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Woody Harrelson

Actor, Producer, Director, WriterBorn July 23, 1961 (63 years)
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).

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • A Scanner Darkly
  • Transsiberian
  • The Messenger
  • Rampart
  • A Prairie Home Companion
  • Management
  • The Big White
  • Battle in Seattle
  • Palmetto
  • LBJ

Known For

  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • Zombieland
  • No Country for Old Men
  • True Detective
  • Natural Born Killers
  • The Hunger Games
  • Now You See Me
  • Zombieland: Double Tap
  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
  • War for the Planet of the Apes
  • Venom: Let There Be Carnage
  • The People vs. Larry Flynt
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
  • Now You See Me 2
  • Seven Pounds
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
  • Seven Psychopaths
  • Kingpin
  • Friends with Benefits
  • The Edge of Seventeen
  • Venom
  • Triangle of Sadness
  • Transsiberian

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    Now You See Me 3 · as Merritt Mckinney
    2025
    The Electric State · as Mr. Peanut (voice)
    2025
    Last Breath · as Duncan Allcock
    2024
    2024
    Fly Me to the Moon · as Moe Berkus
    2024
    Suncoast · as Paul
    2023
    White House Plumbers (TV Series) · as E. Howard Hunt
    2023
    Champions · as Marcus
    2022
    Triangle of Sadness · as The Captain
    2022
    The Man from Toronto · as The Man From Toronto
    2021
    Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story · as Narrator (voice)
    2021
    Venom: Let There Be Carnage · as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
    2021
    Kate · as Varrick
    2020
    The Freak Brothers (TV Series) · as Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
    2020
    Kiss the Ground · as Narrator (voice)
    2019
    2019
    Midway · as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
    2019
    Zombieland: Double Tap · as Tallahassee
    2019
    Jim Allison: Breakthrough · as Narrator (voice)
    2019
    2019
    The Highwaymen · as Manny Gault
    2018
    Venom · as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
    2018
    Solo: A Star Wars Story · as Tobias Beckett
    2017
    Shock and Awe · as Jonathan Landay
    2017
    2017
    The Glass Castle · as Rex Walls
    2017
    2017
    Wilson · as Wilson
    2016
    The Edge of Seventeen · as Mr. Bruner
    2016
    LBJ · as Lyndon B. Johnson
    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
    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 · as Haymitch Abernathy
    2015
    2015
    2014
    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 · as Haymitch Abernathy
    2014
    True Detective (TV Series) · as Martin Hart
    2013
    Out of the Furnace · as Harlan Degroat
    2013
    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire · as Haymitch Abernathy
    2013
    Free Birds · as Jake (voice)
    2013
    Now You See Me · as Merritt Mckinney
    2013
    The Frame (TV Series) · as Haymitch Abernathy
    2012
    Seven Psychopaths · as Charlie Costello
    2012
    The Hunger Games · as Haymitch Abernathy
    2012
    Game Change · as Steve Schmidt
    2012
    Honest Trailers (TV Series) · 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
    2008
    2008
    Seven Pounds · as Ezra Turner
    2008
    2008
    2008
    Surfer, Dude · as Jack
    2008
    Semi-Pro · as Monix
    2008
    Sleepwalking · as Randall
    2007
    No Country for Old Men · as Carson Wells
    2007
    2007
    The Walker · as Carter Page Iii
    2007
    Nanking · as Bob Wilson
    2007
    The Grand · as One Eyed Jack Faro
    2006
    A Scanner Darkly · as Ernie Luckman
    2006
    2006
    Free Jimmy · as Roy Arnie
    2005
    The Big White · as Raymond Barnell
    2005
    North Country · as Bill White
    2005
    2004
    After the Sunset · as Stan Lloyd
    2004
    She Hate Me · as Leland Powell
    2004
    2003
    Scorched · as Jason 'woods' Valley
    2003
    2003
    Anger Management · as Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
    2003
    Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series)
    2003
    This So-Called Disaster · as Taxi Driver
    2002
    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
    Will & Grace (TV Series) · as Nathan
    1998
    Palmetto · as Harry Barber
    1997
    Wag the Dog · as Sergeant William Schumann
    1997
    1996
    The People vs. Larry Flynt · as Larry Flynt
    1996
    Spin City (TV Series) · as Tommy Dugan
    1996
    Kingpin · as Roy Munson
    1996
    The Sunchaser · as Dr. Michael Reynolds
    1996
    1995
    Money Train · as Charlie
    1994
    Natural Born Killers · as Mickey Knox
    1994
    The Cowboy Way · as Pepper Lewis
    1994
    Ellen (TV Series) · as Henry
    1994
    I'll Do Anything · as Ground Zero Hero
    1993
    Frasier (TV Series) · as Woody Boyd
    1993
    Indecent Proposal · as David Murphy
    1992
    HBO First Look (TV Series)
    1992
    White Men Can't Jump · as Billy Hoyle
    1991
    Ted & Venus · as Homeless Vietnam Veteran
    1991
    Doc Hollywood · as Hank Gordon
    1991
    L.A. Story · as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
    1990
    Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme · as Lou The Lamb
    1990
    The Earth Day Special · as Woody Boyd
    1989
    Cool Blue · as Dustin
    1989
    The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Woody Boyd (voice)
    1989
    True Believer · as Man In Dodd's Office
    1988
    Killer Instinct · as Charlie Long
    1988
    Mickey's 60th Birthday · as Woody Boyd
    1988
    Dear John (1988) (TV Series) · as Richard
    1988
    1988
    She's Having a Baby · as Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
    1987
    Bay Cove · as Slater
    1986
    Wildcats · as Krushinski
    1982
    Cheers (TV Series) · as Woody Boyd
    1978
    Harper Valley P.T.A. · as Extra (uncredited)
    1954
    Disneyland (TV Series) · as Woody Boyd

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