Woody Harrelson
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).
Known for
The Simpsons
Woody Boyd (voice)
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Merritt McKinney
True Detective
Martin Hart
Frasier
Woody Boyd
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Woody Harrelson
Cheers
Woody Boyd
Will & Grace
Nathan
Triple 9
Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen
Spin City
Tommy Dugan
Now You See Me
Merritt McKinney
No Country for Old Men
Carson Wells
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Haymitch Abernathy
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
2012
Charlie Frost
Venom
Cletus Kasady / Carnage
Now You See Me 2
Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney
The Oscars
Self
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Haymitch Abernathy
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Cletus Kasady / Carnage
The Hunger Games
Haymitch Abernathy
Basketball: A Love Story
Self (archive footage)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Haymitch Abernathy
War for the Planet of the Apes
The Colonel
The Electric State
Mr. Peanut (voice)
Zombieland
Tallahassee
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Tobias Beckett
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
Self
The Nineties
Self (archive footage)
Dear John
Richard
HBO First Look
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Self
L.A. Story
Harris' Boss (uncredited)
The Duel
Abraham Brant
Friends with Benefits
Tommy Bollinger
Indecent Proposal
David Murphy
Kingpin
Roy Munson
The Origins of Ebbing
Self
Fly Me to the Moon
Moe Berkus
Ella McCay
Eddie McCay
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Bill Willoughby
Zombieland: Double Tap
Tallahassee
Midway
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Natural Born Killers
Mickey Knox
The Thin Red Line
Sgt. William Keck
Triangle of Sadness
The Captain
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
Self
Raw for Life
Self
Last Breath
Duncan Allcock
The Man with the Miraculous Hands
Felix Kersten
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Woody Harrelson
Anger Management
Galaxia / Security Guard Gary
Money Train
Charlie
Seven Pounds
Ezra Turner
The Men of Midway
Self
The Man from Toronto
The Man from Toronto
After the Sunset
Stan Lloyd
The Edge of Seventeen
Mr. Bruner
White Men Can't Jump
Billy Hoyle
White House Plumbers
E. Howard Hunt
The Glass Castle
Rex Walls
Seven Psychopaths
Charlie Costello
Wilson
Wilson
Animal Farm
Boxer (voice)
Champions
Marcus
The Highwaymen
Manny Gault
Wag the Dog
Sergeant William Schumann
Hempsters: Plant the Seed
Himself
Kate
Varrick
Doc Hollywood
Hank Gordon
Free Birds
Jake (voice)
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Larry Flynt
North Country
Bill White
The Cowboy Way
Pepper Lewis
The Big White
Raymond Barnell
Welcome to Sarajevo
Flynn
She Hate Me
Leland Powell
Bunraku
The Bartender
Welcome to Hollywood
Woody Harrelson
Out of the Furnace
Harlan DeGroat
Game Change
Steve Schmidt
Semi-Pro
Monix
Management
Jango
A Scanner Darkly
Ernie Luckman
The Freak Brothers
Freewheelin' Franklin Freek (voice)
The Sunchaser
Dr. Michael Reynolds
Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days
Self
The Outsider
Self
Defendor
Arthur Poppington / Defendor
Ted & Venus
Homeless Vietnam Veteran
Palmetto
Harry Barber
EDtv
Ray Pekurny
E! True Hollywood Story
The Messenger
Tony Stone
LBJ
Lyndon B. Johnson
Wildcats
Krushinski
She's Having a Baby
Woody Harrelson (uncredited)
The Directors: Milos Forman
Self
Sleepwalking
Randall
Rampart
Dave Brown
Shock and Awe
Jonathan Landay
TransSiberian
Roy
Go Further
Self
I'll Do Anything
Ground Zero Hero
Surfer, Dude
Jack
Kiss the Ground
Self - Narrator (voice)
Suncoast
Paul
Scorched
Jason 'Woods' Valley
Brothers
Woody Harrelson
Lips Like Sugar
John Carr
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Kelly Ryan
Battle in Seattle
Dale
Nanking
Bob Wilson
The Grand
One Eyed Jack Faro
A Prairie Home Companion
Dusty
Play It to the Bone
Vince Boudreau
True Believer
Man in Dodd's office
Grass
Narrator (voice)
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
For Our Children
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self
Zombieland 3
Tallahassee
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Self
Girl from the North Country
Nick Laine
Common Ground
Self
The Earth Day Special
Woody Boyd
The Hi-Lo Country
Big Boy Matson
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
Cool Blue
Dustin
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Self
The Walker
Carter Page III
Full Phil
Philip Doom
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Lou the Lamb
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
Self
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Self
Lost in London
Woody Harrelson
Fruitloops
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Narrator (voice)
One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly'
Self / Luckman
Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short
Self
Miloš Forman: What Doesn't Kill You…
Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Archie Bunker
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
Self
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Self - Haymitch Abernathy
Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission
Self
Sailing
No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
Self
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Extra (uncredited)
Burma: It Can't Wait
Divo
Breakthrough
Narrator (voice)
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bay Coven
Slater
Ethos
Host
The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique
Self
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Archie Bunker
The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV?
Kuleana
Narrator (voice)
Criminology
Richard Moore
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
Self - Host
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Self
The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales
Self
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Woody Boyd
Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story
Narrator (voice)
Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
Self (Haymitch Abernathy)
Killer Instinct
Charlie Long
This So-Called Disaster
Taxi Driver
American Saint
Self
The Daily Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Making True Detective
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Hot Ones
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
The Frame
Haymitch Abernathy
Celebrities Uncensored
Self