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Woody Harrelson

23rd July 1961 Midland, Texas, USA Acting

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).

142 Movies 40 TV Shows 1 In Production 193 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Kuleana poster
Kuleana 23rd October 2025 as Narrator (voice)
Kate poster
Kate 10th September 2021 as Varrick
Midway poster
Midway 6th November 2019 as Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Venom poster
Venom 28th September 2018 as Cletus Kasady / Carnage
LBJ poster
LBJ 3rd November 2017 as Lyndon B. Johnson
Triple 9 poster
Triple 9 19th February 2016 as Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
Rampart poster
Rampart 23rd November 2011 as Dave Brown
Ethos poster
Ethos 10th February 2011 as Host
Bunraku poster
Bunraku 1st September 2010 as The Bartender
2012 poster
2012 10th October 2009 as Charlie Frost
Defendor poster
Defendor 12th September 2009 as Arthur Poppington / Defendor
Nanking poster
Nanking 10th February 2007 as Bob Wilson
Scorched poster
Scorched 17th May 2003 as Jason 'Woods' Valley
Grass poster
Grass 15th September 1999 as Narrator (voice)
EDtv poster
EDtv 26th March 1999 as Ray Pekurny
Palmetto poster
Palmetto 20th February 1998 as Harry Barber
Wag the Dog poster
Wag the Dog 25th December 1997 as Sergeant William Schumann
L.A. Story poster
L.A. Story 8th February 1991 as Harris' Boss (uncredited)
Frasier poster
Frasier 16th September 1993 as Woody Boyd
Cheers poster
Cheers 30th September 1982 as Woody Boyd
Brothers poster Coming soon
Brothers 22nd September 2026 as Woody Harrelson