Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is a European-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).
Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is a European-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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Filmography (Movies)
Animal Farm
Character:Boxer (voice)
Release Date:01/05/2026
Ella McCay
Character:Eddie McCay
Release Date:11/12/2025
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Character:Merritt McKinney
Release Date:12/11/2025
Kuleana
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:23/10/2025
The Electric State
Character:Mr. Peanut (voice)
Release Date:07/03/2025
Last Breath
Character:Duncan Allcock
Release Date:27/02/2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Character:Self
Release Date:27/01/2025
Fly Me to the Moon
Character:Moe Berkus
Release Date:10/07/2024
Suncoast
Character:Paul
Release Date:02/02/2024
Common Ground
Character:Self
Release Date:29/09/2023
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Character:Self
Release Date:11/06/2023
Champions
Character:Marcus
Release Date:09/03/2023
The Man from Toronto
Character:The Man from Toronto
Release Date:23/12/2022
Triangle of Sadness
Character:The Captain
Release Date:18/09/2022
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Character:Self
Release Date:06/09/2022
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:09/11/2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Character:Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Release Date:30/09/2021
Kate
Character:Varrick
Release Date:10/09/2021
Kiss the Ground
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:22/09/2020
The Men of Midway
Character:Self
Release Date:18/02/2020
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
Character:Self
Release Date:18/02/2020
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Character:Archie Bunker
Release Date:18/12/2019
Midway
Character:Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Release Date:06/11/2019
Zombieland: Double Tap
Character:Tallahassee
Release Date:09/10/2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Character:Archie Bunker
Release Date:22/05/2019
The Highwaymen
Character:Manny Gault
Release Date:15/03/2019
Breakthrough
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:09/03/2019
Venom
Character:Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Release Date:28/09/2018
The Origins of Ebbing
Character:Self
Release Date:25/06/2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Character:Tobias Beckett
Release Date:15/05/2018
Shock and Awe
Character:Jonathan Landay
Release Date:09/12/2017
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Character:Bill Willoughby
Release Date:01/12/2017
LBJ
Character:Lyndon B. Johnson
Release Date:03/11/2017
The Glass Castle
Character:Rex Walls
Release Date:11/08/2017
War for the Planet of the Apes
Character:The Colonel
Release Date:11/07/2017
Wilson
Character:Wilson
Release Date:24/03/2017
Lost in London
Character:Woody Harrelson
Release Date:19/01/2017
The Edge of Seventeen
Character:Mr. Bruner
Release Date:18/11/2016
The Duel
Character:Abraham Brant
Release Date:24/06/2016
Now You See Me 2
Character:Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
Release Date:02/06/2016
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Character:Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
Release Date:22/03/2016
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Character:Self
Release Date:21/02/2016
Triple 9
Character:Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
Release Date:19/02/2016
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Character:Haymitch Abernathy
Release Date:18/11/2015
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Character:Self - Haymitch Abernathy
Release Date:06/03/2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Character:Haymitch Abernathy
Release Date:19/11/2014
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Character:Self - Haymitch Abernathy
Release Date:07/03/2014
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Character:Self
Release Date:19/11/2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Character:Haymitch Abernathy
Release Date:15/11/2013
Out of the Furnace
Character:Harlan DeGroat
Release Date:12/11/2013
Free Birds
Character:Jake (voice)
Release Date:30/10/2013
Now You See Me
Character:Merritt McKinney
Release Date:29/05/2013
Seven Psychopaths
Character:Charlie Costello
Release Date:12/10/2012
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Character:Self
Release Date:07/09/2012
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Character:Self - Haymitch Abernathy
Release Date:18/08/2012
The Hunger Games
Character:Haymitch Abernathy
Release Date:12/03/2012
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:02/03/2012
Game Change
Character:Steve Schmidt
Release Date:28/02/2012
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Character:Self
Release Date:17/12/2011
Rampart
Character:Dave Brown
Release Date:23/11/2011
Friends with Benefits
Character:Tommy Bollinger
Release Date:21/07/2011
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
Character:Self
Release Date:01/07/2011
Ethos
Character:Host
Release Date:10/02/2011
Bunraku
Character:The Bartender
Release Date:01/09/2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Character:Self
Release Date:02/03/2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Character:Self
Release Date:02/03/2010
The Messenger
Character:Tony Stone
Release Date:13/11/2009
2012
Character:Charlie Frost
Release Date:10/10/2009
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Character:Self
Release Date:08/10/2009
Zombieland
Character:Tallahassee
Release Date:02/10/2009
Defendor
Character:Arthur Poppington / Defendor
Release Date:12/09/2009
Management
Character:Jango
Release Date:08/02/2009
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
Character:Self
Release Date:01/02/2009
Seven Pounds
Character:Ezra Turner
Release Date:18/12/2008
Surfer, Dude
Character:Jack
Release Date:05/09/2008
Hempsters: Plant the Seed
Character:Himself
Release Date:25/05/2008
Burma: It Can't Wait
Character:Divo
Release Date:02/05/2008
Sleepwalking
Character:Randall
Release Date:14/03/2008
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
Character:Self
Release Date:11/03/2008
Semi-Pro
Character:Monix
Release Date:28/02/2008
TransSiberian
Character:Roy
Release Date:18/01/2008
No Country for Old Men
Character:Carson Wells
Release Date:09/11/2007
Raw for Life
Character:Self
Release Date:16/10/2007
Battle in Seattle
Character:Dale
Release Date:07/09/2007
The Grand
Character:One Eyed Jack Faro
Release Date:07/06/2007
The Walker
Character:Carter Page III
Release Date:13/02/2007
Nanking
Character:Bob Wilson
Release Date:10/02/2007
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
Character:Self / Luckman
Release Date:19/12/2006
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
Character:Self
Release Date:19/12/2006
A Scanner Darkly
Character:Ernie Luckman
Release Date:07/07/2006
A Prairie Home Companion
Character:Dusty
Release Date:01/06/2006
The Outsider
Character:Self
Release Date:04/12/2005
The Big White
Character:Raymond Barnell
Release Date:27/10/2005
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Character:Kelly Ryan
Release Date:28/09/2005
North Country
Character:Bill White
Release Date:12/02/2005
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Character:Self
Release Date:13/12/2004
After the Sunset
Character:Stan Lloyd
Release Date:12/11/2004
She Hate Me
Character:Leland Powell
Release Date:30/07/2004
Scorched
Character:Jason 'Woods' Valley
Release Date:17/05/2003
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:29/04/2003
Anger Management
Character:Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
Release Date:11/04/2003
Go Further
Character:Self
Release Date:07/03/2003
This So-Called Disaster
Character:Taxi Driver
Release Date:01/01/2003
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:02/04/2002
American Saint
Character:Self
Release Date:18/10/2001
Welcome to Hollywood
Character:Woody Harrelson
Release Date:27/10/2000
The Directors: Milos Forman
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/2000
Play It to the Bone
Character:Vince Boudreau
Release Date:25/12/1999
Grass
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:15/09/1999
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Character:Woody Harrelson
Release Date:08/06/1999
EDtv
Character:Ray Pekurny
Release Date:26/03/1999
The Hi-Lo Country
Character:Big Boy Matson
Release Date:30/12/1998
The Thin Red Line
Character:Sgt. William Keck
Release Date:23/12/1998
Palmetto
Character:Harry Barber
Release Date:20/02/1998
Wag the Dog
Character:Sergeant William Schumann
Release Date:25/12/1997
Welcome to Sarajevo
Character:Flynn
Release Date:09/05/1997
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Character:Larry Flynt
Release Date:25/12/1996
Kingpin
Character:Roy Munson
Release Date:04/07/1996
The Sunchaser
Character:Dr. Michael Reynolds
Release Date:29/05/1996
Money Train
Character:Charlie
Release Date:21/11/1995
Natural Born Killers
Character:Mickey Knox
Release Date:26/08/1994
The Cowboy Way
Character:Pepper Lewis
Release Date:03/06/1994
I'll Do Anything
Character:Ground Zero Hero
Release Date:04/02/1994
Indecent Proposal
Character:David Murphy
Release Date:07/04/1993
For Our Children
Character:Self
Release Date:16/02/1993
White Men Can't Jump
Character:Billy Hoyle
Release Date:27/03/1992
Ted & Venus
Character:Homeless Vietnam Veteran
Release Date:08/08/1991
Doc Hollywood
Character:Hank Gordon
Release Date:02/08/1991
L.A. Story
Character:Harris' Boss (uncredited)
Release Date:08/02/1991
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
Character:
Release Date:31/08/1990
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
Character:Self
Release Date:01/07/1990
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Character:Lou the Lamb
Release Date:19/05/1990
The Earth Day Special
Character:Woody Boyd
Release Date:22/04/1990
Cool Blue
Character:Dustin
Release Date:27/02/1990
True Believer
Character:Man in Dodd's office
Release Date:17/02/1989
Killer Instinct
Character:Charlie Long
Release Date:22/11/1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Character:Woody Boyd
Release Date:13/11/1988
She's Having a Baby
Character:Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
Release Date:05/02/1988
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
Character:Self
Release Date:05/12/1987
Bay Coven
Character:Slater
Release Date:25/10/1987
Wildcats
Character:Krushinski
Release Date:14/02/1986
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Character:Extra (uncredited)
Release Date:02/08/1978
Television Appearances
Criminology
Character:Richard Moore
White House Plumbers
Character:E. Howard Hunt
The Freak Brothers
Character:Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
Basketball: A Love Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Nineties
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
Hot Ones
Character:Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
True Detective
Character:Martin Hart
The Frame
Character:Haymitch Abernathy
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Celebrities Uncensored
Character:Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Character:Woody Harrelson
Will & Grace
Character:Nathan
Spin City
Character:Tommy Dugan
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Frasier
Character:Woody Boyd
HBO First Look
Character:
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
The Simpsons
Character:Woody Boyd (voice)
Dear John
Character:Richard
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self
Cheers
Character:Woody Boyd
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Oscars
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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