Woody Harrelson

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1961-07-23 (63 years old)

Place of Birth Midland, Texas, USA

Also Known As Woodrow Tracy Harrelson

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

Actor

Lips Like Sugar

as John Carr

2025
Now You See Me 3

as Merritt McKinney

2025
The Electric State

as Mr. Peanut (voice)

2025
Last Breath

as Duncan Allcock

2024
Fly Me to the Moon

as Moe Berkus

2024
Suncoast

as Paul

2023
2023
Champions

as Marcus

2023
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

as Hank Gordon (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023
White House Plumbers

as E. Howard Hunt

2022
The Man from Toronto

as The Man From Toronto

2022
Triangle of Sadness

as The Captain

2022
Breakthrough

as Narrator (voice)

2021
2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage

as Cletus Kasady / Carnage

2021
Kate

as Varrick

2021
The Freak Brothers

as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)

2020
Kiss the Ground

as Narrator (voice)

2020
2019
Midway

as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

2019
Zombieland: Double Tap

as Tallahassee

2019
The Highwaymen

as Manny Gault

2018
Venom

as Cletus Kasady / Carnage

2018
Shock and Awe

as Jonathan Landay

2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story

as Tobias Beckett

2018
Basketball: A Love Story

as Self (archive footage)

2017
LBJ

as Lyndon B. Johnson

2017
The Glass Castle

as Rex Walls

2017
Wilson

as Wilson

2017
Lost in London

as Woody Harrelson

2017
The Nineties

as Self (archive footage)

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
Triple 9

as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen

2015
2015
Song for Someone

as Aaron Brown

2014
2014
True Detective

as Martin Hart

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
2012
The Hunger Games

as Haymitch Abernathy

2012
Who Bombed Judi Bari?

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2012
Game Change

as Steve Schmidt

2012
Honest Trailers

as Haymitch Abernathy (archive footage)

2011
Rampart

as Dave Brown

2011
Friends with Benefits

as Tommy Bollinger

2011
Ethos

as Host

2010
Bunraku

as The Bartender

2009
The Messenger

as Tony Stone

2009
2012

as Charlie Frost

2009
Zombieland

as Tallahassee

2009
Defendor

as Arthur Poppington / Defendor

2009
Management

as Jango

2008
Seven Pounds

as Ezra Turner

2008
Surfer, Dude

as Jack

2008
Sleepwalking

as Randall

2008
Semi-Pro

as Monix

2008
2007
Raw for Life

as Self

2007
2007
No Country for Old Men

as Carson Wells

2007
The Grand

as One Eyed Jack Faro

2007
The Walker

as Carter Page III

2007
Nanking

as Bob Wilson

2006
A Scanner Darkly

as Ernie Luckman

2006
Free Jimmy

as Roy Arnie (voice)

2005
The Outsider

as Self

2005
The Big White

as Raymond Barnell

2005
North Country

as Bill White

2004
After the Sunset

as Stan Lloyd

2004
She Hate Me

as Leland Powell

2003
Scorched

as Jason 'Woods' Valley

2003
Anger Management

as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary

2003
Go Further

as Self

2001
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Woody Harrelson

1999
Play It to the Bone

as Vince Boudreau

1999
Grass

as Narrator (voice)

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
Palmetto

as Harry Barber

1998
Will & Grace

as Nathan

1997
Wag the Dog

as Sergeant William Schumann

1997
1996
1996
Kingpin

as Roy Munson

1996
The Sunchaser

as Dr. Michael Reynolds

1996
Spin City

as Tommy Dugan

1996
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
Indecent Proposal

as David Murphy

1993
1993
Frasier

as Woody Boyd

1992
White Men Can't Jump

as Billy Hoyle

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self / Presenter

1991
Ted & Venus

as Homeless Vietnam Veteran

1991
Doc Hollywood

as Hank Gordon

1991
L.A. Story

as Harris' Boss (uncredited)

1990
1990
The Earth Day Special

as Woody Boyd

1990
Cool Blue

as Dustin

1989
True Believer

as Man in Dodd's office

1989
The Simpsons

as Woody Boyd (voice)

1988
Killer Instinct

as Charlie Long

1988
1988
She's Having a Baby

as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)

1988
Dear John

as Richard

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)

1953
The Oscars

as Self

Producer

Sailing

as Producer

Lips Like Sugar

as Producer

2023
Champions

as Executive Producer

2023
White House Plumbers

as Executive Producer

2019
The Highwaymen

as Executive Producer

2017
Lost in London

as Producer

2014
True Detective

as Executive Producer

Director

2017
Lost in London

as Director

Writer

2017
Lost in London

as Writer