Woody Harrelson
ActingAlso 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).
Movies
(149 total)
The Hunger Games
as Haymitch Abernathy
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
as Haymitch Abernathy
Venom
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
as Haymitch Abernathy
Now You See Me
as Merritt McKinney
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
as Haymitch Abernathy
No Country for Old Men
as Carson Wells
Zombieland
as Tallahassee
2012
as Charlie Frost
Now You See Me 2
as Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
as Willoughby
War for the Planet of the Apes
as The Colonel
Solo: A Star Wars Story
as Tobias Beckett
Friends with Benefits
as Tommy Bollinger
Seven Pounds
as Ezra Turner
Zombieland: Double Tap
as Tallahassee
The Edge of Seventeen
as Mr. Bruner
Seven Psychopaths
as Charlie Costello
Natural Born Killers
as Mickey Knox
TV Shows
(36 total)
The Simpsons
as Woody Boyd (voice)
True Detective
as Martin Hart
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Woody Harrelson
Frasier
as Woody Boyd
Cheers
as Woody Boyd
The Daily Show
as Self
Will & Grace
as Nathan
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
as Self
Saturday Night Live
as Self (uncredited)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Spin City
as Tommy Dugan
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
White House Plumbers
as E. Howard Hunt