Woody Harrelson

Born: 1961-07-23 in Midland, Texas, USA

Known For: Acting

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

Animal Farm as Boxer (voice)
Full Phil as Philip Doom

2025

Now You See Me: Now You Don't as Merritt McKinney
The Electric State as Mr. Peanut (voice)
Last Breath as Duncan Allcock
Ella McCay as Eddie McCay
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special as Dusty
Kuleana as Narrator (voice)

2024

Fly Me to the Moon as Moe Berkus
Suncoast as Paul

2023

White House Plumbers as E. Howard Hunt
Champions as Marcus
Common Ground as Self
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short as Self

2022

Triangle of Sadness as The Captain
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse ... (Executive Producer)
The Man from Toronto as The Man from Toronto
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon as Self

2021

Venom: Let There Be Carnage as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Kate as Varrick
The Freak Brothers as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story as Narrator (voice)

2020

Kiss the Ground as Self - Narrator (voice)
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission as Self
The Men of Midway as Self

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
Midway as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Zombieland: Double Tap as Tallahassee
The Highwaymen as Manny Gault
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" as Archie Bunker
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" as Archie Bunker
Breakthrough as Narrator (voice)

2018

Venom as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Basketball: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
Solo: A Star Wars Story as Tobias Beckett
The Origins of Ebbing as Self

2017

War for the Planet of the Apes as The Colonel
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Willoughby
The Nineties as Self (archive footage)
The Glass Castle as Rex Walls
Shock and Awe as Jonathan Landay
Wilson as Wilson
LBJ as Lyndon B. Johnson
Lost in London as Woody Harrelson

2013

Now You See Me as Merritt McKinney
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Haymitch Abernathy
The Frame as Haymitch Abernathy
Free Birds as Jake (voice)
Out of the Furnace as Harlan DeGroat
David Blaine: Real or Magic as Self

2012

The Hunger Games as Haymitch Abernathy
Seven Psychopaths as Charlie Costello
Game Change as Steve Schmidt
How to Make Money Selling Drugs as Self
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
Who Bombed Judi Bari? as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2011

Friends with Benefits as Tommy Bollinger
Rampart as Dave Brown
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique as Self
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis as Self
Ethos as Host

2010

Bunraku as The Bartender
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic as Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective as Self

2009

2012 as Charlie Frost
Zombieland as Tallahassee
The Messenger as Tony Stone
Management as Jango
Defendor as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You… as Self
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days as Self

2008

Seven Pounds as Ezra Turner
Semi-Pro as Monix
TransSiberian as Roy
Surfer, Dude as Jack
Sleepwalking as Randall
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes as Self
Burma: It Can't Wait as Divo
The Hempire Strikes Back as Self
Hempsters: Plant the Seed as Himself

2007

The Graham Norton Show as Self
No Country for Old Men as Carson Wells
The Grand as One Eyed Jack Faro
Battle in Seattle as Dale
The Walker as Carter Page III
Nanking as Bob Wilson
Raw for Life as Self

2006

A Scanner Darkly as Ernie Luckman
A Prairie Home Companion as Dusty
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' as Self / Luckman
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales as Self

2005

North Country as Bill White
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio as Kelly Ryan
The Big White as Raymond Barnell
The Outsider as Self

2004

After the Sunset as Stan Lloyd
She Hate Me as Leland Powell
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin as Self

2003

Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
Anger Management as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
Scorched as Jason 'Woods' Valley
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special as Self - Host
This So-Called Disaster as Taxi Driver
Celebrities Uncensored as Self
Go Further as Self

2002

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Narrator (voice)

2001

American Saint as Self

2000

Curb Your Enthusiasm as Woody Harrelson
Welcome to Hollywood as Woody Harrelson
The Directors: Milos Forman as Self

1999

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as Woody Harrelson
EDtv as Ray Pekurny
Play It to the Bone as Vince Boudreau
Grass as Narrator (voice)

1998

Will & Grace as Nathan
The Thin Red Line as Sgt. William Keck
Palmetto as Harry Barber
The Hi-Lo Country as Big Boy Matson

1997

Wag the Dog as Sergeant William Schumann
Welcome to Sarajevo as Flynn

1996

The Daily Show as Self
Spin City as Tommy Dugan
The People vs. Larry Flynt as Larry Flynt
Kingpin as Roy Munson
The Sunchaser as Dr. Michael Reynolds
E! True Hollywood Story

1995

Money Train as Charlie

1994

Natural Born Killers as Mickey Knox
The Cowboy Way as Pepper Lewis
I'll Do Anything as Ground Zero Hero

1993

Frasier as Woody Boyd
Indecent Proposal as David Murphy
For Our Children as Self

1992

MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self - Presenter
HBO First Look
White Men Can't Jump as Billy Hoyle
The Panama Deception ... (Thanks)

1991

L.A. Story as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
Doc Hollywood as Hank Gordon
Ted & Venus as Homeless Vietnam Veteran

1990

The Earth Day Special as Woody Boyd
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration as Self
Cool Blue as Dustin
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme as Lou the Lamb
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?

1989

The Simpsons as Woody Boyd (voice)
True Believer as Man in Dodd's office

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
Dear John as Richard
She's Having a Baby as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
Mickey's 60th Birthday as Woody Boyd
Killer Instinct as Charlie Long

1987

Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim as Self
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

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self

1953

The Oscars as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee