Woody 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).
Movies (140)
Full Phil
2026
Animal Farm
2026
Ella McCay
2025
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
2025
Kuleana
2025
The Electric State
2025
Last Breath
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Fly Me to the Moon
2024
Suncoast
2024
Common Ground
2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
2023
Champions
2023
The Man from Toronto
2022
Triangle of Sadness
2022
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
2022
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
Kate
2021
Kiss the Ground
2020
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
Midway
2019
Zombieland: Double Tap
2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
The Highwaymen
2019
Breakthrough
2019
Venom
2018
The Origins of Ebbing
2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018
Shock and Awe
2017
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
LBJ
2017
The Glass Castle
2017
War for the Planet of the Apes
2017
Wilson
2017
Lost in London
2017
The Edge of Seventeen
2016
The Duel
2016
Now You See Me 2
2016
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
2016
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
Triple 9
2016
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
Out of the Furnace
2013
Free Birds
2013
Now You See Me
2013
Seven Psychopaths
2012
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
2012
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012
The Hunger Games
2012
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
2012
Game Change
2012
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
Rampart
2011
Friends with Benefits
2011
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
2011
Ethos
2011
Bunraku
2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
2010
The Messenger
2009
2012
2009
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
2009
Zombieland
2009
Defendor
2009
Management
2009
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
2009
Seven Pounds
2008
Surfer, Dude
2008
Hempsters: Plant the Seed
2008
Sleepwalking
2008
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
2008
Semi-Pro
2008
TransSiberian
2008
No Country for Old Men
2007
Raw for Life
2007
Battle in Seattle
2007
The Grand
2007
The Walker
2007
Nanking
2007
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
2006
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
2006
A Scanner Darkly
2006
A Prairie Home Companion
2006
The Outsider
2005
The Big White
2005
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
2005
North Country
2005
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
2004
After the Sunset
2004
She Hate Me
2004
Scorched
2003
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
2003
Anger Management
2003
Go Further
2003
This So-Called Disaster
2003
American Saint
2001
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
The Directors: Milos Forman
2000
Play It to the Bone
1999
Grass
1999
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
EDtv
1999
The Hi-Lo Country
1998
The Thin Red Line
1998
Palmetto
1998
Wag the Dog
1997
Welcome to Sarajevo
1997
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
Kingpin
1996
The Sunchaser
1996
Money Train
1995
Natural Born Killers
1994
The Cowboy Way
1994
I'll Do Anything
1994
Indecent Proposal
1993
For Our Children
1993
White Men Can't Jump
1992
Ted & Venus
1991
Doc Hollywood
1991
L.A. Story
1991
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
1990
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
1990
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
1990
The Earth Day Special
1990
Cool Blue
1990
True Believer
1989
Killer Instinct
1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
She's Having a Baby
1988
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
1987
Bay Coven
1987
Wildcats
1986
Harper Valley P.T.A.
1978
Girl from the North Country
TV Shows (36)
White House Plumbers
2023
The Freak Brothers
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
The Nineties
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Hot Ones
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
True Detective
2014
The Frame
2013
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Will & Grace
1998
Spin City
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Daily Show
1996
Frasier
1993
HBO First Look
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
The Simpsons
1989
Dear John
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Cheers
1982
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Oscars
1953
Golden Globe Awards
1944