Woody Harrelson
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).
Known for
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tvBrothers
2026
Woody Harrelson
movieFull Phil
2026
Philip Doom
movieGroundswell
2026
Narrator (voice)
movieAnimal Farm
2026
Boxer (voice)
movieElla McCay
2025
Eddie McCay
movieNow You See Me: Now You Don't
2025
Merritt McKinney
movieKuleana
2025
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Electric State
2025
Mr. Peanut (voice)
movieLast Breath
2025
Duncan Allcock
movieGirl from the North Country
2024
Nick Laine
movieFly Me to the Moon
2024
Moe Berkus
tvWhite House Plumbers
2023
E. Howard Hunt
movieChampions
2023
Marcus
movieThe Man from Toronto
2022
The Man from Toronto
movieTriangle of Sadness
2022
The Captain
tvThe Freak Brothers
2021
Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
movieDear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
2021
Narrator (voice)
movieVenom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
Cletus Kasady / Carnage
movieKate
2021
Varrick
movieKiss the Ground
2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieMidway
2019
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
movieZombieland: Double Tap
2019
Tallahassee
movieLive in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
2019
Archie Bunker
movieThe Highwaymen
2019
Manny Gault
movieBreakthrough
2019
Narrator (voice)
movieVenom
2018
Cletus Kasady / Carnage
tvBasketball: A Love Story
2018
Self (archive footage)
movieSolo: A Star Wars Story
2018
Tobias Beckett
movieShock and Awe
2017
Jonathan Landay
movieLBJ
2017
Lyndon B. Johnson
movieThe Glass Castle
2017
Rex Walls
movieWar for the Planet of the Apes
2017
The Colonel
tvThe Nineties
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieWilson
2017
Wilson
movieLost in London
2017
Woody Harrelson
movieThe Edge of Seventeen
2016
Mr. Bruner
movieThe Duel
2016
Abraham Brant
movieNow You See Me 2
2016
Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
moviePawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
2016
Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
movieTriple 9
2016
Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
movieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015
Haymitch Abernathy
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest / Self - Guest
tvHot Ones
2015
Self
movieThe Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
2015
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
movieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014
Haymitch Abernathy
movieSurviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2014
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
tvTrue Detective
2014
Martin Hart
movieThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
Haymitch Abernathy
movieOut of the Furnace
2013
Harlan DeGroat
movieFree Birds
2013
Jake (voice)
movieNow You See Me
2013
Merritt McKinney
tvThe Frame
2013
Haymitch Abernathy
movieSeven Psychopaths
2012
Charlie Costello
movieThe World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
2012
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
movieThe Hunger Games
2012
Haymitch Abernathy
movieWho Bombed Judi Bari?
2012
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieGame Change
2012
Steve Schmidt
movieRampart
2011
Dave Brown
movieFriends with Benefits
2011
Tommy Bollinger
movieEthos
2011
Host
movieBunraku
2010
The Bartender
movieThe Messenger
2009
Tony Stone
movie2012
2009
Charlie Frost
movieZombieland
2009
Tallahassee
movieDefendor
2009
Arthur Poppington / Defendor
movieManagement
2009
Jango
movieSeven Pounds
2008
Ezra Turner
movieSleepwalking
2008
Randall
movieSemi-Pro
2008
Monix
movieNo Country for Old Men
2007
Carson Wells
movieThe Grand
2007
One Eyed Jack Faro
movieThe Walker
2007
Carter Page III
movieNanking
2007
Bob Wilson
movieA Scanner Darkly
2006
Ernie Luckman
movieThe Big White
2005
Raymond Barnell
movieNorth Country
2005
Bill White
movieAfter the Sunset
2004
Stan Lloyd
movieShe Hate Me
2004
Leland Powell
movieScorched
2003
Jason 'Woods' Valley
movieAnger Management
2003
Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self / Self - Guest
movieThis So-Called Disaster
2003
Taxi Driver
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
Narrator (voice)
movieWelcome to Hollywood
2000
Woody Harrelson
tvCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Woody Harrelson
moviePlay It to the Bone
1999
Vince Boudreau
movieGrass
1999
Narrator (voice)
movieAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
Woody Harrelson
movieEDtv
1999
Ray Pekurny
movieThe Hi-Lo Country
1998
Big Boy Matson
movieThe Thin Red Line
1998
Sgt. William Keck
tvWill & Grace
1998
Nathan
moviePalmetto
1998
Harry Barber
movieWag the Dog
1997
Sergeant William Schumann
movieThe People vs. Larry Flynt
1996
Larry Flynt
tvSpin City
1996
Tommy Dugan
movieKingpin
1996
Roy Munson
movieThe Sunchaser
1996
Dr. Michael Reynolds
movieMoney Train
1995
Charlie
movieNatural Born Killers
1994
Mickey Knox
movieThe Cowboy Way
1994
Pepper Lewis
movieI'll Do Anything
1994
Ground Zero Hero
tvFrasier
1993
Woody Boyd
movieIndecent Proposal
1993
David Murphy
tvMTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
Self - Presenter
movieWhite Men Can't Jump
1992
Billy Hoyle
movieTed & Venus
1991
Homeless Vietnam Veteran
movieDoc Hollywood
1991
Hank Gordon
movieL.A. Story
1991
Harris' Boss (uncredited)
movieMother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
1990
Lou the Lamb
movieThe Earth Day Special
1990
Woody Boyd
movieCool Blue
1990
Dustin
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Woody Boyd (voice)
movieTrue Believer
1989
Man in Dodd's office
movieKiller Instinct
1988
Charlie Long
movieMickey's 60th Birthday
1988
Woody Boyd
tvDear John
1988
Richard
movieShe's Having a Baby
1988
Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
movieBay Coven
1987
Slater
movieWildcats
1986
Krushinski
tvCheers
1982
Woody Boyd
movieHarper Valley P.T.A.
1978
Extra (uncredited)
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self / Self (uncredited)
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee
Lips Like Sugar
John Carr
Production11
tvBrothers
2026
Executive Producer
movieAnimal Farm
2026
Executive Producer
tvWhite House Plumbers
2023
Executive Producer
movieChampions
2023
Executive Producer
movieThe Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
2022
Executive Producer
movieThe Highwaymen
2019
Executive Producer
movieLost in London
2017
Producer
tvTrue Detective
2014
Executive Producer
Sailing
Producer
The Cackling of the Dodos
Executive Producer
Crew1
Directing1
movieLost in London
2017
Director
Writing1
movieLost in London
2017
Writer