Woody Harrelson
Acting
Born: July 23, 1961 (age 65) · Midland, Texas, USA
Highest Rated
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).
Known for
The Hunger Games
2012
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
Venom
2018
Now You See Me
2013
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
No Country for Old Men
2007
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
Zombieland
2009
2012
2009
Now You See Me 2
2016
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
Photos (15)
Movies (107)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Haymitch Abernathy
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Triangle of Sadness
The Captain
Venom
Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Merritt McKinney
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Willoughby
Fly Me to the Moon
Moe Berkus
The Electric State
Mr. Peanut (voice)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Haymitch Abernathy
Seven Pounds
Ezra
Now You See Me
Merritt McKinney
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Haymitch Abernathy
No Country for Old Men
Carson Wells
The Hunger Games
Haymitch Abernathy
Zombieland: Double Tap
Tallahassee
Now You See Me 2
Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
Zombieland
Tallahassee
Natural Born Killers
Mickey Knox
War for the Planet of the Apes
The Colonel
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Tobias Beckett
2012
Charlie Frost
Last Breath
Duncan Allcock
Indecent Proposal
David Murphy
Animal Farm
Boxer (voice)
Midway
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Free Birds
Jake (voice)
Seven Psychopaths
Charlie Costello
The Thin Red Line
Sgt. William Keck
Ella McCay
Eddie McCay
Anger Management
Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
The Glass Castle
Rex Walls
Friends with Benefits
Tommy Bollinger
A Scanner Darkly
Ernie Luckman
The Highwaymen
Manny Gault
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Larry Flynt
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Woody Harrelson
Triple 9
Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
Shock and Awe
Jonathan Landay
The Edge of Seventeen
Mr. Bruner
Champions
Marcus
North Country
Bill White
White Men Can't Jump
Billy Hoyle
Doc Hollywood
Hank Gordon
Money Train
Charlie
After the Sunset
Stan Lloyd
The Man from Toronto
The Man from Toronto
Scorched
Jason 'Woods' Valley
Lost in London
Woody Harrelson
Out of the Furnace
Harlan DeGroat
The Walker
Carter Page III
TransSiberian
Roy
The Duel
Abraham Brant
Kate
Varrick
True Believer
Man in Dodd's office
The Hi-Lo Country
Big Boy Matson
Rampart
Dave Brown
Wag the Dog
Sergeant William Schumann
The Big White
Raymond Barnell
A Prairie Home Companion
Dusty
She Hate Me
Leland Powell
Wildcats
Krushinski
Wilson
Wilson
The Cowboy Way
Pepper Lewis
Kingpin
Roy Munson
Play It to the Bone
Vince Boudreau
The Messenger
Tony Stone
L.A. Story
Harris' Boss (uncredited)
Bunraku
The Bartender
Battle in Seattle
Dale
Welcome to Sarajevo
Flynn
Defendor
Arthur Poppington / Defendor
Semi-Pro
Monix
Management
Jango
Game Change
Steve Schmidt
Suncoast
Paul
EDtv
Ray Pekurny
She's Having a Baby
Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
Surfer, Dude
Jack
The Sunchaser
Dr. Michael Reynolds
Palmetto
Harry Barber
Sleepwalking
Randall
Groundswell
Narrator (voice)
Full Phil
Philip Doom
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Extra (uncredited)
LBJ
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
Narrator (voice)
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Kelly Ryan
Grass
Narrator (voice)
I'll Do Anything
Ground Zero Hero
Ted & Venus
Homeless Vietnam Veteran
Breakthrough
Narrator (voice)
The Grand
One Eyed Jack Faro
Nanking
Bob Wilson
The Earth Day Special
Woody Boyd
Cool Blue
Dustin
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Archie Bunker
Killer Instinct
Charlie Long
Welcome to Hollywood
Woody Harrelson
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
Woody Boyd
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Lou the Lamb
Bay Coven
Slater
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Woody Boyd
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Archie Bunker
This So-Called Disaster
Taxi Driver
Ethos
Host
Kuleana
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (15)
The Simpsons
Woody Boyd (voice) · 1 eps
Frasier
Woody Boyd · 1 eps
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Woody Harrelson · 1 eps
True Detective
Martin Hart · 8 eps
Cheers
Woody Boyd · 200 eps
Will & Grace
Nathan · 8 eps
Spin City
Tommy Dugan · 1 eps
Brothers
Woody Harrelson · 8 eps
White House Plumbers
E. Howard Hunt · 5 eps
Dear John
Richard · 1 eps
HBO First Look
1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Woody Boyd · 1 eps
The Freak Brothers
Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice) · 22 eps
The Frame
Haymitch Abernathy · 1 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
2 eps
Self / Appearances (60)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 5 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · 2 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Hot Ones
Self · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 3 eps
The Oscars
Self · 3 eps
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Kiss the Ground
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Emmy Awards
Self · 1 eps
The Nineties
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Mark Twain Prize
Self · 1 eps
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Self
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self
Common Ground
Self
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
Self
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Self
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Self
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
Robert Richardson: The White Devil
Self
The Outsider
Self
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
The Directors: Milos Forman
Self
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Go Further
Self
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Self
The Origins of Ebbing
Self
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
Self
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
Self - Host
Behind the Scenes of 'No Country for Old Men': An Incredibly Unauthorized Documentary
Self
Hempsters: Plant the Seed
Himself
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Self
For Our Children
Self
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Self
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
Self / Luckman
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
Self
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
Self
American Saint
Self
Raw for Life
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · 2 eps
Directing (1)
Writing (2)
Producing (8)
True Detective
Executive Producer
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Executive Producer
Brothers
Executive Producer
White House Plumbers
Executive Producer
Animal Farm
Executive Producer
The Highwaymen
Executive Producer
Champions
Executive Producer
Lost in London
Producer
