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