Woody Harrelson
Known for Acting · 182 credits
- Born
- 1961-07-23 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- Midland, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Woodrow Tracy Harrelson
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
TV Shows (32)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as Woody Boyd (voice)
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest / Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self (uncredited)
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
Frasier
1993
as Woody Boyd
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Woody Harrelson
Cheers
1982
as Woody Boyd
True Detective
2014
as Martin Hart
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Will & Grace
1998
as Nathan
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Spin City
1996
as Tommy Dugan
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self - Presenter
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Dear John
1988
as Richard
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
HBO First Look
1992
The Frame
2013
as Haymitch Abernathy
The Nineties
2017
as Self (archive footage)
White House Plumbers
2023
as E. Howard Hunt
The Freak Brothers
2021
as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Brothers
as Woody Harrelson
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
Movies (150)
Animal Farm
2026
as Boxer (voice)
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
2025
as Merritt McKinney
No Country for Old Men
2007
as Carson Wells
2012
2009
as Charlie Frost
Venom
2018
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
as Haymitch Abernathy
Now You See Me
2013
as Merritt McKinney
Now You See Me 2
2016
as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
as Haymitch Abernathy
War for the Planet of the Apes
2017
as The Colonel
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Zombieland
2009
as Tallahassee
The Hunger Games
2012
as Haymitch Abernathy
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
as Tobias Beckett
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
as Haymitch Abernathy
Indecent Proposal
1993
as David Murphy
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
as Willoughby
The Electric State
2025
as Mr. Peanut (voice)
Friends with Benefits
2011
as Tommy Bollinger
Midway
2019
as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Natural Born Killers
1994
as Mickey Knox
The Thin Red Line
1998
as Sgt. William Keck
Zombieland: Double Tap
2019
as Tallahassee
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
as Woody Harrelson
Seven Psychopaths
2012
as Charlie Costello
Fly Me to the Moon
2024
as Moe Berkus
Last Breath
2025
as Duncan Allcock
Ella McCay
2025
as Eddie McCay
Anger Management
2003
as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
Triangle of Sadness
2022
as The Captain
Seven Pounds
2008
as Ezra Turner
Money Train
1995
as Charlie
Triple 9
2016
as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
North Country
2005
as Bill White
Free Birds
2013
as Jake (voice)
After the Sunset
2004
as Stan Lloyd
Out of the Furnace
2013
as Harlan DeGroat
Kingpin
1996
as Roy Munson
A Scanner Darkly
2006
as Ernie Luckman
Kate
2021
as Varrick
The Man from Toronto
2022
as The Man from Toronto
The Edge of Seventeen
2016
as Mr. Bruner
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
as Larry Flynt
Semi-Pro
2008
as Monix
The Messenger
2009
as Tony Stone
The Glass Castle
2017
as Rex Walls
The Highwaymen
2019
as Manny Gault
Defendor
2009
as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
Wag the Dog
1997
as Sergeant William Schumann
Champions
2023
as Marcus
The Duel
2016
as Abraham Brant
White Men Can't Jump
1992
as Billy Hoyle
EDtv
1999
as Ray Pekurny
Management
2009
as Jango
Bunraku
2010
as The Bartender
Suncoast
2024
as Paul
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
as Self
The Sunchaser
1996
as Dr. Michael Reynolds
Doc Hollywood
1991
as Hank Gordon
The Grand
2007
as One Eyed Jack Faro
Battle in Seattle
2007
as Dale
Rampart
2011
as Dave Brown
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
as Dusty
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Woody Boyd
TransSiberian
2008
as Roy
Game Change
2012
as Steve Schmidt
The Outsider
2005
as Self
She's Having a Baby
1988
as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
LBJ
2017
as Lyndon B. Johnson
Surfer, Dude
2008
as Jack
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
as Self
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Self
She Hate Me
2004
as Leland Powell
Kiss the Ground
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Palmetto
1998
as Harry Barber
L.A. Story
1991
as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
Sleepwalking
2008
as Randall
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
as Archie Bunker
Wilson
2017
as Wilson
Lost in London
2017
as Woody Harrelson
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
Wildcats
1986
as Krushinski
The Hi-Lo Country
1998
as Big Boy Matson
Shock and Awe
2017
as Jonathan Landay
True Believer
1989
as Man in Dodd's office
The Cowboy Way
1994
as Pepper Lewis
Scorched
2003
as Jason 'Woods' Valley
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
as Woody Harrelson
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
2005
as Kelly Ryan
The Big White
2005
as Raymond Barnell
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
as Self
Nanking
2007
as Bob Wilson
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
1987
as Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
as Archie Bunker
Play It to the Bone
1999
as Vince Boudreau
Ted & Venus
1991
as Homeless Vietnam Veteran
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
as Woody Boyd
I'll Do Anything
1994
as Ground Zero Hero
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006
as Self / Luckman
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
as Self
The Walker
2007
as Carter Page III
Common Ground
2023
as Self
Bay Coven
1987
as Slater
Welcome to Sarajevo
1997
as Flynn
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
2016
as Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
1990
as Lou the Lamb
Ethos
2011
as Host
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014
as Self - Haymitch Abernathy
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
2008
as Self
Cool Blue
1990
as Dustin
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
2023
as Self
For Our Children
1993
as Self
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
2012
as Self
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
2020
as Self
Full Phil
2026
as Philip Doom
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
2003
as Self - Host
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
as Narrator (voice)
About 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), Nat… With 182 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Woody Harrelson has appeared in 150 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular Woody Harrelson Movies
- Animal Farm (2026) — as Boxer (voice)
- Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) — as Merritt McKinney
- No Country for Old Men (2007) — as Carson Wells
- 2012 (2009) — as Charlie Frost
- Venom (2018) — as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
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