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Woody Harrelson
Actor, Producer, Director, WriterBorn July 23, 1961 (63 years)
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).
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).
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| 2025 | Now You See Me 3 · as Merritt Mckinney |
| 2025 | The Electric State · as Mr. Peanut (voice) |
| 2025 | Last Breath · as Duncan Allcock |
| 2024 | Girl from the North Country · as Nick Laine |
| 2024 | Fly Me to the Moon · as Moe Berkus |
| 2024 | Suncoast · as Paul |
| 2023 | Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie · as Hank Gordon (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 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 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' · as Archie Bunker |
| 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 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri · as Bill Willoughby |
| 2017 | The Glass Castle · as Rex Walls |
| 2017 | War for the Planet of the Apes · as The Colonel |
| 2017 | Wilson · as Wilson |
| 2016 | The Edge of Seventeen · as Mr. Bruner |
| 2016 | |
| 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 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) |
| 2015 | U2: Song for Someone (Version 1) · as Prisoner |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Management · as Jango |
| 2008 | Seven Pounds · as Ezra Turner |
| 2008 | Premio Donostia a Antonio Banderas · as Vince Boudreau |
| 2008 | Transsiberian · as Roy |
| 2008 | Surfer, Dude · as Jack |
| 2008 | Semi-Pro · as Monix |
| 2008 | Sleepwalking · as Randall |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men · as Carson Wells |
| 2007 | Battle in Seattle · as Dale |
| 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 | A Prairie Home Companion · as Dusty |
| 2006 | Free Jimmy · as Roy Arnie (voice) |
| 2005 | The Big White · as Raymond Barnell |
| 2005 | North Country · as Bill White |
| 2005 | The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio · as Kelly Ryan |
| 2004 | After the Sunset · as Stan Lloyd |
| 2004 | She Hate Me · as Leland Powell |
| 2004 | Die Geschichte des erotischen Films · as Cast |
| 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 | Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film · as Narrator |
| 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 | |
| 1997 | Wag the Dog · as Sergeant William Schumann |
| 1997 | Welcome to Sarajevo · as Flynn |
| 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 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 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 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 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 |