2011
Friends with Benefits as Tommy Bollinger
2011
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique as Self
2011
Ethos as Host
2010
Bunraku as The Bartender
2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective as Self
2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic as Self
2009
The Messenger as Tony Stone
2009
2012 as Charlie Frost
2009
Miloš Forman - What Doesn't Kill You… as Self
2009
Zombieland as Tallahassee
2009
Defendor as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
2009
Management as Jango
2009
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days as Self
2008
Seven Pounds as Ezra Turner
2008
Surfer, Dude as Jack
2008
Hempsters: Plant the Seed as Himself
2008
Burma: It Can't Wait as Divo
2008
Sleepwalking as Randall
2008
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes as Self
2008
Semi-Pro as Monix
2008
TransSiberian as Roy
2007
Raw for Life as Self
2007
Battle in Seattle as Dale
2007
No Country for Old Men as Carson Wells
2007
The Grand as One Eyed Jack Faro
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007
The Walker as Carter Page III
2007
Nanking as Bob Wilson
2006
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' as Self / Luckman
2006
A Scanner Darkly as Ernie Luckman
2006
A Prairie Home Companion as Dusty
2006
Free Jimmy as Roy Arnie (voice)
2005
The Outsider as Self
2005
The Big White as Raymond Barnell
2005
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio as Kelly Ryan
2005
North Country as Bill White
2004
After the Sunset as Stan Lloyd
2004
She Hate Me as Leland Powell
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003
Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2003
Scorched as Jason 'Woods' Valley
2003
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special as Host
2003
Anger Management as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
2003
Go Further as Self
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss" as Taxi Driver
2001
American Saint as Self
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm as Woody Harrelson
1999
Play It to the Bone as Vince Boudreau
1999
Grass as Narrator (voice)
1999
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as Woody Harrelson
1999
Edtv as Ray Pekurny
1998
The Hi-Lo Country as Big Boy Matson
1998
The Thin Red Line as Sgt. William Keck
1998
Welcome to Hollywood as Woody Harrelson
1998
Will & Grace as Nathan
1998
Palmetto as Harry Barber
1997
Wag the Dog as Sergeant William Schumann
1997
Welcome to Sarajevo as Flynn
1996
The People vs. Larry Flynt as Larry Flynt
1996
Spin City as Tommy Dugan
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Daily Show as Self
1996
Kingpin as Roy Munson
1996
The Sunchaser as Dr. Michael Reynolds
1995
Money Train as Charlie
1994
Natural Born Killers as Mickey Knox
1994
The Cowboy Way as Pepper Lewis
1994
I'll Do Anything as Ground Zero Hero
1993
Frasier as Woody Boyd
1993
Indecent Proposal as David Murphy
1992
HBO First Look
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Presenter
1992
White Men Can't Jump as Billy Hoyle
1991
Ted & Venus as Homeless Vietnam Veteran
1991
Doc Hollywood as Hank Gordon
1991
L.A. Story as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
1990
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special as Self
1990
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme as Lou the Lamb
1990
The Earth Day Special as Woody Boyd
1990
Cool Blue as Dustin
1989
The Simpsons as Woody Boyd (voice)
1989
True Believer as Man in Dodd's office
1988
Killer Instinct as Charlie Long
1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday as Woody Boyd
1988
Dear John as Richard
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
She's Having a Baby as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
1987
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim as Self
1987
Bay Coven as Slater
1986
Wildcats as Krushinski
1982
Cheers as Woody Boyd
1978
Harper Valley P.T.A. as Extra (uncredited)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1953
The Oscars as Self

Creator

Directing

2017
Lost in London as Director

Production

Sailing as Producer
Lips Like Sugar as Producer
2023
White House Plumbers as Executive Producer
2023
Champions as Executive Producer
2022
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse as Executive Producer
2019
The Highwaymen as Executive Producer
2017
Lost in London as Producer
2014
True Detective as Executive Producer

Writing

2017
Lost in London as Writer
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